By Rip Rowan on 8/4/2009 2:32 AM

I know the rest of the world has moved on, but I thought I might just summarize the whole Gates / Crowley issue.

Clearly, institutionalized racism is still alive and well when an elite black professor at the nation's most respected college, living in a city with a black mayor, in a state with a black governor, in a country with a black President can't pop off at a white cop without getting arrested.

Hopefully, we can all learn something from this.

By Rip Rowan on 7/31/2009 10:41 AM

Does anyone see anything a little wrong in this picture?

1. The federal government, using our money, takes a 60% stake in GM, one of the world's largest auto companies.
2. Then, the federal government, using our money, pays buyers up to $4500 to destroy their used car (removing it from the market and driving up the prices for used cars) provided the buyer replaces the destroyed car with a new car.  Possibly a GM model.

Am I the only one?

By Rip Rowan on 3/22/2009 7:02 AM

Remember "Change You Can Believe In?"

Remember how we were going to do away with earmarks?  Toss out the lobbyists?  Get away from old-school politics-as-usual?

"Hope" - remember?  Isn't that why you voted for Obama?

Still feel that way?

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By Rip Rowan on 3/22/2009 6:19 AM

The recently passed "Spendulus" package has left me totally aghast.

I'm pretty (small-L) libertarian, so when I hear of the federal government taking on this kind of authority and power I naturally pucker up pretty tight.

A lot of my friends - Obama supporters from the go - are big supporters of the plan.  They see good intentions everywhere.  Helping the poor with increased Medicaid funding.  Helping the middle class with more tax rebates.  Building roads and bridges. 

Motherhood.  Apple pie.  Who can argue with that?

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