Posted by
Andrews on Monday, June 02, 2008 8:50:28 AM
As my vacation is over, it is time for another boring post on what I plan to do.
First, I have to say that I am leaving the FairTax alone for a while. I posted a bit on it last night, and I am afraid my boredom is showing. Rereading those posts, I am happy with what I wrote, but barely so. I think I can summarize my complaints in two words, naivete and optimism. The proponents seem to really believe by passing a law they can tell congress to never add another tax, and that the estimates of experts really are entirely reliable. I admit none of the alternatives are foolproof, but they don't make such sweeping claims. That is why I want to return power to the states, as it will set up the state governments as opposition to the federal government, they have an interest and the power to fight. The FairTax relies on voters, and we have all seen how apathetic voters can be at times.
Well, as I said, that is it for the FairTax for a while. I may finish up my review of the text of the law and post my notes, but even that seems almost too much. It really is still a dead issue, from a realistic point of view. No one is pushing it, Huckabee is a long shot for VP, so dwelling on it probably is not a good use of my time. I know I promised yt_knight a reply, and I will get to that shortly, but barring my notes and my reply to yt_knight, I am through with it for a while, unless something should make it news again.
I am also ignoring Obama controversies for the moment. I know Pfleger made some gaffes, and the media is downplaying Pfleger from an Obama confidant into some mysterious "guest speaker at Trinity", but if Wright didn't already sink Obama, Pfleger won't. I think the media is mistaken in their assessment and Wright alone will end up killing Obama come November, but no point in beating that dead horse for now.
So, what am I going to write?
I suppose we will have to wait and see. I put together notes on several topics while on vacation, and I hope to get to those this week,but, to be honest, my mind has been mostly on my other blog. So, in some regards I am going to be as surprised as my readers, since much of what I write has yet to be determined. I am just going to watch the headlines and see what comes up.
Well, I do have some notes, so I will start with those, after that we will see where things go.