During the Immigration Wars of 2006 I was one of those on the "wrong side" I supported the McCain / Kennedy bill and President Bush's efforts. My reasoning was simple. If you make it economically unviable for companies to hire illegals then they won't. Without work illegals
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Jim Cramer who describes himself as an Obama supporter:

I also made it clear in a New York magazine article that I favored Obama over McCain because I thought Obama to be a middle-of-the-road Democrat, exactly the kind I have supported all my adult life, although I will admit to being… Read full post »

From his show today:

 

RUSH: It is on the record -- thanks to Politico.com -- since last fall, the White House, led by Rahm Emanuel, the chief of staff to Barack Obama, has been targeting me, your host, your harmless, lovable little fuzzball.  Their standard operating procedure: they need a… Read full post »

The Obama administration laid out the guidelines for it's highly anticipated mortgage modification plan today.

As I read it this plan will force banks to take a loss on performing loans:

The Home Affordable Refinance program will be available to 4 to 5 million homeowners who have a solid payment histo… Read full post »

Using a Made in Montana stamp and the Heller decision some Montana legislators have decided to go after the interstate commerce clause in the U.S. Constitution. Their plan is to force a confrontation with the ATF and take the case to the Supreme Court.

Personally I don't think their plan has… Read full post »

but we will close it anyway.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday the Guantanamo detention center is a well-run, professional facility that will be difficult to close — but he is still going to do it.

 

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Why let facts get in the way right?… Read full post »

OK, so here we are 7 days after the President signed the stimulus package and 14 hours after his speech meant to reassure the American people and Wall Street has responded. 

It doesn't appear happy.  

last week when the stimulus package was signed the Dow was at 7555 as… Read full post »

Back in October I posted about Credit Default Swaps and their role in bringing down the American economy.

Well meet David X. Li whose Gaussian Cupola enabled the development of credit default swaps and the collateralized debt obligations that the CDS is supposed to protect.

Here is the story as I under… Read full post »

I was laid off at the beginning of January from the company where I had worked since 1999 and it finally actually hit me today when I had to write the check for my COBRA coverage.

I am not bitter about being laid off it was a business decision and that's… Read full post »

 

A Pentagon review of conditions in the Guantanamo Bay military prison has concluded that the treatment of detainees meets the requirements of the Geneva Convention but that prisoners in the highest-security camps should be allowed more religious and social interaction with one another, accordi… Read full post »

Correction:  I typed predicted the arctic would be ice free below.  Per the article I referenced it should have been could be ice free.  This was pointed out a couple days agao but I misinterpreted what the complaint was until I reread my post again this morning.

The National Snow and… Read full post »

In September of 2006 Colonel Pete Devlin USMC wrote a report that declared Anbar Province in Iraq lost to the US and Iraqi central government.

Ten months later people were reporting a dramatic turnaround in the situation in Iraq generally and Anbar Province specifically, but still declared we were lo… Read full post »

Earlier this week I said:

If that's the case why do all these plans fell like they were anally extracted on the spur of the moment. I have visions of President Obama wiping his a** and then reading the portents and signs like some Greek oracle after slaughtering a sheep, and… Read full post »

I have no idea how reliable the Jamestown Foundation is, but William Casey was one of the founders so it should have some expertise.

In a recent interview posted to jihadi websites, al-Qaeda's leader in Yemen claims the organization possesses nuclear weapons and vows to attack U.S. and Western intere… Read full post »

Since Geitner Did Such A Great Job Fixing The Banks Let's Put Him In Charge Of Fixing The Auto Industry Too.

<blockquote>Mr. Obama is designating the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, and the chairman of the National Economic Council, Lawrence H. Summers, to oversee a presidential panel… Read full post »