Unqualified Offerings

IOZ makes a qualified defense of Paul’s position on the gold standard. My intuition is that all currencies, including so-called fiat currencies, are inescapably asset-backed, broadly considered. Fiat currencies are just based on a more diverse portfolio than specie – they’re claims on a portion of the whole value of a country’s physical and human [...]

Mitt Romney declares that “Our most basic civil liberty is the right to be kept alive.” That’s wonderfully phrased, “kept alive.” What is Mitt Romney’s ideal republic? The nation as Terri Schiavo. Brain-dead, inert, confined and perpetuated without point. Hail Mitt! All the strands of contemporary Republicanism unite in thee.
Via Greenwald.

McMegan asks
[I]f I’m going to cast a protest vote, I need to know: what elements of Ron Paul’s agenda am I going to empower? The problem with expressive voting is that politicians may not actually get the message you’re trying to send.
If I vote for Ron Paul, am I ratifying his views on foreign policy, [...]

By Thoreau
I just learned that Ron Paul is a Creationist, albeit a not very fervent one.
In the past week or so I’ve blogged about how the range of acceptable discourse is kept narrow, so that the only “respectable” opinions are those that don’t veer too far from the establishment. Hence it’s considered “extremist” to [...]

Meanwhile, I should say something nice about the Redskins. Fact is, the Redskins have won three in a row. Not coincidentally, they’ve scored more than 20 points three games in a row. They’ve won their last two games by double digits. They’ve held four of their last five opponents under 20 points, and they finally, [...]

Yesterday’s post-game press conference contains one of the great moments in sports history.
Reporter requests, “Could you talk about the historical significance of 15-0?”
Belichick begins, “It’s good to win and we’re not really too hung up on that. We’re just – We’ll get ready for next week. We’ll take one week at a time and get [...]