Looking Backwards … LB #1 “Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kinda cool.” Paul Begala Ron Paul, Rand Paul’s father, tells the story of Paul Begala’s reaction to executive orders while working for President Clinton as a political adviser. In fact, Paul writes in his book End the Fed, “Begala, of course, was …
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Looking Backwards … LB #1 The easiest way it seems to be in the Donald Trump government is to have a job at Fox News first and say things that agree with Trump. Who knows, you might even get to be Secretary of Defense. The other way is to write a really big check. Ben …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 There are some unhappy people with the United States and our government’s actions lately. The nicest people in the world, the Canadians, are up in arms and booing the US national anthem. If I was to have a sanity check for good moral behavior, I would probably ask a Canadian …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 Well, it seems everyone is talking recession this week which means we are probably right in the middle of one and they are just figuring it out. This from ZeroHedge, “A recession is imminent…The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNOW model – forecasting US economic growth – just downgraded its estimate of Q1 …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 It has been one hell of a first month with the wee orange man in charge. It has been a scary time. Jason Lange, Andy Sullivan, and Brad Heath report this for Reuters, “The U.S. government spent more during President Donald Trump’s first month in office than it did during …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 We have discussed the strategy that Don Trump is unveiling to raise revenue and trim spending. The DOGE group led by Elon Musk are trimming spending, gutting federal programs, and putting the Mid-Atlantic into a serious recession. That is unfortunate for them, but probably long term necessary for a nationwide …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 We check in on part of the Fox news crew joining positions of power in the government. Thomas Homan, the deportation expert and former Fox news contributor, made news this week. This from Dan Mangan at CNBC, “President Donald Trump’s border czar implicitly warned New York Mayor Eric Adams during …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 So I set out today with a goal of making the baseball hall of fame as a .333 hitter. If you get a hit on 1 of 3 at bats in the major leagues you will be a hall of famer. Let’s shoot for the hall of fame today shall …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 It has been an eventful first two weeks of Don’s new America. We have had air traffic controllers being offered buyouts of their contracts, two plane crashes in the next few days, and now the FAA main system is down. This according to the New York Times’ Mike Ives, “The …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 I recently read that Steph Curry, one of the greatest shooters in NBA history, struggled through his worst shooting night of his career. He is injured, getting older, and it is hard for him to maintain the form that he once possessed so effortlessly. He is having to realize that …