Sep 30th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Robert Samuelson says it turns out our modern economics is bankrupt.
… A hallmark of the crisis has been the stark contrast between the “real economy” of production and jobs and the tumultuous financial markets of stocks, bonds, banks, money funds and the like. Even with the 60 [...]
Sep 29th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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As we hit send, it appears the GOP has stopped the Bush/Dem bailout. That is a good thing. We will have some short term difficulties, but we’ll be over them faster if the government does not help us. Remember the scariest words in the language are; “I’m [...]
Sep 28th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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David Harsanyi writes on Iran and Ahmedinejad.
Iranian “President” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects American ideas — all of our ideas, that is, but nuclear fusion.
When Ahmadinejad told a crowd at Columbia University in 2007 that the United States must investigate “who was truly involved” in 9/11, students may have [...]
Sep 25th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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WSJ Op-Ed builds on the Woodward book to point to the generals who led us astray in Iraq.
… According to Mr. Woodward’s account, the uniformed military not only opposed the surge, insisting that their advice be followed; it then subsequently worked to undermine the president once he [...]
Sep 24th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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There’s a good picture here of Pickerhead on the job. It’s at the start of the humor section in back.
Max Boot says don’t sell America short.
… What the pessimists ignore is that the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong. Indeed, the World Economic Forum has ranked [...]
Sep 23rd, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Chicago Tribune editors introduce us to Tzipi Livni. She’s about to become a prime minister. No, not Finland. Israel.
Iran is rushing ahead with its nuclear program, overcoming technical challenges and daring the world to stop it. The terrorists of Hamas are tightening their grip on Gaza and eyeing [...]
Sep 22nd, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Robert Samuelson on Paulson’s “confidence” game.
It’s doubtful that Princeton University economist Ben Bernanke and former Goldman Sachs CEO Hank Paulson imagined what awaited them when they took charge of the Fed and the Treasury, respectively, in 2006. Since then, they have put their agencies on a wartime [...]
Sep 21st, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Charles Krauthammer writes on Bush and the historical perspective to come.
For the past 150 years, most American war presidents — most notably Lincoln, Wilson and Roosevelt — have entered (or reentered) office knowing war was looming. Not so George W. Bush. Not so the war on terror. [...]
Sep 18th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Abe Greenwald looks at a cast of international characters and wonders if Obama is up to dealing with them.
… But what common purpose can we find with the above-mentioned leaders. While there are natural resource dimensions to some of our problems, the heads of Russia, Iran, North [...]
Sep 17th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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David Warren comments on Wall Street’s problems.
… Lehman Brothers went down over the weekend; A.I.G. is falling as I write. Their assets get dumped, the value of other companies’ similar assets is reduced accordingly, and this in turn erodes the capital base under the entire banking system. [...]
