Archive for “March of 2007”

New Domain, New Blog, Same Kickass Content.

March 30, 2007

Hello All:
It is likely that I will no longer be blogging here, or at the old http://blamp.com/blog, either. I have registered a handful of domains, and I’m currently figuring out what to do with them, although it will involve WordPress.
I have not decided whether I will be migrating all or any of my previous […]

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High Prices, Higher Taxes

March 29, 2007

The best indicator of wealth in society is an abundance of goods and services. On the contrary, high prices are definitively not an indicator of wealth. That settled, raising prices will not increase wealth. Furthermore, no government ever taxed itself or its people into prosperity.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Michigan is […]

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Collective Bargaining: A One Way Street

March 28, 2007

The Big Three auto makers and their Union counterparts are in the news again, with the typical Union rhetoric spewing forth from the mouth of UAW president, Ron Gettelfinger:
Our union does not want to strike, [b]ut when employers act as if collective bargaining is a one-way street and not a two-way street, then we will […]

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Universal Health Care is Scary: Here’s Why.

March 22, 2007

A commenter over at Coyote Blog brings up what is probably the biggest fear anyone should have about so-called “universal” health-care. I know, health-care is a tired debate, which is why I stay out of it. So allow me to preface my reaction:
Don’t worry about the people who currently opt-out of insurance because […]

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Fuck Blogger. Moving Soon. Anywhere else.

March 20, 2007

Ever since Blogger transitioned from Beta - by which I mean - forced its users to change from “old” blogger to new blogger, I’ve been having problems publishing. Sometimes my posts publish to an atom or rss feed, but they do not publish to the index or to my domain - which explains the […]

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Free Riders & Fuel Efficiency

March 20, 2007

That’s all well and good - except that a 50% improvement in fuel efficiency doesn’t cost “hundreds more” to build. It cost “thousands” more to build. And whenever there is a divergence between the highest bidder and the lowest seller, demand will go unsatisfied: No matter how many people are willing to pay […]

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Screwing You in the Name of Political Correctness

March 20, 2007

Via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Target Stores is leading the pack, by refusing to fire employees who refuse to serve the needs of their pork-consuming customers. In most occupations, not doing your job is grounds for termination. Apparently Target’s robust business model permits them to effectively pay people to irritate paying customers.
Some stores have […]

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