Posts Tagged ‘Economics’

Black Barbie: Why So Cheap?

Black Barbie: Why So Cheap?
It seems as though there were two Barbies: Ballerina Barbie and Ballerina Theresa.  Ballerina Barbie wore pink while Ballerina Theresa wore aquamarine.  Both ballerinas had the same hairstyle and looked the same with one key difference: Barbie was white and Theresa was black.  When the Theresa doll...
March 10th, 2010 | Economics | Read More

They Break Bones in Canada

They Break Bones in Canada
There was some flutter on February 5th when Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams announced he was flying to the U.S. for surgery on his heart.  Turns out, he learned America was the best place for him to go.  Williams had his procedure and, it turns out, had he undergone treatment in Canada they would...
February 25th, 2010 | Social Issues | Read More

Scott Brown: From Hero to Zero

Scott Brown: From Hero to Zero
Well, that didn’t take too long.  Scott Brown voted for the “jobs bill” and now he’s a turncoat and will be watching his back like Arlen Specter.  It was an easy call made here on January 21, 2010: Expect over the next 12 months for Scott Brown’s name to be less and less in...
February 25th, 2010 | Conservatives | Read More

Obama, Stimulus, Japan, and Paul Krugman

Obama, Stimulus, Japan, and Paul Krugman
The cartoon is funny, but is it true?  You be the judge: After decades of “miracle” economic growth since World War II, Japan’s economy abruptly faltered in 1990 and has stagnated since. Overall during the 1990s, Japan tried 10 fiscal stimulus packages totaling more than 100 trillion...
February 23rd, 2010 | Media Bias | Read More

Obama Stays Up at Night Worrying About Debt

Obama Stays Up at Night Worrying About Debt
President Obama is not responsible for the abuse of Social Security income nor is he responsible for George W. Bush’s over-spending however he has done a tidy job spending more than any other U.S. president ever (even when adjusted for inflation) and he’s only been in office since January...
February 21st, 2010 | Economics | Read More

Deficits, Debt, Bailouts: What Obama Should Learn from Germany

Deficits, Debt, Bailouts: What Obama Should Learn from Germany
In a recent article on Just Politics..? we learned of Greece’s increasingly dire financial situation (brought about largely by corruption, high public spending, poor economic planning) and how the road that this country is taking (asking China to buy their debt to “fix” budget holes)...
February 15th, 2010 | Economics, World | Read More

Fools and Horses – and Global Warmers

Fools and Horses – and Global Warmers
From the Reality Files: The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders. In an interview with The Mail on Sunday, Dr Lal, the co-ordinating lead...
January 29th, 2010 | Economics, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Liberals | Read More

Exploring Liberal Myths: The Republicans as the Party of No

Exploring Liberal Myths: The Republicans as the Party of No
This article is part 3 in a 5 part series: Exploring Liberal Myths.  Here are the other stories: America’s International Standing Torture “No” is one of the most powerful words in the English language.  If you have a pet or a child, it is probably the first word they learn.  ”No”...
January 27th, 2010 | Liberals | Read More

Obama Motors: GM Using Taxpayer Dollars to Outsource

Obama Motors: GM Using Taxpayer Dollars to Outsource
Governments do not belong in private industry.  In France we saw a recent row play out regarding Renault.  The Renault Clio (a cute economy car) was going to be built outside of France, resulting in some job losses domestically.  Renault was going to shift production to Turkey to save money on labor...
January 25th, 2010 | Economics, Liberals, Social Issues | Read More

Liberals Speak on Those Damn Risky Banks

Liberals Speak on Those Damn Risky Banks
Everything that’s humorous is based in some truth.  I think this cartoon is very funny and based on more than a little bit of thruth: Like this post? Subscribe to the Conservative perspective of Just Politics..? via RSS or Email and enjoy great articles like this every day or spread the word...
January 24th, 2010 | Economics, Humor, Liberals | Read More

Why the Democrats are Failing in the Polls

Even though the 2010 mid-term elections are still about 10 months away, several Democrats have already dropped out and several more, including Sentate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada are behind in the polls.  It’s never too early to have some excuses handy for when your party tanks in the...
January 13th, 2010 | Liberals | Read More

Obama, Goldilocks, and American Exceptionalism

Our Goldilocks president – I call him that because he supports things like the war in Afghanistan but then undercuts himself by saying he still wants to get out of Dodge ASAP and can never find a cause that is “just right” – is going to cause a lot of problems for himself, our...
January 2nd, 2010 | Diplomacy, Economics, Liberals, Social Issues, Terrorism | Read More

1.9 Trillion Reasons Democrats Favor Global Warming

Let's store our source data in here! Many Liberal activists believe CO2 causes the earth to warm and they think humans are the cause of it.  As the exposed emails from “global warming” scientists show, there is hardly agreement as to what is going on and what is the cause of it.  Democrats...
December 14th, 2009 | Economics, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Liberals, Media Bias, Social Issues | Read More

Why the Democrats Push Despite Opinion Polls

Every reputable polling organization out there is showing Obama and the Democrats running in the negative as far as popularity goes.  The more Obama and his party push for Big Government the more they run into the negative.  Gallup last had Obama at just 47% favorable, a record low for a president...
December 10th, 2009 | Economics, Liberals, Social Issues | Read More

Solar Is Only Green If It’s In the Red

Green is very expensive There have been many articles here regarding the new “green” economy Liberals speak of with such fondness.  The myths that we hear about so-called renewable energy are that they can produce an almost limitless supply of power, that they will not hurt the planet, and...
December 4th, 2009 | Economics, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Liberals | Read More
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