Month: September 2009

Bill Clinton is offering Mr. Obama some advice on health care reform. Former President Bill Clinton says those in his party should ignore any grief from Republicans on health care reform, because the GOP is just waiting for Democrats to “mess up.” Clinton told Esquire magazine that lawmakers should put together the best health care…

Here is a bit I did in December of 2006. It is especially relevant given Eric’s post on how the world is going to the dogs. === Commenter Karridine alerted me to this interesting piece by Orson Scott Card on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Card’s central thesis is that trade made…

Actually the butcher is at the meeting only in spirit as far as I can tell. But the baker is there and she unloads on her Congress Critter. For taxes. For Cap and Tax. For health care. For bank bail outs. And for the Congress Critter insulting her with the critter’s responses to her questioning…

This San Francisco Chronicle editorial reveals so much about the leftist mindset that I found it almost charming. Their position on Van Jones is not that there’s anything wrong with his thinking, but that the Obama administration is too busy to be bothered having to defend him: This administration has far too many pressing issues…

Will the Democratic Party be so stupid as to pass a health care reform bill? The other night a group of eager beaver policy wonks told me they would, and explained why. This morning I found virtually all of their arguments outlined here. Despite the fierce opposition that gripped the nation all summer, the bill…

As one of those who has not (yet) been driven crazy by the prospect of Barack Obama delivering a propaganda lecture to the children, I’m finding it a bit hard to figure out how I fit into this analysis that Glenn Reynolds linked earlier: The Silly Season ceases to be “silly” when what passes for…

As I’ve been swamped with Labor Day weekend business aggravated by a mechanical breakdown (try fixing a radiator leak when you’re in another state on a weekend with no tools wearing a suit!), I haven’t been able to keep up with the blogosphere. Normally, I trust Glenn Reynolds to keep up with the blogosphere for…

This article about lawmakers worried about 2010 repeats a meme whose popularity has really started to bother me: Their political fortunes next year are likely to hinge on whether the U.S. economy, in its longest and deepest recession since the Great Depression, improves and if Congress passes a significant healthcare reform bill. People keep talking…

There are few things in life I detest more than enthusiasm for government. And as my luck would have it, last night I ate dinner surrounded by people who feel exactly the opposite way. Young, enthusiastic, left-wing policy wonks, who are simply drooling over the prospect of implementing government programs. It was a sickening experience,…

I would like to apologize to the citizens and constitutional government of the Republic of Honduras for the actions of the Obama administration. Apparently the open hand will only be extended to those who clench their fists in rage at America. I would also like to take this opportunity to extend the middle finger of…

While he was talking primarily in the context of healthcare, Thomas Sowell recently praised Barack Obama’s skill as a magician. Just as magicians know that the secret of some of their tricks is to distract the audience, so politicians know that the secret of many political tricks is to distract the public with scapegoats. No…

And he’s not wearing a condom! At least, that’s the general theme of this anti-AIDS video that has upset a number of AIDS activists. Apparently, the objection is to showing an AIDS-infected Hitler is that it will portray AIDS sufferers in a negative light: The commercial was produced by the young Hamburg-based advertising agency das…

I was Googling “feynman lectures video” and came across this series on quantum electrodynamics. Very light on the math. Very heavy on the concepts. In the delightful Feynman way. I especially recommend the first lecture (about 78 minutes) where Feynman discusses the theory of light, the philosophy of physics, and Mayan Codexes. And as I…

It took me about a year to get around to it, but yesterday I finally visited the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. There’s a lot I could say about it, but if I had to sum it up in a word, that word would be “INSPIRING.” Truly, Henry Ford was an inspirational genius on a…

The notion Republicans need to tone down their rhetoric to retake power took a beating today with the revelation Obama “green jobs” czar Van Jones not only signed a Truther petition, but organized Truther marches. Just think, today’s Birthers are tomorrow’s czars!

Over at Reason, Matt Welch spots Justin Raimondo geting huffy about ths guy: Quoth Raimondo: This was widely interpreted as a not-so-subtle threat to the President, personally. And I fail to see how it could be understood in any other way. To carry that sign in one hand, and a gun in the other, is…

Christianity has always been considered almost synonymous with charity. Yet in order for charity to be charity, it has to be voluntary, for absent free choice, it ceases to be charity and becomes a tax. Now, I’m no theologian, but even by the most cursory analysis, it would seem that Jesus was reminding his followers…

Not content with nail biting (their own) over the prospects of health care reform Democrat operatives have begun finger biting (other’s). It seems particular unfair to me – this finger tax. Couldn’t they just have asked for the shirt off his back? Or a twenty year lease on his first born? Well actually no one…

Dr. Helen’s headline “Health care for Clunkers” reminded me of the “care” they actually give the “clunkers” — many of which are perfectly good cars. The care? It’s called “pour in gunk to make the system lock up then gun the motor until it seizes” and it’s dictated by the federal bureaucracy which wants to…

It is being widely reported that mayhem occurred at a pro-Obamacare rally in Los Angeles area yesterday, but I’m having trouble figuring out what happened. According to most accounts, a MoveOn.org member punched an anti-Obamacare protester and the pro-Obamacare protester had a finger bitten off in the process. However, in these versions of the story,…