Archive for January 2011
Rahm Emanuel’s bid for Chicago Mayor put on hold UPDATE
An appeals court in Illinois has just ruled that Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former Chief of Staff, is ineligible to run for Mayor of Chicago because he has not meet the city’s residency requirements. You may recall that a Cook County judge had ruled earlier that he did meet the requirements, and, thus, was eligible to…
Read MoreThe disgrace of human shields and the progressive agenda
Nothing is sacred when it comes to the mostly Democrat party use of human shields to defend all of their progressive programs, big government. Not Tucson, not Nazi Germany and the holocaust … nothing. The latest edition in this continuing narrative comes from South Carolina, where a progressive group is running a TV ad using…
Read MorePhiladelphia’s Dr Death, abortion, and the great media blackout
As you already know, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is charged with 8 counts of murder of one woman and 7 babies born alive after botched abortions. By the way, this is the same practice that the young President defended as a State Senator in Illinois in 2002. But that’s not all, his “clinic” was apparently full…
Read MoreDr Paul Krugman, George Will and Austan Goolsbee: The government doesn’t create jobs
Well … that Will is on this list does not surprise me. It’s the other two, publicly admitting the government can’t create jobs, nor can it turn the economy on again, now, that’s man bites dog stuff.
Read MoreGeorge Will: Hey, that State of the Union … it’s nothing more than stroking erogenous zones
Well … I think he’s right. Afterall, most of these speeches ultimatelty are “pep rallies”. But not just for the party in power, although that most assuredly is the biggest draw. But also for the American people. Still aren’t we past this?
Read MoreObamacare, doctors and America’s priorities
A recent article by Dr. Herbert Pardes, president and CEO of New York-Presbyterian Hospital caught my eye. He makes a compelling case, but, perhaps not in the way he intended.
Read MoreEvergreen Solar
While on the subject of energy, those of you who do not live in the Bay State may not be aware of Massachusetts’s recent venture into solar power. Succinctly put, it isn’t pretty.
Read MoreAnother nonsensical government regulation
Yesterday, the EPA decided, over the objections of most automobile manufacturers, that it would “allow ” a mixture of 15% ethanol in all gasoline sold in the United States for all model year 2001 through 2006 cars. Last October it did the same for all model year 2007 and later. By now you know that…
Read MoreWhy is GE’s Jeff Immelt advising anyone on jobs?
Once again the President proves he is out of touch with market economics by making what looks like more of a political decision than a sound business decision when rescuing the economy. Anyone who has been holding GE stock over the last decade is not very fond of a CEO who has helped drive their…
Read MoreSurprised? Second graders now having sex as MTV takes TV to new low
And in school … while the teacher was watching. Naturally the media is appalled … but should they be surprised?
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