Two videos to remind you that 1,000 days is a disgracefully long time for a nation to go without a budget
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG0stsk3Ljs[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqalyX38zYU[/youtube]
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Obama is such an easy target that it’s a shame the Republicans are determined to kill only each other
We can expect tomorrow night’s State of the Union address to be an action-packed hour (or so) of vitriol and self-pity. Obama will cherry-pick a few numbers about the 1% and then whine about how he’s been trying really hard to destroy that same 1%, but that a vast array
Continue readingAll-American Women!
Yay, there’s another Sarah Palin in American politics. Mia B. Love – mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah. Those of you that have read my posts and comments (whether you agree or disagree) know that I am a huge Sarah Palin fan. Frankly, there is a certain breed of all-American women
Continue readingIn case you were wondering, it can always get worse
Some of us thought, “Yay, Barney Fwank is leaving.” Sure, we know that his constituents will elect someone equally liberal to fill his old seat, but that person will lack Barney Fwank’s seniority. Sadly, others with Fwank’s seniority remain behind in the House of Representatives. So it very much looks
Continue readingIsrael needs to reframe the debate to win the battle
Over the years, I helped win at least two major cases because I re-framed the debate. In one case, a will contest case, the opposing party claimed that our client, a housekeeper, had committed fraud and elder abuse in order to inveigle a little old lady into leaving the housekeeper
Continue reading“There is a difference between tolerance and surrender”
Oh, how I wish I could vote in Alabama. First Dale Peterson, and now Rick Barber, whose campaign video you must watch. And then watch again. And then send to your friends: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwCa-1MQ9V4[/youtube] It will not surprise you, I think, to learn that Barber is a Marine Corps veteran. Hat
Continue readingWhere does your representative rank?
In a time of economic uncertainty, which is not helped by runaway government spending, you might be surprised (happily or otherwise) to learn where your Senator or House member stands when it comes to pro-growth policies. I was not at all surprised to learn that my representatives — Woolsey, Boxer
Continue readingDoes Obama even bother to listen to himself?
A brief history: Obama promised that the health care debate was so important, it would be carried on C-SPAN. That did not happen. Obama promised that any proposed bill on health care would be placed on a website for public comment far in advance of the vote. That did not
Continue readingHank Johnson’s geography and the cost of private sector employment *UPDATED*
Yes, you’ve already seen this video of Rep. Hank Johnson from Georgia (Cynthia McKinney’s old district), but I’m going to show it again, if for no other reason than to appreciate the Admiral’s incredible polite restraint. An officer and a gentleman, that’s for sure: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg[/youtube] Many have noted that Rep.
Continue readingThe topsy-turvey world of modern politics
As part of a longer rumination about the stability that the Cold War provided for our political system, James Taranto makes the following observations about yesterday’s House vote: Why did it happen? Last November voters sent what seemed to us a pretty clear message by rejecting Democratic candidates for governor
Continue readingVictor Davis Hanson on the President’s and the Dem’s conduct with regard to the health care vote
Victor Davis Hanson sums everything up in one paragraph: The president is pushing legislation that a clear majority of the people dislike, and whose details neither he nor his supporters can explain in simple language. Its ends-justify-the-means passage will require legislative gymnastics that border on the unconstitutional, and in Orwellian
Continue readingBuilding government on the bodies of American workers
You’ve all heard by now about the 2300 “reconciliation” bill that the House won’t vote on but will simply deem passed, thereby, in a completely unconstitutional way, making the bill a law. (Ahem.) But did you know that Pelosi has been busy sticking in more than just student loan relief
Continue readingWondering about the Blue Dogs’ pride *UPDATED*
Pride can make us do very stupid things. Once we’ve committed to something (a job, a marriage, a principle, whatever), and once we’ve touted that commitment to the world as the most wonderful thing evah, it is extremely difficult to stand up to that same world and admit “I made
Continue readingDems may not have votes, but they’ve got constitutional disregard down to an art
Perhaps it really is true that Pelosi doesn’t have the votes for Obama Care. After all, if she did, why would the Democrats be considering the “Slaughter Option” something that involves bypassing votes altogether: The Slaughter Solution is a plan by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the Democratic chair of the
Continue readingHealth care may well pass, and what will happen if it does
The American Thinker spells it out: Richard Baehr, ace political watcher, thinks the odds are that Nancy Pelosi, through brute force, will get Obama Care through. Once that happens, of course, it’s the law, and “reconciliation,” which is ostensibly meant to smooth away any lingering roughness, will die a’bornin’ Christopher
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