Author: Simon

Tim Pawlenty has coined a phrase. I like it. …growing government, powerful unions and bailed-out businesses make up “a royal triangle of greed” in America. Define the enemy. And in most libertarian terms too. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Walter Russell Mead is discussing the fact that anti-public union fever is not just for Wisconsin anymore. He comes up with a quote which is the perfect explanation for why the SIHTF. From a state that is bluer than blue, ultraviolet Vermont, comes the news that Governor Peter Shumlin, a Democratic governor with solid Democratic…

When you want to know what a fight is all about – it is often helpful to follow the money. So where is the money in Wisconsin’s fight with the Teachers Union? We recently issued a report titled, ” A Crucial Challenge for Wisconsin Schools: Escaping the Shackles of WEA Trust Insurance.” After hours of…

Don’t watch this if you have a weak stomach. Even if you have a strong stomach it is hard to watch. Here is a report from Coptic Solidarity (which has a shorter version of the video). For the second time in as many days, Egyptian armed force stormed the 5th century old St. Bishoy monastery…

The left likes pain free utopias (why should anyone suffer?). The right likes painful ones (how else can you learn?). A middle way would be nice. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Back in December of 2009 a commenter at The Other McCain said: The Indentured Servant Girl said… M. Simon: women were not, and would not be charged with murder for procuring an abortion. It is the doctors that the law goes after. Of course I had a response in my post Abortion Is Murder. My…

Bill Whittle explains “The Problem With Socialists And Socialist Conservatives” in his review of the movie Forbidden Planet. Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc 50th Anniversary DVD Edition) This book is a further exposition on the subject: God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland And if that isn’t enough for you I have a C.S. Lewis…

Wisconsin Teachers Mafia: Give us the money or the kid gets it. Parent: Gets what? Wisconsin Teachers Mafia: Educated by us. Parent: But you don’t educate the kids. Wisconsin Teachers Mafia: OK. How much will you pay us to leave the kids alone? Parent: You are going to need a doctor’s excuse for that. Cross…

I think they have the wrong bastards in mind. But if they want smashing this 66 year old is up for it. Let them fire the first shot. Then give them some serious counter battery fire. Two for range and then fire for effect. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Commenter Frank asked me to elaborate on my point about the start of the next world war at Palin: Libyans Should Be Protected By Nato. I replied in a comment. I think that comment deserves more eyeballs. ==== Frank, The world system is breaking down. In America: 1. The lower education/union bubble 2. The higher…

Sarah Palin says Libya should be declared a no-fly zone. …Gaddafi is a brutal killer and Libya – not to mention the world – would be better off if he were out of power. Now is the time to speak out. Speak out for the long-suffering Libyan people. Speak out for the victims of Gaddafi’s…

As those of you who read me regularly know I have frequently been inflicting on you a link to my article Heroin in discussions of both the Drug War and PTSD. And some of you with an irrational hatred of Heroin have derided me and told me I’m full of it. The evidence in the…

Col Allen West confronts a Muslim from CAIR. The sound is a little indistinct at the beginning. Keep replaying until you get it. BTW the “Don’t blow sunshine…” quote is unmistakable. From West’s wiki. “If it’s about the lives of my soldiers at stake, I’d go through hell with a gasoline can.” My kinda guy.…

Inspired by Sarah’s Marx Is Dead which you absolutely MUST READ.

Chuck Sweeny – a Rockford Register Star reporter that I know from his days of covering the local Libertarian Party – gets to the heart of the goings on in Madison and explains why it is so critical for the unions to win against Governor Walker and the Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature. But Democrats…

Adam Carolla has a beautiful rant on the school systems. Don’t Miss It. If you only do the first five minutes it is worth it. Not Safe For Work Cross Posted at Power and Control

Alcohol prohibition corrupted the law enforcement apparatus of the United States. 4. Prohibition permanently corrupted law enforcement, the court system, and politics. During Prohibition, organized crime had on its payroll police, judges, prosecutors, and politicians. If mobsters couldn’t buy or successfully threaten someone in a powerful position, they either “wiped him out” or, following more…

There is large scale unrest all across the Middle East. Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Iran, Kuwait, Algeria, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and probably others. Which country (besides Israel) is not on the list? Iraq. And yet we were told by our anti-war and lefty friends that Iraq was the biggest military/foreign policy…

The title of this post is an ironic reference to a song by The Zombies. But the question has come up in reference to the Obama birth certificate question (not that again). And there are some strange alliances at work here. Gay run site Hill Buzz is quoting gay haters WND. Drudge has linked this…

Rick Santorum may be making a run for President. Back in September, I wrote a story about former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, who was jetting around to Iowa and New Hampshire laying the obvious groundwork for a presidential run in 2012. But Google Santorum and some very ugly crap comes up. Similar results come up…