Did the nation invest a hundred billion dollars in Colorado Springs? What will the effect be on foreign policy if it burns? Shouldn’t safety be the highest priority for our firefighters? Don’t their lives have infinite value? Why are we risking their lives in fighting this fire?
Finally, which would you rather do, and feel it more worth the fight in terms of your risk of life? Fight this fire, or ride a Dragon to the space station without a launch abort system?
Just asking.
The hilarious results of the latest moronic two-minute hate.
Thoughts on the pious self righteousness of the unprincipled and lawless left.
How much do we need?
I always get frustrated when people think that science is about knowing scientific “facts,” and not about the process.
This looks like a worthy project.
Here’s what I’d ask if I were, say, Jake Tapper:
“Mr. President, the Washington Post reported that on March 30th of last year, you told Sarah Brady that you were working on gun control, but in a way that was ‘under the radar.’ Is that true, and if so, what did you mean by that?”
Roll Call thinks that the notion that Fast and Furious was a means to buttress administration lies about the source of guns in the Mexican cartels, as a means to build public support for more stringent gun control, is “far fetched.” I don’t know why. I’m having trouble coming up with any other explanation that so well fits the available facts.
Obama doesn’t know what it means:
Because the Obama campaign knows that one of its most important constituencies is economically illiterate yokels — a demographic to which the president himself apparently belongs — it is on the airwaves claiming “Romney’s never stood up to China — all he’s ever done is send them our jobs.’’ (Whose?) The Obama campaign cites a Washington Post story on the subject, and the Romney campaign has noted that the folks over at WaPo did not distinguish between outsourcing and offshoring (and, indeed, the story is not a very smart one — do read it and see). Obama responded thus: “Yesterday, his advisers tried to clear this up by telling us that there was a difference between ‘outsourcing’ and ‘offshoring.’ Seriously. You can’t make that up.” And indeed you wouldn’t have to make it up, because it is a real thing: different words with different meanings. (Seriously, can we get this guy a library card?)
To be fair, he’s ignorant about business and economics in general. And it shows in his policies.
…is nowhere in sight.
Why Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO series is good news for Republicans.
[Update a while later]
Heh. Sorkinisms. I love the top comment.
That’s what I’m playing for people who can’t successfully prosecute idiotic and immoral anti-prostitution laws. Glenn has the right idea:
…why not just legalize prostitution. Legal prostitution is safer and healthier, and it’ll provide employment opportunities for some of those unemployed college grads.
It’s not like it goes away if you make it illegal.
Yeah, I know. I’m just being a crazy “right winger,” as usual.