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Tom Smith gets it right: But isn’t it obvious? This is not about whether Cramer picks stocks well or not or has a good crystal ball. It is about the fact the Cramer dared to criticize Obama harshly and effectively from his very prominent pulpit. Mad Money has a huge audience, and Cramer went off [...]
Today’s WSJ has an article, by a pair of bipartisan professional, pollsters, about Obama’s slipping poll numbers. A detailed examination of presidential popularity after 50 days on the job similarly demonstrates a substantial drop in presidential approval relative to other elected presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries. The reason for this decline most likely [...]
Interesting thought experiment from one of Rand Simberg’s commenters: I bet if the entire Obama Administration and Democratic Congressional Leadership were sentenced to hang on December 1, 2009, if the stock market were not above 9000 and unemployment were not below 7%, they would become raging tax-cutting pro-business libertarians overnight. That is, I don’t believe [...]
President Obama and his supporters sometimes refer to their theory or practice of diplomacy as “smart power.” Presumably it is meant to convey a willingness to advance America’s interests using America’s economic, political, and military power, in a smart way. It is also an indirect but clear slap at their predecessors, who presumably — we [...]
It is hardly original to note that “The Forgotten Man” by Amity Schlaes has a particular relevance to what is happening economically and politically right now. The book is a reassessment of the New Deal and the Great Depression that advances the argument that the former caused more harm than good — or at least [...]
The President’s Director of the Office of management and Budget defends the proposal to reduce the tax deduction on on charitable contributions with the following: Third, there’s a question of fairness. Non-profits play a critical role in our society (indeed, I have worked at several of them in the past). But let’s look at how [...]
Yet another Obama appointee: The Senate Finance Committee says President Barack Obama’s nominee for trade representative owes roughly $10,000 in back federal taxes and has agreed to pay them. The report said Ron Kirk will file amended returns covering the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. via The Associated Press: Trade nominee Ron Kirk agrees to [...]
It appears that Obama has found a slice of Chicago corruption here in New York, specifically the Bronx, a golden land of opportunity for corrupt politicians. So says the Daily News: Buildings sprang up as donations rained down on Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion. The man who is President Obama’s newly minted urban czar pocketed [...]
Claudia Rosett has a short, powerful article on the efect of Obama’s policies onthe world. The Rosett Report » If Obama Turns America Into Europe…. It isn’t positive or pretty: Europe — sclerotic, bureaucratized and social-democratized – has for decades enjoyed the protection, inventions and security afforded by its more laissez-fair, strapping, and exuberant cousin [...]
I’m glad Don Surber wrote this up: A liberal admits to the racist attitudes of the liberal elites against the “white ethnics” who do the dirty work of earning the money. I ignored the racial slur by Charles Lemos, a blogger at My DD, this weekend because it was just some blogger (although he is [...]
