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By Will Offensicht | Feb 11, 2008 |
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When government employees stopped setting the beat, the Japanese lost the rhythm and their economy fell apart.
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By Will Offensicht | Feb 7, 2008 |
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Air bag rules saved fewer than one tenth the lives they claimed they would save and killed people to boot.
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By Fennoman | Feb 6, 2008 |
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It almost doesn't matter what the topic is, the argument may already be lost. We've already established there is little national virtue left. We're now just talking about the price.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 31, 2008 |
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Public education has gotten rid of the consequences of failure for both teachers and students, so of course very little education takes place.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 29, 2008 |
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Crackpots are thick on the ground and we can't fund them all. How do we decide which upcoming genius/crackpot to fund? Einstein didn't have any peers; he would never have passed "peer review."
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 29, 2008 |
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If he can't be the president, being one heartbeat away might be nearly as good. How does Obama-Kennedy for President sound?
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 25, 2008 |
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GM found that when you ask for government help, you'd better be careful - you might get what you wish for, and our guys have a track record of losing negotiations.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 23, 2008 |
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It's possible that nobody will ever be able to build anything of significance again.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 22, 2008 |
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Rich people are voting with their feet: they're grabbing their wallets and running away.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 22, 2008 |
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Government ought to be able to help the economy - assuming that politicians want the economy to grow and assuming that the government is able to do what the politicians promise.