I can’t hardly believe.  Paul Harvey has pasted on to glory and the Rest of the Story will have to wait till another time.

 Today was not quite the Good Day I thought it was.

talk about whatever you want…

yes Friday the 13th was two weeks ago.  Yet since February only has 28 days that means there’s another one in two weeks.  Perhaps that is what the market fears?

 Right now the market does not need any reason to fear.  Obama has thrown uncertainty out there.  The banks have to pass a stress test, deficits will be huge in the years to come, massive tax increases are being talked about and yes right top bankers are being forced to take huge pay cuts to continue working. 

I always thought that Friday fell on the 13th twice every year except when it falls in February.  Then its three times.  When I worked for a major corporation I had one of those desk calendar sets with all the cycles of the years.  You know  what I mean the one with the 1st on a Monday then Tuesday plus the leap year variations.  Hey I went to public school but I think the calendar year can only have 14 variations.  (7 regular and 7 leap years).

 I am easily distracted.  Have a nice evening.

Gary  Locke for Commerce department.  Former Washington governor and devoted Blue state guy.  Another  left coast liberal plus another Asian.

So if Gov. Sibelius gets the nod for HHS the number of Red Staters in the cabinet will be two.  To the victor goes the spoils and what type of folks have Obama’s ear?  Diversity in the Obama cabinet is a Washington state liberal offsetting a Californian liberal.

Netanhayu will certainly be Israeli PM.  The only question is will it be a straight right wing coalition or whether Kadima will join a unity coalition with Shas & Lieberman’s party.

 The Minnesota recount trail goes on and on.  Coleman’s best pitch is to junk the whole process and have a do over.  Not sure how that will come out.  No news for awhile.  Coleman lost a ruling the other day.  No new ballots have been counted for over a month now and whatever happens at  the lower court level will certainly be contested in the state supreme court, then probably Federal court and then a US senate fight.

 Finally the Obama family has chosen a family dog.  Its a Portuguese Water Dog or something like that.  Another slap at America as good old America breeds like the Sheep dog, Labrador Retriever, Border Collie, St. Bernard or Daschund have been passed over.  All this hoopla over this dog business and we get European.  Whatever happened to Buy American??

The storied Rocky Mountain news will cease Publication this week.  Story is here

 http://uk.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUKN2626593120090226

What will the next Domino to fall?  The Hearst Newspaper group is threatening to close the San Francisco  Chronicle.  This is another storied paper and would leave SF as the largest city without a daily Newspaper.

Newspapers in Seattle, Miami  and Tuscon may be closing soon.   Papers in LA, Chicago, Minneapolis and Philly are in Bankruptcy.  Yes I see it as a decline of the print business as many Americans fall out of the habit of reading a daily paper.  I also see it as a decline of a liberal media.  Yes I can remember when newspapers and TV news were unbias.  Yes I can remember when TV news was down the middle.  It leaned left a bit but was in the middle of the road. 

 Today the decline of sales to political liberalism is undeniable.  Here in Memphis has been an mistakeable decline in circulation due to the political bias of the Newspaper.  Yet they blindly print the same liberal stuff everyday. 

Did anyone notice that our daily papers made a huge effort to jump start sales with an Obama push after election day?  I suspect for everyone Obama follower who picked up a paper three were lost due to the Obama push. 

 Pleasant dreams

This is an issue thread, the role of Government Issue # 5.

What is the role of Government?

 Libertarians and most Republicans advocate a minimal government. National Defense is a priority but after that the Government should limit its involvement economically, socially and in all other ways to the bare minimum of what is needed for a healthy economy and an orderly society. Ronald Reagan championed this view.

Big Government on the other hand champions a much larger role for Government. FDR was the model for a large federal government role. Obama is following the large Government model.

Here are a few links…

http://mobile.thehill.com/leading-the-news/boehner-era-of-big-government-is-back-2009-02-25.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022403350.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02252009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/bams_bold_gamble_156775.htm

Discuss…