…for our president. Some thoughts from that famous conservative, T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
At Least Discussing Sane Campus Gun Policy
…in my home town of Flint, Michigan. Unfortunately, the usual stupidity prevails.
It’s an interesting marketing issue. Flint has been trying to rise from the GM ashes by becoming a college town, so which policy will attract more students, and their parents? Michigan is (and has been for a few years) a “shall issue” state, and the predictions of the hysterical gun grabbers haven’t panned out. So it will be interesting to see how it all comes out.
The (Non)Feeding Frenzy
…in the media over Van Jones. As someone notes in comments over there, imagine if George Bush had appointed a Klansman who spouted conspiracy theories about the Clintons and called Democrats anal orifices, and put him in charge of thirty billion dollars worth of federal activity, with no confirmation hearings.
[Late afternoon update]
Mickey thinks that the bus is revving its engine. It makes sense for him to be gone on a Friday before a holiday weekend. That will help bury the news.
[Update a few minutes later]
Does Barack Obama understand the odiousness of Trutherism? I’m not sure that he does, or that Democrats do in general. After all, Howard Dean called it “an interesting theory.” And it wasn’t that long ago (and may still be true today) that a majority of Democrats either believed that George Bush knew about the attacks ahead of time, or aren’t sure. Why would he think that a belief that is mainstream in his own party was particularly odious? In fact, I’m sure, given the “progressive” bubble in which he’s spent his entire life, he’s a little perplexed what the big deal is about Van Jones. None of this is news to him, any more than Reverend Wright’s views were. The only thing that shocks him is that anyone else would object.
[Late evening update]
Mark Steyn has some useful thoughts on Truther chique:
Is Van Jones a real Truther or a faux Truther? The White House position is that he’s the latter – hey, he just glanced at it, saw it was some routine impeach-Bush-for-killing-thousands-of-his-fellow-Americans thing, and signed it without reading it; we’ve all been there, right?
Van Jones Trutherism, like Van Jones Communism and Van Jones Eco-Racism Theory, is a kind of decadence: If you really believed 9/11 was an inside job, you’d be in fear of your life. Instead, for a cutting-edge poseur like Jones, it’s a marketing niche, one that gives you a certain cachet with the right kind of people – like, apparently, Barack Obama.
Indeed.
A Shocker
Teen unemployment skyrockets as the minimum wage goes up.
This has long-term consequences — minimum-wage jobs are often the first rung of the employment ladder, leading to work habits and better jobs. Congress basically pulled the ladder up beyond manys’ grasp.
The Conventional Wisdom On Health Care
The top ten errors.
Great Idea
Let’s celebrate the founding of the People’s “Republic” of China on the White House lawn. Somehow, I don’t think this would happen in a Bush administration. Though I can see it in a Clinton administration, considering how much they donated to the campaigns.
What next? Celebrating half a century of Fidel’s revolucion? Maybe we can have a Pol Pot Day.
Tall Tales About TARP
…and redefining “profits.”
Just In Case Things Weren’t Bad Enough
Joe Biden has been acting president.
Some Advice For Leon Panetta
Director Panetta, if you can’t get a guy who accuses your agency of profiting off 9/11 out of this administration, you probably ought to resign.
What does it say about this administration that it had no problem hiring this guy in the first place, let alone that he still has his job?
And yes, he’s clearly lying.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Proof that he’s lying.
Party Like It’s 1983
Unemployment is at a 26-year high. But it’s the smallest decline in payrolls in a year, so it has that going for it.