ThatEdeGuy and myself will be attending the North Dakota Public Policy Institute this Saturday the 20th of December in Bismarck, ND.  We are both looking forward to attending as it will give us a chance to network with some of the folks we have heard of, conversed with, and a fellow blogger or two.  (Hi [...]

First, let me say, if you haven’t heard about the HP Magic Giveaway contest yet… go look at it!  HP is having 50 different bloggers around the world give away $6,000 worth of computer equipment.  It is a pretty cool (and fun) contest.  I have entered a few of the contests, though haven’t won yet.  [...]

Via Boing Boing this morning:

Source.
Not much else really needs to be said, it is supposed to be saterical and thought provoking.  (Along with funny of course.)
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The Mighty Bargain Hunter blog has a great write up this morning on why bailouts are bad.  (This is still an important topic due to the current discussion on the Auto Bailouts and ongoing bank bailouts.)
A bailout of the auto industry will save a few jobs for a little while.  OK, it will save a [...]

Apparently our local state government misses the concept of being fiscally conservative just as much as the federal government does. Rob from SayAnythingBlog has a great recap of Hoeven’s tax plan for the next fiscal session. (Every 2 years in ND.) This is a 26% increase in government spending - on the heels of a 24% increase in spending during the last session!

Cory over at Boing Boing has been doing some research on the costs associated with all of these bailouts.
In doing the research for the “Bailout Nation” book, I needed a way to put the dollar amounts into proper historical perspective.
If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars.
People have [...]

I finally found the comic I have been looking for that best illustrates my view of socialism and its implementation.

From Mark Perry’s blog. “Helping one’s fellow man in need, by reaching into one’s own pockets, is a laudable and praiseworthy goal. Doing the same through coercion and reaching into another’s pockets has no redeeming features [...]

Well word has come down.  Any sort of bailout for the automakers is on hold at the moment.
“Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a hastily called news conference in the Capitol. “Hopefully in another week or two we can see a plan.” [...]

Started on the economy – job loss
Working with President Bush economic team
Immediately after becoming president focusing on the economy.
Introducing the transition team… discussed most immediate
Rescue plan for the middle class – invest in jobs, relief for families.
Unemployment insurance plan
Economic stimulus plan to jumpstart things
Financial sector crisis, must remember its global.
Auto industry – backbone of industrial [...]

Well the election is over.  Whether or not you like how the vote turned out, we have a new President-Elect.  Obama pulled out a huge victory, by an even greater margin than I suspected.  Looking back over the past year or two, I think the thing that has impressed me the most is how many [...]