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A very strange State Of The Union Address

January 28th, 2012 | Posted by perilun in Politics - (Comments Off)

My guess is that the State of the Union speech this year was a thinly hidden lament that “being president is a pain” by a guy who thought the glow the 2008 campaign would go on forever and instead is ever isolated from even his own  party in Congress and a dwindling set of “advisers”.  A couple …
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Warren Buffet benefits from KeyStone XL pipeline delays

January 24th, 2012 | Posted by perilun in Energy | Politics - (Comments Off)

Many a right, center and even left leaning (WashPost) news organization have wondered why Obama canceled/delayed the KeyStone XL pipeline extension given it is just 1% of America’s existing network of pipelines, would create a good short and long term jobs, lower the cost of fuel oil and gasoline and US and effectively replace what we …
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Small Biz wants less not more Fed involvement

January 23rd, 2012 | Posted by perilun in Government | Small Biz Party - (Comments Off)

A food opinion piece at the Politico on What Small Biz Wants (click here)  calls out a good data point: Small Business pays over $10K/year per employee on fed reg compliance.  Per employee costs at big biz is 36% less since they have more employees to spread this cost across.  Every once in a while you see some “tax credit” …
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Comparing Tea and Small Biz Parties

August 6th, 2011 | Posted by perilun in Small Biz Party - (Comments Off)

I have advocated a third-party I call “The Small Business Party” with the fighting ant as a symbol. You can check some older posts about the concept … but it basically a party that completely focused on creation and growth of domestic small and medium-sized business, ignoring social issues. It would oppose many, but not …
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9.2% = Small Business (political) Party still needed

July 8th, 2011 | Posted by perilun in Econ / Finance | Small Biz Party - (Comments Off)

Looks like that double dip recession is even more likely. Another awful jobs report pushing the official unemployment rate to 9.2% (and other measures from 16% to 20%). When the Greek and other PIIGS debt blows up in the next year we better have a better playbook for our people going forward. One of the …
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I have been a big Daily Show fan but …

July 7th, 2011 | Posted by perilun in Entertainment | Politics - (Comments Off)

I have been a very long-term Daily Show fan (and sometimes Colbert Report fan) since the start. In general I have found Jon Stewart occasionally over the top and left leaning, but he has zapped Obama better than almost anyone else on his missed promises. Many of his shows have been very funny and being …
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Why you should care about Thaddeus McCotter

July 2nd, 2011 | Posted by perilun in Politics | Small Biz Party - (Comments Off)

My take is that Barak Obama raised the obscure name bar high and the Republicans need to best him there, so we now have Thaddeus McCotter as the latest announced Republican candidate for president (click here for article). He looks like a reasonable Tea-Party type guy and I like his emphasis on US manufacturing and …
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George Will deserves more WashPost respect

April 19th, 2011 | Posted by perilun in Politics - (Comments Off)

First of all the Washington Post is a fine newspaper, as is the New York Times (they are America’s best). But the WP is showing George Will some dis-respect by linking him in with 20 or so others in a big list.  George Will has been one of the nation’s best moderate-right opinionists.  He is agnostic …
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Good piece from George Will on Egypt

February 9th, 2011 | Posted by perilun in Politics - (Comments Off)

Click here for another good, informed and historically contextual option piece from one of my favorites, George Will.  George Will is a very long running center right columnist for WashPost and an ABC This Week commentator.  He is the rare conservative agnostic (like me) who suggested we scale down in Afganistan as unwinnable a couple years …
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I hate it when I agree with The Donald

January 24th, 2011 | Posted by perilun in Econ / Finance | Politics - (Comments Off)

Donald Trump is not my idea of a great dude, but he has been and continues to be on target for criticism of China and OPEC, and our give-away of security to many nations that are not giving us a fair shake on trade.  Paul Samuelson at the NYT summed up the China visit as …
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