Sunday, October 05, 2008

Weekend links

The End of an Era: But what makes this particular economic crisis so appalling, at least from this vantage point, is the sheer scumminess, corruption, short-sightedness and general incompetence of everyone involved. At least in the business world, especially in the take-no-prisoners world of high-tech that kind of venality and ineptitude either gets you fired or kills the company; by comparison, in Washington, it puts you in charge of the recovery effort.

And Here’s The Associated (with terrorists) Press’ Spin on the Obama and Ayers. With commentary of course.

And a story on another of Obama's buddies:
Did Rezko pay for Blagojevich's house rehab?: Federal investigators are zeroing in on whether Tony Rezko paid for all or part of a $90,000 rehab of Gov. Blagojevich's Northwest Side bungalow as the corruption probe of the state's first family accelerates.

Day by Day cartoon....

High-Efficiency Generators for Hybrid Vehicles. Free-piston engines could be used to generate electricity as efficiently as, and less expensively than, fuel cells.

Hitler Youth Video. And for comparison, Obama youth.

Boy Suspended for Wearing Anti-Obama T-Shirt. No surprise that the schools are hot beds of liberal correctness. Do you think he would have been suspended for wearing a pro-Obama shirt?

Biden's Boners from Powerline.

And some economics links. The economists are not happy with this ill-considered bailout.
here and here and here and here.

On price gouging and gasoline lines.

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