Red or Blue

I am pretty much disgusted with all politics.  And all people in ‘em.  Perhaps most especially vile are the Parties.  It seems that in order to satisfy the party, each candidate has to run for the edges, the FAR edges.  They have to do this to get the support, connections and money from the apparatus.  In short, people are rather forced to do and say things they might not otherwise.

More Senate Races

I have already introduced the races where there is a Democrat retiring.  This morning I’ll introduce the retiring Republican seats.

There are 5, 1 more than retiring Democrats.  [Technically they count the MA Senate race as a retirement, but since it has already been run and won, I won't be counting that here].

Awesome

Some say Obama is a Socialist.  Some say he is a Communist.  Others even say he is a fascist.  What is harder to dispute is what Karl Marx was.

Where Do We Go From Here

This weekend is the first Tea Party Convention.  So far, two things are clear:

1.  A LOT of people are upset with how this government is being run.

2.  The Tea Party has ZERO organization.

Senate Races

It is going to be an interesting election cycle culminating with the mid term elections in November.  Following up on my new found interest in politics that began with the dual primary race for the 08 Presidential election, I am going to watch these Senate races with interest.

An introduction:

Right now there are 36 seats in play.  This includes incumbents and Senators who are retiring.

Inequality

A twofer!

Another in a long line on why I hate unions.

See, where I work, if you do well you get bigger raises, bigger bonuses and if you do well over the long haul, you get promoted.  On the other hand, if you don’t exceed you may not get fired, but you won’t reap the rewards of the high achievers.  Then again, if you continue to produce so marginally that the firm finds itself better off without your services, you will, in fact, eventually be promoted; to customer.  In other words, the company will no longer employ you.

We’ll Need Less Even as We Make More

You’ve heard it.  I’ve heard.  How could you NOT hear it?

We are gonna run out of oil!

Do You Hate Insurance Companies?

So does this guy:

Think you’re fed up with the red tape in health insurance?

Parents Support Current Assignments

The school board here in Wake County was elected recently with a pretty strong message from the public: We Don’t Like the Way Things Are!

With 4 seats up for grabs, a new coalition was formed.  Joining Ron Margiota are 4 new board members.  And they have two agendas:

1.  End Year Round Schools.

2.  End the Diversity program.

Where Will They Go When We Become They

So, you can usually tell what someone’s priorities are by watching how they spend their “stuff”.  This could be money.  Watch how they spend their money and you’ll see where they put their priority.  It could be time.  Watch how they spend their time and you can tell what they think is important.  Further, it could be “fantasy points”.  Watch how someone allocates resources to win fantasy baseball and you’ll see what they feel is critical.

People tend to “spend” what they have, time or money, on things that they think are best for them.  This should neither be new or controversial.  In fact,, acknowledging this fact can help us to better build or economic models.