At 41 seconds into the ad, the speaker says: “We can do this, we can take this country back”, and takes a drag on a cigarette. So who are we taking it back from? We are taking it back from the scolds and self righteous naggers.
Category: economics
The cause of the decline
Lately there as been a lot of concern about the increasingly visible decline of the west, notably Peter Thiel on “The End of the Futureâ€:
The Great Recession
US dollar rises, because Euro smells even worse
The value of the US dollar has risen, as valued by gold and by the fiat currencies of countries that are relatively solvent. The apparent cause of this is not that there has been any improvement in the prospects for the US dollar, but that a chaotic dissolution of the Euro zone looks likely, so traders are switching to the most liquid asset that there is.
Herman Cain: Not the affirmative action candidate
Because Herman Cain has black accent, and tends to use simple sentences to express himself, while Barack Hussein Obama has a ruling class accent, I initially got the impression that Obama was smarter. I should have known better. Herman Cain will answer tricky questions extempore. No teleprompter for him. Who then is smarter?  He has lots of facts at his fingertips.  If someone expresses himself simply, it is apt to …
Herman Cain is front runner for Republican Presidential nomination
Governor Romneycare is, or was, the establishment Republican nominee. When his campaign turned out to be dead on arrival, Rick Perry was the emergency backup establishment republican nominee. But Herman Cain now leads 28% to 17% Herman Cain has from the beginning been the main Republican Republican nominee. Back in May I said “It is a long, long way to the 2012 presidential elections, but they are Herman Cain’s to …
Crony Capitalism
Palin’s brilliant speech on Crony Capitalism seemed to go right over the heads of most of the voters, but the party faithful understood it, and now this talking point is being used to hammer Obama at every opportunity. After it has been repeated one thousand times, the voters might well get it.
Why unemployment is high and rising
If anyone wonders why unemployment is high and rising, and is inclined to discuss aggregate demand and suchlike, just read Coyote Blog: Dispatches from a Small Business
FHFA sues Goldman Sachs
Until recently, it has been near impossible to see daylight between the Obama regime and the Banksters, but now, banksters are being thrown overboard. The FHFA sues Goldman Sachs for common law fraud. I conjecture this is in preparation for the 2012 elections
Did the banksters steal the five trillion?
Taleb, a very smart guy for whom I have immense respect, says the five trillion in effect wound up being stolen by the banksters. If we just look at events over the last few years, that is obviously untrue.