Carson Sasser » Asides

Why Government Spending Does Not Stimulate Economic Growth

Carson — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:03:01 +0000

I recommend this Heritage Foundation paper: Why Government Spending Does Not Stimulate Economic Growth: Answering the Critics, by Brian M. Riedl

Can Government Force You to Buy a Chevy?

Carson — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:09:03 +0000

I saw a cartoon depicting two bureaucrats considering the government’s role in saving General Motors. One of them asked the other: “If we can make people buy health insurance, why can’t we make them buy a Chevy?”

Global Warming Man-Made After All

Carson — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:13:18 +0000

Well, it turns out that global warming is man-made. It was made (up) by those scientists in England and their colleagues who were exposed by the e-mail hacker.

Global Warming Science Not Settled

Carson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:33:10 +0000

Can you think of anything more absurd than the assertion that the science of man-made global warming is settled? Your president believes that. The science is not settled on anything, much less the effect of human activity on the global average temperature 100 years from now.

Ft Hood Attack Both Terrorism and a Crime

Carson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:03:01 +0000

The media are still debating whether the Fort Hood attack was an act of terrorism or a crime. It seems obvious to me that it was both.

Obama and the Losing Coach

Carson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:42:09 +0000

Have you ever heard of a coach calling a press conference to boast that his team would have lost by a wider margin without his clever game plan? Well, that’s essentially what Obama is doing when he claims that his stimulus policy is saving jobs while the jobless ranks keep growing. Both claims might be true but just shut up about it until you start winning.

500 Million Dollar Round-Off Errors

Carson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:01:31 +0000

An article on the federal budget for the next decade includes this item: Additional discretionary spending, $1,545 billion. Rounding to the nearest billion means the real amount could be 500 million more or 500 million less. If we’re talking about discretionary spending I suppose it’s not supposed to matter if $500 million is lost in the noise.

Chicago, the New Afghanistan

Carson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:51:32 +0000

It’s looking like being a student in Chicago is almost as dangerous as being a soldier in Afghanistan. 22 fatalities so far this year. And this is where our president got his start as a “community organizer” — and where many of his closest advisors are from.

Al Gore and Algorithms

Carson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:17:47 +0000

It is well known that Al Gore claimed that he invented the internet. Does he also think the term “algorithm” honors his work in mathematics? Or in music?

One of Life’s Little Incongruities

Carson — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:24:35 +0000

One of life’s little incongruities: Prison officials in Wisconsin sentenced an inmate to 90 days in solitary confinement … for refusing to leave solitary confinement.