Boy, I'm away from the inner-webs for only a few days, and I find there's a Right-o-Sphere blog war at "a full-blown DefCon2 alert." The Other McCain reports:
The details are irrelevant, to those unaware and uninvolved. With all the humor I could muster, I've tried to broker peace. Now, however, the pilots have been scrambled, the jets are fueled and fully armed, and if a stand-down order is not issued soon, I cannot be responsible for the thermonuclear consequences. What I wrote in the comments at Cassandra's is, I hope, all that remains to be said ...
It appears Erin Andrews was Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Professor Douglas was Gavrilo Princip. There may yet be peace, but we stand on the brink of Armaggedon.
I think it's a shame, the whole thing. As far as the controversial link is concerned, I think both sides of the argument have merit, but the benefit of the doubt must go to Professor Donald Douglas. The accusations made (imho), were the worst part of it all.
There are so many urgent matters that need to be addressed in our country right now, why argue about this? Why pick fights with those who could be your best allies? Sing along, "Bikini Fest Ballad ..."
Since I missed International Rule 5 BikiniFest Week, today's Rule 5 Saturday (How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog in Less Than a Year) will feature pictures from those who did, and a topic we can all agree on:
Paul Krugman in the Sunday Denver Post, "Obama needs to tell it straight with stimulus," is again using faculty economic theory and an erroneous interpretation of economic history to persuade the political establishment that the current stimulus package is not working, not because it was misguided, ineffective by design, and failed to meet the administrations own guidelines for a good stimulus package; timely, targeted, and temporary, but because it was too small. The huge, nearly $800 billion, did not increase government spending by enough!
Bill's Idle Mind guards "the acceptable edge of entries"
BikiniFest Week: Stephanie Seymour
Let's remember, however, over 200 prominent university economists, in a Cato Institute sponsored add (http://www.cato.org/fiscalreality) run in numerous newspapers across the country in late January 2009, correctly argued,
"we ... do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance. More government spending by Hoover and Roosevelt did not pull the U.S. economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. More government spending also did not solve Japan's 'lost decade' in the 1990s. As such, it is a triumph of hope over experience to believe that more government spending will help the United States today."
The job loss and continuing economic decline has been driven by lack of business confidence and 
'regime uncertainty' as exhibited by the precipitous drop in Gross Private Domestic Investment of nearly 30% from its most recent peak. Economic performance and job growth will not rebound without a rebound in business investment.
A week of curvy women in bikinis - Marilyn Monroe
The prospects for such a rebound are bleak in the current policy environment. We see massive expansion of government spending and huge deficits as far as the eye can see, a 
guaranteed massive tax increase when the 2001-2003 tax cuts expire automatically in 2010, threatened (and actual in some states already) tax increases on the rich (those making over $250,000), a proposed cap-and-trade policy to fight global warming, which is in fact a massive tax increase on production and on any consumption activity that uses fossil-fuel-based energy. Instead of privatization, we see major government takeovers of private business in the automotive and financial sectors, which are often conducted in ways that violate contracts and supersede the rule of law. We see wasteful government mis-directions of production through subsidies and directives such as an energy policy that promises "green jobs," but is an energy policy missing one key ingredient: delivery of affordable reliable energy. What we have is a significant assault on freedom and the market, which has predictable short and long-run negative impacts on the economy.
A week of curvy women in bikinis - Melissa Marie Gonzalez
Troglopundit wonders, "If I were President ..."
BikiniFest Wednesday: Sarah McLachlan
Rule 5 Bikinifest (Scottish, Spanish and Australian edition)
To Elevate The Course Of Discussion ...
The way to recovery was correctly highlighted by the above mentioned economists, "To improve the economy, policy makers should focus on reforms that remove impediments to work, saving, investment, and production. Lower tax rates and a reduction of the burden of government are the best ways to use fiscal policy to boost growth."
If we are going to make another attempt, let's please get it right!
Dana Loesch and Michelle of A Traditional Life Lived
Heidi Klum presents Thong Thursday. I like Thong Thursday!
A week of curvy women in bikinis - Anna Nicole Smith
I’d like to wrap myself in the American Flag………..if you know what I mean……
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