Comments on: Master of His Domain, But Little Else http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/ Blog-Fu for Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park politics. Thu, 24 May 2012 05:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81962 citizenofmanassas Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:43:17 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81962 Obama again follows what Bush was doing. Despite his pledge to have the most open and ethical administration in history, obama engaged in some of the usual Washington games when late Friday afternoon, the White House announced the Bagram Prison would remain open and that prisoners would be held indefinitely. Is President obama now a war criminal? Where is the outrage on the left? Obama again follows what Bush was doing. Despite his pledge to have the most open and ethical administration in history, obama engaged in some of the usual Washington games when late Friday afternoon, the White House announced the Bagram Prison would remain open and that prisoners would be held indefinitely. Is President obama now a war criminal? Where is the outrage on the left?

]]> By: fed up http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81777 fed up Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:23:58 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81777 Hooplehead and Jay - Go crawl back into the toilet you crawled out of - what a couple of a$$wipes! Hooplehead and Jay -
Go crawl back into the toilet you crawled out of - what a couple of a$$wipes!

]]> By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81709 citizenofmanassas Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:48:31 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81709 Here is another liberal claiming obama is the smartest President we have had in recent memory. Of course he provides no evidence to support that claim. I love how libs say everyone of their guys is smart. You never hear them talk about a dumb dem. it is amazing how libs have such an arrogant attitude. In two weeks, we have seen obama think a window was a door, and bang his head on a helicopter. Obama may give Ford a run for the money on being clumsy. http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/13/maher.king/index.html?iref=mpstoryview Here is another liberal claiming obama is the smartest President we have had in recent memory. Of course he provides no evidence to support that claim. I love how libs say everyone of their guys is smart. You never hear them talk about a dumb dem. it is amazing how libs have such an arrogant attitude.

In two weeks, we have seen obama think a window was a door, and bang his head on a helicopter. Obama may give Ford a run for the money on being clumsy.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/13/maher.king/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

]]> By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81688 citizenofmanassas Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:39:47 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81688 Wolverine, Did you run a virus scan? Or clean out the Cache? Sometimes when those two things happen, they will delete auto sign ins and "saved" information on blogs etc. Wolverine,

Did you run a virus scan? Or clean out the Cache? Sometimes when those two things happen, they will delete auto sign ins and “saved” information on blogs etc.

]]> By: Wolverine http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81684 Wolverine Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:08:42 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81684 Good point, AW. That was my first thought as well. One would think the blogs could somehow weed that kind of thing out by automatically blocking handle duplication and requesting a handle change before accepting a post. There is, however, a technical aspect to my query. On two occasions recently when I submitted a post, the final version appearing on the thread carried the blog handle "ANONYMOUS said" rather than "WOLVERINE said." I hadn't changed my blogging procedure in any way. The blanks below the draft text were properly filled in. Neither post was addressed to Anonymous or even mentioned that handle. None of the posts preceeding it or following it were from Anonymous as I recall. So, why the handle switch and why the particular handle "ANONYMOUS" on both occasions? A gremlin in my machine or something crossing wires within the blog itself? Does the receiving end sometimes fail to read the incoming handle and automatically substitute "ANONYMOUS"? Any of you computer tech wizards out there have an explanation for these anomalies? Webmaster? Good point, AW. That was my first thought as well. One would think the blogs could somehow weed that kind of thing out by automatically blocking handle duplication and requesting a handle change before accepting a post.

There is, however, a technical aspect to my query. On two occasions recently when I submitted a post, the final version appearing on the thread carried the blog handle “ANONYMOUS said” rather than “WOLVERINE said.” I hadn’t changed my blogging procedure in any way. The blanks below the draft text were properly filled in. Neither post was addressed to Anonymous or even mentioned that handle. None of the posts preceeding it or following it were from Anonymous as I recall. So, why the handle switch and why the particular handle “ANONYMOUS” on both occasions? A gremlin in my machine or something crossing wires within the blog itself? Does the receiving end sometimes fail to read the incoming handle and automatically substitute “ANONYMOUS”? Any of you computer tech wizards out there have an explanation for these anomalies? Webmaster?

]]> By: AWCheney http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81656 AWCheney Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:07:37 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81656 That's the thing about "Anonymous," I imagine...it is what it is, by definition. "Anonymous" could actually be a multitude of people who are just that. That’s the thing about “Anonymous,” I imagine…it is what it is, by definition. “Anonymous” could actually be a multitude of people who are just that.

]]> By: Wolverine http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81637 Wolverine Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:30:27 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81637 Something doesn't compute here with regard to that 11 February 7:42pm post by Anonymous. Out of curiosity I went back and looked at Anonymous posts in some threads immediately preceeding this one. It seemed like I was reading things written by a very different blogger ... different outlook; different phraseology; better grammar; far fewer typos; much less vituperativeness in the previous posts. Anonymous, was that really you or did someone steal your identity? An inquiring "emoitionally (sic) unstable white (man) over the age of 55" wants to know. No counterpunch here. Just asking. Something doesn’t compute here with regard to that 11 February 7:42pm post by Anonymous. Out of curiosity I went back and looked at Anonymous posts in some threads immediately preceeding this one. It seemed like I was reading things written by a very different blogger … different outlook; different phraseology; better grammar; far fewer typos; much less vituperativeness in the previous posts. Anonymous, was that really you or did someone steal your identity? An inquiring “emoitionally (sic) unstable white (man) over the age of 55″ wants to know. No counterpunch here. Just asking.

]]> By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81613 citizenofmanassas Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:43:02 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81613 And the good news keeps coming in for our "savior" http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/doh-caterpillar.html And the good news keeps coming in for our “savior”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/doh-caterpillar.html

]]> By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81612 citizenofmanassas Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:37:55 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81612 Obama also used preselected questions during his news conference the other day. Ha ha ha. He is not looking so smart now. Too bad the media did not do their job during the campaign. We truly have been served up another stupid Dem. Obama also used preselected questions during his news conference the other day. Ha ha ha. He is not looking so smart now. Too bad the media did not do their job during the campaign. We truly have been served up another stupid Dem.

]]> By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81611 citizenofmanassas Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:34:23 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81611 Another set back for the "one". http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/12/AR2009021202962.html Another set back for the “one”.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/12/AR2009021202962.html

]]> By: Johnson http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81595 Johnson Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:25:36 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81595 Anonymous- Nice rant. Good name-calling. Way to debate. Anonymous-
Nice rant. Good name-calling. Way to debate.

]]> By: Billy Bob http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81575 Billy Bob Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:58:36 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81575 Oh crap, Anonymous. You should be grateful to be sitting at the grown-up table with us. Looks like we have another slobbering Obamamaniac to contend with here. Since you have such a low opinion of all us "unstable" folks here, you might want to spend less time here and more time learning to spell. Oh crap, Anonymous. You should be grateful to be sitting at the
grown-up table with us. Looks like we have another slobbering
Obamamaniac to contend with here.
Since you have such a low opinion of all us “unstable” folks here, you
might want to spend less time here and more time learning to spell.

]]> By: Emma http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81573 Emma Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:32:34 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81573 Gosh, Anonymous, if "nobody cares," then why did you take 5 minutes out of your precious time to write that barely literate rant of yours? You clearly care, or at least are crying for some kind of attention here. Exactly what is a "facist"? Would I find one in a day spa? Gosh, Anonymous, if “nobody cares,” then why did you take 5 minutes out of your precious time to write that barely literate rant of yours? You clearly care, or at least are crying for some kind of attention here.

Exactly what is a “facist”? Would I find one in a day spa?

]]> By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81571 citizenofmanassas Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:14:47 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81571 Hey Anon, Congress voted for the war, I don't recall many who voted against it. The press and obama claimed he has the smoothest transition ever. Bush provided unprecedented access to the obama team. What did it get us? A guy who did not pay his taxes coming out in a press conference yesterday with no facts. Obama claims if we do nothing about the financial issue, we may risk never recovering. Now, that is stupid. Recessions are cyclical, they come and go every 12 to 15 years or so, and there is nothing we can do about it. Obama has used fear to push this pork filled bill. Why use fear if he is so smart and has such a grasp of facts? Funny, when obama spoke in Indiana yesterday, he mentioned the bill would create jobs and get people back to work, though, he did mention specific jobs, he did not mention jobs at the local RV plant or the nearby car plants. Why is that? Also, he now says he will save or create 3 million jobs(or whatever the number is today). Exactly how does one quantify saving a job? Hey Anon,

Congress voted for the war, I don’t recall many who voted against it.

The press and obama claimed he has the smoothest transition ever. Bush provided unprecedented access to the obama team. What did it get us? A guy who did not pay his taxes coming out in a press conference yesterday with no facts.

Obama claims if we do nothing about the financial issue, we may risk never recovering. Now, that is stupid. Recessions are cyclical, they come and go every 12 to 15 years or so, and there is nothing we can do about it.

Obama has used fear to push this pork filled bill. Why use fear if he is so smart and has such a grasp of facts?

Funny, when obama spoke in Indiana yesterday, he mentioned the bill would create jobs and get people back to work, though, he did mention specific jobs, he did not mention jobs at the local RV plant or the nearby car plants. Why is that?

Also, he now says he will save or create 3 million jobs(or whatever the number is today). Exactly how does one quantify saving a job?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81569 Anonymous Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:42:25 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81569 God, this this post, and the anti-Obama response it generates, shows that the world of BVBL is little more than a play pen for the socially maladjusted. Nobody cares what you think. Republicans are irrelevant because they are the one's that screwed up the war in Afaganistan -- yes or troops did great, it was W and his friedns that screwed up, got us in a needless war in Iraq, tried to tear up the constitution, ignored global warning, and wrecked the economy. But people on this site some how think it was the Community Reinvestment Act, Acron, and FDR that are responsible for our current mess. As for the press conference, Obama showed a grasp of the facts and a level of emotional maturity that BVBL and his cadre of socially maladjusted facist racist wannabes could not, a million years, even begin to fathom, much less actually exhibit. Unless normal Republicans take back their party, they'll have no choice but to become Democrats, or form a new party. Basically, a party that appeals to emoitionally unstable white men over the age of 55 doesn't have much of a future. God, this this post, and the anti-Obama response it generates, shows that the world of BVBL is little more than a play pen for the socially maladjusted. Nobody cares what you think. Republicans are irrelevant because they are the one’s that screwed up the war in Afaganistan — yes or troops did great, it was W and his friedns that screwed up, got us in a needless war in Iraq, tried to tear up the constitution, ignored global warning, and wrecked the economy. But people on this site some how think it was the Community Reinvestment Act, Acron, and FDR that are responsible for our current mess. As for the press conference, Obama showed a grasp of the facts and a level of emotional maturity that BVBL and his cadre of socially maladjusted facist racist wannabes could not, a million years, even begin to fathom, much less actually exhibit. Unless normal Republicans take back their party, they’ll have no choice but to become Democrats, or form a new party. Basically, a party that appeals to emoitionally unstable white men over the age of 55 doesn’t have much of a future.

]]> By: Bridget http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81568 Bridget Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:50:19 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81568 http://www.borderfirereport.net/sher-zieve/stimulus-bill-democrats-calling-for-elimination-of-senior-citizens.html http://www.borderfirereport.net/sher-zieve/stimulus-bill-democrats-calling-for-elimination-of-senior-citizens.html

]]> By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81558 citizenofmanassas Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:43:17 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81558 Howard, But the Dems care about the elderly. It is the GOP who do not like the elderly. The left hate HMO because they supposedly make decisions like the one in this article, yet, I guess the left is OK with the Government doing it. The only time the left does not want the Government involved in your life is when a baby has to be murdered. Howard,

But the Dems care about the elderly. It is the GOP who do not like the elderly. The left hate HMO because they supposedly make decisions like the one in this article, yet, I guess the left is OK with the Government doing it. The only time the left does not want the Government involved in your life is when a baby has to be murdered.

]]> By: Bridget http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81557 Bridget Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:39:19 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/02/10/master-of-his-domain-but-little-else/#comment-81557 "There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy." — PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 9 , 2009 With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true. Notwithstanding reports that all economists are now Keynesians and that we all support a big increase in the burden of government, 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 United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. More government spending 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 U.S. today. 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 in the burden of government are the best ways of using fiscal policy to boost growth. Burton Abrams, Univ. of Delaware Douglas Adie, Ohio University Ryan Amacher, Univ. of Texas at Arlington J.J. 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Douglas McMillin, Louisiana State University Mario Miranda, The Ohio State University Ed Miseta, Penn State Erie James Moncur, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa Charles Moss, Univ. of Florida Tim Muris, George Mason University John Murray, Univ. of Toledo David Mustard, Univ. of Georgia Steven Myers, Univ. of Akron Dhananjay Nanda, University of Miami Stephen Parente, Univ. of Minnesota Allen Parkman, Univ. of New Mexico Douglas Patterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University Timothy Perri, Appalachian State University Mark Pingle, Univ. of Nevada, Reno Ivan Pongracic, Hillsdale College Robert Prati, East Carolina University Richard Rawlins, Missouri Southern State University Thomas Rhee, California State University, Long Beach Christine Ries, Georgia Institute of Technology Nancy Roberts, Arizona State University Larry Ross, Univ. of Alaska Anchorage Timothy Roth, Univ. of Texas at El Paso Atulya Sarin, Santa Clara University Thomas Saving, Texas A&M University Eric Schansberg, Indiana University Southeast John Seater, North Carolina University Alan Shapiro, Univ. of Southern California Thomas Simmons, Greenfield Community College Frank Spreng, McKendree University Judith Staley Brenneke, John Carroll University John E. Stapleford, Eastern University Courtenay Stone, Ball State University Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, UCLA Scott Sumner, Bentley University Clifford Thies, Shenandoah University William Trumbull, West Virginia University A. Sinan Unur, Cornell University Randall Valentine, Georgia Southwestern State University Gustavo Ventura, Univ. of Iowa Marc Weidenmier, Claremont McKenna College Robert Whaples, Wake Forest University Gene Wunder, Washburn University John Zdanowicz, Florida International University Jerry Zimmerman, Univ. of Rochester Joseph Zoric, Franciscan University of Steubenville “There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy.”
— PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 9 , 2009

With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true.
Notwithstanding reports that all economists are now Keynesians and that we all support a big increase in the burden of government, 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 United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. More government spending 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 U.S. today. 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 in the burden of government are the best ways of using fiscal policy to boost growth.

Burton Abrams, Univ. of Delaware
Douglas Adie, Ohio University
Ryan Amacher, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
J.J. Arias, Georgia College & State University
Howard Baetjer, Jr., Towson University
Stacie Beck, Univ. of Delaware
Don Bellante, Univ. of South Florida
James Bennett, George Mason University
Bruce Benson, Florida State University
Sanjai Bhagat, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
Mark Bils, Univ. of Rochester
Alberto Bisin, New York University
Walter Block, Loyola University New Orleans
Cecil Bohanon, Ball State University
Michele Boldrin, Washington University in St. Louis
Donald Booth, Chapman University
Michael Bordo, Rutgers University
Samuel Bostaph, Univ. of Dallas
Scott Bradford, Brigham Young University
Genevieve Briand, Eastern Washington University
George Brower, Moravian College
James Buchanan, Nobel laureate
Richard Burdekin, Claremont McKenna College
Henry Butler, Northwestern University
William Butos, Trinity College
Peter Calcagno, College of Charleston
Bryan Caplan, George Mason University
Art Carden, Rhodes College
James Cardon, Brigham Young University
Dustin Chambers, Salisbury University
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Beloit College
V.V. Chari, Univ. of Minnesota
Barry Chiswick, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
Lawrence Cima, John Carroll University
J.R. Clark, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Gian Luca Clementi, New York University
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University
John Cochran, Metropolitan State College
John Cochrane, Univ. of Chicago
John Cogan, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
John Coleman, Duke University
Boyd Collier, Tarleton State University
Robert Collinge, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio
Lee Coppock, Univ. of Virginia
Mario Crucini, Vanderbilt University
Christopher Culp, Univ. of Chicago
Kirby Cundiff, Northeastern State University
Antony Davies, Duquesne University
John Dawson, Appalachian State University
Clarence Deitsch, Ball State University
Arthur Diamond, Jr., Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
John Dobra, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
James Dorn, Towson University
Christopher Douglas, Univ. of Michigan, Flint
Floyd Duncan, Virginia Military Institute
Francis Egan, Trinity College
John Egger, Towson University
Kenneth Elzinga, Univ. of Virginia
Paul Evans, Ohio State University
Eugene Fama, Univ. of Chicago
W. Ken Farr, Georgia College & State University
Hartmut Fischer, Univ. of San Francisco
Fred Foldvary, Santa Clara University
Murray Frank, Univ. of Minnesota
Peter Frank, Wingate University
Timothy Fuerst, Bowling Green State University
B. Delworth Gardner, Brigham Young University
John Garen, Univ. of Kentucky
Rick Geddes, Cornell University
Aaron Gellman, Northwestern University
William Gerdes, Clarke College
Michael Gibbs, Univ. of Chicago
Stephan Gohmann, Univ. of Louisville
Rodolfo Gonzalez, San Jose State University
Richard Gordon, Penn State University
Peter Gordon, Univ. of Southern California
Ernie Goss, Creighton University
Paul Gregory, Univ. of Houston
Earl Grinols, Baylor University
Daniel Gropper, Auburn University
R.W. Hafer, Southern Illinois
University, Edwardsville
Arthur Hall, Univ. of Kansas
Steve Hanke, Johns Hopkins
Stephen Happel, Arizona State University
Frank Hefner, College of Charleston
Ronald Heiner, George Mason University
David Henderson, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Robert Herren, North Dakota State University
Gailen Hite, Columbia University
Steven Horwitz, St. Lawrence University
John Howe, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia
Jeffrey Hummel, San Jose State University
Bruce Hutchinson, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Brian Jacobsen, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Jason Johnston, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Boyan Jovanovic, New York University
Jonathan Karpoff, Univ. of Washington
Barry Keating, Univ. of Notre Dame
Naveen Khanna, Michigan State University
Nicholas Kiefer, Cornell University
Daniel Klein, George Mason University
Paul Koch, Univ. of Kansas
Narayana Kocherlakota, Univ. of Minnesota
Marek Kolar, Delta College
Roger Koppl, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Kishore Kulkarni, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Deepak Lal, UCLA
George Langelett, South Dakota State University
James Larriviere, Spring Hill College
Robert Lawson, Auburn University
John Levendis, Loyola University New Orleans
David Levine, Washington University in St. Louis
Peter Lewin, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Dean Lillard, Cornell University
Zheng Liu, Emory University
Alan Lockard, Binghampton University
Edward Lopez, San Jose State University
John Lunn, Hope College
Glenn MacDonald, Washington
University in St. Louis
Michael Marlow, California
Polytechnic State University
Deryl Martin, Tennessee Tech University
Dale Matcheck, Northwood University
Deirdre McCloskey, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago
John McDermott, Univ. of South Carolina
Joseph McGarrity, Univ. of Central Arkansas
Roger Meiners, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Allan Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University
John Merrifield, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio
James Miller III, George Mason University
Jeffrey Miron, Harvard University
Thomas Moeller, Texas Christian University
John Moorhouse, Wake Forest University
Andrea Moro, Vanderbilt University
Andrew Morriss, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael Munger, Duke University
Kevin Murphy, Univ. of Southern California
Richard Muth, Emory University
Charles Nelson, Univ. of Washington
Seth Norton, Wheaton College
Lee Ohanian, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Lydia Ortega, San Jose State University
Evan Osborne, Wright State University
Randall Parker, East Carolina University
Donald Parsons, George Washington University
Sam Peltzman, Univ. of Chicago
Mark Perry, Univ. of Michigan, Flint
Christopher Phelan, Univ. of Minnesota
Gordon Phillips, Univ. of Maryland
Michael Pippenger, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks
Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia University
Brennan Platt, Brigham Young University
Joseph Pomykala, Towson University
William Poole, Univ. of Delaware
Barry Poulson, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
Benjamin Powell, Suffolk University
Edward Prescott, Nobel laureate
Gary Quinlivan, Saint Vincent College
Reza Ramazani, Saint Michael’s College
Adriano Rampini, Duke University
Eric Rasmusen, Indiana University
Mario Rizzo, New York University
Richard Roll, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Robert Rossana, Wayne State University
James Roumasset, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa
John Rowe, Univ. of South Florida
Charles Rowley, George Mason University
Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Duke University
Roy Ruffin, Univ. of Houston
Kevin Salyer, Univ. of California, Davis
Pavel Savor, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Ronald Schmidt, Univ. of Rochester
Carlos Seiglie, Rutgers University
William Shughart II, Univ. of Mississippi
Charles Skipton, Univ. of Tampa
James Smith, Western Carolina University
Vernon Smith, Nobel laureate
Lawrence Southwick, Jr., Univ. at Buffalo
Dean Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University
Houston Stokes, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
Brian Strow, Western Kentucky University
Shirley Svorny, California State
University, Northridge
John Tatom, Indiana State University
Wade Thomas, State University of New York at Oneonta
Henry Thompson, Auburn University
Alex Tokarev, The King’s College
Edward Tower, Duke University
Leo Troy, Rutgers University
David Tuerck, Suffolk University
Charlotte Twight, Boise State University
Kamal Upadhyaya, Univ. of New Haven
Charles Upton, Kent State University
T. Norman Van Cott, Ball State University
Richard Vedder, Ohio University
Richard Wagner, George Mason University
Douglas M. Walker, College of Charleston
Douglas O. Walker, Regent University
Christopher Westley, Jacksonville State University
Lawrence White, Univ. of Missouri at St. Louis
Walter Williams, George Mason University
Doug Wills, Univ. of Washington Tacoma
Dennis Wilson, Western Kentucky University
Gary Wolfram, Hillsdale College
Huizhong Zhou, Western Michigan University
Additional economists who have signed the statement

Lee Adkins, Oklahoma State University
William Albrecht, Univ. of Iowa
Donald Alexander, Western Michigan University
Geoffrey Andron, Austin Community College
Nathan Ashby, Univ. of Texas at El Paso
George Averitt, Purdue North Central University
Charles Baird, California State University, East Bay
Timothy Bastian, Creighton University
John Bethune, Barton College
Robert Bise, Orange Coast College
Karl Borden, University of Nebraska
Donald Boudreaux, George Mason University
Ivan Brick, Rutgers University
Phil Bryson, Brigham Young University
Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University
Edwin Burton, Univ. of Virginia
Jim Butkiewicz, Univ. of Delaware
Richard Cebula, Armstrong Atlantic State University
Don Chance, Louisiana State University
Robert Chatfield, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Lloyd Cohen, George Mason University
Peter Colwell, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael Connolly, Univ. of Miami
Jim Couch, Univ. of North Alabama
Eleanor Craig, Univ. of Delaware
Michael Daniels, Columbus State University
A. Edward Day, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Stephen Dempsey, Univ. of Vermont
Allan DeSerpa, Arizona State University
William Dewald, Ohio State University
Jeff Dorfman, Univ. of Georgia
Lanny Ebenstein, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Erickson, The College of Idaho
Jack Estill, San Jose State University
Dorla Evans, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville
Frank Falero, California State University, Bakersfield
Daniel Feenberg, National Bureau of Economic Research
Eric Fisher, California Polytechnic State University
Arthur Fleisher, Metropolitan State College of Denver
William Ford, Middle Tennessee State University
Ralph Frasca, Univ. of Dayton
Joseph Giacalone, St. John’s University
Adam Gifford, California State Unviersity, Northridge
Otis Gilley, Louisiana Tech University
J. Edward Graham, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Richard Grant, Lipscomb University
Gauri-Shankar Guha, Arkansas State University
Darren Gulla, Univ. of Kentucky
Dennis Halcoussis, California State University, Northridge
Richard Hart, Miami University
James Hartley, Mount Holyoke College
Thomas Hazlett, George Mason University
Scott Hein, Texas Tech University
Bradley Hobbs, Florida Gulf Coast University
John Hoehn, Michigan State University
Daniel Houser, George Mason University
Thomas Howard, University of Denver
Chris Hughen, Univ. of Denver
Marcus Ingram, Univ. of Tampa
Joseph Jadlow, Oklahoma State University
Sherry Jarrell, Wake Forest University
Carrie Kerekes, Florida Gulf Coast University
Robert Krol, California State University, Northridge
James Kurre, Penn State Erie
Tom Lehman, Indiana Wesleyan University
W. Cris Lewis, Utah State University
Stan Liebowitz, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Anthony Losasso, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
John Lott, Jr., Univ. of Maryland
Keith Malone, Univ. of North Alabama
Henry Manne, George Mason University
Richard Marcus, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Timothy Mathews, Kennesaw State University
John Matsusaka, Univ. of Southern California
Thomas Mayor, Univ. of Houston
W. Douglas McMillin, Louisiana State University
Mario Miranda, The Ohio State University
Ed Miseta, Penn State Erie
James Moncur, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa
Charles Moss, Univ. of Florida
Tim Muris, George Mason University
John Murray, Univ. of Toledo
David Mustard, Univ. of Georgia
Steven Myers, Univ. of Akron
Dhananjay Nanda, University of Miami
Stephen Parente, Univ. of Minnesota
Allen Parkman, Univ. of New Mexico
Douglas Patterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University
Timothy Perri, Appalachian State University
Mark Pingle, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
Ivan Pongracic, Hillsdale College
Robert Prati, East Carolina University
Richard Rawlins, Missouri Southern State University
Thomas Rhee, California State University, Long Beach
Christine Ries, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nancy Roberts, Arizona State University
Larry Ross, Univ. of Alaska Anchorage
Timothy Roth, Univ. of Texas at El Paso
Atulya Sarin, Santa Clara University
Thomas Saving, Texas A&M University
Eric Schansberg, Indiana University Southeast
John Seater, North Carolina University
Alan Shapiro, Univ. of Southern California
Thomas Simmons, Greenfield Community College
Frank Spreng, McKendree University
Judith Staley Brenneke, John Carroll University
John E. Stapleford, Eastern University
Courtenay Stone, Ball State University
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, UCLA
Scott Sumner, Bentley University
Clifford Thies, Shenandoah University
William Trumbull, West Virginia University
A. Sinan Unur, Cornell University
Randall Valentine, Georgia Southwestern State University
Gustavo Ventura, Univ. of Iowa
Marc Weidenmier, Claremont McKenna College
Robert Whaples, Wake Forest University
Gene Wunder, Washburn University
John Zdanowicz, Florida International University
Jerry Zimmerman, Univ. of Rochester
Joseph Zoric, Franciscan University of Steubenville

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