A query born of complete ignorance

by David Safier This could be viewed as a cry for help — scientific help, that is. Advertisers as well as health food advocates the world round sing the praises of sea salt over . . . not sea salt,wherever that comes from. One of the problems with desalination of sea water (also called "desalinization" … Read more

Bobby Jo versus the volcano

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Remember how, during his big prime-time speech last month, Lousiana's Republican governor Bobby Jindal, in addition to making stuff up about what he did during Hurricane Katrina, also found time to mock the Obama administration for "wasteful spending" in the stimulus bill, including … $140 million for something called “volcano monitoring.” Instead … Read more

G.I. hearts G.N.

by David Safier Where does the Goldwater Institute go for inspiration on the issues of taxation and the cutting government spending? Grover Norquist. That's right. The same Grover Norquist who gave us this bit of wisdom: My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where … Read more

Reagan: The Great American Socialist

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a Truthout Perspective commentary, author Ravi Batra exposes Saint Ronnie Reagan for what he truly was, a Robin Hood in reverse Socialist who redistributed wealth from the poor and middle class to the most affluent Americans. Reagan: The Great American Socialist Socialism has been much in the news for some months. … Read more

Red State Socialism

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: One of my favorite economics bloggers, Jon Perr over at Crooks and Liars blog, posted this provocative report: In just their latest posturing for the 2012 Republican presidential race, governors Sarah Palin (R-AK) and Mark Sanford (R-SC) joined Texas' Rick Perry, Mississippi's Haley Barbour and Louisiana's Bobby Jindal in announcing they would … Read more