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Speaking of bad analogies, the latest meme — which comes from scientific “research” — is that global warming is like slavery! No seriously. According to Professor of Sustainable Enterprise Andy Hoffman, we must “change the way we structure our organizations and the way we think as individuals” so that what is a “scientific fact” becomes…

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Back in February I took a test (the so-called “Moral Foundations Questionnaire”) which was widely circulating, and had been touted as sort of diagnostic tool because it was said to correlate liberalism with one group of moral indicators, and conservatism with another. My results did not match the stereotypes (my disgust scores were lower than…

Libertarian Republican reports on an astonishing statement by Illinois Senator Elect Mark Kirk. “Tonight I stand before you as a fiscal conservative, a social moderate, and a national security hawk.” Wow! Another addition to the libertarian wing of the Republican Party. Libertarian Republican goes on to say: Congratulations to the new Republican Senator from the…

I would add in the same vein: rather than engage in the simplistic battle of labels (“socialist, extremist”) , which generally leads only to one side declaring its labels acceptable/applicable and the others’ not, one is usually better served to argue the consequences of competing points on the ideological continuum. Here empiricism can be employed,…

Social conservatives are crafty. It is always ‘I believe in small government “except for….” ‘ and then the liberals chime in: “I have a few exceptions in mind too.” And we are off to the races. === Note: This was originally part of a comment to Eric’s If I may strain a strained analogy, how…

Megan and Ace both talk about the possibility of government shutdown, which specter may loom sooner rather than later if DeMint can be believed. Something to keep in mind regarding this scenario — today’s situation is very different than the last time government was shut down in the mid-1990s. Unemployment is much higher, the deficits…

Painting a rather dark picture of what changes might occur after yesterday’s election, Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie give “3 Reasons This Election Didn’t Change a Thing!” Here’s Reason Number 3: The only people worse than liberals on social issues are conservatives. President Obama and the Democrats spent more time hectoring Americans to eat our…

As I’ve said before, if conservatism is a “three-legged stool” (as Robert Knight claimed not long ago), then I don’t have a reliable conservative stool to sit on, because I don’t like the traditional values “leg.” But what I’m trying to figure out is where it says I have to have this alleged stool. Assume…

How could this happen? It doesn’t fit the narrative. The racist teabaggers have elected Marco Rubio, Susana Martinez, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Bill Flores, Allen West…. However Djou, Frazier, Tran, Parker, and Lollar were defeated by the racist Democrats… Heh! H/T Judith Weiss (Yehudit) on Facebook Cross Posted at Power and Control

Let it be known across the land — Nov 2, 2010 shall henceforth be remembered as Refudiation Day.

According to the Chicago Tribune with 97% of the precincts counted Republican Mark Kirk is going to be out next Senator – taking the “Obama” seat. Because of our election laws (and because he was also elected to fill Obama’s unexpired term) he will be seated at once, lowering the odds of lame duck lameness.…

A little election day music courtesy of our British cousins. And please: Turn it up. Some hard pounding that. Let us give our esteemed Resident a Congress he finds it IMPOSSIBLE to deal with. And to do that – YOU HAVE TO VOTE Cross Posted at Power and Control

I’m going to be doing election-related work all day today, starting in the wee hours of the morning until after the polls close. So there won’t be any posting, unless I am still alive and feel like writing tomorrow night. If I don’t make it through the election, I hope someone will please report my…

In today’s “the MSM is worse than you thought possible” news, one media outlet is caught on tape plotting to tie Joe Miller to child molesters, while another “forgets” to run Christine O’Donnell’s big 30-minute ad… twice. The day before the election. Reality truly is stranger than fiction sometimes — if you wrote this kind…

In politics, it seems that since time immemorial, candidates have been kvetching and bitching about big money, high powered lobbyists, and giant “special interests” attempting to buy candidates and win elections. President Obama won in large part because he was able to frame himself as being “against” lobbying groups and “special interests.” Just yesterday Frank…

The Politico article referenced in the video has some choice words for Palin. Top Republicans in Washington and in the national GOP establishment say the 2010 campaign highlighted an urgent task that they will begin in earnest as soon as the elections are over: Stop Sarah Palin. Interviews with advisers to the main 2012 presidential…

Check out the first paragraph of this AP “news report“: President John F. Kennedy’s aide and speechwriter, Theodore C. Sorensen, a symbol of hope and liberal governance, died at a time of contempt for Washington and political leaders. Sorenson had been sick for years, (“a stroke in 2001 left him with such poor eyesight that…

According to my annual tradition, I finished carving my jack-o-lantern just in time, which is just before sunset. It’s a deadline I dare not miss, lest I be turned into one myself. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Frank Rich has never been a fan of the Tea Party movement. In fact, it’s quite clear from his columns that he sees them as evil. But that doesn’t stop him from pausing to briefly switch stereotype channels and portray them as victims: …whatever Tuesday’s results, this much is certain: The Tea Party’s hopes for…