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Mitt Romney on Detroit bailout

Hans Mast — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:06:29 +0000

Go Mitt! Romney gives excellent, excellent advice on the proposed big three bailout:

IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed.

Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.

Ok, so maybe I should have supported Romney over McCain. (But the three-way race between Huckabee, McCain, Romney made things difficult and Romney dropped out before Huckabee…)Similar Posts:

Spectacular Wildfire Pictures from California

Hans Mast — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:33:54 +0000

I’m thinking of Californians (especially the Witmer family in LA) during these wildfires (and thanking God that there are no trees to burn in KS). The Big Picture has some spectacular photos of the fires.Similar Posts:

Quote of the Day: Brass Ceiling

Hans Mast — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:20:28 +0000

“There is no one more surprised than I—except, of course, my husband. You know what they say, `Behind every successful woman there is an astonished man.’”
–The first U.S. Army four star female general, Ann Dunwoody, on breaking the “brass ceiling” in AP

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Letters from Harrisburg

Hans Mast — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:38:46 +0000

Dorcas’ latest Letter from Harrisburg column is up and it’s a good’un!Similar Posts:

Soliciting Proof-readers, fact-checkers, opinion-givers

Morans

Hans Mast — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:26:39 +0000

I am surrounded by Morans. This morning I picked up the Hutch News and did a double-take as I saw the headline: “Moran sets up bid for Senate”. I continued to read, “WASHINGTON - With the 2008 election season over, Rep. J. Moran wasted little time taking the next step in his likely bid for higher office.” I double-checked the name of the newspaper at the top: yup, Hutchinson News, not Washington Post. Having just lived in Virginia and having two Morans (one US Representative and one VA House of Delegates) always on the political scene, I thought my days of political news about Morans was over. Apparently not. I used to have Rep. J. Moran in VA and now I have Rep. J. Moran in Kansas. The difference between Virginia and Kansas becomes stark, however, when one notices the one detail that is different: Rep. J. Moran (D-VA) and Rep. J. Moran (R-KS).Similar Posts:

San Pedro Sula, Honduras for $215

Hans Mast — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:51:55 +0000

Anyone want to fly to San Pedro Sula, Honduras for $215 OW + tax? Contact Golden Rule Travel or email dad (marvin at goldrule dot net).Similar Posts:

Stunning pictures of Bhutan’s coronation of new King

Hans Mast — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:12:14 +0000

As usual, the awesome The Big Picture blog over at the Boston Herald has some stunning pictures, this time of the coronation of Bhutan’s new 28-year-old king.Similar Posts:

George F. Will schooled

Hans Mast — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:06:32 +0000

Heh: George F. Will gets schooled.Similar Posts:

Hebron

Hans Mast — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:54:19 +0000

This is where I was hanging out on Tuesday (the day the story was written). Don’t worry, Mom.Similar Posts:

Mossad Chief Assassinated?

Hans Mast — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:51:50 +0000

I was playing basketball in Jerusalem this afternoon with a guy who works for the Financial Times and he said that the head of the Mossad was assassinated in Amman, Jordan several days ago. At this point it’s only the domain of rumor. I wonder if it’s true. Update: Apparently it’s not.Similar Posts:

Disposable Diapers better CO2-wise than Reusables

Hans Mast — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:34:17 +0000

The British government is hushing up one of their own studies that show that using disposable diapers actually produces less CO2 than reusable diapers. The government is in a bit of bind having promoted using reusables as a way to save the planet.Similar Posts:

Global Warming Myth recipient of more blows

Hans Mast — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:30:25 +0000

More and more scientists are defecting from the cult of global warming:

In early September, I began noticing a string of news stories about scientists rejecting the orthodoxy on global warming. Actually, it was more like a string of guest columns and long letters to the editor since it is hard for skeptical scientists to get published in the cabal of climate journals now controlled by the Great Sanhedrin of the environmental movement.

Still, the number of climate change skeptics is growing rapidly. Because a funny thing is happening to global temperatures — they’re going down, not up.

Like good ol’ Y2K and all other myths, urban legends, and scams, global warming too will see its eventual downfall. Fortunately, the economic downturn is hastening it as people don’t have spare change to indulge their fantasies. This is happening in Europe as a global warming accord is falling apart because of that.Similar Posts:

Conversation Starters for ESL/EFL

Hans Mast — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:35:22 +0000

I’m having a great time teaching English in Ramallah, Palestine again. I have a terrific class, though I do miss my old class. (I moved from teaching level 1 to teaching level 4, because I enjoy grammar.) While preparing my lesson, I came across the best resource I have found yet of conversation starters for ESL/EFL classes.Similar Posts:

YouTube Comments

Hans Mast — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:28:45 +0000

If you feel the urge to add your collective wisdom to this YouTube comment thread through comment ratings (thumbs up/thumbs down) or comments, I would be delighted.Similar Posts:

More Obama Vote Stealing

Hans Mast — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:30:51 +0000

On top of ACORN’s (the organization Obama worked for as a “community organizer”) extensive vote fraud on Obama’s behalf, now a new incident of vote fraud has emerged in which a mentally handicapped man was forced to vote for Obama even though he told the worker over and over that he wanted to vote for McCain.Similar Posts: