AstroNerdBoy bloviates and rambles about different things.
Bloomberg has this interesting piece about yet another element of the so-called stimulus bill wherein Big Brother creates a Health Czar to allegedly control the costs of health care. In fact, this system is worse than the crappiest health insurance company out there as ALL doctors must submit to Big Brother. Big Brother will then determine is a course of…
Congrats to Michael Steele on becoming the RNC chairman. I hoped he’d win because I’ve liked a lot of what he’s said. Now, go kick some bottom in the war you are going to face against the press. Also, get out there and be what you are, not “Democrat Light.” Ugh. I hated that about President Bush and many Republicans…
The Wall Street Journal Online has an interesting article about some myths regarding the Great Depression. Some of this I already knew (such as President Hoover being a liberal Republican and that government policies to “help” people actually caused more problems) but some was new to me. In many ways, I can see the U.S. heading down the same road…
I am glad the election is finally over. Sadly, in a very short time, the politicians will begin campaigns for the 2010 election because frankly, it has just about become a case where all they do is work to stay in power and that disgusts me. Still, for a little while, no more phone calls telling me how firefighters, police,…
On April 25, 1889, the United States Congress declared war on Spain, thus starting the Spanish-American War. Since wars cost money, politicians immediately look to raise taxes to pay for the increased expenditures. As such, Congress passed a tax levy on the 1400 “rich” Americans who owned phones. This tax levy added 1-cent to the cost of each telephone call…