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HOLIDAY of the DAY (for those looking for a reason to stay home today) This is the 64th anniversary of the changing of William “Wild Bill” Donavan’s wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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the “Green” Movement

The highly publicized – first by the White House, now by the media – “Green Movement,” which subsidizes alternative energy while strangling hydrocarbon-based energy, is a near-perfect example of why government is the worst source...

Published 01-30-2012 7:52 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, economics, history, Congress, business, energy, science, axcess bloggers, conservatism, liberalism, 2012 Elections, Spain, Europe
Creative Destruction

Newt Gingrich and others are making a lot of noise about Mitt Romney’s time as managing partner at Bain Capital, a private equity firm. This is disappointing coming from Mr Gingrich because he knows better. It’s the first time that I know...

Published 01-16-2012 9:26 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: business, axcess bloggers, conservatism, Republicans, 2012 Elections, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, New Hampshire
Two Debates

There were two debates last week, one televised one not, both important on a national level. Taking the televised one first, professional Republicans are, again, looking for a not-Romney candidate after Governor Perry’s lackluster performance Thursday...

Published 09-26-2011 10:12 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: economics, unions, business, axcess bloggers, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Michelle Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich
Now the Hard Part

The history of bubbles is that they inflate until “conventional wisdom” catches up with reality and people realize that the inflated commodity is dangerously overvalued, and the bubble pops. This results in an overreaction, depressing the value of the...

Published 09-04-2011 6:34 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, economics, government, Congress, business, axcess bloggers
Why Does a Two-Year-Old Recovery Feel Like a Recession?

Remembering that a market economy will tend to recover from recession in around 18 months on its own, recovery strategies by government need to affect the general economy within that first year and a half, or it is wasted. Realizing that we need two or...

Published 08-31-2011 12:06 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: economics, government, Congress, business, axcess bloggers, ObamaCare
Al Gore Loses Yet Another Recount

On December 18 1999, NASA lifted the Terra (EOS AM-1) satellite into sun-synchronous orbit aboard an Atlas IIAS SLV from Vandenberg AFB [California]. Its five sensors began collecting data on February 24 2000 with the mission of monitoring Earth’s...

Published 07-29-2011 8:29 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, Obama, economics, government, history, Congress, business, energy, science, axcess bloggers, conservatism, liberalism, Republicans, Democrats, 2012 Elections
a Time for Calm

Let’s take a deep breath and look at where we are, and at what’s the norm. Everybody seems to agree that the current vector of government needs adjustment. That’s where agreement ends. We are on track for running trillion-dollar deficits...

Published 07-10-2011 8:08 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: economics, government, Congress, business, taxes, axcess bloggers, Republicans, Democrats
Russia Becomes the Preeminent Manned Space Power by Attrition

Our last shuttle Lifted off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 1129 on Friday morning, beginning STS-135, a twelve-day mission to the International Space Station. After its recovery, we will voluntarily hand manned space operations to the Russians...

Published 07-09-2011 6:54 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: Obama, economics, business, lunacy, axcess bloggers, NASA, technology
Boeing and its Discontents

Hong Kong Airlines Limited is going to buy ten Airbus A380 superjumbo jet airliners, at a catalogue value of $4 billion, business (and exports) that could have gone to Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner , if it weren’t for the Obama administration’s demand that...

Published 06-26-2011 10:48 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, government, unions, business, axcess bloggers
It’s Obama’s Economy Now

It’s been Obama’s economy since January 21 2009, but he can’t pretend that his policies aren’t driving events any more. In the end, he has probably done future generations a favor by discrediting Keynesian theory in the hands of...

Published 06-08-2011 8:45 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, Obama, economics, government, Congress, business, taxes, axcess bloggers, conservatism, liberalism, Republicans, Democrats, 2012 Elections

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