The headline may not be a direct quote, but it captures their message very nicely. If you consider the wording of the law resulting from AZ SB1070, with or without its clarifying amendments, and then consider what President Obama, Attorney General Holder and Secretary Napolitano have said about it, no other message can possibly be intended. Federal law is much less fettered than is this | Read More »
In the last several minutes of the three o’clock hour today, CNBC was reporting on the fall of the Dow-Jones Industrial average, the S&P 500, and US stocks in general. Several commentators were discussing the fact that it was down quite a bit, but according to Jim Cramer, with the Dow at a negative 400 points or so the market wasn’t down enough to be | Read More »
Free advice abounds on the internet. I’ve spread plenty of my own around, here and elsewhere, but some free advice is more valuable than other free advice. Some of the most valuable comes from the keyboard of Bill Whittle, contributor to Pajamas Media and PJTV. Even when he’s simply riffing, he’s better than most–sort of like a serious Dennis Miller, and about as funny. When | Read More »
I just sent this probably useless email to my Representative in Congress and to the Blue Dog Democrats via the Michael Medved website. It follows another, different one sent via her own website, and a telephone call (message machine, of course). The whole thing makes me sick. Dear Representative Kirkpatrick and Fellow Democratic Citizens: I am firmly opposed to this “health care” bill. It is | Read More »
Tea Parties and their participants have been an ongoing mystery to the media, including some commentators that we sometimes think are relatively unbiased. When it comes to the participants, even though they’re acknowledged to be mostly independents and Republicans, the pundits have strange ideas about what motivates them, where they came from, and what they mean for the future of the Republican Party. One reason | Read More »
Political argument, represented in political advertising and public statements, is more than simply persuasive words. By its nature it is biased and partisan, promoting one philosophy over all others. To be effective, it must be one-sided, uncompromising, certain of itself, and aimed more at the emotions than at the mind. It must also be repetitive and persistent, never giving an inch. Most important, it must | Read More »
Those of us who still read the newspaper comic strips (which now requires a fair-sized magnifying glass) are familiar with the Bumstead family. Nominal head of household is Dagwood Bumstead, father of Alexander and Cookie, and husband to Blondie, after whom the strip is named. The family has aged only slightly in the 79 years since it was first published. The kids have gone from | Read More »
President Barry hasn’t found a campaign promise he isn’t willing to break. It will be a mistake if Republicans help Democrats “fix” their health care disaster. Bipartisanship is a losing proposition for Republicans. In that football game, the Democrats are Lucy and the Republicans are Charlie Brown. Personal biases make any political event difficult to analyze on live TV. Liberal commentators have the added handicap | Read More »
Watching the Liberal Sycophantic Democrat cable news channel, MS/LSD, I saw Keefe Uberdorker’s head explode as his bowels spewed out of his mouth. I heard the words “homophobic,” “sexist,” and a few others I can’t remember because I was laughing so hard. Oh, yes, “teabagging.” A few moments earlier, I had heard him ask Howard Fineman if racism was a factor in the expected results | Read More »
And of the Secret Service, too. Now that the White House security has been breached by a pair of mere tourists, I can delve into the memory bank and pull out a few facts and opinions about the Salahis. They have been upbraided by White House spokesmen. They’ve been vilified by solid conservatives concerned about the safety of the President. There have been calls for | Read More »
If ever there were a time for a Conservative Republican leader to step forward, it’s either now or coming soon. There are plenty of candidates for the title of Republican leader/spokesman, and some of them have conservative leanings, but few of them espouse the principles of Conservatism every time they speak in public. I’m not suggesting that someone should come forward with a list of | Read More »
Yes. This may be obvious to everybody else by now, but it wasn’t obvious to me until today. At first (and still, to some extent), I didn’t think it mattered much just what we called it–it was murder, I’d also say treason, and certainly worth the death penalty. There were plenty of more important aspects to this event. And I have no idea whether anything | Read More »
This appeared in only slightly different format as a comment on a front page column, responding to the question, “What is a moderate?” Due to overwhelming popular demand (Penguin and Jaded) I’m posting it here with only slight modification…. “Moderate” is a label other people apply to someone else more frequently than they apply it to themselves. I notice that it isn’t often applied to | Read More »
[This was written in November of 2009. Although directed at President Obama for effect, it's really (mostly) a menu for conservatives and Republicans to follow in their campaigns to defeat him. Several more excellent ideas were provided by readers in the comments. There were plenty more specific suggestions that went unsaid. The key to it all is that Fiscal Conservatism Gets Votes! And so far, | Read More »
Two of the health issues that we all seem to generally agree about are the desirability of portable insurance policies and facilitating access to affordable policies by everyone who wants to buy them. Both of those goals are achievable without a massive overhaul of the existing health care and insurance industries. There are more than a few ways to skin those cats, but let’s look | Read More »
My Dear Sir/Madam: You have been telling me that it’s imperative to pass a health care/health insurance/health delivery bill that would overhaul our current system (one that over 80% of us are fairly happy with) at a cost of about $1,500,000,000,000 over the next ten years. That’s $1.5 trillion dollars above and beyond the amount that the bill is designed to recoup in additional taxes | Read More »
If Barack Obama were truly interested in improving “Health Care” for Americans, he has a very simple way to prove it to all of us non-believers. I mentioned it to Mrs. Flagstaff (who is already registered to be in Atlanta next year) the other day, and since then I’ve heard the same general idea mentioned by such estimable people as Rep. Michelle Bachmann, among others. | Read More »
I criticized her recently. Today I must praise her. Her column, which appeared in Town Hall yesterday and in some newspapers today, is a very good summary of the Utah health care plan developed under Governor Jon Huntsman. That’s a plan I never heard of before. She goes into what it is, why it is, and how it differs from ObamaCare in fact and in | Read More »
When we compare our present state of health care with that of countries with socialized medicine, such as Canada and Great Britain, there is one giant difference that is almost never pointed out. It may be alluded to in passing, but it’s almost never addressed directly. I’ll get to it in a few paragraphs, but first, how are the systems similar? First, some people never | Read More »
Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, appeared on Fox News Sunday yesterday, delivering the party line on the topic of the takeover of health care by the Obama administration. In doing so, he unleashed some whoppers on the viewing audience. Those included: [The] President said yesterday he will not sign a bill that expands the deficit…. Once you take into account | Read More »
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