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bp’s greed

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1419, 18th May, 2010
Harry Reid says that B.P.’s greed caused 11 deaths.  So when people die in a horrific business accident, it’s automatically the fault of greed?  Never you mind, of course, that BP is going above and beyond their legal requirements to clean up their (presumably accidental) mess at tremendous cost to themselves.  Never mind that B.P. [...]
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let the bed bugs bite

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1543, 16th May, 2010
At least, that’s what the government feels you should do.  Here is an inexcusable example of governmental “protection” of the customer gone wild. Related Posts:Church and State — Two Forces at Oddstoward a glossary of fontwords.comsupply, demand, hugo chavez, 160 000 000 pounds of rotting foodhillary clinton and meaningless nonsensebp’s greed
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economic news and commentary for today

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1418, 9th April, 2010
Gas prices, banking risk management, and new FDA regs: Related Posts:Nassim Taleb on Foreign Policy, Banking, and the Parodoxical Dangers of Stabilization ProgramsMessing with PakistanWhat Gary North Didn’t Tell You about InflationRepublican debate, 3: Ron Paul’s use of reasoning vs. Rick Perry’s attempt at physical intimidationinflationary disaster: why we’re not there yet and why we [...]
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why we like less law

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0131, 31st March, 2010
I’m a social conservative.  I believe in upholding traditional standards of personal morality–financially, socially, and sexually.  And yet Related Posts:The Political Future of the US is Right-Wing — But What Sort of Right-Wing?no post todayDoug Casey on PhylesThree Options for a Self-Consistent Political Orderthomas sowell on writing
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this ten-year-old kid

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0311, 26th March, 2010
, named Diego Bartolome, had the personal gumption not only to start a legitimate salsa business, but also to navigate the oppressive red tape that immediately leaps up in our country trying to strangle any personal initiative there is.  In a paranoid world where it is nearly illegal to just produce something yourself and sell [...]
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environmentalism and elephants

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1503, 19th March, 2010
In school, my 9-year-old sister has been reporting to me what she’s being taught on elephants. She tells me that she’s been told Elephants are intelligent and social creatures who wander about over vast stretches of land; wonderful creatures who are killed by thoughtless humans, creatures desperately in need of governmental protections to ban the [...]
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