My (Relative) Love For Microsoft

I love Microsoft!
Actually, I don’t, but that is neither here nor there – what I ABSOLUTELY LOVE is their announcement that they will charge DOUBLE for Windows 7 to buyers in European Union nations!
When faced with adversity between two groups I don’t like, I often hope both parties lose, but in this case I dislike [...]

How About A Little Leadership?

Is Anthropological Global Warming (AGW) a threat to the universe?
Beats me!
But I’ll believe that it is when I see those who believe it is, act as if it is.
When: The President replaces his fleet of Suburbans with hybrids, and his Boeing 747 with a Gulfstream 5.
The White House is fully solar powered.
Al Gore reduces his [...]

“Free” Enterprise

Back in 1986 I was in Moscow for the Perestroika speech, and I was at the University of Moscow that week to talk to students about computers.
Their interest in computers was vastly overshadowed by interest in my home, my cars…and “free enterprise” in general.
I tried to explain that the coming “free enterprise” meant that they [...]

The Coming Airline “Tax”

The airline industry has read the bill Cap and Trade Bill that the House of Representatives failed to read – and they have estimated that the bill will add $5 billion in cost in 2012, and $10 billion in 2020.
Of course you know that is a lie. The airline industry will pay zero. Those are [...]

Are YOU a Terrorist?

Karen Bass, the Democratic Speaker of the California Assembly, called everyone who has protested the Sacramento rush to tax a “terrorist” and anyone who promoted such protests as practicing “terrorism.’
Since every County in the State voted against that tax raid by the Democrats, this State has a LOT of terrorists.
Obviously, Madam Speaker is seeking cover. [...]

Good Old Canadian Healthcare

On June 27, a preemie in the Canadian province of Ontario needed a Hamilton hospital bed but none was available – so they sent the preemie to Buffalo.
From the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator:  (Quote)  Dr. Peter Fitzgerald, president of McMaster Children’s Hospital, said he’s in discussions with the Ministry of Health about getting more beds for [...]

A New Project

I am taking on a new challenge — doing a website for a  friend. She has inherited terrific photos/albums from he father and wants them on the web for everyone to see.
Marvin Popkin was a fantastic amateur photographer, who chronicled his way across Europe as a soldier in WWII, and filled four albums with original [...]

Et Tu, EPA? (I Certainly Hope So…)

I recommend everyone reading the Executive Summary of this 96 page EPA report that was politically suppressed, as reported by CBS News last Friday:
http://cei.org/cei_files/fm/active/0/DOC062509-004.pdf
It takes a few seconds to download — it is  5 MB PDF. The Executive Summary is only several pages.
To say that it questions the validity of the Global Warming argument, based [...]

The Climate Change of Climate Change

There was an excellent précis on the current status of Global Warming in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597505076157449.html
Basically, the tide has turned against Global Whatever. In the pantheon of citizen concern, GW ranks right with the social life of horned toads.
As I have expressed previously, the catastrophic events predicted have not [...]

Bad News and Good News

The bad news is that the youth of America have provided President Obama with the votes necessary for his victory.
The good news is that the youth of America will have to pay the price for their votes.
The Washington Post June 28 article on the recent results as determined by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office [...]