Bizzy’s AM Coffee Biz-Econ-Life Links (081506)
Free Links:
- Patterico Gang of 14 Updates — Gang member Lindsey Graham killed the White House nomination (original at How Appealing) of William J. “Jim” Haynes to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Haynes was among five nominees (original again at How Appealing) returned by the Senate about 10 days ago. Patterico: “I would be fascinated to hear how members of the ‘Coalition of the Chillin’ can continue to justify the Gang of 14 deal in light of this.” So would I.
- Now here’s something to ponder — The National Black Republican Association has a column on Martin Luther King was ….. a Republican. It doesn’t say that this was the case all his life, but it’s “interesting” to find that the Wiki entry on King is silent on King’s party affiliation.
- An Investors Business Daily editorial notes that the country as a whole seems more militantly supportive of the War on Terrorism (HT Weapons of Mass Discussion) than far too many politicians.
- Michael Barone writes that comparing the American Left and its political cut-and-run leadership to Neville Chamberlain in 1938 is horribly unfair — to Chamberlain (HT Large Bill
- It’s still in the talk stage, but it looks big –
Duke Realty Corp. is exploring a 420-acre warehouse and distribution complex in Monroe, which could bring up to 6,000 jobs to the northwestern corner of Warren County (Ohio).
- Congressional “Death Tax” Indecision Has a Cost –
Congress’ inability to compromise on an estate tax law is costing businesses money. Small and medium-sized manufacturers this year spent an average of $94,000 on estate tax planning, according to a National Association of Manufacturers survey. That’s a record high, due primarily to the “on-again, off-again” status of the estate tax, said Dorothy Coleman, NAM’s vice president of tax policy.
Under current law, “You have people preparing for all these different scenarios,” said Macey Davis, tax counsel for the National Federation of Independent Business. “You have to plan and prepare for each. That’s what’s so costly.”
Eisenhower appointed Warren to the Supreme Court and after the B v BE decision, called it “the biggest damn-fool mistake I ever made.”
After LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act, he told an aide that Democrats “have just lost the South for a generation.”
Pre Civil Rights Act
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/ElectoralCollege1956-Large.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/ElectoralCollege1960modernizedcolors-Large.png
Post Civil Rights Act
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/ElectoralCollege1964-Large.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/ElectoralCollege1968-Large.png
I don’t know about you, but it looks like the racism has more to do with the south than it does with Democrats.
Oh and MLK Sr. was a lifelong registered Republican until his son was arrested for an Atlanta sit-in. He switched his support to Kennedy.
Comment by Kevin irwin — August 15, 2006 @ 9:48 am
#1, I am not buying the Ike quote timing or linkage. My evidence says he said it in 1968, so the linkage to B v BE, plus the fact that HE ordered troops into Little Rock, makes the linkage of the statement to school desgregation (a unanimous decision, if I recall correctly, valid. Ike was more appalled at rulings like Miranda, and after he left office, cases like school-prayer.
NYT Magazine 1968
I was not discussing racism as much as the oddity that history books don\’t record the apparent fact that MLK Jr. was a Republican. I would expected neutrality, or in his final couple of years, a switch to Dems.
Nice electoral maps at Wiki.
Comment by TBlumer — August 15, 2006 @ 11:32 am