letfreedomringblog.com - 1/1/2009
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When I read the opening of this article, my first reaction was “Let them die.” Here’s what I’m referring to:
Connecticut lawmaker Frank Nicastro sees saving the local newspaper as his duty. But others think he and his colleagues are setting a worrisome precedent for ...
sundriesshack.com - 1/3/2009
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sundriesshack.com —
Rut roh. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations
reports that as of 1800 MST on 2 January...
2009, seismicity of the ongoing Yellowstone earthquake swarm continues. Over 500 earthquakes, as large...
(more)
Good News! We’re Not All Going to Die…Yet.
democraticunderground.com - 12/31/2008
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democraticunderground.com —
Source: [b]MSNBC/Reuters[/b] BANGKOK - At least 53 people
were killed and more than 100 others injured in...
a fire which broke out in a Bangkok nightclub where revelers were celebrating the New Year, police said. Thanat Wongsanga, deputy chief of the Thong Lor police station near the heart ...
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Dozens die in New Year's club fire in Bangkok
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Let Them Die
California Conservative —
... The Bristol Press and The Herald that Rep. Dicastro wants to save are nothing more than the local mouthpiece for the Democratic Party. If that’s accurate, then I don’t see the value of artificially propping up these speicific newspapers.
Technorati Tags: Media, Bailouts, NY Times, IBM, Microsoft, Sears, Walmart, Subsidies, Skepticism, Media Bias
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
A New Year churn
SCSUScholars —
I was going to leave New Year's Day alone blog-wise -- I second Janet's wishes -- but I was provoked to thinking by something Gary Gross wrote this morning on bailing out newspapers. I remember the wailing and gnashing of teeth during Reagan’s time. People bemoaned the fact that IBM, Sears and Montgomery Ward were going through difficult times, relatively speaking. I say relatively because IBM still held a market share north of 75 percent. While politicians were whining about IBM’s, Sears’ and Montgomery Ward’s difficulties, people weren’t noticing how ...
They Must Be Skating In Hell
California Conservative —
... I laid out the criteria for whether businesses should be allowed to die over a month ago. Here’s what I said then: ...
Pelosi Wants to Save Fossils
California Conservative —
... Nonetheless, Speaker Pelosi wants to preserve these inneficient fossils at taxpayer expense. It’s time to let them die. There’s no reasonable justification for letting them survive, especially if they need the federal government’s assistance in staying alive. That’s proof that they need to go the way of the passenger pigeon. ...
Let Them Fail, Part II
True North - Pointing Minnesota in the Right Direction —
... This past winter, Frank Nicastro, an obscure Connecticut legislator, offered a bill to bail out a newspaper in New England. At the time, I said that it was better if we just let it die. According to ...
Let Them Fail, Part II
California Conservative —
... This past winter, Frank Nicastro, an obscure Connecticut legislator, offered a bill to bail out a newspaper in New England. At the time, I said that it was better if we just let it die. According to ...
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