An illuminating post. For the record, I don’t think that jobs can be created that well by a chief executive. But they can be destroyed, or prevented from being created, and the president has been doing that with a vengeance since he took office (before, in fact, with his campaign rhetoric).
Category Archives: Political Commentary
An Overdue Apology
Better late than never. “Never” is when I suspect we’ll get anything similar from much of the American left.
It’s A Good Thing, Too
The president makes no apologies for being reasonable. Well, he doesn’t apologize for things he’s actually done, either. Similarly, I make no apologies for being a Democrat.
[Update a while later]
Here are some other things for which I am completely unapologetic, from my Twitter feed:
I make no apologies for thinking that Harry Reid is the greatest statesman in history.
I make no apologies for making Paris Hilton famous.
I make no apologies for thinking that the president is reasonable, and the adult in the room.
I make no apologies for the assassination of the only president to have it almost as tough as Barack Obama: Abraham Lincoln.
I make no apologies for being unable to make fun of the president’s arrogance and pomposity.
I make no apologies for kicking Chuck Norris’s ass.
I make no apologies for having voted for Barack Obama.
I make no apologies for causing Hurricane Katrina.
I make no apologies for being Mary Queen of Scots.
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“The Last Bastion Of Sanctioned Bigotry”
Stop attacking the evangelicals, writes Kirsten Powers.
Actually, while it is socially acceptable among leftists to be bigots against Christians (and southerners), Tea Party members are fair game, too.
The Neglect Of Communist Crimes
It should be just as socially unacceptable to wear a hammer and sickle, or Mao jacket, or Che tee shirt, as it is to wear a swastika.
[Update a few minutes later]
Yes, I know the piece is a couple years old. It’s worth reposting, though, given the proximity of the fiftieth anniversary of the Wall being erected.
“What Is Dutch?”
Multiculturalism is on the wane in the Netherlands, as well it should be.
[Update a couple minutes later]
This may be related: do excess welfare payments cause riots? There certainly seems to be a correlation.
Going Galt In California
The Amazon tax isn’t working out the way the Theftocrats in Sacramento expected.
Unexpectedly!
Finally, A Real Debt Solution
What’s In A Name
Some thoughts on the nautical origins of the symbolism of the Space Shuttle. I agree with some commenters, though — a true space ship would never enter the atmosphere. And it’s where NASA’s focus should be, not on a giant rocket to nowhere.
Warren Buffett
…and his fiscal innumeracy. But he supports Barack Obama, so that’s OK.
[Update a while later]
The statistic I would like to see is the amount of tax paid relative to consumption. By that measure, it is possible that Buffett’s tax rate was more than 100 percent.
I do not care if he pays very little tax on saving. I would rather he pay zero tax on saving. His taxes are too high, not too low.
That doesn’t fit the narrative.