Archive for September 2010
Slate writer tries to decode Christine O’Donnell’s view of the Constitution, fails
This post is not about Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, rather I want to quickly point out how the media – even a journalist who almost exclusively writes about legal issues – can push their own version of the Constitution, rolling their eyes as they talk down to the misguided conservative minions out there. You’re…
Read MoreObama’s Aunt Zeituni to America: Give it to me
This is perhaps the most amazing story you will ever see on how illegal immigrants have learned to game the system. President Obama’s Aunty Zeituni (yes, he’s her nephew) has scammed America for free housing, and disability checks to the tune of thousands of dollars. “You are here to help the poor and other women.…
Read MoreWashington GOP releases novel: Contract with America v 2.0 (2010)
Yeah, it’s so damn long I have no interest in reading it right now. But I will, and there was one paragraph that caught my eye. I’m pretty certain the Washington insiders who wrote this thing either chuckled while composing the paragraph, or they read the Constitution quite differently than most conservatives.
Read MoreBell, Calif. City Council – Federal corruption versus local corruption
For years, my teachable moments have focused on retuning power to the states and the people. We have incrementally transferred power – like education funding – to the feds. As I point out in my symptoms of the disease series, corruption frequently is on display in Congress. Some say moving power to states and local communities will simply…
Read MoreWe do not need another “Contract with America”
We really don’t. The previous one was OK I guess, but as a conservative, I figured the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the following Amendments make a pretty good contract. Heck, the congress-critters even swear an oath to support and defend it.
Read MoreOne more black eye for Obamacare
One more piece of Obamacare that is scheduled to take effect on Thursday, has encountered a problem…major insurance companies will not provide the insurance. Aetna, Cigna, Wellpoint, Humana, United Health Group, and, at least in Florida, Blue Cross Blue Shield have stopped writing new children only insurance policies. Why, you ask? Well, beginning Thursday any…
Read MoreFederal spending totally out of control – a new look
Personally, I think federal spending has been out of control for decades, starting with the New Deal programs that began the incremental shift of project funding from states and local communities to the federal government. That trickle – if you can call it that – may now equal or surpass the power and flow of Niagara Falls.
Read MoreThe stimulus pulls an o fer! Didn’t stop the recession and create jobs
I run this in light of the resignation of yet another Obama economic guru … Larry Summers. It’s a great analysis of how the stimulus didn’t solve anything other than fatten the pockets of Washington elites. But then if you are unemployed … you already knew that.
Read MoreThe hole is plugged … can we end the drilling ban?
No big party at the White House this week after the final chapter on the BP Gulf oil disaster was written. The hole is plugged, and I kind of expected a state dinner or something. What we get is the Executive Branch continuing their efforts to justify an oil drilling ban that was never justified…
Read MoreMatthews calls on Obama to dump his teleprompter again
… and make the woman at the CNBC town hall meeting his campaign manager. It is a rare moment on tape from the MSNBC crowd. Clearly they see the young President is out of touch with America, which of course can happen when your idea of a quick getaway is a cookout with Oprah and…
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