Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The Daily Kos is incredibly excited because a 61-year-old Republican got a good deal on Obamacare: The coup de grace however is the stories that are now coming out of Republicans going onto the exchanges and realizing that they had been lied to. This was the case with Republican Butch
Continue readingI am not, by nature, a very happy person, although I suspect that few who know me personally would guess that fact. The persona I want to present to the world is that of a cheerful, friendly person. My method acting to achieve this appearance is to count my blessings
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Continue readingStill working my way through a backlog of legal and other writing work, so the best I can do is to give you a heads up about a few other articles I found interesting. All of these came courtesy of Earl, and all address Obamacare. First, Earl sent me a
Continue readingMy very strong sense is that the shutdown will reveal how much of our federal government is inessential. I’m not the only one who feels this way. And no wonder, because the shutdown reveals waste everywhere. This shouldn’t be a surprise. Monopolies are invariably poorly managed and unchecked bureaucracies invariably
Continue readingI like Megan McArdle, who strikes me as a Jake Tapper type — truly open-minded. That’s a pretty rare gift. So, with that intro, what do you think of her 11 comments about Obamacare?
Continue readingAlthough Ted Cruz didn’t mention this during his magnificent 21 hour marathon attempt to reach past the media and speak directly to the American people, one of the things he’s fighting for is religious freedom. Case in point: Mother Theresa’s The Little Sisters of the Poor, which is made-up of
Continue readingTed Cruz has started his filibuster. With perfect (ahem) timing, I have to leave now to take care of some things for my mother. I will be out of touch with the news. You all already know my thinking about this apparently quixotic effort. Since I’ll miss at least the
Continue readingMost people, whether Democrat or Republican, agree that Ted Cruz’s planned filibuster in the Senate is doomed. It will do nothing to stop Obamacare’s inexorable path towards implementation. (To understand precisely what the filibuster is about, Ace has a good, short explanation.) Because Ted Cruz is nobody’s fool, I’m guessing
Continue readingThe lede says it all: “90% of Top Newspaper Headlines Censor Islam in Nairobi, Pakistan Attacks : Generic ‘terrorists’ and ‘militants’ appear in nine of 10 headlines.” Doesn’t anybody read their Harry Potter anymore? I’m quite sure it was the sensible, intelligent, brave Hermione who said that the refusal to name
Continue readingEarl has been too busy to blog here lately, but he did pass on to me something wonderfully funny that he heard on the radio. (And yes, I am encouraging Earl to use up as much of his free time as he likes to write wonderful posts here.) Without further
Continue readingWhew! I’ve been going straight through since 5:30 this morning, and this is my first chance to sit down and talk politics. The big deal today as far as I can tell is that the House voted to pass a budget that funds everything but Obamacare. I’ve already discussed the
Continue readingI have to admit that, with all the ferocity that an anonymous armchair warrior can muster, I like the idea of a House budget defunding ObamaCare while keeping everything else in the government funded. The Senate, of course, won’t go along with that, and then there’ll be a stalemate. The
Continue readingWhen I wrote the following post for Mr. Conservative (slightly modified for publication here), I hadn’t yet seen this Opt-Out video They do make pretty much the same point. First, the video: And now my Mr. Conservative post, complete with pictures: Progressives love to tote signs around to abortion rallies
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