Posted on 04/20/2010 7:21:52 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
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Close Encounters with the Loony Left [link list]
Thug-0-crat hit list [shocking links and headlines]
Obama's Outstanding Record of Dip-lunacy
Obama-nomics link-list [and leftist economics]
Hayworth vs. McCain -- Primary Headline Roundup
DUBOB -- Dark Underbelly Of the Beast
Monster pings this way come ....
Watch your back!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Crime Inc. in action!
Primaries show off the power of the broom
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530700/posts
Tea Party Candidates Win Some Primaries
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530695/posts
Palin, Romney Play Chess in Primaries
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530337/posts
Angle wins US Senate primary in Nevada [Dingy Harry, say HELLO to your worst nightmare!]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530652/posts
Culver will face Branstad [Iowa]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530674/posts
Carly Fiorina wins GOP Senate nomination [vs. Boxer CA]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530645/posts
Blanche survives [for now]...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100609/D9G7K1LG2.html
*Palin’s backing pays off...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2530708/posts
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38302.html
Republican Women Dominate...
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2010_Elections/primary-races-nevada-arkansas-south-carolina-california-measure/story?id=10856058
Hannity on radio this afternoon will talk with idea people regarding oil cleanup.
Obama Flashback 2008: I Ran a Big Campaign So I Can Handle a Gulf Disaster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2529857/posts
“Thanks to Byron York for bringing it to our attention. On September 1, 2008, Barack Obama, fresh from his Roman-colonnade speech ...”
Norah Moved By Plight Of . . . Obama Staffers [Morning Joe]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2529992/posts
“O’Donnell gets choked up as she describes Obama aides waking up in the middle of the night with nightmares of gushing oil.”
Who’s the BP boycott really hurting?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530407/posts
“BP does not own a vast majority of its gas stations. They’re run by small business owners ...” [snip]
BP: ‘Virtually all’ oil to be captured soon...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9G7D7F80&show_article=1
Second leaking rig near Deepwater Horizon...
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/06/another_gulf_oil_spill_well_ne.html
Deep Bay of Rigs Research by Diogenesis
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2530184/posts?page=9#9
MILES OF OIL CONTAINMENT BOOM in Warehouse- Just Sitting- Waiting For BP or US to Collect (Video!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530539/posts
Maine factory owner begs feds: Why aren’t you buying the oil barriers I’m churning out?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530565/posts
Broken Window Fallacy
French economist Frederic Bastiat
That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen
by Frederic Bastiat, 1850
http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html#broken_window
In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause - it is seen. The others unfold in succession - they are not seen: it is well for us, if they are foreseen. [snip] Hence it follows that the bad economist pursues a small present good, which will be followed by a great evil to come, while the true economist pursues a great good to come, - at the risk of a small present evil. [snip]
I. THE BROKEN WINDOW
[My words outside of brief quotes]
A brat breaks a window, and some economists might think, “Great. It creates work for the glazer.” So the glazer puts in a new window and earns six francs. “Stop there! your theory is confined to that which is seen; it takes no account of that which is not seen.” ... “It is not seen that as our shopkeeper has spent six francs upon one thing, he cannot spend them upon another.”
So there you go. True progess comes from a NET gain in humanity’s property. Progress is set back when property is lost, when labor is wasted, and when dreams are shattered like a broken window. Even the brat — he’s out breaking windows rather than learning a useful trade. The glazer is just restoring what was lost. The man buying the window needs to cut his budget and postpone genuine progress. Other people would have earned that six francs that would have advanced humanity’s net property.
Looking deeper: a misanthrope is glad to reduce humanity’s net property. A person who hates his fellow man hopes to manipulate others into stagnation and setbacks out of some selfish desire. He attempts to talk useful idiots into buying his contorted theories.
With Flag Day and Fourth Coming Up ... Blast from Past
Obama Convention throws US Flags in the Trash
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071409/posts
US Flags in the Trash [photo evidence]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071409/posts
Drive By Media Gone Wild
Reuters Admits Cropping Photos of [Gaza] Ship, Denies Political Motive
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530340/posts
[Helen Thomas must be pleased with their Hezbollah slant.]
Audio: Rosie O’Donnell Calls For ‘Communism’ In America To Confiscate Corporate Assets
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2530519/posts
CNBC Host Says Obama Sullied Office With ‘Ass to Kick’ Line
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530279/posts
DUmmie FUnnies 06-08-10 (DUmmies urge Obama to kick some ass!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2530096/posts
Norah Moved By Plight Of . . . Obama Staffers [Morning Joe]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2529992/posts
“O’Donnell gets choked up as she describes Obama aides waking up in the middle of the night with nightmares of gushing oil.”
“Morning Joe” Crew Calls the Drudge Report’s ‘Obama Goes Street’ Headline Racist - Video
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2530588/posts
“James Risen, a Pulitizer Prize winning national correspondent for the New York Times, is being told to give up his sources for State of War, his 2006 book on the C.I.A, or go to jail.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530378/posts
[Hero for bashing Bush over ‘wire tapping’ now criminalized by Eric Holder.]
Support for Congress at all-time low [via Washington Post]
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=164357
Even worse than in 1994 when voters swept Democrats out of power
POLL: 74% Oppose Tax On DRUDGE, Web Sites To Help Newspapers...
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/june_2010/74_oppose_taxing_internet_news_sites_to_help_newspapers
How Obama Reduced Crime Rates Last Year
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530323/posts
“His election caused gun sales to soar ...” [snip]
FBI cash funded Sloot ‘slay’ trip
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530721/posts
China Sold Nuclear Missiles to Saudi Arabia, Ex-CIA Officer Claims
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530701/posts
Gov. Christie Winning Battle with N.J. Teachers’ Union
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530697/posts
Palin, Romney Play Chess in Primaries
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530337/posts
North Carolina 7th Graders to Learn About IUDs, Abortifacients, Condoms
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530368/posts
Crist removes pro-life section of campaign website
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=164085
Expected to veto bill giving women option to view ultrasound before abortion
Teens Face Worst Summer Job Market in 41 Years...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37573330
ObamaCare nails its first “villain” [Insurer nHealth of Virginia going out of business]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2530659/posts
GM Recalling 1.5 Million Cars for Fire Hazard [Obama’s Government Motors?]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530137/posts
GM, Ford Announce Plans To Beam Google Maps Directions Directly To Autos
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530342/posts
[Why? So Google can snoop on drivers?]
Hecklers Pounce on Pelosi During D.C. Speech [leftists]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530359/posts
Obama Official: Netanyahu Waiting for ‘President Palin’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530070/posts
Obama to meet Palestinian leader Abbas (Closed Door with Soviet-trained Fatah)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530766/posts
AFL to White House: ‘Labor isn’t an arm of the Democratic Party’ (Rejects WH “flushed money” charge)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530738/posts
Off the beaten path online: Barack Obama ignores D-Day anniversary – goes to theatre party instead
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530034/posts
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation after two Border Patrol agents shot and wounded two suspected drug smugglers after, agents say, the pair threw rocks at them.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530204/posts
CIA Goes 14 Months Without Internal Watchdog
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530281/posts
Laura Bush says family laughs off Dem shots at former president
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530325/posts
Obama Tells Graduating Class, ‘Don’t Make Excuses,’ Drawing GOP Taunts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530370/posts
Chicago teachers to sue public school district: Class sizes too big...
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Unions-Plan-to-Sue-CPS-95853409.html
Primary Links [Post 665] Bay of Rigs [Post 664]
Boy Falls 70 Feet, “Landed by the Hand of God” [from 17th floor]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2528291/posts
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Toddler-Survives-7-Story-Fall-at-Miami-Highrise-95623079.html
[Fall broken on 10th floor — no injuries.]
Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Male Breast-Feeding
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530320/posts
[ ... give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances ...]
4th-grader the junior champ for the 2010 Nat’l Science Fair for “Disproving Global Warming.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530764/posts
Remember Walter Williams discuss the Broken Window Fallacy? ‘Must-Know’ [Post 665]
Post 666 [fitting number] Obama Convention throws US Flags in the Trash
[Please remember this blast from the past for Flag Day and Independence Day.]
Drive by Media Gone Wild [Post 667] — Also a Bush Basher ‘hero’ now criminalized by BO reg. new book.
Post 668:
Support for Congress ALL-TIME Low, Also: 74% oppose Drudge Tax & newspaper bailout, How Obama Reduced Crime Rates Last Year, FBI cash funded Van der Sloot ‘slay’ trip, Teens Face Worst Summer Job Market in 41 Years, Team BO already drove a health insurance company out of business, Are GM & Ford helping Google snoop on drivers?, Obama Official: Netanyahu Waiting for ‘President Palin’, CIA Goes 14 Months Without Internal Watchdog, “Blame Bush” makes GW laugh, teacher lawsuit for smaller class size, China Sold Nuclear Missiles to Saudis?, NC 7th Graders to Learn About IUDs, Abortifacients, Condoms — Gov. Christie Winning Battle with N.J. Teachers’ Union, and more.
Grab Bag links coming up [including plenty of strange news]
[Might be gone until Sunday. FRegards ....]
Grab Back Links [Lots of strange news mixed in.]
The mighty thorium : The nearly perfect energy source nobody has heard of
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530550/posts
Internet addicts stage mutiny at Chinese boot camp...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7145877.ece
EXPERT: Don’t sleep longer — sleep smarter...
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/dont-sleep-longer-ndash-sleep-smarter-1994018.html
Coroner criticises police command after officer shot with own gun (Australia)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530691/posts
Corpse flower blooms, stinks up the place
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2528972/posts
Bethany Lott Struck by Lightning, Moments Before Boyfriend Richard Butler Was to Propose
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2530287/posts
Items hint at Earhart’s final struggle; Evidence backs view that pilot, navigator died as castaways
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2529288/posts
CA man gets prison for smuggling songbirds “ ... hiding them under his pants ... “
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2530088/posts
Alligator trapped in Tampa school
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2529313/posts
World of Warcraft Skills Help Norwegian Boy Save His Sister From Moose Attack
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2530303/posts
THX much for your pings.
I’m getting so many many dozens of pings daily these days, that I often cannot more than scan the headings of many of them and still get out the door before noon.
Sorry. I appreciate them even when I can’t note them.
“I’m getting so many many dozens of pings daily these days, that I often cannot more than scan the headings of many of them and still get out the door before noon.”
I understand. That’s why I think that just a few pings a week are preferable. At the same time, by bundling ping topics together, it combines the advantage of ‘high volume’ with ‘less hassle’. And finally, if people have time to ‘catch up’, it’s all here on this thread.
AMEN AMEN!
THX THX.
“But then the equally mediocre Tom born-wealthy-high-carbon-footprint-lover-of-Chinese-Communist-Capitalism-I’ve-got-mine-you-should-not-have-yours Friedman let fly with this on Meet the Press:
I have fantasized–don’t get me wrong–but that what if we could just be China for a day? I mean, just, just, just one day. You know, I mean, where we could actually, you know, authorize the right solutions, and I do think there is a sense of that, on, on everything from the economy to environment. I don’t want to be China for a second, OK, I want my democracy to work with the same authority, focus and stick-to-itiveness. But right now we have a system that can only produce suboptimal solutions.
To which Andrea even-more-privileged-than-you-Tom Mitchell chimed in: “
I’m sure that the Chi-Coms got them a suite at the Hotel Beijing, and fed them the finest food.
Now, put them in a factory or a sweatshop for 5 dollars a day, and see how these pampered fools like it.
Thank you. “Drive Bys Gone Wild” Update:
TOM FRIEDMAN: “So I don’t–I, I–I’m worried about this, it’s why I have fantasized–don’t get me wrong–but that what if we could just be China for a day? I mean, just, just, just one day. You know, I mean, where we could actually, you know, authorize the right solutions, and I do think there is a sense of that, on, on everything from the economy to environment. I don’t want to be China for a second, OK, I want my democracy to work with the same authority, focus and stick-to-itiveness. But right now we have a system that can only produce suboptimal solutions.”
ANDREA MITCHELL: “And, in fact, Tom, you’re absolutely right. One case in point, the Financial Regulation Bill...” [snip]
TOM FRIEDMAN AND ANDREA MITCHELL ARE LIBERAL FASCISTS
http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2010/05/25/tom-friedman-and-andrea-mitchell-are-liberal-fascists/
[quote] Liberal Fascist Cole Porter wrote: “You’r the top; You’re Musolini. Today, Liberal Fascist Woody Allen would like to make Obama into a dictator. [snip]
Tom Friedman’s fantasy — Dictator for a day
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/05/026376.php
“Thomas Friedman wishes that our democracy worked as well as China’s dictatorship. He thus fantasizes about the U.S. being ‘China for a day.’ After Friedman has used that opportunity to impose his will on us, we can go back to being a free country — at least until the next set of bees enters his bonnet.” [snip]
Tom Friedman’s fantasy — Dictator for a day - China, World
http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/story/tom-friedman-s-fantasy-dictator-for-a-day
Michael Savage: Obama may be foreign ‘usurper’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=163513
Radio host decries ‘extreme dangers’ of president with ‘dual allegiances’
‘Thanks, but no thanks’ —Houston Chronicle
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=164817
U.S., BP slow to accept Dutch expertise
FBI report: ACORN ‘poverty pimpin’’ for Democrats
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=164621
U.S. protectionist law keeping oil-cleaning tech out of Gulf? —Business Insider
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=164833
Administration has refused assistance from foreign governments, companies with know-how
Mexican soldiers used rifles to chase off U.S. Border Patrol...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/09/mexico-tensions-heightened-border-patrol-agent-kills-mexican-teen-near-el-paso
My, how quickly the Left turns on people (a poll included, too)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531719/posts
[How dare Elton John entertain Rush?]
Chinese labor unrest spreads
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28c02300-7381-11df-ae73-00144feabdc0.html
Rocket Fired at California Police Station
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Suspicious-Device-on-Roof-Was-Rocket-Police-
Taliban hangs 7-YEAR-OLD BOY — for being a spy...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/06/10/2010-06-10_taliban_hang_7yearold_boy_accused_of_being_a_spy_suicide_bomber_kills_40_at_afgh.html
Bernanke Puzzled by Gold Rally...
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/06/09/bernanke-puzzled-by-gold-rally
Beware of Trojan Horses (Tim Adams, certifigate, and neo-nazis?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531165/posts
Sources: Scandals at Arlington Cemetery prompt firings
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2531668/posts?page=4
IHH’s Deep, Longstanding Terror Ties [Gaza ‘Love’ Boat]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531571/posts
“The Hamas ties are not in question ... but IHH is not a designated terrorist organization in the United States. It’s fair to ask, why not?”
‘Beat The Imperialist Enemy’ Toy and Educational Aid [N. Korea — satire? Can’t tell.]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531552/posts
[Modeled after the beating of Zionist occupiers by peace activists of the Gaza flotilla ... lovingly handcrafted ....]
Thousands of babies about to lose HIV/AIDS medication (Obamacare impact?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531567/posts
Measuring the Impact of a Nod From Palin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531509/posts
“Carly Fiorina in California and Nikki Haley in South Carolina. She also endorsed Terry Branstad, who won Tuesday’s GOP gubernatorial primary in Iowa.” [snip]
Bottom of the barrel: BP value sinks $17B yesterday
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531574/posts
Violent Left [nut] Fights for a BP Bailout [by Turban Durbin]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531550/posts
Obama team honors Walpin-gate transgressor
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531390/posts
“Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson as a key speaker”
FBI report: ACORN ‘poverty pimpin’’ for Democrats
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531471/posts
Gibbs: Obama hasn’t talked to Hayward because BP board calls the shots
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531379/posts
[Obama earlier excuse was an accusation that CEOs just say what he wants to hear.]
Kagan’s threat to gun owners [Supreme Sandwich nominee]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531347/posts
“Elena Kagan ran much of President Clinton’s war on guns from 1995 to 1999.”
Barack Obama’s Attacks On BP Hurting British Pensioners
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531325/posts
White House rejected Israeli intel, blocked use of anti-riot gear against flotilla
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531302/posts
While oil spills, Obama picnics with Congress (but not on a gulf beach)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531085/posts
Party “to celebrate what host President Obama called the “incredible sacrifices” [congress critters] make [snip]
Experts seek to clarify their views on drilling moratorium
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531018/posts
panel of experts: “Ken Salazar falsely implied they supported a six-month drilling moratorium they actually oppose.”
Rahm Emanuel’s BP Connection
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531021/posts
Greenberg’s consulting firm — GCS [Greenberg, James Carville, and Clintonista — Bob Shrum.]
Iran: Obama Makes It Easy for Us
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530972/posts
Issa asks Office of Special Counsel to investigate WH on Sestak-Romanoff
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530988/posts
McCain campaign says he will debate Hayworth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2531371/posts
Rogers said, adding, but “he has a day job. Folks want him doing his job during the week, so he doesn’t have, unlike Congressman Hayworth, unlimited time on his hands.””
That’s a McLame excuse. AuntB: “June 29, 2008 — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) became the most absent member of the Senate.”
Exasperated members see obstruction at DoJ [The Hill]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530909/posts
“Bipartisan criticism of the Justice Department is soaring on Capitol Hill ... “
[But John Conyers trusts Eric Holder so much that: “We stopped having lunches.” What a ringing endorsement.]
Bob Beckel defends Helen Thomas’ deranged anti-Semitism
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2529365/posts
[Beckel was more upset about her rights than the outrage of her words.]
Man Kills Self With Homemade Guillotine
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2531541/posts?page=2
Just a quick ping until Sunday:
In Post 676:
Mexican soldiers used rifles to chase off U.S. Border Patrol, How dare Elton John entertain Rush? [Attack poll etc.], Savage: Obama may be foreign ‘usurper’, U.S., BP slow to accept Dutch [and other foreign] expertise, Rocket Fired at California Police Station, Taliban hangs 7-YEAR-OLD BOY — for being a spy, Bernanke Puzzled by Gold Rally [nitwit alert], Tim Adams mess — trojan horse?, Scandals at Arlington Cemetery prompt firings, IHH’s Deep, Longstanding Terror Ties [Gaza ‘Love’ Boat], Thousands of babies about to lose HIV/AIDS medication (Obamacare impact?), BP value sinks $17B, Obama team honors Walpin-gate transgressor, ACORN vs. FBI, Kagan’s threat to gun owners, 0 vs. BP hurting Brit Pensioners, White House rejected Israeli intel, blocked use of anti-riot gear against flotilla, “Ken Salazar falsely implied they supported a six-month drilling moratorium they actually oppose.”, Deadfish Rhambo & BP ties with GCS [Greenberg, James Carville, and Clintonista — Bob Shrum.], Iran: Obama Makes It Easy for Us, Issa & Sestak Romanoff latest, McCain campaign says he will debate Hayworth, Exasperated members see obstruction at DoJ [both parties], Bob Beckel defends Helen Thomas
Enough to make one pick up his basketball, and go home ;-)
Lotsa good threads on important skullduggery going on...
FRiend, there are so many scandals, there is so much leftnut lunacy, no one person can process it all.
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