Kent Beck, the genius who discovered eXtreme Programming, from whence sprang all so-called Agile methodologies, can lead us to good government. Beck, a senior consultant in the 1990s, noticed that all big software development programs began and ended the same way in the days of waterfall. Massive Requirements: Every project began with lots of highly… [Read more…]
January 12, 2009
Once upon a time, when blogging was fresh and new, conservative blogs dominated the top of Technorati’s most popular lists. Michelle Malkin, Powerline, and InstaPundit routinely led Talking Points and Kos. But we’ve fallen. Big time. Yesterday, Michelle was still the #1 conservative blog–at 39 overall. Huffington Post is #1, Kos is #8. Why? Reason… [Read more…]
January 8, 2009
For months I’ve been echoing the warnings of Peter Schiff and others: when China stops buying American debt, we’re in deep, deep trouble. The possibility for hyperflation, prices rise by double-digits on daily or weekly measures, becomes palpably high. Even though this article from IHT failed to suprised me, I have a sick, frightened gnawing… [Read more…]
January 7, 2009
Request: If you read a blog post on Hennessy’s View that seems to be rooting for America to fail or suffer in order that Obama take the blame, please e-mail me (bill-at–hennessysview–dot–com) and comment. I’m a hot-head, and I might not catch myself. The United States and every country on earth is in a perilous… [Read more…]
January 7, 2009
The first time I met George W. Bush in person, I was campaigning for Jack Kemp for President. Kemp was running against Vice President George H. W. Bush (and 47 others) for the Republican nomination. This was 1987. A wonderful, tough, and tireless local Republican organizer named Thelma Stuart recruited me and served as my… [Read more…]
January 6, 2009
American Thinker Blog: Global Warm-mongering: More Silk from a Pig’s Ear It seems that NASA’s James Hansen, head of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), is at it again. He just can’t let the data speak for itself. In yet another egregious display of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) arrogance, he changed the temperature data… [Read more…]
January 6, 2009
Obama: ‘Trillion-Dollar Deficits For Years’ – Capital Commerce (usnews.com) Just mindblowing. Here is #44 today (via the AP): Obama said Tuesday the deficit appears on track to hit $1 trillion soon. Speaking to reporters after meeting with top economic aides, Obama said: “Potentially we’ve got trillion-dollar deficits for years to come, even with the economic… [Read more…]
January 5, 2009
DailyTech – Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979 Thanks to a rapid rebound in recent months, global sea ice levels now equal those seen 29 years ago, when the year 1979 also drew to a close. Let’s give credit where it’s due: Al Gore. When Al Gore speaks, the opposite happens. Where… [Read more…]
January 5, 2009
Let’s give credit where it’s due, if it’s due. If Barack Obama sends a $300 billion tax cut proposal to Congress as the meat of his stimulus package, he deserves high marks. Tax Cuts Increase Tax Revenue A large tax cut aimed at tax payers–individual and business alike–will not only stimulate the economy, it will… [Read more…]
January 4, 2009
The Huffington Post (of all things) brings us a most cogent, concise, and accurate repudiation of Al Gore and the whole "climate change" Nazi crowd (h/t ICECAP). Harold Ambler deserves the Nobel Prize for truth stating. Some highlights. Strike One: How Al Gore (and Hansen and the rest) lie to you about climate change: First,… [Read more…]
January 3, 2009
Some good people work at the Post Orifice. I know several. One of my dad’s best friends and WWII paratrooper retired from the Post Orifice. He was a great guy and good friend to my parents. On the other hand, the United States Postal Service is among the incompetent, bureaucratic, broken down, 19th century, poorly… [Read more…]
January 14, 2009
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