Category: US Politics

“Bloom County” is back!

“Bloom County” is back!

| November 4, 2009 | Reply

OK, not “back” as in “all new strips”. “Back” as in the complete collection of strips in a series of hardbound volumes (just like “Calvin and Hobbes” and “The Far Side“). I always liked “Bloom County” better than “Doonesbury”; both strips had liberal sensibilities, but Breathed never took himself or his strip as seriously as […]

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Oh, what a beautiful morning…

Oh, what a beautiful morning…

| November 4, 2009 | Reply

…oh what a beautiful day! McDonnell wins in Virginia by nearly a 20% margin; ditto for the Republican candidates in the Lt. Governor and State Attorney General races. Christie wins in New Jersey in spite of Democratic control of the state top to bottom. And, of course, Obama isn’t watching the returns. Went to New […]

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Kudos President Obama

Kudos President Obama

| October 29, 2009 | Reply

I have largely put presidential politics on “mute” since March or so, it is clear that given the dynamics of the current government, the Democrats have a clear field and may do as they wish for now. As such there has been little going on that I would single out for compliment. But today is […]

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A thought on healthcare reform . . .

A thought on healthcare reform . . .

| October 13, 2009 | Reply

. . . from Indexed.  ..bruce w..

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Wednesday links

Wednesday links

| October 7, 2009 | 1 Reply

ITEM: I reported earlier one possible end-run by the Senate to pass the increasingly unpopular “public option” in healthcare reform.  Here’s another one: Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is weighing a plan to bring the final health care bill to the floor without a public option — making it much easier to get the 60 […]

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Good Monday morning . . .

Good Monday morning . . .

| October 5, 2009 | Reply

. . . and things are already getting interesting. ITEM: Obama throws the Dalai Lama and the entire country of Tibet under the bus (emphasis mine): In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama’s summit […]

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Establishing the fallacy of goverment stimulus spending

Establishing the fallacy of goverment stimulus spending

| October 2, 2009 | Reply

Don Surber zooms in on the relevant portion of reality vs. hope-and-change. Obama and the Democratic Congress sold us on a horrific “stimulus” package with the threat of 9.0 % unemployment if they failed to act. They acted, and unemployment is now approaching 10% and may hit 12% next year. In the meantime, the national […]

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New and improved US deficit visualization

New and improved US deficit visualization

| October 1, 2009 | 1 Reply

This wonderful chart, put up by Veronique de Rugy over at The American, is even better than the chart that I’ve used off and on for months to show the staggering deficit projections resulting from the Obama Administration unsustainable economic policies. As per de Rugy’s explanations, here’s what the color bars mean: the orange bars […]

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<i>In vino veritas</i>

In vino veritas

| October 1, 2009 | Reply

Byron York — who continues to do outstanding investigative reporting and commentary over at the Washington Examiner — picks up this video of Austan Goolsbee, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Turns out Goolsbee was a contestant in (and eventual winner of) a Washington celebrity comedy contest. As York points out, […]

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ALERT: Healthcare public option end-run by Sen. Reid?

ALERT: Healthcare public option end-run by Sen. Reid?

| September 30, 2009 | 1 Reply

ITEM — Creeping Socialism Alert: In spite of having the ‘public option’ option voted down twice in the Senate Finance Committee, apparently there’s still a chance that we could end up with it anyway. The Heritage Foundation outlines how the approach would work: So just how close are we to being inflicted with the Obama/Moore […]

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