I’ve wondered what it would’ve been like to live in New Orleans when Katrina came through. The hurricane itself passed in hours, but in the days that followed, it kept on giving. I wonder when it dawned on people how much it would effect their lives forever. Well, I think I got a taste of […]
"Values Voters" Need To Get Their Priorities StraightDaily Kosby BarbinMDSeptember 21, 2009 What are the top three issues among the so-called "values voters" who gathered in Washington D.C. this weekend? Abortion ranked first among issues of concern to straw-poll voters, getting 41 percent of the vote, with protection of religious liberty second with 18 percent. […]
Not that anyone needs something extra to worry about, but I found this curious. This is total non-farm US jobs [in millions] from 1965 through 2009. Notice that the peak-peak increase [blue line] is fairly constant [actually going back to 1939 when this data began to be collected]. Then in 2001, things changed [green line]. […]
FOX is upset that Obama "snubbed" them AMERICAblog By John Aravosis September 21, 2009 Obama snubbed FOX. They’re the only network not to get an interview this weekend. Now they’re angry, and talking about how oppressed they are. Over the past twenty years of working in politics I’ve learned that you can either control the […]
Once upon a time, medical care was simpler. You got sick and went to the doctor. The doctor could treat some illnesses and did. Others couldn’t be treated, and so the doctor delivered the bad news. But then, more and more illnesses could be treated, and that cost more. Since illness is always an unwanted […]
Backed Into A Corner, Boehner Admits That Obama Is Not A Socialist ThinkProgress By Amanda Terkel September 20, 2009 RNC Chairman Michael Steele recently sent out a fundraising letter saying that President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress are attempting a “socialist power grab.” Today on NBC’s Meet the Press, host David Gregory pressed House […]
There are several reasons that I can’t abide listening to or watching Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, or Bill O’Reilly. Though their styles differ, they all have a contemptuous, self-righteous attitude that I find off-putting. They macerate logical argument [on purpose] and thrive in the domain of loose connections and forced logical fallacy. For […]
I found the Glen Beck video in the last post unimaginable. For reminder, he’s showing carvings on the Rockefeller Center from which he concludes that Rockefeller was a communist and/or a fascist, and that since NBC is in that building, they are too, as are modern Progressives. Oh yeah, Rockefeller donated the land for the […]
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