The health care “debate” is made most irritating by the obvious things ignored. As we have grown accustomed to hearing ad nauseam, health care represents 17% of our economy. I have no idea if that number is accurate. Perhaps one day I will look into it. Whatever the number, we know it is big. Yet [...]
Healthcare Summit: Reconciling the Vile and Depraved
March 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“Preacher was talking, there’s a sermon he gave
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied.”
(Bob Dylan—The Man in the Long Black Coat)
I like Joan Osborne’s cover of this Bob Dylan song. What has me thinking of “vileness” and “depravity” [...]
The Ideological Rigidity of Ron Paul’s Economics
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Part 1 of my Ron Paul essay received more attention than I expected. His supporters are intense, to say the least.
As stated in that article, there are many things about Paul to like. But his monetary policies and his political rigidity are not among them. I do not dismiss the importance of sound monetary policies. [...]
Ron Paul Emerging as Ross Perot’s Doppelganger
February 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ron Paul’s straw poll “victory” at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference was surprising. It leads one to believe conservatives retain the ability to snap defeat from the jaws of victory this coming Fall. Ann Coulter reflects the opinion of many conservatives when she claims agreement with Ron Paul on almost [...]
State of the Union: Lame Duck Rising
January 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Even Obama, Biden and Pelosi seemed bored during the State of the Union Address. Obama couldn’t even gin up enough energy to discuss “Gitmo”. But it does not matter what he said. It’s all over for his presidency.
The Democrat Party now understands just how bad they blew it in 2009. This is good for the [...]
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Scott Brown’s Victory: Grandiosity Takes it on the Chin
January 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“I mean in a way Obama is standing above the country, above—-above the world, he’s sort of God” (Evan Thomas, Newsweek)
When the Intrade betting line was 83-17 in favor of Scott Brown, (at 3 pm Tuesday), I was still suspicious. Democrats outnumber Republicans 3-1 in Massachusetts. But the simple message of Scott Brown did prevail. [...]
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Useful Idiots: The Three Most Senior White Males in the Democratic Party, A Satire of Negro-gate
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The era of Barack Obama was over before Harry Reid who, like an 18th century New Orleans Anne Rice vampire, rose from his crypt to educate us on the finer points of octoroons, quadroons, quintoons, light skinned negros and negro dialects.
…But in case there was any doubt, Obama’s reaction to [...]
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Japanese “Allegedly” Bomb Pearl Harbor? Islamists “Allegedly” Setting Bombs?
January 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Muslim Nigerian “charged” with the failed attempt on the Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight now has a public defender. So we will be hearing a lot about “allegedly this and that” for the next few years. He will be tried in criminal court instead of a military tribunal [...]
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What was Obama’s Worst Decision of 2009? Presenting the Non-Sequitur Policy of the Year Award
December 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Special Report’s lead story Wednesday evening was the remarkable saga that is now called “Gitmo.” my nominee for the first annual “Non-Sequitur Policy of the Year” award (NSPY, pronounced “nespy”, rhyming with ESPN’s ESPY award). Not a very catchy title, perhaps, but appropriately utilitarian in form and function. This first annual [...]
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Oz with a Gun: The Climate Thugs Get Medieval
December 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Think Quentin Tarantino instead of Frank Baum. When the curtain is pulled back, Oz has a gun. In an imaginary Tarantino version of the “Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy and her pals are in mortal danger for exposing the fraud which was the Wizard. But deception in our times does not lead to reflection and redemption, as it did in the [...]
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