Cliff Harris’ weather column in the Press this morning reports that the UK is not so sure about this global warming stuff. Apparently the British Parliament is arguing over new regulations amidst the earliest snowfall since 1922! (here’s the link: www.cdapress.com/articles/2008/11/10/columns/columns06.txt
What do you think about global warming? Feel free to post and other questions or comments as well.
Some comments on the Open Session Thursday post caught my eye yesterday. The discussion was about the tax impact of urban renewal being 4.2% more for every property owner in Kootenai County.
Commenter “reagan” wrote this: “…so that means that for about $134 per year i get riverstone movie theater and all the restaurants and shops, the pond where they have summer concerts in the evening, the new library, the soon-to-be kroc center. what a deal!”
So my question is this: Is it ok to bypass voter approval on major public projects?
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Former Orange County, CA, Sheriff Michael Carona has tarnished his department’s badge and betrayed the public trust. This November 7, 2008, Los Angeles Times article written by Christine Hanley and headlined Don Haidl testifies he gave Michael Carona monthly cash bribes is a public corruption tutorial for citizens everywhere. |
Ok, people. The elections are over and now we can focus on local issues. What successes or problems in our community do you think are important now?
Here’s an excerpt from an excellent Wall Street Journal Opinion column by Harvey Golub, former chairman and CEO of American Express: (this part is actually the end of the piece)
How can we tell if Congress begins to understand its role in causing the problem and what it must do to help solve it? Here are some signs:
– If Congress passes a stimulus package that simply gives people money — like this year’s $168 billion stimulus package, which was mostly rebates — they don’t get it. Rebates will not stimulate the economy and will not solve the underlying problem. (more…)
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Suppose you could create an exit poll. What would you ask voters (other than whom they voted for?) |
Unleash your vitriol here. Let fly partisan ranting! Fear of Obama. Dread of Bush’s third term. It’s nasty out there. The only thing to lose is your focus; it’s about the country after all.
Bend an ear this way please – the political rhetoric is thick and mercifully will soon end, but before it does and since you never asked, please permit me to rant – on the economy. I have squeezed my anger into a simple 10 point “lecture format”:
1) Government is not the solution, Government still is the problem and will always be the problem.
2) A free market goes up, a free market goes down. When government intervenes these movements go on steriods. (more…)
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