Rebane's Ruminationstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14948582009-11-15T14:07:15-08:00Observations and interpretations of events from this last great century of Man.TypePadAn American Taletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a6a316b1970b2009-11-15T14:07:15-08:002009-11-15T14:07:15-08:00George RebaneGeorge RebaneCARB’s Nevada County footprinttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a69fcba9970b2009-11-14T16:01:42-08:002009-11-14T16:04:25-08:00George Rebane Last Friday I attended a forum on California’s toxic business environment, and left stunned. The forum was held at the behest of Assemblyman Dan Logue as part of his ongoing investigation of why businesses in the state are...George RebaneE Pluribus Uniontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad8833012875a0dd0d970c2009-11-14T08:06:22-08:002009-11-14T08:08:00-08:00[This editorial appears today (14 November 2009) in The Union’s print and online opinion sections (here). This is the submitted version. gjr] George Rebane The case has been made that public sector unions (PSUs) are bankrupting governments across the land....George RebaneObamacare - any way you slice it (updated)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330128758eee34970c2009-11-13T04:49:00-08:002009-11-13T09:34:45-08:00George Rebane Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay. - Milton Friedman The von Mises Institute is a leading source of Austrian school perspectives on economics and public...George RebaneIt's not for the lack of tryingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330128758f178e970c2009-11-13T02:05:00-08:002009-11-13T02:05:00-08:00George RebaneGeorge RebaneEcon 101tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a685d77b970b2009-11-12T04:36:00-08:002009-11-12T04:36:00-08:00George RebaneGeorge RebaneRuminations - 11nov2009 (updated 12nov09)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a67a3cb2970b2009-11-11T12:34:18-08:002009-11-12T12:53:27-08:00George Rebane Veterans/Armistice Day. This morning I rushed down to the Grass Valley Veterans Building to partake of the scheduled ceremonies that annually observe our debt to the armed forces of America. Given the involvement of our armed forces and...George RebaneFt Hood and Countingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a66ccdb0970b2009-11-09T21:05:31-08:002009-11-09T22:33:03-08:00George Rebane Senator Lieberman will now start holding hearings on whether Major ‘Allahu Akbar!’ Hasan is a terrorist. It is for me a great sadness, perhaps above all others, to watch western culture, my culture in its writhing death throes....George RebaneHR 3962 from two universestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a663eb0e970b2009-11-08T16:12:56-08:002009-11-08T16:15:10-08:00George Rebane There is no middle ground anymore. The House version of Obamacare passed last night on a party line vote while we were at a local charity event. My faithful iPhone, with a realtime AP feed application, gave its...George RebaneWhy Reason Failstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a660fb40970b2009-11-07T15:40:08-08:002009-11-07T17:13:47-08:00George Rebane "It ain't what you don't know that worries me, it's what you know that ain't so." Will Rogers We are often taught that parties can always settle their differences by engaging in a reasoned dialogue – ‘Come, let...George RebaneIt's a-comin', but ya gotta be patienttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a65ab19c970b2009-11-06T01:32:00-08:002009-11-06T01:32:00-08:00George RebaneGeorge RebaneReverend Bayes and the Muslimtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a6afe114970c2009-11-05T22:17:27-08:002009-11-06T15:31:51-08:00George Rebane The Ft Hood shootings have left me shocked, saddened, and dismayed. But perhaps not in the way most of the country is reacting to this terrible news tonight from Texas. What is now known is that Major Malik...George RebaneObamacare - The Other Sidetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a6571cda970b2009-11-05T09:29:26-08:002009-11-06T10:08:42-08:00George Rebane The White House, Congress, MSM, and the foreign press are touting the long awaited arrival of socialized healthcare in the United States. The Pelosi bill is now on the floor of the House ready for a vote. Pelosi...George RebaneGot Vaccine (Yet)?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a64fc7b7970b2009-11-03T10:58:42-08:002009-11-03T10:59:48-08:00George Rebane ‘Don’t get sick’, that is how the liberals in Congress dismiss the conservative proposed alternatives to Obamacare. But that same advice should be given to all of us trying to avoid the ongoing swine flu epidemic. Getting vaccinated...George RebanePlacing My Lancetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a64842bc970b2009-11-01T14:33:58-08:002009-11-01T17:55:02-08:00George Rebane A post-American president sees the job of President of the United States as a stepping stone to higher office. “And you would place your lance where?” my friend and blogging partner Russ Steele (NC MediaWatch) asked me in...George Rebane