Tax Time? Call A Plumber

By: itsonlywords (Diary)  |  January 16th at 01:40 AM  | 

Matthew Bigg over at Reuters tells us that part of the reason Timothy Geithner’s tax problems will cause barely a ripple of dissent as he cruises towards nomination is that he is relatively unknown. (Read Article) Tell that to Joe The Plumber. (“The” is his middle name, right?) Joe was more than relatively unknown when the press feeding frenzy instigated by his questioning of Barack | Read More »

Vetting the Media

By: itsonlywords (Diary)  |  November 1st at 12:25 AM  | 

They were talking about this over at Ace…looks like somebody actually got on it. I found this at Newsmax. Anderson Cooper’s Joe the Plumber Moment Serves him right for trashing Joe.

The Forgotten Man

By: itsonlywords (Diary)  |  October 21st at 02:16 PM  | 

Those folks lucky enough to have benefitted from a 19th century education sure had a way with words. Take this quote from William Graham Sumner: “They are always under the dominion of the superstition of government, and forgetting that a government produces nothing at all, they leave out of sight the first fact to be remembered in all social discussion — that the state cannot | Read More »