http://www.bangpath.com thoughts for thinking people Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:02:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is no number to convey what I have perceived in the last couple of months but the signal nevertheless seems too strong to ignore.  I take my daughter to Tae Kwon Do near downtown Chicago two or three days a week from further north on the Interstate.  I do ... http://www.bangpath.com/2010/02/25/anecdotal-evidence-of-economic-weakness/ In watching the Sunday talking head shows today, I saw some footage of Mitt Romney saying something foolish at the recent CPAC dinner.  He said that the Stimulus Package passed by Democrats in 2009 "added not one net new job to the American economy".  Hmm.  I know what he was ... http://www.bangpath.com/2010/02/21/why-republicans-should-fear-thursdays-health-care-summit/ With all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the Federal Budget our Dear Leader the Obamanator proposed recently, you occasionally hear the solution mentioned but it is rarely discussed and Congress turns it's back (for example by voting unanimously to keep entitlements off the table when considering how not ... http://www.bangpath.com/2010/02/17/why-does-america-ignore-the-obvious-problem-with-entitlements/ Steny Hoyer was just interviewed on CNBC and I just love to hear the nonsense that spills out of Demunist leaderships mouths whenever they open.  Speaking about the state of employment and the Democratic shift to prioritizing jobs in an election year, he went on about how if we could ... http://www.bangpath.com/2010/01/08/demunists-hanker-for-the-glorious-clintonian-past/ One of the reasons Demunists trot out to justify their insane proclivity to destroy our health care system is that in the current system too many people go bankrupt and lose their homes due to health expenses they cannot handle.  And to some extent this may be true, and perhaps ... http://www.bangpath.com/2009/10/29/unintended-consequences-and-health-care/ As a full time market participant, I have been accustomed to keeping CNBC on next to me all day long.  I don't any more.  Read this article which suggests that General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt has put pressure on the network to be less critical of President Obama,  I believe ... http://www.bangpath.com/2009/09/14/watch-cnbc-switch-to-fox-business-channel/ It is rather rich to hear Pelosi and Hoyer call those who are shouting down their congressional representatives and others at Town Hall meetings Un-American.  Those with by far the worse reputation for shouting down those with whom they disagree tend to be liberals, especially campus liberals.  They do what ... http://www.bangpath.com/2009/08/12/pelosi-calls-the-kettle-black-and-un-american-to-boot/ As reported here, Barack Obama, the man currently pretending to be the President of the United States of America, said when discussing his insane nationalization of the health care system that will bankrupt the country while simultaneously reducing the quality of care and taking a giant leap toward a country ... http://www.bangpath.com/2009/07/16/obama-says-no-free-lunch-then-gives-out-free-lunch/ Antichrist's Adjutant: Henry Waxman Dumb as a Rock, but just as dangerous when thrown at your head - 3rd in line for the Presidency, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi These are two of the most powerful Demunists and Commocrats in Washington, Waxman, Chair of the House Energy Committe, and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of ... http://www.bangpath.com/2009/07/02/america-meet-your-fascist-overlords/ With the news today that the Tribune Company has reopened negotiations to sell the team with a second bidder, I thought it time to opine on the Cubs chances this year. A couple of years ago I had a letter hand delivered to Andy MacPhail by a friend of the family ... http://www.bangpath.com/2009/06/18/the-chicago-cubs-blow-2009/