First off, I voted for Mondale, so I'm a little prejudiced. As for this hero thing about Reagan, all I can say is that he was just another very plain intellect who was this affable guy everybody likes; kinda like right now. NOBODY comes down with a sudden case of alzheimer's. The early signs were there and talked about during the '84 campaign; the actual disease was not mentioned. Teflon; remember?

I remember back in the 70s predicting the demise of the SU based on information I could glean on industrial production and stories of people I met and read about. Something wrong with a country that has a viable space program, but has factories that output twenty tractors in a year. And tractors are another way of saying "food". Anybody that was interested in delving in beyond the politics of the day and into the lives of soviet citizens could have reached the same conclusion. I find the study you cite quite credible.

Posted at May 1, 2008 1:29 PM in response to Reagan or Mondale?

I've heard it said that "hope" is not a strategy.

Posted at March 17, 2008 8:22 PM in response to Total BS on Wall St.

For months, I've been watching, what I consider a counter-intuitive drop in treasury rates, caused by the advice: "Flee to quality". People have been warning that money market accounts could end up with losses, so go only for treasury backed bond accounts.

Now... with the dollar in free fall, the US in hock up to its ears, and the inflation that the Fed is adding to with its current methods, what do you think is going to happen to treasuries in the not too distant future???

Posted at March 17, 2008 1:11 PM in response to Total BS on Wall St.

Nice to note the guy that gets away before the collapse.
But, I see very few references to the $6-8 billion that will probably be set aside to provide "signing bonuses" to the current crop of managers at BS, supposedly necessary to help put things back together. Kinda like in those movies where the crew is wading thru the swamp, and of course they need some local swamp creature to "guide" them for a price.
THIS is a travesty.

Posted at March 17, 2008 10:39 AM in response to The Fed’s Forced Marriage of Bear Stearns and J.P. Morgan

Wow

The "Vast Right Wing Conspiricy" really pales next to this.n Until the was George Bush, I would have trouble believing ANYBODY could feel that self-important.

Posted at March 14, 2008 1:28 PM in response to McCain: I "Worry" That Al Qaeda Will Attack To Tip Election Against Me

this was supposed to be a response to 'chemjeff', but what the hell. You guys could improve on the way this all operates.

Posted at March 11, 2008 12:35 PM in response to Bailout Time: Where are the Free Marketers?

Rather than go thru the financial dislocation of a lot of innocent people, by watching, as you suggest, the demise of these large corporations, why not simply regulate this stuff the way it used to be such that these guys get caught BEFORE the BIG TROUBLES.
For some reason, regulations in our economic life are opposed by your side.

Posted at March 11, 2008 11:21 AM in response to Bailout Time: Where are the Free Marketers?

From there, I guess that Jesus' background should properly be referred to as "Sumero-Judean" to acknowledge the parentage of of his people.

Let's be consistant

Posted at March 11, 2008 10:36 AM in response to Fallacy #1: The Founders Weren't Deists

Cherry picking indeed:
"Franklin – At the Constitutional Convention, he suggested the delegates pray together..."

"Also we have to remember that these four were not the only men sitting in the Continental Congress or at the Constiuttional Convention."

Ask him what the answer the latter gave to the former.
dc

Posted at March 10, 2008 1:29 PM in response to Fallacy #1: The Founders Weren't Deists

Cherry picking indeed:
"Franklin – At the Constitutional Convention, he suggested the delegates pray together..."

"Also we have to remember that these four were not the only men sitting in the Continental Congress or at the Constiuttional Convention."

Ask him what the answer the latter gave to the former.
dc

Posted at March 10, 2008 1:28 PM in response to Fallacy #1: The Founders Weren't Deists