Greedy, racist sons of bitches who want children to starve, grandma to die and women to be kept barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen where they belong… Why I’m a Conservative

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  February 4th at 09:56 AM  | 

Republicans in general, and conservatives in particular, are constantly demonized in the media as greedy, ruthless, heartless, racist sons of bitches who want children to starve, grandma to die and women to be kept barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen where they belong. That makes for great copy, but it’s about as far from the truth as you can get. While it might be possible | Read More »

The Fiscal Cliff – Setting the stage for a Revolutionary War of Ideas… If the GOP has the stomach for the fight

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  November 19th at 05:37 AM  | 

Two weeks ago a slight majority of Americans voted for more stuff from the government. There may have been other drivers, but that is the main one. Below is a quote whose origin is disputed, but it is particularly apropos: A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of | Read More »

Will Barack Obama bring back slavery to the United States?

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  July 16th at 08:26 AM  | 

Without a doubt November is going to bring us the single most important election in the United States since 1860. At that time too the country was on the verge of an irreparable breach, and by the time Lincoln was inaugurated in March of 1861 seven of the eleven eventual confederate states had seceded, with the remaining four gone two months later. I’m certainly not | Read More »

Greed vs. Giving… Trickle down charity is a recipe for real long term success…

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  December 26th at 11:27 AM  | 

Rush Limbaugh caused a bit of a stir recently when he asked the question: “What do you think has fed more mouths, greed or charity?” The question seemed particularly untoward given that Christmas was right around the corner. Who besides Gordon Gekko might ask such a ludicrous question? Rush, obviously… and it turns out that it’s not such a ludicrous question after all. Of course | Read More »

The Occupy Wall Streeters should put down their copies of Das Kapital and pick up this year’s Forbes 400

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  November 7th at 05:41 AM  | 

Back in 2000 or 2001 I read a piece in Newsweek or TIME that discussed flyers whining that they didn’t have enough storage space in the overhead compartment bins on airplanes. I remember writing a letter to the editor saying that the only reason that people had the luxury of being able to whine about such things was that flying had become so safe that | Read More »

Obama’s unconvincing feint to the center

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  January 24th at 12:27 PM  | 

Reading President Obama’s piece in the Wall Street Journal last week made me think of something Tom Dye, one of my Political Science professors at Florida Sate used to say when discussing the Soviet approach to arms negotiations: “If it’s someone’s goal to kill you, you should not be surprised to discover that they are more than willing to lie about it in the first | Read More »

Blumenthal & Pelosi showcase Democrat’s incompetence

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  October 11th at 07:38 PM  | 

There is an old adage that goes something like this: It’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you’re stupid than to open your mouth and prove them right. Thankfully for America not all Democrats are paying that adage much heed, and just in time for the election. Last week Linda McMahon, the GOP candidate for US Senate from Connecticut did the | Read More »