Complicity

Elgin Hushbeck -

Following this week’s Benghazi hearings it is hard to know which is the most troubling.   The first was that, while it was not a surprise to anyone who had been following the story, it became abundantly clear that the Administration lied for weeks following the attacks with their attempt to blame this on a protest […]

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Energion Roundtable Week 4 Responses – Other Issues

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I found Joel Watts answer to this week’s Energion Roundtable question a mixed bag.  I agree with him that we should have a flat rate, so I don’t quite understand his desire in the short term to go in the opposite direction. I also agree that government is too large.  I agree we should reform […]

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Tu quoque or Double Standard?

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One of the common responses that seems to come up whenever Liberals behave badly is, not so much outrage but rather, the excuse that “both side do it.”  This is visible once again as it is now clear that  liberal attacks on Sara Palin and conservatives following the shooting in Tucson were little more than […]

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Contrasting Change

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  As the market continues it falls back to levels not seen since the late 1990s, an often overlooked fact is that markets are forward looking indicators. They are not so much an indicator of how bad things have been, or even how bad things are. Markets are an indicator of what traders as a […]

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Does a Tree That Fall In the Forest…

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There is the old question that asks does a tree that falls in the forest make a sound if no one is there. However fascinating that question may be, there is a similar, and much more relevant version: Is a problem that goes unreported really a problem? President Obama’s inexperience is already showing as he […]

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