The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Ready for Some Class Warfare?

Instapundit links to Jim Hoft talking about this New York Times story: President Obama’s political advisers, looking for ways to help Democrats and alter the course of the midterm elections in the final weeks, are considering a national advertising campaign that would cast the Republican Party as all but taken over by Tea Party extremists, […]

He’s a Neo-Keynesian, Not a Kenyan

The insuperable problem with conservatives seeking the origins of Barack Obama’s political commitments in the details of his biography is that the Left always stands ready to reply with its standard argument: “Shut up, racists!” Never has any prominent American leader’s ideology appeared more solidly rooted in his personal story — this, after all, was the […]

Twittering Obama’s Speech

Continuing my Book of Job-style woes — e.g., the antlered jihadi that destroyed my car — today our local Internet provider crashed just as President Obama was beginning his Ohio speech. Through the miracle of Twitter, however, I was able to offer commentary via cell phone: Between having my car totalled — the insurance company […]

Will One In Four Go To One In Five?

by Smitty (the Corner) The notion of ‘tax cuts’ seems worth revisiting. The idea that the Federal government has eminent domain over all US wallets, while enshrined in the 16th Amendment, is increasingly repugnant. Now we have a President, of whom roughly one in four strongly approve, talking about even further wrong-headed action against the […]

Expect A Typically Torpid Tea Party Take On That

by Smitty Uncoverage has an important post concerning our Progressive Overlords and the shiny new ways they will offer for us all to help with the financial crisis: “Obama Administration Begins the “Grab” for Private Retirement Accounts“. That is an unfortunate title, no? I mean, given the amazingly high trust levels built up by the […]

Were His Policies A Dog, We Should Shave Its Rump And Train It To Walk Backward

by Smitty (h/t Bluegrass Pundit) Speaking of ‘back words’, listen to the President try to sound all capitalist and whatnot: It seems the rhetorical device is to throw out some fuzzy capitalistic bait, and then segue to a sympathy play about how much ‘they’ pick on him. As you read more about how utterly calculated […]

50 Gigabucks For Infrastructure Gives Us The Vapors

by Smitty DrewM at Ace of Spades HQ goes for the Einstein reaction to yet another hit on the Cosmic Credit card for infrastructure spending. However, the notion of replicating the Lost Decade really gives us the Vapors: How has this classic track affected Administration policy? Let us deconstruct.

A Prayer For The Presidential Health

by Smitty Those on the right should answer firmly, in a positive way, any sort of negative talk concerning the Presidential health: Almighty God, we pray that President Barack Obama should pass old, dignified, and full of years, calm in the knowledge of the abject falsehood of his policies. We pray he grasp that foreign […]

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