A Word to the Would-be Wise
Do not wear black to the barber shop.
Archive of entries posted on July 2010
Irresponsibility
Given the role Andrew Breitbart and his Big Government website had in destroying ACORN by using fraudulent videos created by the site’s employees James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, it seems pretty obvious that the media was way too credulous when it jumped on the Sherrod story and ran with it. If I were a member …
I wash and bathe every day, you jerk
Ben Stein thinks we under- and unemployed are generally people with poor work habits and poor personalities. I say ?generally? because there are exceptions. But in general, as I survey the ranks of those who are unemployed, I see people who have overbearing and unpleasant personalities and/or who do not know how to do a …
Trust but verify?
I’d feel a whole lot better about this aid to Pakistan if I hadn’t just read this article that indicates most Pakistanis, particularly the wealthiest, pay no taxes. the politicians who make the rules are also the country?s richest citizens, and are skilled at finding ways to exempt themselves. That would be a problem in …
Is this what Americans want?
Anti-tax zealotry taken to the next level: Paved roads, historical emblems of American achievement, are being torn up across rural America and replaced with gravel or other rough surfaces as counties struggle with tight budgets and dwindling state and federal revenue. State money for local roads was cut in many places amid budget shortfalls. In …
There’s no other choice
I realize that in governmental circles the term “Slam Dunk” has gotten a bad rap since George Tenet used the phrase to describe the CIA’s evidence that Saddam Hussein and Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and I agree that when one hears it used to describe things which are subjective one should be skeptical. …
Republicans state agenda clearly
If they take enough House and Senate seats in November, then by golly they’ll just shut the government down. From Greg Sargent: A day after calling for repeal of the new financial regulatory reform bill, John Boehner is going even further: He’s calling for a moratorium on all new Federal regulations — in the name …
I’ve seen this movie before. It was bad then too.
Remember the rush to war in Iraq back in 2003? Remember how our media and the “elites” in this country all went along with it, maybe with a little stroking of their beards, but without raising much of a stink? Chris Hayes of The Nation says it’s happening again with deficits. I agree with him, …
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Argentina!
The Argentine legislature yesterday passed a bill which authorizes same-sex marriages. A week ago our Republican Governor vetoed a bill which would have authorized civil unions. What’s wrong with this picture?
Political theater
To amplify on something I posted to my Facebook wall, in light of this story I think a bunch of the District of Columbia’s army of unemployed people should go park themselves In the Senate Office Building outside Republican offices: Jim Bunning and Tom Coburn blocked the extension of unemployment benefits. Jon Kyl called supporting …