Conservative Wanderer

“A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill.” — Ronald Wilson Reagan

Monthly Archives: August 2011

Vacation!

As soon as I get done with work today, I will officially be on vacation for about the next week and a half.

Depending on time and events (both things that I am doing and things happening in the wider world), I may or may not be posting anything during vacation. Regular blogging should–God willing–resume on or around Monday, 12 September.

And lemme tell ya, it felt good to turn the alarm off this morning instead of just resetting it for tomorrow… and I can’t wait to hang a sign on my monitor at work just before I leave. :)

New White House Top Economist Says Unemployment Benefits Are Not Stimulus

Gotta love the cognitive dissonance:

Princeton University economist Alan Krueger, who will replace Austan Goolsbee as the White House’s chief economic advisor, “is likely to provide a voice inside the administration for more-aggressive government action to bring down unemployment and, particularly, to address long-term joblessness,” according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

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Boehner Responds To Biden Walkback On China’s One Child Policy

Following Biden’s crack about understanding China’s forced-abortion policy, and the White House mouthpiece’s walkback of same, John Boehner shot back:

There are two things the Obama administration can do immediately on this front.  One is for the Vice President himself – the individual who holds the office, and who uttered the damaging comments Sunday – to publicly state the new words his staff has used.  The other is for President Obama to announce the United States will stop contributing money to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which supports China and has been linked to implementation of the one-child policy.  Until the administration takes these actions, the clarification issued by the Vice President’s spokesman Tuesday will ring hollow.

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