Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
As we settle into the Obama Depression era, one thing that I and others have noticed is that many of the very youth that voted enthusiastically for Obama are the ones already feeling the consequence of his policies: they are unemployed. As one of my college-age kids put it, “our
Continue readingIncredibly, from the U.K.’s left-wing Guardian, comes a photo essay of what happens when Democrats are given the opportunity to put their economic and political theories to work: welcome to the future…. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jan/02/photography-detroit?/%3Fpicture=370173060&index=15#/?picture=370173054&index=0 h/t smalldeadanimals.com
Continue readingThe U.S. is already bankrupt
Continue readingBookworm recently asked, “is Europe trying to save itself?” To that question, I can only offer anecdotal evidence from family and business visits made to France and Belgium this summer, shortly after the Greece-precipitated financial crisis. Europe (witness the EU) is an uber-bureacracy. For centuries, Europe’s forms of governance have
Continue readingOne of the things that I try to understand is the Great Divide between today’s Liberals and conservatives that has left us talking past one another on policy issues. Frankly, I have concluded that discussion with Liberals is often futile because we attribute different meanings to words and concepts. One
Continue readingIn 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 readingThere were so many things wrong with Obama’s speech last night, whether because of dumb ideas, lies, vicious attacks against Constitutional guardians, etc., that criticism actually becomes difficult. It’s kind of like punching Jello, because you just get sucked in. Nevertheless, it is important to criticize, not just Obama’s untruths,
Continue readingPreparing and eating dinner took precedence of the President’s first State of the Union speech, so I didn’t watch it in real time. Indeed, because I find Obama’s presentation dull (he has the cadences of a slightly defective metronome), I haven’t listened to it at all, but I have read
Continue readingThere is something deeply, deeply wrong with the Obami and the Congressional Democrats. Or maybe not. Maybe they are just all too human and are living out that saying that “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” In this case, the corruption isn’t necessarily monetary (although that’s there too). Instead,
Continue readingThe jobs summit is at an end and Obama has given lip service to the private sector. He doesn’t really mean it, though. How can he, when he makes statements such as this one: Mr. Obama said he would entertain “every demonstrably good idea” for creating jobs, but he cautioned
Continue readingA message from William Kristol, one that I’ve already put into effect as to my own Senators (much good it will do, of course, as they’re Feinstein and Boxer): I gather Rasmussen will report today that its latest survey shows support for the Congressional health reform legislation falling to a
Continue readingJennifer Rubin has two posts this morning, both of which illustrate my point about the dangerous relationship between our CIC and the military he’s supposed to be leading. In the first, she talks about the insane decision-making process in D.C., which seems to have little to do with either victory
Continue readingDon Quixote forwarded me an email that perfectly explains just how bad the economy is: Just how bad IS the economy? The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. It’s so bad, I ordered a burger at McDonalds and the kid behind the
Continue readingThere’s talk of the economy recovering, which is a good thing. Yes, Obama will take credit for it, despite the fact that his massive spending bill has barely touched the economy, but that’s small potatoes. What matters is that we’re not hovering anymore at the brink of economic collapse. Still,
Continue readingObama’s foolish decision to pick a trade war with China has larger implications about his governing style, as Jennifer Rubin explains: [D]omestic political considerations and the good opinion of his base are more important to Obama than just about any other concern. That seems to be the motivating factor in a
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