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How to Bring the Japanese

ArchPundit October 18, 2002 0 Comment

How to Bring the Japanese out of Economic Doldrums

Keep choosing to be uncompetitive in the clean car race. Guest blogger Eric Rauchway at Altercation makes the valuable point that by dragging our feet, Japan is moving ahead. Gregg Easterbrook has done some great work on how the US Government under both Clinton and Bush have created an incredibly inefficient program to supposedly encourage better gas mileage. The Bush continuation is missing from TNR Online (or I’m too stupid to find it). However, he has instituted the same mechanism for fuel cell cars.

Southwest makes a profit But

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 0 Comment

Southwest makes a profit

But much of the rest of the industry insists on needing a bailout. Hey look, they still haven’t gotten rid of the Wright Amendment!

Trib endorses a Libertarian The

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 0 Comment

Trib endorses a Libertarian

The Trib castigates Madigan and the ICFST and endorses a libertarian in one hell of an endorsement. Won’t see anything that interesting the P-D.

Ouch One might think Steve

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 0 Comment

Ouch

One might think Steve Neal wrote this. One has to see this as a shot towards his reelection. Two years out and mentioning reelection, the Trib may start campaigning against him pretty damn soon.

Freebird This cracks me up.

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 0 Comment

Freebird

This cracks me up. But I wouldn’t have given any money back, nor allowed him back in.

Illinois School Deficits Increase J-Ry

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 0 Comment

Illinois School Deficits Increase

J-Ry and Blago are lying or stupid if they don’t plan on addressing a tax increase for school funding.

The Geriatric Crowd doesn’t Get

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 0 Comment

The Geriatric Crowd doesn’t Get the Boondocks

And Don Wycliff offers some perspective.

Poking holes in Sacred Cows

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 0 Comment

Poking holes in Sacred Cows

I can think of three mixed metaphors that could be involved above. How about you? Anyway, Steve Chapman argues the Cuban Missile Crisis was mishandled and applies it to Iraq. It is good reasoning and while I disagree, he makes an excellent argument.

What should be interesting is the linguistic pirouette the administration makes to distinguish between Iraq and North Korea. There are significant differences to be sure, I’m just skeptical the administration can communicate them.

Little Gary Bauer Defends Falwell,

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 0 Comment

Little Gary Bauer

Defends Falwell, Robertson, Franklin Graham and Jerry Vines. No surprise, but it is a neat little trick. He says Jerry Falwell isn’t the problem when Falwell calls the Muslim Prophet Muhammed a terrorist. He then says the problem is jihadism. First, let’s stipulate that jihadism can be peaceful conflict within oneself, but clearly he is talking about violant Islamists. The problem with Little Gary’s argument is not all Muslims are the problem as the foursome of studidity tried to claim. If they had made critical comments of specific forms of Islam there wouldn’t have been a problem.

The problem a Christian Nation

ArchPundit October 17, 2002 0 Comment

The problem a Christian Nation

Charisma News reports that most Americans aren’t True Christians TM.

This then begs the question of what a Christian nation is.