Great Unwashed Hillbillies…

These great unwashed hillbillies, they’re pretty slick with teh sarcasm… President Obama explained us to us as follows: And so part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now, and facts and science and argument does [sic] not seem to be winning the day all the time, is because we’re hard-wired not [...]

"Bush tax cuts created deficit" Not.

I’m tired of hearing the Democrats and my hate-mailers stupidly try to pin our historic deficit spending on the “evil, immoral” Bush tax cuts, so let’s just put this narrative down for good, shall we? NY TIMES, JULY 9, 2006: Surprising Jump in Tax Revenues Is Curbing Deficit An unexpectedly steep rise in tax revenues [...]

Whore is as Whore Does; NOW is over

A week ago, Ed Morrissey looked at NOW’s endorsement of California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown–whose campaign assistant had just been caught referring to his (female) rival as “a whore”–and asked “Seriously, what does it take for a Democrat to lose the endorsement of the National Organization from Women?” The answer, of course, is “turn pro-life.” [...]

No Coke, Pepsi!

Every once in a while, a writer reads a line and then sits back and shakes her head in jealous admiration, saying, “boy, I wish I’d written that!” James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal looks at the left’s confused obsession with “branding” and the NY Times’ stubborn insistence on spinning elite condescension and ruinous [...]

Wondering about Ameridolotry, Krugman, Absorption…

My plan to work, work, work, today is being interrupted by a family situation that needs attending-to (nothing awful, but important, nonetheless) so here’s some interesting stuff I meant to respond to or comment on. Now, you’ll have to do it! I’ve wondered several times over the past five years whether some Americans are allowing [...]

The Deficit Graph

This will go viral today As I wrote in 2007, when I was arguing for the impeachment of George W. Bush: even the NY Times admitted in 2006 that tax receipts were at record highs and were lowering the deficit. That’s what happens when everyone is working because businesses aren’t being taxed to death, or [...]

Journolist: Listening So You Don't Have To!

Git along little dawgies Over at RCP Jay Cost is asking what’s so bad about journolisters? It’s a good piece, and I urge you to read it, but here’s what I think: Journolisters discourage listening among their readers and the general public, and if people are not listening, they are not thinking, either; they’re just [...]