http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog "I have nothing to say and I'm saying it" -- John Cage Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:49:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No time for an in depth post but I just heard Obama's looking at Richardson for Commerce Secretary. So that's a bit of good news. Not as good as giving him foreign policy, but it is another strong area for him from a left-libertarian perspective, him being known as ... http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/569 This is pretty cool. Mother Jones told us about The Typealyzer, which probes your blog and computes your Myers-Briggs type based on content: INTP - The Thinkers The logical and analytical type. They are especially attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. ... http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/563 While the content of the post is completely unrelated, the Onion somehow managed to perfectly capture the essence of the woes of Tennessee Democrats with just a title: Phil's Party Reminds Area Man Why He Doesn't Go To Phil's Parties http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/561 A friend of mine recently IM'd me a blog post arguing against the proposed bailout for Detroit -- I think it was this one -- with a comment to the effect of "this is why I don't like the Democrats OR Bush". I didn't answer because I wanted to respond more ... http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/557 I know I can call you Barack, since that's how you signed all those emails asking me for money. Anyway, listen -- you do remember why you got the Democratic nomination over Senator Clinton, right? It was, as they say, war and foreign relations, stupid. So please, please, please don't let this ... http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/554 In my inbox from the local chapter of Americans United: Nashville Protest this Saturday at 12:30. Bring a sign. Nationwide Protest Against Bans on Gay Marriage In the recent election, Florida, Arizona, and California passed a ban on gay marriage, and Arkansas banned adoptions by gay couples. In response, there will ... http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/551 Professor Roderick Long, one of the keenest minds working the left side of libertarian purism, infiltrates CATO with some libertarian anti-corporatism 101: Corporate power depends crucially on government intervention in the marketplace.[2] This is obvious enough in the case of the more overt forms of government favoritism such as subsidies, bailouts,[3] ... http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/548 I damn near teared up during what may have been Keith Olbermann's best "special comment" yet: http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/546 OK, I've been googling to try and find any article probing into the question of Rahm Emanuel's intelligence, one hundred percent for the purpose of making a post with this title. I found a lot of one-liners about him being a smart guy, but nothing pointed on the subject like ... http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/544 It looks like Barr -- the real politician with all that experience and groovy gravitas that was supposed to put the Libertarian Party on the map -- got about 480K votes, about 100K more than the unknown party insider Michael Badnarik got last time around, and about what Harry Browne ... http://www.mushinnoshin.com/blog/archives/540