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Archive for March, 2009

White House Blackmails General Motors’ CEO To Resign

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 29th, 2009. Filed under Auto Industry, Barack Obama, Business, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

In what can only be described as yet another one of those “crossing the Rubicon” moments that we’ve seen so many of since this economic crisis began, the CEO of General Motors has resigned in response to political pressure from the President of the United States:
The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO [...]

Is Ron Paul Wasting His Time, And Ours ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 29th, 2009. Filed under Libertarians, Politics, Republicans, Ron Paul

On several occasions over the past several months, we’ve seen Ron Paul in Congressional Committee hearings questioning men like Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke (see here, here, here, here, and here,), Obama economic adviser Paul Volcker, and, most recently, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.
Without fail, those encounters take the form of Paul spending two-thirds or more [...]

The Real Reason The Market Tanked And The Economy Collapsed

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 29th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

Tom Woods, author of the new book Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse spoke yesterday on Fox Business Channel on the roots of the economic crisis and why the government bailouts won’t work:
Part One:

Part Two:

The Ayn Rand Interview, 1980

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 29th, 2009. Filed under Ayn Rand, Individual Liberty, Politics

In 1980, shortly after her husband’s death, Ayn Rand sat down with Phil Donahue. It’s interesting to contrast this interview from the one more than 20 years earlier with Mike Wallace.
Here’s Part One:

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The United Nations: Enemy Of Freedom

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 29th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Islam, Religion

Via Kevin at The Liberty Papers comes news that something that likes to call itself the United Nations Human Rights Council has issued a report condemning “religious defamation:”
GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations forum on Thursday passed a resolution condemning “defamation of religion” as a human rights violation, despite wide concerns that it could be [...]

CIA Report: Torture Doesn’t Work

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 29th, 2009. Filed under Al Qaeda, War On Terror

A new CIA report seems to indicate that torture has little value in preventing terrorist attacks:
When CIA officials subjected their first high-value captive, Abu Zubaida, to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, they were convinced that they had in their custody an al-Qaeda leader who knew details of operations yet to be unleashed, and they [...]

Why People Don’t Take Republicans Seriously

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 29th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Politics, Religion, Republicans

Illinois Republican Congressman John Shimkus says we don’t need to worry about climate change, because the book of Genesis says God will decide when the world is supposed to end.
No really, he does:

H/T: Little Green Footballs

Milton Friedman: The Heart Of The Welfare State Is Violence And Coercion

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 29th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Individual Liberty

The great Milton Friedman explains what’s wrong with the idea that we should let the state do “good” with other people’s money:

H/T: Jason Pye

Metablogging: Social Networking

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, March 28th, 2009. Filed under Blogging, Facebook, News About The Site, Twitter

Blogging will be non-existent today.
I already mentioned this in the past, but decided to post it again since there are probably new readers that haven’t seen it.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve got a Facebook profile so send me a friend request if you’re on there as well. It may take me till the end of [...]

Yep, There’s Only One Of Me

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, March 28th, 2009. Filed under Blogging, Personal

HowManyOfMe.com

There are
1
or fewer people with my name in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

Well, I can guarantee there’s at least one…….
H/T: NoodleFood

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