Paul Krugman: Still wrong after all these years

I realize that this is another of those dog-bites-man stories, but Greg Mankiw would have easily won his proposed bet with Paul Krugman about the effectiveness of Obamanomics.  This is, if the former had had the guts to take the offer.  Krugman had actually called Mankiw's prediction "evil".  I guess it's a classic conundrum: Would you rather be evil but be almost always right, or be self-described as non-evil but be wrong about pretty much everything.

Remember, we're not a banana republic

President Obama has declared that the United States is not a banana republic, so I guess it must be true. He wouldn't lie to us, would he?  But if we're not a banana republic, then what are we: a gangster republic perhaps. Here are some items just from today:

IRS, The Emblem Of Big Dirty Government, Gets Dirtier

What if Dinesh D’Souza had waved around a 30-round magazine?

Obama: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Governing By Pen and Phone

The Supreme Court Calls Obama's Bluff

King: Obama's Minimum-Wage Hike a Constitutional Violation

Geithner's Credit Rating