Why I Love Greed
What other human motivation gets the most wonderful things done?
What other human motivation gets the most wonderful things done?
As Obama renews his campaign coffers, his shady and illegal 2008 contributions still go unpunished.
Leftist Rule for Engaging Conservative Ideas #1: conservatives’ motives are never what they claim. It must be rigorously asserted that right-wingers are invariably driven by impulses more sinister than making people better off or trying to find solutions to the problems we face. New Republic senior editor Jonathan Chait knows that lesson by heart—on the Daily Beast, he argues that from the lowliest Tea Partier all the way up to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the Right is animated by a view of “the poor as parasites” and “the rich as our rightful rulers,” a dogma we’ve picked up from philosopher Ayn Rand.
Back in the 1960s, with America’s black ghettos exploding into violence, the architects of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society argued that the best way to stop the rioting would be to pump money into the ghettos. George Soros now offers a globalized version of the same argument. He states that the best way to fight terrorism [...]
Another chapter opens in the Toledo Jihad saga. So, was it Mud Hens fans bored during the 7th inning stretch? Or disgruntled locals tired of only being known by out-of-towners for the Mud Hens? Or were they Tigers fans who gave up on life after that blown call? No, you…
I don’t know why Tipper and Al Gore have split after after 40 years of marriage and honestly, I hope we don’t find out.
The “celebrity break-up” where the former couple or their friends leak dirt to gossip rags for money and attention is one of the more sickening spectacles of the [...]
And the Iranians are training the Afghan jihadis. “Terror link alleged as Saudi millions flow into Afghanistan war zone,” by Anthony Loyd for The Times, May 31 (thanks to Sr. Soph): Millions of dollars of Saudi Arabian money have flowed into Afghanistan over the past four years, the country’s intelligence…
What a surprise. “Dollars sent to UN in Gaza end up in Hamas’ pockets,” from Israel Today, May 28 (thanks to Joel): An investigative report by Israel National News published on Thursday revealed that whenever the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza requests an influx of US dollars…
What a surprise. “Dollars sent to UN in Gaza end up in Hamas’ pockets,” from Israel Today, May 28 (thanks to Joel): An investigative report by Israel National News published on Thursday revealed that whenever the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza requests an influx of US dollars…
On Rush Limbaugh’s show of May 28th, he spent a great deal of time talking about how the progressive elite use foundations. He was responding to Hillary Clinton’s call for the wealthy to pay more in taxes and be more like Brazil (apparently, our new role model.) Rush suggested that Hillary did not have to [...]