Archive for November 2012
Stupid headline of the day
From the Washington Post: In Pa., Obama pushes for his debt-reduction approach Obama has no “debt-reduction” approach. His only proposal so far is a $1.6 trillion tax increase and elimination of the debt ceiling. He proposes no spending cuts of any kind. If he got his tax increase the country would be thrown into deep…
Read MoreA case that might make me question the death penalty
I’m a firm believer in the death penalty. Some criminals and their crimes are so heinous and cruel they should be eliminated from this earth. But this sort of thing forces me think hard about it. To think hard about the American justice system in general. To think about whether human beings are actually capable…
Read MoreA quote for our times
It would have been hard to know the wisdom of Friedrich Hayek or Milton Friedman or Matt Ridley or Deirdre McCloskey in August of 1914, before the experiments in large government were well begun. But anyone who after the 20th century still thinks that thoroughgoing socialism, nationalism, imperialism, mobilization, central planning, regulation, zoning, price controls,…
Read MoreSenator Mitch McConnell says emphatic no to tax hikes
Mitch McConnell slammed the door on tax hikes and bashed Democrats today on the Senate Floor. “The only reason Democrats are insisting on raising rates is because raising rates on the so-called rich is the Holy Grail of liberalism, the Holy Grail of liberalism. Their aim isn’t job creation. They’re interested in wealth destruction.” Often…
Read MoreA sordid tale of Chicago politics that reveals how Obama got his start
All about Jesse Jackson, Jr., Bill Clinton’s lame-duck pardon of sex-offender and felon Mel Reynolds now running for Jackson, Jr.’s vacated Congressional seat, and Obama’s first entry onto the crime scene of Chicago’s political stink hole, at Investors’ Business Daily.
Read MoreExample No. 10,742 that raising the top marginal income tax rate does not raise any new revenue to the government
From the Telegraph: In the 2009-10 tax year, more than 16,000 people declared an annual income of more than £1 million to HM Revenue and Customs. This number fell to just 6,000 after Gordon Brown introduced the new 50p top rate of income tax shortly before the last general election. The figures have been seized…
Read MoreThe fiscal cliff is political theater; it’s got nothing to do with fiscal issues
“Obama is not trying to fix our fiscal issues, he is trying to destroy the Republicans.” — Charles Krauthammer “The ads not only write themselves if the 2012 GOP folds as badly as Bush #41 — they’ve already been written.” — Ed Driscoll It’s a political winner until he gets his fullscale global meltdown Depression…
Read MoreObama: savior, protector, provider, hero to women everywhere…
Donna Vanzant lost her business to Hurricane Sandy, Obama feels her pain, promises assistance: Oops, turns out it was just a photo op, Obama’s promises are empty ladies, no better than the ones your worthless ex-husband gave you.
Read MoreLegal Ganja! The Truth!
They want marijuana to be legal, but they’re OK with banning Big Gulps because you know, Big Gulps are harmful.
Read MoreRepublicans should hope that Obama nominates Susan Rice for Secretary of State
If Kirsten Powers is right about this, Republicans should stop objecting to Obama nominating Susan Rice for Secretary of State and fervently hope that he does.
Read MoreStates whose bonds you don’t want to own
These are what Forbes Magazine calls the Death Spiral States where the Takers outnumber the Makers. “A Taker is someone who draws money from the government, as an employee, pensioner or welfare recipient. A Maker is someone gainfully employed in the private sector.” When the Takers outnumber the Makers, high taxes are the inevitable result.…
Read MorePravda: Communists lose in Russia, win in America
This is from English language Pravda, November 19, 2012: Obama’s Soviet Mistake Putin in 2009 outlined his strategy for economic success. Alas, poor Obama did the opposite but nevertheless was re-elected. Bye, bye Miss American Pie. The Communists have won in America with Obama but failed miserably in Russia with Zyuganov who only received 17% of the vote.Vladimir Putin…
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