Obama’s total failure on almost every front owes a big thanks to the Founders
November 20th, 2009
Dan Calabrese
I was going to write a column about how stunningly ineffective President Obama has been at governing, pretty much since the day he took office. But as I went to construct my argument, I realized that what it actually demonstrates is how well the Constitution works, and how smart the Founders were.
Nice work, Tom.
Consider: The only significant bill Obama has signed has been the $787 billion stimulus package. In other words, he persuaded a Congress controlled by massive Democratic majorities to spend a pile of money. How much skill does that take?
And that one piece of legislation has – to say the least – not accomplished its purported purpose, since the economy remains weak and unemployment is still rising.
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The SAD Study
November 20th, 2009
Bob Franken
With all the reports coming out that recommend we scale back on life-saving medical exams there is one we might soon see from still another group of experts.
This one concerns depression. It concludes that diagnosis, medication and counseling won’t work anyway, so why bother trying. After all, the best we can expect from dealing with negative feelings are false positives.
What's the use?
They’ll certainly be startled by the intense political emotions, best described as anger turned outward. Republicans, in particular, will be screaming about how this is just another example of health care rationing contemplated by President Obama.
That is the main conclusion from the landmark Study About Depression (SAD). It is sponsored by the Foundation of Undermine Necessary Knowledge (FUNK), funded exclusively by the insurance companies. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Mr. President, your handlers set you up
November 20th, 2009
Herman Cain
Mr. President, I had hoped that I could wait at least to the end of your first full year in office to break this bad news to you, but your latest pronouncement had me screaming at my TV, so I knew I had to tell you now.
In a Fox News interview on November 17, 2009 with White House Correspondent Major Garrett, you said:
Hate to break it.
“There may be some tax provisions that can encourage businesses to hire sooner rather than sitting on the sidelines. So we’re taking a look at those. I think it is important though to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt, even in the midst of this recovery, that at some point, people could lose confidence in the U.S. economy in a way that could actually lead to a double-dip recession.”
Planet California strikes again!
November 20th, 2009
Andy Hefty
Please tell me that this is a cruel, sick, twisted joke of a hoax.
No?
Well, then, allow me to share my 47 cents’ worth on this one.
If it shows NCIS, regulate it!
The Associated Press reports from Sacramento that the California Energy Commission unanimously approved tighter regulations on – get this – flat panel televisions.
Apparently, all other problems (taxes, inflation, jobs, borders, rolling blackouts, deficits, you name it) are all fixed. Now, they move to more pressing issues. Here’s how the story on Fox News unfolds:
On your feet! Walkable communities will recover fastest
November 19th, 2009
Bruce Fisher
The American cities that are suffering worst in this recession are the ones whose economies are tied closely to General Motors and Ford and their supply chains. A recent survey by the Brookings Institution finds that five of the 21 large metros in the Great Lakes region—Dayton, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Toledo and Youngstown—rank among the 20 weakest metro economies in the country.
Economic indicator.
Akron, Cleveland, Cincinnati and a couple of other car-towns aren’t quite as badly off, but that’s rather like saying that someone with swine flu isn’t as badly off as somebody with stage III lung cancer. Freshwater towns like Rochester and Pittsburgh, and to a lesser extent Buffalo, Syracuse and Madison, are where housing hasn’t collapsed, where unemployment is up but not catastrophically so, and where there is something else other than car-making that undergirds the economy.
My second health care reader
November 19th, 2009
Bob Maistros
See Speaker Nancy. Speaker Nancy is head of the House. No, not the house where people live, Silly. Speaker Nancy is head of the House where Congressmen and Congresswomen work.
See the Congressmen and Congresswomen. Congressmen and Congresswomen are people Mommy and Daddy vote for to get the Government to do things that help everybody. Like keep America safe. And make traffic go faster. And make sure Mommy and Daddy have jobs. And keep people healthy. Good Congressmen and Congresswomen!
See Speaker Nancy...
But Congressmen and Congresswomen mostly end up getting Mommy and Daddy to pay a lot of money to the Government. Congressmen and Congresswomen then use the money to do things to get other mommies and daddies to vote for them again. Bad Congressmen and Congresswomen! Read the rest of this entry »
Meet Jan Schakowsky, the newest useful idiot for leftist thugs in Latin America
November 19th, 2009
Jamie Weinstein
Congressional Democrats have a long history of being useful idiots for leftist causes and regimes in Latin America. Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky of Illinois seems to be trying to revive the tradition for the 21st Century.
Those sinister business interests.
Last week, Schakowsky became the first Congressional Democrat to visit Honduras since Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from the Honduran presidency in June. Zelaya’s removal was authorized by the country’s Supreme Court and legislature in response to multiple attempts by Zelaya to violate the Honduran Constitution.
Video: Palin arrives as we’re interviewing her supporters in Grand Rapids
November 18th, 2009
Dan Calabrese
Tonight I went to the opening Sarah Palin book signing at the Barnes & Noble in Grand Rapids, and I thought it would be fun to interview some of the people there and see what their reactions would be to news media critiques of Palin and her book.
While we were doing these interviews, Palin made her appearance, and we’ve got it for you:
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It’s The Most Wonderful Hassle of the Year
November 18th, 2009
Steven Hutson
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Time to gather the family, take time off from work, exchange gifts, build a snowman…and agonize over whether to bid “Merry Christmas” – or “Happy Holidays” – or nothing at all – to the cashier at the supermarket.
Scrooge?
Yup, it’s the hap-happiest season of all. And it seems to begin earlier with each passing year.
Here we go again.
Just last week, the American Family Association called for a boycott of the Gap (and its affiliated stores, including Old Navy and Banana Republic) because of “the company’s censorship of the word Christmas” in their advertising .
Censorship? I don’t understand. Did the Gap ever claim to be a Christian organization, that they should be bound by religious observances? That would be news to me.
Stone throwers
November 18th, 2009
