...And You Remove All Reason and Logic
The New Yorker has this analysis of the rate freeze that Secretary Paulson has brokered. It focuses on only one of the five points of why I thought this rate freeze is bad and dangerous policy. It does...
View ArticleA 21st Century Whodunit?!?!
Last night, in response to this article I received this comment.Due to some involvement in the ongoing lawsuit by Kevin against Emory, I am unable to reveal my name but was interested to see what was...
View ArticleFulton County Malfeasance
Many of my allies in the story about Grady Hospital tell me that Fulton County is relatively free of corruption. I have certainly documented some of the more egregious corruption in Dekalb County....
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Alan Greenspan Tries to Rewrite History
One of my least favorite things about the mortgage business is how everytime something goes wrong each party blames another party. Almost never does someone take responsibility and fix the error....
View ArticleThe Peculiar, Enigmatic H.R. 1955
I have only recently been made aware of this bill and for now I will reserve judgement besides the observation that it is peculiar and enigmatic. It is called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown...
View ArticleGilchrist, Huckabee and the Minutemen
Yesterday, Jim Gilchrist, founder and head of the Minutemen, endorsed Mike Huckabee for President.In Iowa today, former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee received a major...
View ArticleKing Drew and Grady: Comparison and Contrast
Last week, Grady Hospital entered a dubious and notorious category when the JCAHO threatened to revoke its national accreditation. Only one time previously had the JCAHO gone to such a dramatic step:...
View ArticleThe Blogosphere Responds to Greenspan
Invariably, the reaction to this article by Alan Greenspan explaining the mortgage crisis as he saw it has been intense. First, here is a sample of the article...A large segment of the erstwhile Third...
View ArticleThe Prophetic Words of Dick Morris
I remember right after the November election that Dick Morris pointed out how difficult it was going to be for the Democratic Congress to govern. The problem, as he saw it, was the many competing...
View ArticleDisecting the Mitchell Report
The Mitchell Report is out and there is no doubt that it will have a profound effect on baseball. Players of all shapes and sizes have been implicated: from Roger Clemens, to Eric Gagne, to Len...
View ArticleThe Consequences of Shutting Down Grady Hospital and Its Political Implications
As I mentioned earlier, Grady Hospital has joined a dubious category when the JCAHO threatened to revoke its accreditation. Only King Drew in California was ever threatened with such an extreme...
View ArticleMore Action From the Legislature Vis a Vis Mortgages
The Legislature just moved to open up FHA loans for many of the borrowers currently facing hardship.The Senate moved Friday against the worsening mortgage crisis, voting to make it easier for thousands...
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The AMT and the Lessons of Taxation and Class Warfare
In 1969, in order to make sure that about 100 fat cats paid their fair share Congress created the Alternative Minimum Tax...In August 1969 as he was preparing the next year's budget Barr warned that...
View ArticleCrisis in California
That seems to be the word all around the internet. The buzz is rolling in from all over the place.Arnold Schwarzenegger will declare a fiscal state of emergency in California after badly miscalculating...
View ArticleIs There a War on Christmas?
That was the question asked by the Chicago Sun Times in their editorials section. Andrea Sarvady argued that there is no war. Like most secular progressives, she made Bill O'Reilly the issue in her...
View ArticlePassing Along Some Vital Information on Illegal Immigration
I received this email from Numbers USA over the weekend.Without explanation, Congress has stripped away $3 billion in desperately needed funds to build the Border Fence that it approved last year and...
View ArticleThe Hillary Playbook and How to Counter It
Because I am a junkie of politics I subscribe to email lists of all persuasions. As such, I found myself on Hillary Clinton's email list. (This started initially when I wrote her an email about the...
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