Archive for October, 2009

Because of Pataki, they haven’t mentioned that the key endorsement was Palin. The Pataki endorsement is late but it comes on the last weekend AND he is a NY governer. This is going to make a ton of difference, but remember no matter what the Telegraph says: Perhaps the most significant intervention has been by [...]

My mother is the quintessential Sicilian. There are people she doesn’t like or care for, but she is very proper in public concerning them as long as she isn’t questioned directly. She always taught me the value of being able to publicly associate with your enemies. And with enemies you need to establish “neutral ground” [...]

24 will get you 4.5

Posted: October 29, 2009 in opinion/news
Tags: ,

The Christian science monitor reports that Cash for Clunkers cost taxpayers $24,000 for each new car sold. Well, it’s in how Edmunds crunched the numbers. A valid way to evaluate the program economically, it says, is to look at how many people purchased cars that otherwise wouldn’t have been bought. The firm says that number [...]

Comes in two parts. Part one is the reporting on Cash for Clunkers. Lets look at Google News: You have 1,400 articles vs 23 on the effectiveness of Cash for clunkers. Part two comes from one of those few articles that report on it. It isn’t in the meat of the article it is in [...]