“Government is almost by necessity inefficient, inflexible, duplicative, wasteful, expensive and burdensome.” Mitt Romney In the WSJ 11/10/07 This is not an endorsement. But he...Read More
Below is an email I got from Charter Communications in response to a email I sent them about the fact that they cut off my service. It is clear that they didn’t read my email and have no intenti...Read More
Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his effort to end global warming. And the believers celebrated. It is a political award. My friend John L sent me an email saying: “Also, Gore won the Peace...Read More
1972 was the last time that an anti-war candidate for President met a less anti-war candidate for President. And Richard Nixon beat George McGovern in a rout. Gottlieb lost in 1971 Popular sentiment d...Read More
In this brilliant letter one British politician uses sarcasm to point out how ridiculous another politician’s policy is: Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State, Department for Environment, ...Read More
“Interest rates aren’t a policy instrument to protect unwise lenders from the consequences of their unwise decisions.” Mervyn King Governor of the Bank of England August 8, 2007 as q...Read More
There is a lot of whining going on about the price of gasoline. Politicians are seeing a conspiricy and threatening to regulate something. Here is a fact sheet from the API showing where the money goe...Read More
Last week I wrote a post about trying to go the Arboretum Garden Show and the difficulty with Westfield Santa Anita Mall. I also wrote a complaint to Westfield. This is a transcript of that correspo...Read More
When we went to see Lew Watanabe at the Arboretum it took two tries. It was so crowded and difficult to find a parking place the first time Howard and Nurit and I gave up. I went alone the next da...Read More