Time to dust off the ol’ keyboard and write a post. I’ve been busy… working, oddly enough in this economy. Actually, I am helping a friend remodel a house (he’s a contractor and had to fire his workers for drinking on the job, leaving him in a tough position after getting his bid accepted to [...]
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I was reading an article today about the whole contraceptive issue. Before I get to the meat of what I want to say about it, I have to mention that I think it’s both tragic and revealing that the comments I read from leftists are about eeeeevile Republicans trying to deny people contraceptives. I have [...]
Why don’t teams playing in the Super Bowl grab the Lombardi trophy and start celebrating before the game? Because you have to earn it first. That’s the way it is with the goodies in life. The government needs to understand this simple precept. People who want more government spending need to understand it. The government [...]
Once again the underlying statist philosophy of Barack Obama was laid out for all to see. The guy is subtle, but once you see his game, it’s as obvious as a neon sign on a moonless night. The other thing that is obvious is that he does not understand the Bible any better than he [...]
I’m irritated by Democrats. Could somebody please tell me what government is so good at that we should keep growing it? Is it good at healthcare? Let’s see, Medicare and Medicaid cause all kinds of problems, distort pricing of medical care, are underfunded, and the government itself says there is an amazing amount of fraud [...]
I want to bring two seemingly unrelated things together today under one umbrella. Unfortunately, that umbrella is: economic ignorance. I’ve stated multiple times in the past, even though it should completely go without saying at this point, that President Obama is economically illiterate. He has absolutely no clue how wealth is created, how jobs are [...]
A few days ago I wrote a post on “economic justice.” Today I read an article at Power Line (Environmental Injustice at the EPA) that is on the subject of “environmental justice.” Please… Try to figure out what that means. What the hell is “environmental justice”? I’ll tell you what it means to the EPA: [...]
I read this today at Hot Air (HT: Allahpundit) from Matt Stoller at Salon: The Democratic Party should be the party of pay raises and homes, but under Obama it has become the party of pay cuts and foreclosures. The part I want to address is the “should be the party of pay raises and [...]
Good article today at Q&O blog by Bruce McQuain: The growth of the regulatory state. Well worth reading. In the past three years of the Obama administration we’ve seen an explosion of regulations. Investors Business Daily brings you the gory details: Regulatory agencies have seen their combined budgets grow a healthy 16% since 2008, topping [...]
Big Government and Big Business
Many people I know and love are Democrats. I like them as people. I don’t have any hostility toward them, but would enjoy being able to change their minds. That’s often difficult, because around politics they do get hostile. The thing is, they get hostile and use arguments that are nonsense. One such nonsensical argument [...]