George Rebane
The Clinton Reset Button show sure had an impact. A week later the Russians escalated their standoff with the US by announcing a new military build up and signaling a harder line with Washington, in the process making our new Sec State look like a clown (more here). The Russians have now shoved that little device into a place where the sun don’t shine, which may explain Hillary’s stiffer gait of late. Put together with the recent antics of Iran, North Korea, China, …, Russia's response sure makes clear the changes we can expect with our new foreign policy.
This little video of Rep Corrine Brown on the floor of the House was sent by a correspondent asking ‘how do these people get elected?’. The direct and probably correct answer is that we send to Washington people who are reflections of ourselves – a frightening commentary indeed when we consider the makeup of that crowd.
Can’t get the guns from us fast enough? - then go after the ammo. The Sierra Bravos on Capitol Hill have a new tack on removing 2nd amendment rights - make ammo hard to get. How about just doing it above board and passing a gun ban law that makes plain the Left’s agenda? More here.
When Help Does Harm. Dead Aid by black African Dambisa Moyo is the latest entry on the growing pile of compelling evidence that Africa has not benefited from the thousands of aid programs. It joins ex-World Bank economist William Easterly (The White Man’s Burden – Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest have done So Much Ill and So Little Good) and others in a condemning assessment of the harm we have been doing overseas with government and private sector projects. I believe it is a reflection of the same effect we have had in our land with the launch of social engineering programs that destroyed minority families, and the ongoing corporate welfare programs that destroy the ability of businesses to compete in open markets. Disagreeing with Dambisa Moyo’s analysis puts one in the awkward position of concluding that there is something seminal in the make-up of black societies that prevents them from forming governments beneficial to their people. More on a closer-to-home example here.
[21mar09 update] Today the WSJ published a synopsis of Dead Aid in an article by Dambisa Moyo. Here is the link for those who want to read the short form.
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