…may be better than an ignorant but well-meaning one.
Actually, the results of the last election would seem to indicate that we have an ignorant and selfish one.
…may be better than an ignorant but well-meaning one.
Actually, the results of the last election would seem to indicate that we have an ignorant and selfish one.
Could fracking end them?
Try to avoid it. It hurts.
Good advice.
It’s an indictment of statist interventionism, not free-market capitalism.
…that will almost certainly not be asked.
And bonus: Jay Leno’s lost opportunities.
Every day, I get offers for: acting classes, teeth whitening, massage packages with reflexology and aromatherapy, microdermabrasion facials, tanning salons, exfoliation…
It’s like they’re trying to live down to the expectations of the rest of the country.
[Update a few minutes later]
Are you the kind of person likely to be suckered into a conversation with a Twitter-bot?
I’m not.
A very depressing post at Instapundit.
In which Ace, and many others, including yours truly, righteously pile on @PiersMorgan on Twitter.
What are the real questions?
Basically, there’s one real problem — the real climate refuses to behave correctly. I went into this at length then, so I won’t repeat the whole argument, but the basic point is this: the actual observed temperatures have been flat for almost 20 years, and are now at the edge of the confidence interval — that is, the modelers would have taken a 20-1 bet against the temperatures staying this low.
Damn you, Gaia!
Well, at least they’re consistent:
“In plain English, the IRS is still targeting Tea Party cases.”
…Camp, the Michigan Republican, told Secrets, “It is outrageous that IRS management continues to target Tea Party cases without any justification. The harassment, abuse and delays these Americans have faced over the last few years has been unwarranted, unprovoked and, at times, possibly illegal. The fact that the IRS still continues to treat the Tea Party differently and subject them to additional targeting is outrageous and it must stop immediately.”
Hey, give them a break. I mean, it’s not like there isn’t another election coming up in fifteen months.
[Update a few minutes later]
Yes, the IRS caressed liberal groups and harassed conservative ones, despite the ongoing lies from some commenters:
The dogs that have not barked are the liberal groups that may have waited endlessly for IRS rulings or been asked about their contributors, reading material or prayer habits. If, say, Occupy Palm Beach, Americans for Higher Taxes, or Spend It All – NOW! had shared their IRS horror stories, this would be no scandal.
So, where are the IRS’ liberal victims? Are they staying mum while this controversy poaches Team Obama in increasingly hot water? Or — could it be? — maybe the IRS has no leftist victims, since it barely targeted and never persecuted such groups.
Couple this information with revelations that confidential IRS records illegally got leaked to the Federal Election Commission and apparently to opponents of the National Organization for Marriage and 2010 senatorial nominee Christine O’Donnell, R-Del. A frightful portrait emerges of a thoroughly politicized federal agency that repeatedly abuses its police powers to the benefit of Barack Obama and his comrades on the left and the detriment of their rivals on the right.
And here’s the best news. The public isn’t buying the BS that these are “phony scandals”:
78 percent of voters think the questions over the administration’s handling of the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi should be taken seriously. Just 17 percent call it a phony scandal.
The attack, on the anniversary of September 11, killed four Americans — including the U.S. ambassador.
Meanwhile, 69 percent of voters say the National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance of everyday Americans is serious, while 26 percent call that a fake scandal.
By a margin of 59-31 percent, voters are also more likely to view the seizure of reporters’ phone records by the Justice Department as serious rather than phony.
And while the White House sees a Congressional investigation of the IRS targeting of conservative groups as a “distraction,” 59 percent of voters take it seriously. Some 33 percent agree with the administration that it’s fake.
And those are just “voters,” not likely voters. I suspect the numbers are worse for the administration among the latter. And as long as the stonewalling continues, it will just get worse for them, but ultimately better for the country.