10 December 2017 - Granite Grok

December 10, 2017

Blogline of the Day – what, take Obama’s word for it?

OBAMA: “Those Jobs Aren’t Coming Back.” TRUMP: “Hold My Beer.” And Obama had the temerity of taking credit for the last three quarters of growth and then saying “Thanks, Obama!”.  Obama was responsible for the first quarter of this year, no doubt. His policies might have carried into the second but no one was jumping …

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Disqus Doodlings – Treehugger writer believes things should cost more: Part 2

OK, Part 1 was done in April – too many Shiny Objects to contemplate so  back to playing catch up. The premise was that we should pay more for what we buy because CONSUMERISM and ENVIRONMENTALISM!  We all should be forced to make do with less, and I commented on this at the time (not …

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Notable Quote – F.A. Hayek

That we should foreswear all principles or “isms” in order to achieve greater mastery over fate is even now proclaimed as the new wisdom of our age…. If I am not mistaken, this fashionable contempt for “ideology” or for all general principles or “isms” is a characteristic attitude of disillusioned socialists who, because they have …

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