http://econarchy.com Economic Anarchy: Thoughts on Economics, Politics and Culture from a decidely Capitalistic point of view. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:42:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Obama just cannot stop campaigning. First it was ESPN so he could share his March Madness picks, then he announced he would appear on Leno, and now he is demanding that all the major news networks shift around their primetime programming to make room for (another) address on Tuesday. This guy ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/19/tv-networks-frustrated-by-obamas-repeated-demand-for-airtime/ .... He would be a junior Senator from Illinois, that's what. This is an Op-Ed piece from the Washington Times that is a must-read. Here is an excerpt: Imagine that last fall before being elected, Barack Obama had outlined the positions he has embraced since being inaugurated as president. An ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/17/what-if-obama-campaigned-on-what-he-has-done-since-becoming-president/ Obama continues on with his "anything I can do to @#%$ over the military" strategy. Fortunately the head of the American Legion is calling Obama out for what he is - a traitor to the military that he commands. An inexperienced, elitist, pacifist-socialist, Harvard lawyer running our military...... I never ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/16/obama-wants-to-charge-wounded-soldiers-for-treatment/ Michael Goodwin writes in the NY Daily News that Obama has a serious problem - a competence problem. And its not just him, but the entire Administration. Not long ago, after a string of especially bad days for the Obama administration, a veteran Democratic pol approached me with a pained look ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/15/is-obama-incompetent/ The hypocrisy and downright stupidity coming out of Washington is deafening. After the story broke about AIG paying $165 Million in bonuses to various Managers, all hell broke lose among the general public. And when the general public gets upset, frothing Washington bureaucrats cannot be far behind. Now the Obama ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/15/why-aig-should-pay-out-big-bonuses/ Uhhhhhhhhh...... I seem to remember Bush saying that last year. Isn't that what Obama mocked Bush and McCain for repeatedly during his campaign? I tell you what, Obama is a disgrace. He cannot think for himself. He is a mouthpiece for his advisers, which seem to be changing every day. ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/15/obama-admin-economy-is-fundamentally-strong/ Maybe Obama should have, you know, actually hired someone with some real Economics knowledge rather than Geithner. Those who actually know what they are doing have rated Obama and Geithner as pathetic, miserable failures on the economy. Ironically, being intellectual/academic types, most of these goons probably voted for Obama. Yea, ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/11/economists-give-obama-and-geithner-failing-grades/ I keep reading story after story in the Mainstream media that is critical of Obama. I am not referring to right-wing web sites, or even FoxNews, but left-leaning Liberal news outlets like the Washington Post and Newsweek. Salon.com, a very liberal website, has an article criticizing Obama's "clumsy" and "smirky" ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/10/the-establisment-is-turning-on-obama/ Wow. Kevin Hassett writes an article for Bloomberg that really hits the nail on the head. Want to know why the markets are imploding? It is because we have a President who has declared a War on Business. March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Back in the 1960s, ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/10/%e2%80%98manchurian-candidate%e2%80%99-starts-war-on-business/ There is a website devoted to bad paintings of Obama (you can't make this stuff up!). Here is a taste: Wait. Isn't that Chris Brown? If that first one isn't Chris Brown, this one definitely is. Look at that grille!!! A Mexican flag on the white house and underwear in Obama's hand. Nice! God? Is ... http://econarchy.com/2009/03/09/badpaintingsofbarackobamacom/