tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post1508788717811481976..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Meet Conservative New Jersey Gov. Chris ChristieDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20556813401733623302011-01-11T14:24:01.782-05:002011-01-11T14:24:01.782-05:00The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass ...The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should foresee through it. <br />http://www.redstate.com/users/miguel2mcguire/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42814629460563486852010-05-15T10:18:25.138-04:002010-05-15T10:18:25.138-04:00It's a damned if they do/damned if they don...It's a damned if they do/damned if they don't situation.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3139266070854734492010-05-15T10:16:08.881-04:002010-05-15T10:16:08.881-04:00That he and others would be targeted for messing w...That he and others would be targeted for messing with someone's cache, is absolutely believable.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87871049582226642642010-05-15T10:10:02.443-04:002010-05-15T10:10:02.443-04:00"Why didn't he call the DEA? The Border P..."Why didn't he call the DEA? The Border Patrol? The State Police?"<br /><br />Maybe he did. Or maybe he didn't want to call federal attention to his property as a storage and transfer point. That can be thorny.<br /><br />They can't secure their own property and unless things have changed in a few short years, there's nothing down there in Cochise (apart from the entry at Nogales) but a concertina'd fence running through wide open country. And unlike the last time we lived there - almost eighteen years ago now - the hills are littered everywhere with the cast-offs of illegals. It's a little creepy.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65501213599318623142010-05-15T09:40:34.300-04:002010-05-15T09:40:34.300-04:00What does he mean, "he hauled off?" Whe...What does he mean, "he hauled off?" Where did he "haul" it to? Why didn't he call the DEA? The Border Patrol? The State Police?<br /><br />Why was he "helping" illegals, instead of calling the authorities? Would the "authorities" not respond?<br /><br />I still feel like we're only getting a part of the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81304137487248408842010-05-15T09:30:37.488-04:002010-05-15T09:30:37.488-04:00Thanks, guys.Thanks, guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39409559189180370362010-05-15T09:10:42.064-04:002010-05-15T09:10:42.064-04:00I slipped in a post Drugs and Murder on the Border...I slipped in a post <a href="http://2164th.blogspot.com/2010/05/drugs-and-murder-on-border.html" rel="nofollow">Drugs and Murder on the Border</a> which has some interesting background on the recent murder of a rancher in Douglas, Arizona.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88345943633271920262010-05-15T08:56:03.079-04:002010-05-15T08:56:03.079-04:00That worked well, Rat's is the second video, m...That worked well, Rat's is the second video, my link is the first.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40984758764944785422010-05-15T08:53:36.116-04:002010-05-15T08:53:36.116-04:00Rufus. Go to the basement. Open one of those old p...Rufus. Go to the basement. Open one of those old pretzel cans, unroll a few of those rolled Franklins and buy yourself a Mac. In the meantime:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heb3mQW34BY&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">GO Here PAL</a>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47746921919786193582010-05-15T08:51:45.634-04:002010-05-15T08:51:45.634-04:004 U, rufus<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7PPD_e5rXA&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">4 U, rufus</a>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67483415464437849352010-05-15T08:45:24.150-04:002010-05-15T08:45:24.150-04:00Deuce, I saw the video of the press conference, el...Deuce, I saw the video of the press conference, elsewhere; but do you have a link for the second video?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53870753755575991132010-05-15T08:33:20.299-04:002010-05-15T08:33:20.299-04:00I just wish to hell Christie had a full term under...I just wish to hell Christie had a full term under his belt. <br /><br />That could be a show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88663644757574873842010-05-15T08:31:44.515-04:002010-05-15T08:31:44.515-04:00Hard to go wrong with, either, Deutsche Bank, or t...Hard to go wrong with, either, Deutsche Bank, or the U.N.<br /><br />Two Excellent Career Paths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72508143283178441852010-05-15T08:26:15.472-04:002010-05-15T08:26:15.472-04:00"May as well throw in a year of astrology.&qu..."May as well throw in a year of astrology."<br /><br />Actually, it's the s'marvelous University of Chicago which has done the ground-breaking in that area.<br /><br />But for the present she's pushing econ into the background and piling on yet more French. Determined to make her way back overseas. Deutsche Bank or (wait for it) the UN. It's a tossup.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59840827697007250622010-05-15T08:25:36.701-04:002010-05-15T08:25:36.701-04:00By the way, after watching that clip for at least ...By the way, after watching that clip for at least five times with Christie untethered to a teleprompter, how would you like to see him debating Obama in a presidential race?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15185506535705715522010-05-15T08:24:49.388-04:002010-05-15T08:24:49.388-04:00Interesting economics argument. I wish I had more...Interesting economics argument. I wish I had more time at the moment to read them thoroughly and respond in kind. In short beware anyone who writes "If the markets thought..."<br /><br />In short I think the whole deficit/debt thing revolves around how much of the deficit is monetized. How many bonds are sold to the public to cover the deficit versus the central bank 'buying' the bonds? If you need to roll over the existing bonds and issue new ones to the public you are subject the what the 'bond market thinks'. If the fed mops up any surplus then you have to watch inflation. Currently, it seems, so much money has 'disappeared' that inflation still doesn't seem to be that much of a risk. Greece, nor Spain, don't have the luxury of their 'fed' mopping up the bonds - the ECB has jumped in and said it will now...<br /><br />In the end, though, the bond markets are to be feared and compliant central banks necessary, but rampant inflation can be awful.<br /><br />gotta fly...Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3124127692444032422010-05-15T08:23:46.342-04:002010-05-15T08:23:46.342-04:00That is how the Chinese fund their infrastructure....That is how the Chinese fund their infrastructure. <br /><br />Rat is correct about what we use our wealth on. <br /><br />The Chinese way is sustaianble as long as we are stupid and ours is unsustainable because by all accounts we will remain stupid well into the distant future.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34967673061933715582010-05-15T08:22:38.757-04:002010-05-15T08:22:38.757-04:00Our financial system is a mess. The "Big&quo...Our financial system is a mess. The "Big" banks have become almost worthless to the economy. Basically, just gambling houses.<br /><br />It's going to be impossible for the Congress to punish them "too much" in my eyes. I keep thinking of "Tar and Feathers." <br /><br />The "Big Banks," and Brokerages are the only things that really, honestly, Scare me. If we have an Achilles Heel, as a Country, it's there. They are So powerful that I doubt that they can ever be reined in. I truly believe the government should take an axe to them, and cut them within an inch of their lives. In fact, I'd like to see a couple (and, I don't care which ones) arbitrarily Shut Down.<br /><br />Capitalism doesn't work without fear. Those people have nothing to be afraid of. We really, really need to give them something to be "afraid" of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75727147947552747532010-05-15T08:22:38.758-04:002010-05-15T08:22:38.758-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9476100607113925842010-05-15T08:21:46.907-04:002010-05-15T08:21:46.907-04:00No Whit, the key is the issuing of the bonds for t...<i>No Whit, the key is the issuing of the bonds for the project and retiring the bands from the user fees.</i><br /><br />I like it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32770538323515585962010-05-15T08:19:58.298-04:002010-05-15T08:19:58.298-04:00No Whit, the key is the issuing of the bonds for t...No Whit, the key is the issuing of the bonds for the project and retiring the bands from the user fees. All projects become self funding. That is entirely different from what happens now.<br /><br />The US government issues bonds to refinance existing bonds. The bond holders are foreign governments that take the cash stream from the bonds and use it to finance their mercantilism. <br /><br />The Chinese can issue their own infrastructure bonds and finance their infrastructure bonds with the cash stream from their US bond holdings.<br /><br />None of the economic benefit flows into the US economy. There is a huge difference with my proposal. My proposal works. The treasury funding and refunding existing US debt to finance current government spending is a tax on US workers with the cash flow transferred to the Chinese bond holders.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23580693695112817642010-05-15T08:19:41.705-04:002010-05-15T08:19:41.705-04:00Majoring in Economics with an emphasis on behavior...Majoring in Economics with an emphasis on <i>behavioral economics</i>. <br /><br />May as well throw in a year of astrology. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31634489473696129172010-05-15T08:15:55.422-04:002010-05-15T08:15:55.422-04:00"If I were going to try to teach one of my ki..."If I were going to try to teach one of my kids 'Economics'"<br /><br />Funny, one of our kids is an economics major - and began with Hazlitt in high school - and insists that the great, still largely unexplored realm of behavioral economics is where it's at.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42887352352774008422010-05-15T08:12:22.953-04:002010-05-15T08:12:22.953-04:00Ronald Wilson Reagan was a "New Deal" De...Ronald Wilson Reagan was a "New Deal" Democrat, until the day he died, so no worries.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21414598143842745382010-05-15T08:11:13.749-04:002010-05-15T08:11:13.749-04:00The bankers, Deuce, are 'Boners', the vast...The bankers, Deuce, are 'Boners', the vast mass of shlubs, they are not.<br /><br />The Federals look out for their own, like any other tribal subset.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com