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Will House Dems say “We don’t need no steenking budgets”?
This House of Representatives seems intent on making history, and it’s not a good sort of history. If passing a budget—or even proposing one—causes problems and the need for debate with opponents, then hey, why do it? After all, money … Continue reading →
Goldman Sachs in trouble
The SEC has charged Goldman Sachs with “defrauding investors by allegedly marketing a financial product tied to subprime mortgages without telling them a big hedge fund was on the other side of the trade.” My first question was one which … Continue reading →
We’re just simple folk at the Tea Parties
Commenter “manju” wrote: With the teaparties driving the republicans toward simple-minded libertarian sloganeering, conspriacy [sic] theories (birtherism), and even an ahistorical revival of the confederacy(McDonnell, Barbour), the top candidates become less and less electable. we may very well be looking … Continue reading →
Jewish voters and Obama
Nobody’s suing for divorce yet. But the honeymoon between Jewish voters and Obama may be over, or at least that first high flush of romance is gone. This survey indicates that 42% of Jewish voters would vote for Obama again … Continue reading →
Congress becomes Madison’s “overbearing majority”
I’ve got a new essay up at the Weekly Standard. In it, I unearthed some great—and extraordinarily relevant—quotes from Federalist Paper #10 by James Madison. Follow the link to read; come back here to comment (the WS has no comments, … Continue reading →
Remember Iraq?
Victor Davis Hanson does. He reminds us of just how wrong “the current troika now directing U.S. foreign policy”—Obama, Biden, and Clinton—were, as well as those “no blood for oil” folks. Of course, they bear no consequences and there is … Continue reading →
Thoughts on tax day
[NOTE: This is an edited version of an essay of mine from the past.] Today is April 15th. This means that, along with millions of others, I’ll be making my way to the copy machine and then on to the … Continue reading →
Obama’s approval state by state
Interesting. It seems to be concentrated in just a few large and populous liberal states. Take a look.
Continue reading →Krauthammer on Obama’s “fatuous” summit
He does not mince words: NOTE: here are some definitions for “fatuous:” # asinine: devoid of intelligence wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn # Stupidity, lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatuous # Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one’s foolishness en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fatuous # … Continue reading →
The voices behind the Simpsons
This video is fun (hat tip: Ace of Spades). In such company, even the insufferable James Lipton becomes almost bearable:
Continue reading →I guess America is starting to miss Bush
Here are some poll results that ought to set Obama’s teeth on edge: Americans are now pretty evenly divided about whether they would rather have Barack Obama or George W. Bush in the White House. 48% prefer Obama while 46% … Continue reading →