The big story for the next month is going to be the recall of Scott Walker. The Democratic primary is on Tuesday and they seem to be coalescing behind a semi-electable candidate. And then, in June, we’ll have the recall election. If you want to keep up, I highly recommend Ann Althouse (actually, I recommend her even if you could give two shits about the election). She’s front-and-center of the fight, objective and insightful.
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Best explenation I have seen yet of why we should fear these popular movements like OWS ever:
History is replete with Peoples’ movements that, claiming weight of numbers and well-meaning intentions for others, have changed the course of society–but not necessarily for the better. In other words, pathologically altruistic movements.
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The Occupy movement seeks to make things fair for everyone, not by allowing people to flourish with their natural talents, but rather by focusing
Government will pay for you abortions and contraceptives baby, but in return, well, in return we want the right to expand our ability to snoop on you with more ease. And don’t worry, when we can find anything and everything out about you, we will not abuse any of that at all. Only republicans, if you are crazy enough to elect them, will abuse this!
(Reuters) – The U.S. Congress should pass a law
That’s the message you get if you have the fortitude to sit through this ridiculous collectivist campaign piece titled “The life of Julia” that Team Obama is banking on to remind the people that vote for a living who gives them their government cheese. The message is clear. Without democrats and the largesse their government programs produce, this woman conveniently named Julia and her son, whom also is conveniently given a Christian name, Zachary, would … Read more
In Massachusetts, where Elizabeth Warren is yet again running against Scott Brown for the seat vacated when Ted Kennedy was called to the matt to explain the Mary Jo Kopechne incident along with a slew of other such abhorrent things, there is a big brouhaha going on that seem to put the whole affirmative action movement into perspective. The gist of this unfolding scandal is that before Warren, and I should add her husband in … Read more
Ron Paul and Paul Krugman had a debate about economics (apologies for the link, which auto-plays). You can read Tyler Cowen’s commentary here. I agree with his final take:
There were too many times when RP simply piled polemic points on top of each other and stopped making a sequential argument. He overrates the costs of inflation, including in the long term, and for a believer in the market finds it remarkably non-robust in
Do you think that if Obama was a good leader Team Blue would have to push the “I gave the courageous order that got Osama killed” meme so hard? Seriously? In another campaign speech at tax payer’s expense, this one in Kabul, Afghanistan, he pushed this meme yet again. It’s no wonder that the people that took all the real risks are pissed about the Obama glory seeking. This shit reminds me of … Read more
And that’s why I like to remind people that the Black Book of Communism estimates this evil ideology killed anywhere between 80 to 100 million people while imprisoning over 1 billion others lucky enough to survive in constant misery. That’s just what the communists did, and I bet those numbers are low balled. I am not even going to bother with the fascists, which despite the left’s orchestrated 5 decade long attempt at brainwashing people … Read more
Well, this resolved itself before I even had a chance to comment:
The Obama administration’s top environmental official in the oil-rich South Central region has resigned after Republicans targeted him over remarks made two years ago when he used the word “crucify” to describe how he would go after companies violating environmental laws.
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Republicans in Congress had called for Armendariz’ firing after Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe highlighted the May 2010 speech last week as
