Archive for November, 2007
National Review Likes Thompson’s Plans
National Review expresses surprise and thanks that one Republican candidate has actually released comprehensive policy plans to deal with today’s challenges. Even more amazing to NR is the content of those plans: Conservative.
That candidate is Fred Thompson, who leads the GOP in publishing specific ideas. Perhaps the reason other candidates don’t put [...]
Oil Price Collapse Coming ***UPDATED, BUMPED***
***UPDATE*** C. H. Smith and I are no longer the lone contrarians–read The New Business World article, “Oil Prices May Crash.”
Also, Hall of Record offers some intriguing charts comparing the oil price trends to recent crashes in tech stocks and the 1981-1986 world oil price collapse. As I said, “intriguing.”
And this [...]
Standing Into Danger: GOP in 2008
The next election loomed ominously upon the political horizon in November 1979. A decade of failed foreign policy, Soviet expansion, stagflation, gas and oil shortages, historically severe winters, soaring crime rates, marauding youth, sexual perversion, and unstable standards left the American people wondering, “What next?”
Next, of course, was the Iranian hostage crisis, which might [...]
Happy Veterans’ Day
I know it’s late, but I was busy today. Busy doing what other veterans do: work. Unlike many others–from WWII to Iraq and Afghanistan–I am physically unscathed and mentally better off than I was in November 1984. That’s when I left St. Louis MEPS for Navy Recruit Training Center, Orlando. Military life is military, but [...]
Fred08: Keep Watching
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