God’s Economic System

I would not claim to wholly comprehend the advantages and disadvantages of various economic systems (though it would be interesting to evaluate which systems have had the most longevity and whether free-market capitalism [or whatever system it is we currently operate under--Keynesian inflationism, interventionism, corporatism as Ron Paul says] has had a long enough run [...]

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Restructure our loans now! And other b.s.

Fox News reported that 100 demonstrators protested Wednesday in front of Fannie Mae headquarters… no problem with that, their crooks.  But their “demands” that their loans be restructured along the lines of a InddyMac Bank in Pasadena, which the FDIC restructured to 3% interest for five years, is a bit disturbing.  So is that fact [...]

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Republicans too!

Since I rail so much about how Democrats would like to increase government and taxes, I must also acknowledge our outgoing administration’s love of spending and increasing government too.  True conservatism is not what you think of when you think of President Bush.

You must visit CoxandForkum.com if you like editorial cartoons.  They unfortunately stopped producing [...]

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Convenient

Powerline has a post on how the L.A. Times is witholding video it has of Barack Obama speaking at a farewell party for former PLO spokesman and terrorist supporter Rashid Khalidi.  Very interesting… and certainly something that would never happen for McCain, or any conservative for that matter.

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The Swinging Pendulum

Had dinner tonight with Greg – wonderful meal by the way Michelle – and we started talking briefly about politics and Greg’s feeling that it may be good (or likely) for a country to sway away from conservatism and into the liberalism of the democratic party to help create a balance of ideas and power.
Correct [...]

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Redistribution of wealth

Much has been made lately of Barack Obama’s economic policy as it becomes apparent that he would like to “spread the wealth around”, as he said in his famous answer to “Joe the Plumber” before his last debate with Senator McCain.  And now more recently a radio interview from 2001 has surfaced where Obama stated [...]

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Welcome to Criticism As Inspiration

Welcome to Criticism As Inspiration, a new weblog begun by Mark Stump, Elijah Wade Smith, Peter Deeble and the pseudonymously titled “Sgt. Grumbles.”  We thank you for coming and visiting, and we hope you return often.
Please feel free to visit our about sections to learn more about this blog and it’s authors… but to quickly [...]

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