Comments on: Very Different Economic Times in Red vs. Blue States

By: Greg Lanning

Greg Lanning — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:01:11 +0000

Who first taught us that “ideology” was a bad thing and turned that word into a pejorative?
The answer is surprising : it was Napoleon Bonaparte.
Naturally, our English word “ideology” comes from the French “ideologie”.
Before Napoleon, ideology was an honourable subject, the study of ideas (”idee” in French),
As we move into the 21st century, we should not draw our political epithets from a murderous French dictator.

By: Mike Kelley

Mike Kelley — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:19:56 +0000

If the Democrats get even more control over Congress and win the presidency this year, there will almost no new energy production allowed in the US. Pelosi and company are totally in the tank for the envirocrits, and the result for us consumers will be catastrophic over time. The Democrat Governor of Iowa vetoed two new coal plants earlier this year, and she was supposedly on the short list for Obama’s VP. I don’t see how any country can maintain a modern economy if energy is in short supply or very expensive. The smart money will go overseas to places where the leaders are not owned by the wacko tree huggers.

By: Unemployment: Red vs. Blue « acerbic

Unemployment: Red vs. Blue « acerbic — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:41:49 +0000

[...] 22, 2008 Unemployment: Red vs. Blue Posted by TeemKuntz under politics I have seen this kind of post before. The theme: blue states have worse economies than red states. The usual culprits are [...]

By: Calanda-Technology.Com » Blog Archive » New York Post Column (’Red State vs. Blue State Economics’) Is Up

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:54:47 +0000

[...] to Pajamas Media for publishing the column that the Post noticed on Thursday, and to the Post’s Steve Lynch for selecting me and editing [...]

By: BizzyBlog » New York Post Column (’Red State vs. Blue State Economics’) Is Up

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:15:55 +0000

[...] to Pajamas Media for publishing the column that the Post noticed on Thursday, and to the Post’s Steve Lynch for selecting me, and [...]

By: BizzyBlog » State Unemployment Data Supporting Sunday Column

BizzyBlog » State Unemployment Data Supporting Sunday Column — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:39:18 +0000

[...] claims were made in a column written for Pajamas Media earlier in the week that went up at BizzyBlog [...]

By: Roger Godby

Roger Godby — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:06:00 +0000

So vote Libertarian if the position isn’t crucial or close; otherwise, vote GOP, since they’ll probably hose you the least (and hose you in some way they will, while at least mouthing “small government” and “free trade”). Which party is most indebted to ambulance-chasing trial lawyers, sinecure public teachers, ivory tower hermits, public employees, Hollywood, and job-/industry-destroying unions? The DNC.

By: Recession? Depends on Your Politics « Poppypundit

Recession? Depends on Your Politics « Poppypundit — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:52:25 +0000

[...] 20, 2008 · No Comments Whether we are in a recession or not depends on where you live — specifically, the political climate that dominates your state. If there is indeed a [...]

By: always right

always right — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:11:21 +0000

But the problem is the paradigm of four decades of a Reagan/Thatcher privatization ideology that has insisted government can do no right and markets can do no wrong. We now have had forty years of old Republicans and New Democrats, Bill Clinton included, …..

This is straight from the theoretician’s book in a simplistic form.

Does the theory bear any resemblance to the real world? In the past four decades, do we have absolutely FREE MARRKET in play here, no outside (i.e. government) interventions or interference at all? IF ONLY that were the case!

Most of the malaise we see today can be directly and indirectly traced back to ‘good intentions’ of the lawmakers and our government (Like this is a surprise, they are politicians, their ‘good intentions’ is to buy more votes so they get to remain in power.)

These bozos think they can ‘create’ wealth and equalness by getting pieces and pieces of legislations on paper. And voters believed them (in fairness, more than four decades). They could not and would not learn.

By: New York Times 2003: Dems Oppose Bush Plan To Rein in Fannie and Freddie - Page 2 - US Message Board

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:22:02 +0000

[...] issues, dirty politics, fear and stealing elections. If only they governed as well. Really? Pajamas Media