Daily Archives: November 4, 2004

MARGINAL REVOLUTION ON BUSH SECOND TERM ECONOMIC POLICY

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Lynne Kiesling

Over at Marginal Revolution, Alex reminds us of Tyler’s 12 economic policy recommendations for a second Bush term. I agree with Alex that they are all good ideas.

One quibble, though: in point 5 Tyler says we should strengthen our commitment to science, by which he is referring to medical science. But one of the most active funders of scientific research is the Department of Energy, and in point 9 Tyler recommends the abolition of the DOE. While I think there’s value in a conversation about the value of that research funding, whether or not it crowds out private research funding, and so on, doesn’t this strike you as a contradiction in Tyler’s recommendations? When we talk about a strong commitment to scientific research, why preclude energy research and focus on medical research?

68 YEAR-OLD STRING OF COINCIDENCES COMES TO END

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Michael Giberson

Bush won? That’s odd. The Redskins lost their last home game prior to the presidential election, which since 1936 has been followed by a victory for the non-incumbent’s party. (See REDSKIN HOME GAME ELECTION PREDICTOR)

The TV announcers covering Sunday’s Redskins-Packers game mentioned this tidbit of trivia many times during the game. I know of at least one die hard Redskins fan who was rooting for the Packers as a precautionary measure. My 8-year became convinced that to be a cheesehead was to be pro-Kerry, and was confused by a picture in the next day’s paper of a kid wearing the cheesehead hat and a pro-Bush sign.

Well, it looks like the party is over for the last-Redskins-home-game-as-prognostication coincidence.

68 YEAR-OLD STRING OF COINCIDENCES COMES TO END

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Michael Giberson

Bush won? That’s odd. The Redskins lost their last home game prior to the presidential election, which since 1936 has been followed by a victory for the non-incumbent’s party. (See REDSKIN HOME GAME ELECTION PREDICTOR)

The TV announcers covering Sunday’s Redskins-Packers game mentioned this tidbit of trivia many times during the game. I know of at least one die hard Redskins fan who was rooting for the Packers as a precautionary measure. My 8-year became convinced that to be a cheesehead was to be pro-Kerry, and was confused by a picture in the next day’s paper of a kid wearing the cheesehead hat and a pro-Bush sign.

Well, it looks like the party is over for the last-Redskins-home-game-as-prognostication coincidence.