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Quote of the Day

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

On the stock market’s reaction to the non-information given to us by Obama’s treasury secretary, the man who was so singularly indispensable that we were forced to disregard his tax cheating:
He came. He spoke. The market tanked. He went. The market tanked some more. Such is the power of Treasury Secretary Geithner.

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Liberal Leadership Paradox Paralysis

February 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

“Leadership” requires “Decision making.”  In order to make a decision, you have to look at two or more choices and make a value judgment about them – which one is better than the other?  You have to “discriminate” between the choices.
But extreme liberalism teaches us that choosing one value over another and discrimination are automatically [...]

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