Even the Senate leadership realizes that Americans are averse to anything that raises energy prices, especially in the current economic environment. For Senator Brownback to propose this awful idea now shows a woeful lack of judgment. His colleagues should help him climb down from this mountain. It’s much harder to dodge a bullet when you’ve put the gun to your own head.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Brownback's Very Bad Idea
Article by my husband and his awesome intern from National Review Online. Brownback’s Mountain The senator has a very, very bad idea on energy.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Random Round-Up 07-29
President Obama Job Approval
Why Are We Beginning to Hate Congress
Obama Losing Ground with Women
Michelle Obama's Request for Birthday Wishes for Her Husband Links to Donation Page
It's almost like he lies as a knee-jerk reaction to even the most mundane questions - Obama on Snooki, Then and Now
BP’s corporate social irresponsibility
House panel hits Rangel with 13 ethics charges
Mattera v. Rangel Headed For Trial
Ethics panel brings 13 counts against embattled Rep. Rangel
Jacob Lew Case Certainly Looks Like a Story of Washington Corruption
ShoreBank: Alexi Giannoulias Has Questions to Answer
Obama talks race, pop culture on 'The View' AND An Unserious Presidency On View AND Obama plays more media blame games on 'The View'
Obamateurism of the Day
Incumbency as a Special Interest
You stay classy, Grayson - Taxpayers Spend $73,000 on Alan Grayson DVDs
California’s Fiscal Emergency a Microcosm of Americans’ Debt Concerns
How Americans’ Shifting Political Ideologies Threaten the Democrats
A "U Turn" Election?
Despite bravado, Democrats' spending on TV ad time betrays fear
OUCH - 2011 INCOME TAX CALCULATOR
Deficits Up, Unemployment Up
Letting Bush Tax Cuts Die Would Kill Recovery: Analysts
Taxes: A Defining Issue Barack Obama knows taxes define worldview. The GOP should offer voters an alternative.
CBO Warns Obama: Exploding US Debt a Huge Risk
Foreclosures Up in 75% of Top U.S. Metro Areas
Barney Frank: 'Zero chance' of Congress approving 'unpopular' value-added tax
Bank Reforms to Pinch Consumer Credit
Education secretary calls for 12-hour school days, longer school year
Only in Washington Is This Transparency
The Job Moratorium
House Bill Legalizes Online Gambling in US
Employment (June 2010) AND Job Creation (June 2010)
Ohio Wants Something Different
What Would Happen If Sharks Disappeared?
Political operatives on Journolist worked to shape news coverage
It's always good to know who's cooking your news
Among the Gibbering Journalists
The Obama Administration Admits It Lied About Abortion in Its Landmark Health-Care Bill
National Health Service: It's Coming to America
Majority Leader Reid: ‘We Will Have a Public Option’
I think the scariest thing is that they force children to undergo school weigh-ins because the government runs the healthcare. A damaging dream of Mad Men's Joan
Helplessness and Anarchy
I smell burning pants - SEIU to Illegal Immigrants: Republicans Will Round You Up Like the Nazis and Put You in Internment Camps
Fox News Poll: 72 Percent Say Government Not Enforcing Immigration Laws
Left Admits: Racism Charges Against Tea Parties a Tactic, Not a Truth
Milton Friedman’s Enduring Legacy
House Dems face resistance from their own on spill plan
The Death Of The Global Warming Movement
Illegal immigrants leave tons of trash in Arizona desert, devastating environment
The Amnesty Memo
Gov. Brewer's request to the 9th Circuit (pdf) here.
Julian Assange may avoid prosecution for his voluminous data dump, but we can still shower the attention-craving, vainglorious “truth-seeker” with our contempt, says Tunku Varadarajan.
Back in the day, African-American kids didn't think it was a crime to be young, gifted and black.
The Red Flag of Partisanship
FCC Chair Genachowski Again Offers Very Little in Defense of his Internet Land Grab
Gov. Chris Christie speaks fiscal truth
Where the REAL Hypocrisy Lies
Huh - Obama Not On Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Guest List
What I Learned From ‘The Incredibles’
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Fighting Corruption 07-28
Videos - Gov. Chris Christie on Morning Joe AND Gov. Christie on Saving Money & the Hard Decisions We Have to Make
Black Conservatives Condemn Mary Frances Berry’s Cynical Comments on Progressive Racial Politics
Republicans with a Positive Governing Agenda This is pretty much a dream wish list, let's hope it can come true!
NJ Supreme Court rejects demand to redefine marriage…for now
In Economic Woes 07-28
It's a TARP! Fin-Reg Exempts SEC from Transperency Requirements
Schwarzenegger orders government worker furloughs
Krugman's 'Fraud' Why does the former Enron adviser write things that are flatly untrue?
Our Bloated Government Can't Fight Obesity
Unexpected Drop in Durable Goods
Double Dip? New Normal? No Fun either Way
Sun Could Set Suddenly on Superpower as Debt Bites
Institute for Justice: The Power of One Entrepreneur Campaign
If they're not over-regulating small businesses, they are under-funding big ventures. Ugh! Commercial Spaceflight, We Have a Problem. Reduced government funding could scuttle some projects
IRS Continues to Use 'Tax Protester' Label Despite Congressional Prohibition
Bush tax cuts: Keep some, allow others to expire. With the economy still struggling and worries about the deficit continuing, Congress must carefully evaluate and revise tax policy
If You're a Progressive, How Come You're So Rich?
Atlas Didn't Shrug He's just sitting on his hands while he confronts regulatory and tax uncertainty.
The Timeless Principles of American Prosperity
Right to Work Is a Winning Political Issue
Will Obama's Deficit Commission Call for $26.7 Trillion Tax Increase?
Goldman Already a Step Ahead of FinReg Let's face it, the financial arm of the government is practically entirely ex-Goldman employees.
SEC Says New Financial Regulation Law Exempts it From Public Disclosure
Localities, states scramble to spend foreclosure relief aid
Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis
Bad Politician Bad 07-28
Goodness! - President Obama Job Approval
Dems Launch Anti-Tea Party Strategy AND this nonsense here.
Obama’s Choice: 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts, or Joy Behar? Incredibly, the president declined an invitation to this week's Boy Scout National Jamboree, opting to tape an episode of The View instead.
Obama and 'The View': Two wars, oil crisis, crashed economy and he's whooping it up with Whoopi
Obama support falls among blacks, Hispanics
156 Days
The President Wears Prada
House Democrats head for a thumping at the polls
DNC mocks Tea Party movement, calls them ‘elite’
What's their plan?
PJTV Video - Colorado 'Credo: You're a Kamikaze Candidate If Megyn Kelly Thinks You're a Crackpot
Berwick-Linked Advocacy Group Spearheaded ‘Torture’ Campaign against American Officials. Obama has appointed Donald Berwick, a board member of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), to head Medicare. While participating in an EU-funded project on “documenting” torture charges, PHR took aim at America.
Democrat Sanchez backs effort to extend labor protections to home care workers
November Starts Now — Obama’s 3:00 AM Fail
Out of Touch Out of Mind
Rangel in a sleaze squeeze
K Street goes to the defense of Charlie Rangel
Get Ready For The Charlie Coverup
Report: Meeting on ethics charges involving Rangel’s lawyers may have been, er, unethical
House Democratic Memo Is Another Blow to J Street
How Obama blew his opportunity.
Barney Frank’s one dollar fare conundrum and the ruling class
Sen. Kerry to pay $500K tax on yacht Wait a minute, aren't there penalties for attempted tax avoidence?
If You're a Progressive, How Come You're So Rich?
Mass. Legislature approves plan to bypass Electoral College
Our Divisive President Barack Obama promised a new era of post-partisanship. In office, he's played racial politics and further split the country along class and party lines.
Media Bias 07-28
BWAHAHAHAHA - In July, ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann‘ Saw Lowest Viewership Since April 2008
An Order of Seven Global Cyber-Guardians Now Hold Keys to the Internet
Serious Journalists Feel Betrayed By Klein's JournoList, But Do Nothing About It
Why is Hollywood Rehabilitating Totalitarianism?
Jon Stewart: Andrew Breitbart ‘May Be the Most Honest Person in This Entire Story!’
My Apology to Shirley Sherrod — Withdrawn
From Book Publishers to the Media: The Left’s Crusade to End Debate
The New Journalism
The people on JournoList claim they were just social networking, so let’s start calling it SociaList
Obamacare 07-28
Texas among many states fighting health care bill
AMERICA’S NEW HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REVEALED
Video - President Obama Stars in Instructional Video for HealthCare.gov
PDF Version here.
Republicans and the U.S. Chamber target new tax-reporting rule in health law
Do You Trust Your Government to Be Competent to Run This?
ObamaCare: The Government’s Rationing Toolbox Exposed
Democratic congressman on Medicare: Don’t mess with my momma
Study Shows Abortion Funding Rules Would Not Apply to High-Risk Pools
Another Public Option? How Many Do We Need
Health care reform, after Obamacare
The ER myth
Daily Round-Up 07-28
Let's Start With A Drink - The Instapundit Drinking Game As always, some of the best moments are in the comments.
GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR
A Response to Thernstrom on the New Black Panther Case
DoJ stalling on protecting voting rights of military?
A City Embroiled in Corruption The larger context of the voter-intimidation case points to a city of corrupt politics
Military voters soon to be disenfranchised - again. Panther prejudice not the only problem at Justice
He was kind of a douche - An old argument revisited
The U.N. secretary-general must go.
JUNK SCIENCE
The Details on Reid’s Energy Bill
PJTV Video - GRAPH INFECTION! Climate Politics and the Sickness of Al Gore's Hockey Stick
Science is losing its credibility because it has adopted an authoritarian tone, and has let itself be co-opted by politics.
Umm, YES!!! Is it time to end climate alarmism?
BIG UNION/ACORN/LEFTIE GROUPS
SEIU pressures Maine senators
SEIU settles dispute with Unite Here, turns its attention to breakaway group
The Obama Education Revolution
'Civil Rights’ Organizations Stand with Unions, Against Obama and Education Reform
Silly Financial Argument
This is a ridiculous arguement to make - Credit card fees transfer wealth to rich, study finds
1) If the credit card companies charge merchants a fee to accept the credit cards, merchants do it willingly because they get an increase business, they may choose to slightly raise their prices but they may decide to lower their prices in order to remain competitive. The arguement that this costs the poor is spurious.
2) If it does cost the poor because they pay in cash more often than the wealthier then it is in their interests to get retail credit cards and built up a credit history. Everyone does this at some point in their lives, I find it hard to believe that "the poor" can't.
3) The impact on the households is trivial in all real senses and the economic pitfalls of owning a credit card for a household with only $20,000 annual income is far greater than the savings of $23 they would gain.
This article is a thinly disguised arguement for wealth redistribution at the expense of basic economic realities.
1) If the credit card companies charge merchants a fee to accept the credit cards, merchants do it willingly because they get an increase business, they may choose to slightly raise their prices but they may decide to lower their prices in order to remain competitive. The arguement that this costs the poor is spurious.
2) If it does cost the poor because they pay in cash more often than the wealthier then it is in their interests to get retail credit cards and built up a credit history. Everyone does this at some point in their lives, I find it hard to believe that "the poor" can't.
3) The impact on the households is trivial in all real senses and the economic pitfalls of owning a credit card for a household with only $20,000 annual income is far greater than the savings of $23 they would gain.
This article is a thinly disguised arguement for wealth redistribution at the expense of basic economic realities.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Obamacare 07-27
Ready for the Next Trillion-Dollar Bailout?
Obamacare’s Political Future
Section in Health-care law puts serious accounting strain on small businesses
Should Patients Read the Doctor’s Notes?
This is why Tort Reform was a better idea than Obamacare people - Jury Damage Award Could Close California Healthcare Facilities
ObamaCare: The Rationing Begins in Earnest
Junk Science 07-27
Manmade Global Warming: The Solution
BP Oil Spill: Clean-Up Crews Can't Find Crude in the Gulf
Global Warming Funding Scandal!
NGO's Strangle Pulp and Paper Industry
BP Oil Spill: Clean-Up Crews Can't Find Crude in the Gulf and this amusement here.
The Difference between ‘True Science’ and ‘Cargo-Cult Science’ “Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts” is how the great Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman defined science
New Low? Congress Worried No Cap-n-Trade Means No ‘Climate Aid’ Billions
The “Beijing Consensus” in Energy and the Environment
Fighting Corruption 07-27
FIGHTING CORRUPTION
An interview with South Carolina’s Tim Scott: A black congressional candidate who thinks the Tea Party — not CBC — might be his kind of caucus
PJTV Video (The excellent Sonja Schmidt) - The Arizona Buycott: Fighting Illegal Immigration ... One Purchase at a Time
Thomas Sowell - How Smart Are We? Elites may have more brilliance, but they can’t have as much experience as the people whose decisions they preempt.
United GOP Thwarting Obama's Campaign Finance Bill
I've been wondering what Mr. Kurtz has been up to, now we know - Announcing Radical-in-Chief
Wilderness Zone in New Mexico Won't Be Lost to Smugglers, Advocates Say
Latest from the Frontlines
Like Steve Biko, I Write What I Like
Year of the Tea Party Voter Republicans are winning over voters who are disgruntled with both parties.
An interview with South Carolina’s Tim Scott: A black congressional candidate who thinks the Tea Party — not CBC — might be his kind of caucus
PJTV Video (The excellent Sonja Schmidt) - The Arizona Buycott: Fighting Illegal Immigration ... One Purchase at a Time
Thomas Sowell - How Smart Are We? Elites may have more brilliance, but they can’t have as much experience as the people whose decisions they preempt.
United GOP Thwarting Obama's Campaign Finance Bill
I've been wondering what Mr. Kurtz has been up to, now we know - Announcing Radical-in-Chief
Wilderness Zone in New Mexico Won't Be Lost to Smugglers, Advocates Say
Latest from the Frontlines
Like Steve Biko, I Write What I Like
Year of the Tea Party Voter Republicans are winning over voters who are disgruntled with both parties.
New Gulf Oil Spill
According to Fox News - Boat Crashes Into Oil Well, Creating New Spill in Gulf of Mexico If the damage was done on the surface, it should be relatively easy to fix but the Gulf needs this like the US needs more taxes.
In Economic Woes 07-27
Consumer Confidence Falls, Lowest Since February
The Democratic Fisc The White House budget office offers a scorecard on Obamanomics.
Thanks for the memories, Barack: Or, how to bankrupt a country in three easy steps
The No-Matter-What Tax Increase A tax increase in these uncertain economic times would be devestating
Audit: US can't account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds
Wrong on Bush Tax Cuts: How Do the Democrats Disguise it? The Democrats are rethinking their plan to let the Bush tax cuts expire. Their problem is how to disguise their change of heart going into the fall election.
Reconsidering Competition and the Goals of Competition Law
Obama Must Stop Baiting Business
SHOCK! Offshore Drilling Moratorium Would Cost United States 175,000 Jobs Per Year Through 2035
N Dakota, Alaska lead US job creation, study says
Video - Katie Pavlich tries to use her tax immunity card on local shops
Financial Reform Does Nothing to Alleviate Fear
State Budget Crises Won't Just Disappear
How the Death Tax Kills Small Businesses, Communities—and Civil Society
More Weird Metrics for Elizabeth Warren
Jerry Brown’s Potential Crippling Blow to California
Liquidation Isn’t Over as Double Dip Looms
The Decade's 25 Top Earners
Media Bias 07-27
Named and Shamed - JournoList: 135 Names Confirmed with News Organizations
Breaking: Roman Polanski Faces Another Rape Allegation
Seven Deceptive Mainstream Media Techniques
How Journolist and Oliver Stone each serve to highlight the other’s insanity
Journolisters debate making coordination with Obama explicit
Heroes of Journolist: Dan Froomkin, James Surowiecki, Jeffrey Toobin, Michael Tomasky — and founder Ezra Klein
Media Control Controls the Masses
Empire of Silence Journolist, Breitbart, and what the Left doesn’t say
Journolist Trig Emails - All About The Story Line
Raw Journolist emails on ‘Palin’s Downs child’
Journolisters Risked Their Integrity
Ezra Klein on Morning Joe…
Leaks that could embarrass lefty reporters: BAD. Leaks that could get American troops killed: GOOD.
Unhinged Newsman: The Crazy World of Keith Olbermann
Telling Us the Obvious
Lewis, Carson, Cleaver and the phantom n-word
Coverage Focuses on U.S.-Caused Civilian Deaths When Taliban Responsible for Ten Times More, Zings CBS's Logan
What is Mr. Times saying?
Mel Gibson and Oliver Stone
Full Sherrod Video: Violence Against Cops, Judges And Lawyers?
Attention CNN’s Interview Scheduling Department
Bad Politician Bad 07-27
WOW! - President Obama Job Approval
Poll: A few cracks in Obama's Hispanic support
Rasmussen: Republicans Widen Generic Lead Over Dems to 10 points
If This Doesn't Motivate You For November, Nothing Will
The salesman doesn't know the territory
Revealed: The Obama Donor List
Baked in the Cake Everything you needed to know about Obama could have been learned from his campaign.
Obamas take 4 vacations in 1 month.
Charlie Rangel is the Poster Child for Term Limits
Who’s who on the Bush tax cuts
House leaders squeeze Rangel
Top Dem: Rangel must decide alone whether to resign or face inquiry
GOP leadership will hold fire on Rangel
Rangel Scrambling to Make Deal on Ethics Charges
Rangel may hurt fellow Dems with ethics trial yet keep his own seat
Dems fear GOP oversight of Obama administration
Lewis, Carson, Cleaver and the phantom n-word
More Unaccountable Obama Czars
Party at the DOJ: Golf, Pool Parties and other Fun on the Taxpayer Dime
More States "Competitive" in Terms of Party Identification
GOP Playing with Dynamite on ‘Anchor Baby’ Issue There was a time when Republicans knew better than to handle radioactive material.
The Art of the Unbelievable The trouble with Illinois politics
Ouch - Mr. President, where are you?
That Stingy Barney Frank
Chuck Norris - Obama's US Assassination Program?
Video - Kerry Confronted Over Yacht Tax Dodge Story
‘Our Politics Increasingly Resembles a Cold Civil War’
Interesting thinking - Patronage, Principles, and Political Parties
Daily Round-Up 07-27
Myth vs. Fact: The New Black Panther Party Investigation AND Senate Republicans Call for New Panther Hearings
Why won’t the Justice Department let Christopher Coates testify on New Black Panther Party case?
Disgrace: DOJ Fails to Protect Military Voting Rights In 2008, some 17,000 servicemen and servicewomen mailed home completed ballots that were never counted. The DOJ barely lifted a finger to prevent or prosecute this travesty. What will happen in 2010?
Coburn criticizes DOJ for wasting money on golf and video games while country goes unprotected AND
Justice Dept. parties with tax dollars — arcade games, bowling, and skateboarding!
GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR
Nailing a Memo to the U.N.'s Door
Al Gore interviewed by Portland detectives
Pigford v. Glickman: 86,000 claims from 39,697 total farmers?
Harvard first, conservatism later and a little
Census Bureau Coordinator Running for Political Office While on the Job
PJTV Video (The Dreamy VodkaPundit) - Hair of the Dog: Let Them Eat Tax Hikes
Is Illegal Immigration Bad for America’s Health?
Words I Never Expected To Type. Man, I miss the fiscal discipline of the Bush era!
Sherrod: "We Must Stop The White Man And His Uncle Toms ..."
Conservatives Swoon for Radical Revolutionary
VDH - From Rev. Wright to the Sherrod Affair
Racial McCarthyism comes a cropper
BIG UNION/ACORN/LEFTIE GROUPS
Is There Any Enforcement They Support?
FEC advisory based on Citizens United gives labor unions, corporations no limit on donations for independent expenditures AND The Establishment Protection Act
Angry public hounds obscenely overpaid city official out of job -- he still gets $1 million annual public pension
Personal Finance For the Publicly Employed: Quit Paying Your Mortgage Because Your Overtime's Been Reduced
Mass. State workers feverishly taking sick time...as pol pushes for reform in private sector
Giving Lousy Teachers the Boot
Monday, July 26, 2010
I love this area
We ended up popping into the "mini-aquarium" where my son got to watch the sharks and the lion fish get fed. Then into the American History museum where I got to watch my daughter extract DNA from a strawberry. AWESOME.
Gone Museuming
Heading into the city to spend some time at the "dinosaur museum" aka Natural History Museum. Lite to nil blogging today. I wish I could say I was "educating" the children but we've been so often the kids could give a tour guide.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Amazing Photo, Amusing Point
This is an amazing photo and I am so grateful to God that the pilot ejected safely...
But has anyone noticed the humor in the sign I've circled?
The sign says "Entering Vehicle Control Zone"
But has anyone noticed the humor in the sign I've circled?
The sign says "Entering Vehicle Control Zone"
Random Round-Up 07-25
President Obama Job Approval
Note to Progressives: It's Worse Than You Relize
Fiscal Evasion in State Budgeting
Stupak Voting Bloc Struggles Going Into Midterms
Carville Slams Obama Again, Now on Moratorium
Inspector General investigating Department of Interior report falsely claiming experts endorsed offshore drilling ban
Michael “Hockey Stick” Mann hides atop the climate change ivory tower
Veto likely on bills blocking EPA regs
Desperate days for the warmists Warmists may be winning the big grants, but they're not winning the argument, says Christopher Booker
Battle Looms in Washington Over Expiring Tax Cuts
The Blame Stream Media and the Sherrod Charade
Immigrant ’sanctuaries’ rouse opponents’ wrath
Business undermined by greedy politicians
The Young and Jobless : New evidence that the minimum wage has hurt teenage workers.
Presidency By the Script
GOP lawmakers call for investigation into alleged racial politics of justice dept.
Why Eric Holder Will Not Last
No Summer Fling: Rallying Against Rangel
White House sends 2012 rescue team to Florida
Well, he is definately a tool - Keith Olbermann: A useful “tool” for conservatives
Liberal activists say good riddance to Kerry-Lieberman climate legislation
Stay classy CNN - CNN Anchors Call For Crackdown on Bloggers (Video)
Video - On Nightline, Andrew Breitbart on Matt Drudge, Arianna Huffington and ‘the Beginning of the Beginning’
Demoralized Democrats Confront Specter of Big Losses
Uncertain future for Reid despite rebound in Nev.
More Deficit Damage Ahead
German Giants Flee Wall Street
An Ugly Preview of ObamaCare
Aka Rationing - Axe falls on NHS services. NHS bosses have drawn up secret plans for sweeping cuts to services, with restrictions on the most basic treatments for the sick and injured.
Gee ya think? - Stronger children's coverage rules may raise insurance costs
Reid to Netroots: "We're Going To Have a Public Option"
A Misguided Decision
Faltering Economy, Senate Revolt on Bush Tax Cuts Don't Faze Obama
Fascism… Yes, It Can Happen Here
GOP Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Alleged Racial Politics of Justice Dept
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Rides The Racialist Mobius Loop
Of, by and from the people, for the politicians
100 Days to Decide: Republicans Bank on Anti-Dem Strategy, Platform Unclear
Litmus Test for President Obama is Black Farmer Settlement (Video)
The 'unravelling relationship' between Russia and Iran
It’s the Uncertainty, Stupid Big Ben Bernanke publicly acknowledges what so many of us have known for over two years
Politics: The Art of the Unbelievable
Only if it happens - The Liberal Tax Revolt: Is it a Game-Changer?
'Call Them Racists' How "journolists" tried to suppress the news
Video - Ann Coulter vs. Ricardo Leon Sanchez de Reinaldo
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