The Other McCain

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

ObamaCare Was Never Other Than A Wrecking Ball

by Smitty One of the mistakes we frequently make with the Left is to give them the benefit of the doubt. To consider that they argue in good faith. ObamaCare was never intended to build anything useful. Which is why a diabolically evil person like Kathleen Sebelius can offer an economically nonsensical argument about paying […]

Unknown Health Care Quarterback Sebelius Throws Death Spiral

by Smitty Via CNSNews: “How about when the president said you can keep your health care coverage, if you like it?” Roskam said. “And yet, the reality is, according to Bloomberg (News) at least, 9 percent fewer businesses are offering medical coverage than in 2010. There the rhetoric didn’t meet the reality, did it?” Sebelius […]

Tea Party Patriots Bringing It March 24th

by Smitty Via email from the Alexandria Tea Party: Tea Party Patriots has obtained permits for the rally on the East Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. for Saturday, March 24th and for the Supreme Court steps the following Monday through Wednesday when the case will be heard. Can I get a heck, yeah? […]

Let Mitt Be Perfectly Clear: He’s Going To Repeal ObamaCare

by Smitty Will somebody buy Bill Quick a quaff o’ coffee? This notion that Mittens loves himself some socialized medicine, whether it’s Romneycare, which he imposed, or Obamacare, which he won’t repeal. is pure balderdash. Willard Mitt is going to do precisely what he said he will do: repeal ObamaCare. Now, there may be some bickering […]

Two Words In Reply To Stare Decisis On Progressivism, The Second Of Which Is ‘You’

by Smitty Can we get a spine implant for Orin Kerr (emphasis original)? I’m also a Burkean conservative stare decisis guy, and I’m acutely aware of the Supreme Court’s long struggle to identify principled and workable limits on the scope of the Commerce Clause. History has shown that it’s surprisingly hard to do that, and […]

Administration Shoots From The Bowels On ObamaCare Brief

by Smitty Via the WaPoo: Lawmakers decided that requiring health insurance was the best solution “after years of careful consideration and after a vigorous national debate,” Verrilli told the court. “That was a policy choice the Constitution entrusts the democratically accountable branches to make, and the court should respect it.” Donald B. Verrilli Jr., you […]

Because I’m Libertarian Like That

An unfortunate incident: A barricade situation adjacent to the Northern Virginia Community College campus is over, according to Fairfax County police. The situation ended just before 10 p.m. Thursday. The incident took place on the eigth floor of the Skyline Terrace Apartments in the south tower of the two building high rise complex … in […]

So Elena Kagan Has About The Same Notion Of Integrity As Eric Holder

by Smitty CNSNews reports: Internal Justice Department email communications made just days before the House of Representatives passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act show that then-Solicitor General Elena Kagan was brought into the loop as DOJ began preparing to respond to an anticipated legal complaint that Mark Levin and the Landmark Legal Foundation […]

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