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Are Americans Waking Up about Obama?

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

This from Little Green Footballs should be considered good news: Obama’s Ratings Drop: According to Rasmussen Reports, Barack Obama’s approval ratings are dropping fast: Daily Presidential Approval Index. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Approval Index for Sunday shows that 36% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing [...]

Government Forces Banks to Take Bailout, then Less Pay, then Comes for the Rest of Us?

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

So, that’s the game, then. Government basically forces banks to accept “bailout” money, and then government takes over. It starts with limiting executive pay, and will end with… well, your guess is as good as mine. Note that this is pretty much the definition of fascism, as Ayn Rand pointed out: Notice how Obama puts [...]

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Ayn Rand

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

I forgot to mention in my previous post: yesterday was Ayn Rand’s birthday. If only she were alive today to help us make sense of things. She had an uncanny, and I would say unparalleled, ability to see straight into the heart of a matter and say what’s right or wrong about it. We need [...]

A Short Tribute to Ayn Rand

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Michael Berliner has a nice, short piece about Ayn Rand on capmag.com: Ayn Rand: A Legacy of Reason and Freedom. He summarizes her quite nicely here: A sui generis philosopher, who looked at the world anew, Ayn Rand has long puzzled the intellectual establishment. Academia has usually met her views with antagonism or avoidance, unable [...]

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