Too good not to share.

Too sad to watch....

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/a-dog-at-the-funeral-captured-on-video/?ref=health

What would you have done?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904103404576558923450185578.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond

This happened while I was out, but it is happening in Philadelphia and downtown Greenville...tonight.

I find this compelling and frightening. And it is not just in the UK. It is here and now and on the streets of Greenville, and Chicag, and Philly. Read the following article. We need to speak of unemployment by all means. But let us not forget suitability for employment as well. The mayor of Philly is right.

What do you think?

This is kinda what I am thinking....

More "Girl Power!"

The people who think girls need special treatment to succeed in academia are the same folks who bred and nurtured the London street thugs that have made Great Britain not so great any more. Thanks to the Great Dr. Rothman for passing this along.




http://www.science20.com/science_20/still_think_girls_cant_do_science_females_sweep_google_science_fair-80973

Eight questions from Michael Boskin from today's Wall Street Journal

"The president still has time to rebound from his economic policy missteps by promoting permanent, predictable policies to strengthen forecasted anemic growth. 1. But do Mr. Obama and his advisers realize their analysis of the economic crisis was flawed and their attempted solutions mostly misconceived?
2. That vast spending, temporary tax rebates and social engineering did little of lasting value at immense cost?
3. That the prospect of ever more regulation and taxation created widespread uncertainty and severely damaged incentives and confidence?
4. That the repeated attempts to prevent markets (e.g., the housing market) from naturally bottoming and rebounding have created confusion and inhibited recovery?
5. Can Mr. Obama change course, given the evidence that the economy responded poorly to top-down direction from Washington rather than the bottom-up individual initiative that is the key to strong growth?
6. Is he willing to rein in the entitlement state erected under radically different economic and demographic conditions?
7. And will he reform the corporate and personal income taxes with much lower rates on a broader base?
8. Or is he going to propose the same failed policies—more spending, social engineering, temporary tax cuts and permanent tax hikes?

On the answer to these questions, much of Mr. Obama's, and the nation's, future rests."

I have the answers....no. BTW, he estimates that every "job saved" by the stimulus package, or whatever you want to call it, had a price tag of $280,000.

This is totally uncalled for....

This happened while I was out sick. All I have to say is for Christ's sake will you stop that crap! It really is not very presidential, especially when you don't know the difference between the monetary base and the money supply. I don't think QE3 is a very good idea either but I am not going to suggest pistols at dawn to Ben Bernanke if he does go ahead with it.

News Flash to Governor Perry!!!! Ben Bernanke is not the issue. Monetary Policy is not our ticket out. You will not be running against Ben Bernanke if you get the nomination. Know thine opponent!




http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/08/15/perry-warns-bernanke-it-could-get-pretty-ugly-in-texas/

A Little Less than One Month Out

Hi all. I'm back and 90% of my old self. Soon to be 100% I hope though the doctor (and my wife who is a nurse) says it will take some time to completely shake the effects. Anyway I wanted to remind all you good people out there that I have put together this symposium on the Economy and Monetary Policy and you are invited. If you are a member of the Eastern Carolina business community and wish to participate in the lunchtime presentation at Greenville Country Club we would love to have you. Please see the accompanying flyer. We will also repeat this program the evening of October 3, 2011 in Hendrix Theatre on the campus of ECU at 7pm and it is free to the general public. I hope you will be able to attend.

Have a great day,

Randy Parker