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So Who's the Fool?
The Corner on National Review Online —
Friday, February 20, 2009 [image] So Who's the Fool? [Ramesh Ponnuru] Leon Wieseltier wants Obama to say "that Ronald Reagan, when he proclaimed categorically, without exception or complication, that 'government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem,' was a fool." Actually, what Reagan said in his first inaugural address was that "in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem." He was right. I'm sorry that Reagan's nuance has been lost on Wieseltier. 02/20 12:10 PM
Democrat TV Hosts Gush Over Obama & Tell Republicans To “Just Shut Up!”
Flopping Aces —
On top of Chris Matthews, that partisan hack, muttering “oh god” as Jindal gave his response to Obama’s speech we have another perfect example of partisan hacks from a local Los Angeles station. It gets embarrassing as the hosts of Good Day LA (a local Los Angeles show) and Bill Handel gush over Obama and his speech which said nothing. Gush, gush and more gushing. They even gush about the fact that Democrats showed up early for the speech so they could touch the messiah. Bill Handel say’s “can you imagine the aura Obama has now?”
Get ready for your barf bags: ...
What’s It All About
The Mahablog —
From Matt Taibbi’s latest article at Rolling Stone:
The mistake most people make in looking at the financial crisis is thinking of it in terms of money, a habit that might lead you to look at the unfolding mess as a huge bonus-killing downer for the Wall Street class. But if you look at it in purely Machiavellian terms, what you see is a colossal power grab that threatens to turn the federal government into a kind of giant Enron — a huge, impenetrable black box filled with self-dealing insiders whose scheme is the securing of individual profits at the expense of an ocean of unwitting involuntary shareholders, previously known as ...
"Democrats in unsafe seats need to think maybe they should not support big government or they will be voted out"
sisu —
We're photoshopping our signs and unfurling Old Glory for the Essex County Tea Party Rally to be held behind enemy lines in front of City Hall, Newburyport, Taxachusetts on Saturday afternoon from noon to 2. ( Linotype Balder™ Regular typeface)"I'm so excited that you will be joining us on Saturday. Do you have any friends that would be willing to make the drive up here with you?" emails Paul Breau, the man behind the plan to throw the first stop-the-power-grab " Grand Ole Tea Party " in our neck of the woods, Newburyport, MA, a small coastal community about 35 miles northeast of us here in Chelsea-by-the-Sea. Sponsored by the the Newburyport ...
Only bigots oppose hope and change
Classical Values —
Only bigots oppose hope and change Jeremy Marks (a very articulate conservative law student) identifies what he sees as the real problem for conservatives : Conservatism's real quandary lies in the fact that it cannot be effectively communicated in a Moveon-esque, 20-second sound clip -- a medium that my Pavlovian generation flocks to without a critical thought. Liberalism is an ideology of emotion and false hope: a deadly combination. Conservatism takes some thought and deductive reasoning: a deadly knell. Actually, I think conservatism can be effectively communicated in a Moveon-esque, 20-second sound clip. Ronald Reagan's " Government is not the solution to our ...
Johnson: Don’t tie the hands of federal officials.Rest of us: Is he kidding?
South Dakota War College —
The Capitol Journal Blog “Behind Government Lines” is reporting today that Senator Tim Johnson wants to maintain government control over private companies indefinitely, and stands in opposition to the Thune plan to get Government out of the business of private companies:
Sen. Tim Johnson today told reporters he thinks Sen. John Thune’s efforts to end spending on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (also known as the “bailout”) are “premature.”
Thune is calling for ending the TARP program and directing all remaining funds toward paying down the national debt. He has also called for mandating that all repaid ...
What Can The Private Sector Do right?
Greater Democracy —
The news about the H1N1 flu pandemic is turning out to be very interesting in unexpected ways.
It is critical to understand that, starting in 1980 with Pres. Reagan, our public health infrastructure has been eviscerated. After all, if the government can do no good and is by definition “the problem”, why pay for a public health infrastructure?
The real problem is that now we are facing a sharp peak, an exponential rate of growth, in the H1N1 pandemic. This peak will range from about October 15 – November 21. A consequence of Pres. Reagan’s political philosophy, and resultant under-funding of public health, is ...
