I’m from the Treasury, and I’m here to help you…
(Via the Drudge Report) …whether you want help or not. Community banking executives around the country responded with anger yesterday to the Bush administration’s strategy…
Month: October 2008
Trains
The Golden Age of Trains, In B&W. Mrs. Freeholder, the book comes out in November–just in time for Christmas. Hint, hint.
Look!
Market manipulation works–and it’s OK if government does it. After all, it’s for our own good. Which is why taxpayers the world over are going…
Must…catch…breath…
Attention: Spew Alert in effect! Go here. Really. It’s that funny–if you’re a guy, anyway.
Things to come
(Via the Drudge Report) If you are a conservative, a traditional liberal, a libertarian–anything other than an Obama Progressive–this is what you have to look…
Interested in shotguns?
Son is really starting to get into shotguns (Five Stand in particular), a subject where, outside of the tactical uses thereof, I’m really pretty ignorant.…
Whew!
According to some, the stock market has reached a “capitulation bottom“–nearly 3 billion shares traded on the NYSE Friday, and there’s hope that investors have…
Oopsie!
Joe Biden, beloved vice-presidential candidate of Obamanauts everywhere, is a bit confused about the responsibilities of the job he’s interviewing for. Hey Joe! How’s all…
Food for thought
On forums like The High Road, there is a thread that comes up every so often. It’s the “How do you know if those guys…
Finishing up
I’m out of order with this, but after some jet-lagged sleep, other things drew my attention today. Sunday was my last day in Oregon, and…
Strong words
(From John Mauldin’s Outside the Box E-Letter. As required by the reprint agreement, you can reach Mr. Mauldin at johnmauldin@investorsinsight.com.) Here are some strong words,…
Huh…
(Via the Patriot Post) Due to my travels last week, I missed the vice presidential debate. I’ve caught snippets here and there, but I suppose…
“What happened?”
(Via SurvivalBlog) Today was a travel day, flying back in time as I traversed the country from Oregon to Arizona to North Carolina. What happened…
Stuck
Every year, I attend a professional conference for IT folks that work in a specific area of the attractions industry. Every year, I’ve always left…
Failure
Rivrdog opines on the failure of our elected representatives. Nicely done, sir.
The Weasel List
Karen De Coster links us to the final vote tally for the House’s vote on bailing Wall Street out from it’s excesses with the tile…
I’m flattered, but
(Found at Call me Ahab) I find it a bit hard to believe. Your result for The Classic Leading Man Test… John Wayne You, my…
Wednesday was a good day for pictures
I had Wednesday to myself, before the start of the real reason I’m here in Oregon (work). I decided to go get lost. Taking Hwy…
Where’s the Freeholder?
Maybe this will give you a clue. I didn’t get a chance to take many decent pictures yesterday (hard to do when you have to…
Journalistic objectivity
Questions are being raised about PBS anchor Gwen Ifill’s objectivity after news surfaced that she is releasing a new book promoting Barack Obama and other…