By Jim Lynch on Oct 17, 2006 in 2006, Congress, Conservative Politics, Economics, First Cup, The Left | Comments Off
The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. ~ Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr.
Happy 2nd Blogiversary toA Black And White World
WILLisms (Will Franklin) Twilight Zone Economics — “This election is about taxes and terrorism. On both issues, [...]
By Jim Lynch on Oct 4, 2006 in Blogs and blogging, Economics, First Cup, New Media, Politics, The Left, The Old Media | Comments Off
Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical. ~ Johnathan Swift
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) A Fine Whine About Immigration Reform — “The Washington Post offers up a typical doomsday scenario in order to highlight the lack of progress on comprehensive immigration reform, but winds up demonstrating everything wrong about the reformers’ economic arguments. Sonya Geis [...]
By Jim Lynch on Sep 22, 2006 in Economics, First Cup, Politics, The Left, The Old Media | Comments Off
Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love. ~ Talleyrand
By Jim Lynch on Aug 28, 2006 in Economics, First Cup, The Left | 1 Comment
Many people are like instant coffee: the minute they get in hot water they dissolve. ~ Unknown
GOP Bloggers (Jonathan R.) How the UN Actively Helped Hezbollah Against Israel — “The UN has a long, sordid history of appeasing terrorist groups and their state sponsors. It seems to have gone beyond appeasement and it is now [...]
By Jim Lynch on Jul 28, 2006 in Economics, First Cup, Israel, Lebanon, War on Terrorism | Comments Off
The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks. ~ Sir James Mackintosh
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Israel Rejects UN-Led Force In Lebanon — “Israel’s outspoken ambassador to the UN, Dan Gillerman, explicitly rejected the deployment of another United Nations-led force in southern Lebanon as part of any [...]
By Jim Lynch on Jul 24, 2006 in 2008, Economics, Humor, Mixed Up Stories, The Left | 6 Comments
UPDATE: Weclome Carnival of the Insanities readers. If you like this post, you may enjoy this one too. Thanks for stopping by!
I just don’t know what happened, and I need all of you to help straighten it out. Perhaps it’s something in the tweaking process, or just a tear in the tin foil lining in [...]
By Jim Lynch on May 9, 2006 in Economics, First Cup, Senate | 1 Comment
If it wasn’t for coffee, I’d have no discernible personality at all. ~ David Letterman
Wizbang (Kim Priestap) Why Price Controls Don’t Work — “When prices spike as they have with gasoline, lawmakers who don’t understand the free market think enacting price controls will solve the problem. In reality, price controls do the opposite, as [...]