1. A meaningful tax on oil. As long as we are abjectly dependent on oil from the Middle East (or anywhere abroad), we will always face the accusation that we are acting to protect Ford Excursions and GM Hummers rather than any other national or international interest we may claim.
\nSome people say it will destroy our economy. No it won\u0092t.<\/u> Instead of shipping dollars abroad on something we use once(to be recycled as bank deposits, or invested in William Simon\u0092s business ventures), we\u0092ll spend them on products and services that we create within our economy.
\nIt should be phased in, over a period of several years. It could be passed now, and not take effect for two years, and we would be able to begin the process of planning for higher energy costs.
\nI know this has been a political non-starter for twenty years, but since we’re about to go to war, maybe we could sack up and at least start discussing the issue?
\nThere\u0092s more detail, but I\u0092ll lay it out in the next day or so, along with a detailed talk about 3rd party gun registries and how they actually might work.
\n2. Bill Simon\u0092s withdrawal from the California Governor\u0092s race. He\u0092s going to get spanked (I even have a bet on this), and right now the best thing he could do would be to withdraw, let Riordan or someone else embarrass Davis in the election and destroy Davis\u0092 plans to run for President. A last-minute campaign \u00e0 la New Jersey might actually rescue this from becoming one of the worst electoral campaigns of the year.
\nOh \u0096 world peace and domestic tranquility would be nice, too\u0085<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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