excesses

A city rotting from years of neglect, corruption, and government dependency. A sad example of big government promises and labor union excesses that not only kill the corporate job creating goose, but also allows the nest to wither away from the death of personal initiative and responsibility.

Ben Cunningham’s blog (TaxingTennessee) excerpted and linked to an interesting item this morning on Pajama’s Media titled, “There’s no such thing as government money.” One sentence jumped out

And run it into the ground like the financial wizards did at Citibank:

Normally, a big bank would never allow the word of just one executive to carry so much weight. Instead, it would have its risk managers aggressively look over any shoulder and guard against trading or lending excesses.

A prediction on an Obama foreign policy:

The editorial voice of the City Paper sees the new Republican majority in the General Assembly coming at the perfect time to slim down the excesses of our state government:

Clint Brewer is hopeful that the conservative Blue Dog coalition will act as a buffer against the liberal excesses of the new Democratic governing majority in Washington:

Rep. Marsha Blackburn is charting one:

Chris Davis is concerned that a red America in political exile could become radicalized and even violent:

Matt Frost discusses the space between creative destruction and cultural preservation:

In his welcome message to the assembled media (which includes very little of the celebrity journalists one might have expected), Governor Phil Bredesen gave a preview of the civility forum he and Senator Howard Baker will be participating in later today.