WSJ.com
America has survived a feckless political class in the past, and it will again after this week. But Monday’s crash and burn of the Paulson plan on Capitol Hill reveals a Washington elite that has earned every bit of the disdain that Americans have for it. This crowd can’t even make sausage.
[The Beltway Crash] AP
House [...]
guardian.co.uk
Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy today became the first person to cross the English Channel using only a jet-propelled wing trapped to his back.
(via Instapundit)
CNN.com
According to a patent application seen by London newspaper “The Times,” Google is considering launching barges up to seven miles (11km) offshore to host the massive data centers required to run its Internet search engines.
The plan would likely see the data centers — which consist of huge supercomputers — use wave energy to power and [...]
Maniakes at Dean’s world has a pretty good explanation: The AIG bailout
Check this out: The Corner on National Review Online
I didn’t know that in 2005 McCain talked about problems with these two behemoths and introduced legislation for reform. Sadly, that legislation was killed by Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut.)
The conventional wisdom, and frankly it is one that I shared, is that McCain is pretty weak on economic issues. [...]
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
Adam Smith
Extreme valuation of ’service’ and a denigration of the private sector is something that bothers me about both McCain and Obama.
The is, of course, nothing wrong with charitable [...]
This is from National Review, admittedly not an unbiased source, and it glosses over some of the statements that Sarah Palin made in support of the bridge (or at the very least some sort of connection) but it does give a very good account of what political steps happened when and exactly how Palin ‘killed’ [...]
Could you Imagine seeing a headline like this a couple of months ago:
Democrats on Capitol Hill fear Obama fallout
Strange days. I think though that Republicans probably shouldn’t be counting too many chickens though and Democrats really don’t have any reason to panic. This is going to be a close election, and a hard [...]
Today is of course the seventh aniversary of the 9-11 attacks. I hope everyone will take a moment to remember those who died, to honor those who rushed to serve and to remind ourselves that the stuggle against jihadist terror isn’t over and despite the lack of attacks here in America over that time, [...]
Since Patrick asked me to comment on this I will. First though a few caveats and explanations of where I am coming from. I don’t really care a whole lot for gaff chasing and faux outrage. I don’t think it illegitmate, just boring. Both sides do it, and about equally as [...]
