The Beautiful Market

Sorry for my lack of sympathy for high oil prices, but I drive a 4 cylinder. I love to see the market force our country to deal with real problems. Krugman highlights the short and long-term effects:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/oil-outlook/

The perfect presidential candidate...

If only we could find someone to run on this platform, call it the Milton Friedman liberal platform (as interpreted by classic liberalism).

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/business/13view.html?ex=1373601600&en=d29d44dcc70127bf&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Listen to the Economists

I heard it once said that politics and morality PRESCRIBE how the world SHOULD operate, while economics PREDICT how the world DOES operate. This article is from February, but the prediction has been out there a while:

http://articles.directorym.net/4_a_Gallon_Gasoline_Will_be_Tipping_Point_for_Most_Consumers-a876938.html

ISRAEL IS NOT FACING EXTERMINATION

Example 101 of why Americans are perrenially duped into thinking we need to wage war, "contain Iran," and sanction any one country. A stupid "journalist," in an effort to explain why more Jews aren't supporting Obama, cites: "a similar time, 1973, when Israel also faced extermination." ...implying that Israel is on the brink of collapse because of this mammouth Iranian threat. ( http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1214726181011&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull )

1. Israel has a larger defense budget than Iran, Egypt, and Saudia Arabia combined.
2. Israel has FAR superior warfare technology and organization.
3. America wouldn't let it happen.

Israel is safe my friends. The quicker people appreciate this, the quicker we can begin discussing productive policies re: the Middle East. Fucking AIPAC.

Love Drudge...

Dead: American Journalism

See what journalism looks like America? It is not sycophants promoting themselves as "fair and balanced," it's research-based analysis that seeks truth, and then attacks breakdowns in the political system.

CNN, Fox, etc. etc. YOU ARE AWFUL.

Give me PBS, BBC, and a resurrected Russert.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exposed-the-arms-lobbyist-in-parliament-854313.html