Friday, July 30, 2010

THEY MUST HAVE RUN THE TAPE LIKE HELL TODAY TO BEAT THE BAD GDP NEWS

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Because for all intents and purposes, the markets closed unchanged. The first estimate of Q2 2010 GDP was released today: 2.4%. Pretty weak....

TALK OF CAESARS . . . AND OTHER SUCH LIKE

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In this editorial, "Will Washington's Failures Lead To Second American Revolution?" by Mr. Christian and Mr. Robbins, the firs...

"The Constitution Recognizes That People Are Swine"

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Just a little reminder today that there is a kind of hope which is justified: that misguided people can change their minds. In the old days,...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

ANOTHER ATTEMPTED END RUN AROUND THE CONSTITUTION

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People who think one state, Florida, jammed an unwanted president down the throats of the American people in the year 2000 now want to make ...
Monday, July 26, 2010

George Will, National Treasure, Font of American Wisdom

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Some excerpts from his address to The CATO Institute in May: We are not Europeans. We are not, in Orwell's phrase, a "state-broken...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

OBAMA'S LAZY CLEAN AIR AND ENERGY POLICIES

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The Associated Press is reporting today "President Barack Obama wants federal workers to cut down on business travel and commuting by ...

FORWARD EARNINGS ANALYSTS ON AVERAGE 100% TOO OPTIMISTIC

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Mish has a good post here  citing a new study which shows that forecasts of S&P 500 companies' earnings by analysts over the last tw...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

OBAMA LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE BILL

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The New York Times must be desperate to sell newspapers because it is almost reporting that Obama lied when he said the fine which will be ...

DIVIDED GOVERNMENT IS A SOLUTION, NOT A PROBLEM

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A new kind of check and balance, in the opinion of Ronald Brownstein, writing for National Journal Magazine: "To the Constitution's...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

BUSH SUBSIDIZED THE POOREST AMERICANS AND CUT THEIR TAXES 33%

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Because George Bush was a flaming socialist. The left hated him as they did not because of the Iraq war but because he out-performed them as...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

MAKING AFGHANISTAN SAFE FOR THE OPIUM TRADE

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Not that long ago, going to war meant destroying the enemy's ability to make it on you. That quaint idea has been replaced by the assha...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

CONSERVATIVE PLEBEIANS

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"While we will continue to strive to eliminate expletives from live broadcasts, the inherent challenges broadcasters face with live tel...
Monday, July 12, 2010

"THE MOST DANGEROUS AND INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WE HAVE EVER HAD"

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Not my words , but those of the Jewish atheist Nat Hentoff: July 12, 2010 Health Care Rationing Obama Believes In By Nat Hentoff As a report...
Saturday, July 3, 2010

THE RESPONSIBLES VS. THE DEADBEATS

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Mark Gimein writes here that the Tea Party Movement has more to do with responsible people's anger over government handouts to irrespon...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

TWO PROCLAMATIONS TOO POOFY

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Just in case you thought the second one was, er, well, anomalous (as in deviant): Nurturing families come in many forms, and children may be...

OBAMA EMBRACES STALIN'S UNIQUE DESCRIPTION OF WWII

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Finally, I would simply add that the new partnership between our people spans the spectrum, from space to science to sports. I think, Presid...
Friday, June 25, 2010

GDP REVISED DOWN FOR Q1 2010 TO 2.7% FROM 3.0%

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According to The Associated Press : Gross domestic product rose by an annual rate of 2.7 percent in the January-to-March period, the Commerc...
Sunday, June 20, 2010

ON TRADITION

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"The development of a tradition is as unthinkable without some initial innovation as the progress of an innovation is apart from its re...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

THE LEADERSHIP WE DESERVE

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Friday, June 18, 2010

CONGRESS OF IDIOTS BAILS OUT THE STUPID

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My favorite line from the following is "but it will help keep . . . I slightly above poverty level." Just how people who talk that...