Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Debate Entry…Post Debate

Sorry...unlike Stephen Green, I got into this. 

Bush won.  Hands down.  No Question. 

Comment freely.  Debate the point. 

Oh...three point bounce for Bush (Kerry is in REAL TROUBLE).

UPDATE by Drumwaster: A comment (that got stopped by MT-Blacklist) from Loyal Reader ‘The Decoy’ says:

It looks like your friend Jeff here may not be completely upfront with us about his real political leanings. Knowledge is Power (http://www.sondrak.com/archive/003439.html) got the same exact comment on their blog, word for word (only instead of “Jeff Smoker” the name is “Brian Banducci”, and his e-mail changes, but both e-mails addresses are at psu.edu ), and Claire identified him as a seminar commenter.

I’m not quite sure what was intended by “Jeff’s” comment, but ... ummmm… “We Report, You Decide”. Thanks, TD!

Update To The Update: IAW our policy to not publish information until granted permission, I just received his permission to publish the correct information for LR The Decoy.

Nym: Chris D
e-mail: thedecoy{at}aol{dot}com
URL: Alchemy For Dummies

He’s posted here before, and is a regular over at the Kallini Brothers. Go pay him a visit, and tell him we said to say “Hi"…

An interesting bit of information

I recently read that all government spending is inflationary, while all taxation is deflationary.

The Federal government either has to print new money when running a deficit, or borrow it from banks (who are themselves running a bee-yoo-tiful scam called the fractional reserve, whereby they can create new money out of nothing at all). That extra money does nothing to create new wealth, just new money.

When you consider that inflation occurs when there are too many dollars chasing too few necessary goods, and taxation reduces that number, it’s not too far off.

Or is it?

Discuss.

Getting caught up on things

I’m back! I’ve been out and about, getting caught up on my favorite sites, and I’d like to thank Steve and John for posting while I was away, and to wish Kevin a successful surgery and speedy recovery, and say that he will be welcome back whenever he takes the time.

We went to Las Vegas, and partied our butts off. Much fun was had, and much good food was consumed, with the result that I might need to buy some new pants. (Heh.)

The third and final Presidential candidates debate begins in about half an hour, and I think that while this may affect the relative percentages of popular votes in a minor way, it won’t be enough to swing the election towards Kerry. People understand the difference between style and substance, and the various “insta-polls” have been discredited enough (77% of people thinking Edwards won the VP debate?), as has the punditry of the MSM with their proven bias towards Kerry.

For instance, the LATimes had Gray Davis winning the recall vote by a double-digit margin, and we all know what happened there, don’t we, Governator? With the alphabet networks claiming to be able to provide a 15% boost to Kerry, I have to wonder whether things are as close as they seem to be.

Anyhow, it should be interesting… Stay tuned, folks, it’s gonna get bumpy, and lawsuits are already drafted.

Move Along

Nothing to see here...just some pesky dictator we should not have gotten riled up about.

No need to get alarmed by this report. Just go about your business, it’s none of our concern.

Neat little equation….

To predict the Electoral College!  You buffs, read on.