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The Banality of Barack
The Sundries Shack —
P.J. O’Rourke is pretty impressed with the President-Elect. It’s quite a feat to have a failed Presidency before you’re even sworn in. The good news is that his failure is likely to be to our benefit. So we may speak without compunction of the failed Obama presidency. What a blessing that it’s a failure. Things are bad enough the way they are. There’s already a huge ongoing government intervention in the economy. Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, “Dad burned dinner, let’s get the dog to cook.” Now the government’s going to take over the auto ...
Dissecting Leftism — ... A new circus comes to town : "Is it too soon to talk about the failed Obama presidency just because Obama isn't president yet? That depends upon how quickly Barack Obama is able to apply the lessons he's learned from Management Secrets of the Illinois Governors. So far he's not doing very well. He has allowed America's current number one jackleg, crackpot, smut-mouth, slime-licking politician to give the Obama Senate seat to a lovable old African-American doofus whom no one has the heart to execrate. Roland Burris will be the kind of ornament to this year's Senate that the ...
Side Show
Jules Crittenden —
... , starts enjoying the Obama circus act ahead of time. Weekly Standard : Is it too soon to talk about the failed Obama presidency just because Obama isn’t president yet? Not at all. But they’re all a little gaga over the Inaugur-a-palooza right now, and the blinding light of the Messianic ascendancy will have them blinking for a long time. They haven’t figured out they’ve been had. Though when they finally turn, it could be ugly. O’Rourke declares Obie neither good nor bad enough … which is to say, no P.T. Barnum … for the task of miracle work he’s laid out for himself. ...
Tuesday links
Maggie's Farm —
... to 1974, 1987, and 2008. Both of the market drops during the 1930's were either worsened or directly caused by misdirected government intervention.
Department of Government Stupidity: You have to recycle paper but burn biomass. What's the difference? Also, When government runs something... eg High-Def.
Not your ancestors' England. Gateway. Good grief. They have a civil war now.
A new circus comes to town. PJ O'Rourke. h/t, Jules
Hillary intervened at least 6 ...
