Daily Archives: March 14, 2011

‘Transform debt into wealth’

Written on March 14, 2011 at 5:14 pm, by

That’s the subject line of a spam email I just received. I just deleted it. But it made me wonder: does Pres. Obama get his economic policy from spam? He thinks he can transform debt into wealth — i.e., “spend our way out of this recession.” Such an idea should have been deleted, but itContinue Reading

Barone assesses the president’s decision to vote ‘present’

Written on March 14, 2011 at 5:01 pm, by

Michael Barone‘s latest column posted at Human Events takes President Obama to task for sticking to a tradition first adopted during his days in Springfield, Ill. In the Illinois legislature, state Sen. Barack Obama voted “present” 129 times. Today, he seems to be voting present on two major issues, Libya and the budget. National SecurityContinue Reading

Amazon skips North Carolina

Written on March 14, 2011 at 4:10 pm, by

Live Blog Illinois became the l viagra 50mg atest state to impose an Amazon Tax. If you remember, North Carolina’s attempt to tax the retailer led Amazon (and Overstock.com, Blue Nile, and others) to end relationships with affiliate businesses in North Carolina that drove business to the site. That meant North Carolina not only lostContinue Reading

Welcome to the new Locker Room

Written on March 14, 2011 at 2:25 pm, by

The platform of the original Locker Room, which debuted on Aug. 19, 2003, had become a bit long in the tooth, so we have uprgraded to the latest version of WordPress for the new Locker Room. As do our regional blogs (Right Angles, Meck Deck, The Wild West, Piedmont Publius, and Squall Lines), the newContinue Reading