Calling out the demagogues on their Bravo Sierra.
These liars are just contemptible.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
Happy Marx Day
So why do we have a Labor Day anyway? What is it about “labor” that deserves a day off (isn’t that ironic) and a three-day weekend, but not (say) Entrepreneurs Day, or “People Who Have To Meet A Payroll” Day?
I know, I know, it was a reaction to some of the brutal labor practices and strikes of the later nineteenth century, particularly Pullman. But as Detroit exemplifies, we went too far in glorifying labor, and we don’t seem to care enough about the people who actually create the jobs, to the point of abuse. It’s not surprising that, in the wake of ridiculous overregulation (capped by ObamaCare) they’re going on strike, and we’re becoming a part-time nation, at best.
Cascade Effects
Some discomfiting thoughts on their implications for foreign policy and hapless presidents.
Speaking of cascade effects, there seems to be a preference cascade developing on the lack of both hap and feck with this president. It’s apparently becoming socially acceptable, even at the New York Times, to point out what a disaster he is.
Climate Change
The World Federation of Scientists says it’s not a planetary emergency. So #ScienceSaysSo, right? #Consensus.
Smart Diplomacy
Hey, at least he’s got the French on board. So he passes the Global Test.
Health-Code Violations
Looking for them because you don’t like someone’s political opinions.
Well, people voted for the guy who said he wanted to “fundamentally transform America.”
He got what he wanted. Did you?
The Fast-Food Pay Strike
Is it the dumbest strike ever?
Well, that’s stiff competition, but I suppose some strike has to be.
This is fundamentally a Marxist strike. That is, their argument is not that they should be paid more because they are really worth more, but because they can’t live on the wage it pays (“…to each according to his need”). If they can’t live on burger flipping, then they should get a better job. If they can’t find a better job, maybe they should complain to the moron that most of them helped put in the White House who is waging war on job creators.
An Embarrassment To Higher Education
Jesse Jackson And Al Sharpton
“If they’re the grand old men of your movement, you’ve got a lousy movement.”
I think it’s similar to the kind of movement that starts with a “B.” And I think that MLK would be appalled that this is viewed as his legacy.
Scott Brown
Some advice for him and other Republican squishes.