MemeFirstMemeFirst. You Second.Milton Friedman 1912-2006- November 21, 2006 Milton Friedman's book "Free to Choose", co-authored with his wife Rose, was among the first tracts I've read on the topic. I don't remember exactly when I read it, probably in college. I would not be able to explain well the intracacies of monetarist policies and its alternatives, but Friedman's simple message about free markets has always stuck with me. He summed up the workings and the benefits of free markets with a simple idea: a pencil. Here is Friedman in his own words, taken from a...http://www.memefirst.com/001501.html Rummy: outta there!- November 9, 2006 That humming sound you hear is a hundred million sighs of relief.http://www.memefirst.com/001500.html Manga mental!- November 6, 2006 My exposure to anime is limited to two kinds: the Ghibli Studio productions and cyber-punk manga. In the past few days I've doubled my modest intake, which has only whetted the appetite. My wife and I checked out the latest from Ghibli in the theater, "Tales from Earthsea". I thought this was going to be another amazement from Hayao Miyazaki, creator of "Spirited Away" and "Howl's Moving Castle". The quality of animation was about the same but the story was darker and more linear - more like a.http://www.memefirst.com/001499.html It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Crap- November 5, 2006 This Tuesday Americans will go to the polls for our regularly scheduled Congressional elections. Every two years, all 435 Congressional seats are up for grabs, as are roughly a third of the 100 Senate seats - 33 in 2006. Traditionally, midterm elections in a U.S. president's second term tend to be hard on the president's party. The average loss in such elections since World War II has been 29 House seats and six Senate seats. Democrats are jubilant going into Tuesday's elections, because 29.http://www.memefirst.com/001498.html The Return of the Show Trials- November 4, 2006 The Commies and Fascists are back and living among us. In fact, it seems they are in charge again. According to the NYT the latest ploy of the US government in its upcoming "trials" of "illegal combatant terrorist suspects" is to prevent them from trying to demonstrate that their confessions were coerced, by stating that the technical process of extracting confessions (which we all know about already) is a matter of state secrecy. The hapless evil-doer running dog would only presumably be able..http://www.memefirst.com/001497.html John Kerry: Moron- November 1, 2006 If we could only count on Democrats to shoot at terrorists with the same fervor they have for shooting their own feet. Despite the fact that he has inferior academic credentials to George Bush, there are apparently some people who think that John Kerry was the smarter candidate last time around. However, not only did the dumb bastard blow the 2004 election, with his remarks yesterday he may very well have screwed up Democrats' chances in 2006:You know, education, if you make the most of it,...http://www.memefirst.com/001496.html |