John Hare has a question.
The Battle Of The Narrative
How private citizens can fight ObamaCare:
…we should not let the government escape responsibility for problems they’ve created. This will becoming increasingly important as more ObamaCare problems emerge, such as patients being denied treatments by government-spawned “Accountable Care Organizations” (ACOs) or by government bureaucracies such as the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) and the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
If we let the government shift responsibility for ObamaCare’s problems onto the residual private sector, those problems will eventually be used to justify a government-run “single payer” system. On the other hand, if Americans hold the government appropriately responsible, we stand a chance at adopting genuine free-market health reforms.
Of course, single payer was always the goal for these “liberal” fascists. It’s the usual drill of the Left; pass a law that effs things up, blame the eff up on “deregulation,” and then pass more laws to “fix” it (Dodd-Frank being an excellent example of the genre). Don’t let them get away with it.
Western Civilization
…being driven off campus.
And for this parents and students are putting themselves deep into undischargable debt?
Also, related: America the ugly.
Maria Bartiromo
…commits a terrible act of real journalism, to much-deserved cheers.
It’s not about revenues. It’s about class warfare and Marxism.
A Death Star
…would make a great stimulus and green energy project.
From my point of view, just think what the demand for that much material lifted from earth would do for launch costs. Unless they used SLS, of course.
Newtown
Some reflections:
One Rhode Island professor issued a call — later deleted — for NRA head Wayne LaPierre’s “head on a stick.” People like author Joyce Carol Oates and actress Marg Helgenberger wished for NRA members to be shot. So did Texas Democratic Party official John Cobarruvias, who also called the NRA a “terrorist organization,” and Texas Republican congressman Louis Gohmert a “terror baby.”
Nor were reporters, who are supposed to be neutral, much better. As The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg commented, “Reporters on my Twitter feed seem to hate the NRA more than anything else, ever. ”
Calling people murderers and wishing them to be shot sits oddly with claims to be against violence. The NRA — like the ACLU, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers or Planned Parenthood — exists to advocate policies its members want. It’s free speech. The group-hate directed at the NRA is ugly and says ugly things about those consumed by it.
As with most things that Leftists call people, when they call them “haters,” it’s projection.
The Community Reinvestment Act
Yes, Virginia, it did cause the housing and financial crisis. Unfortunately for the Leftist narrative that it was caused by “deregulation during the Bush era.”
In a just world people like Jamie Gorelick and Franklin Raines would be in jail.
Time For Some Common-Sense Publishing Controls
My thoughts on the morons in the media and politicians who don’t understand the Second Amendment, over at PJMedia.
Merry Christmas To All
…and to all a good night.
I’m heading back to St. Louis in the morning, then on a plane back to Greece on the Pacific aka the formerly Golden State. I’ll probably check in tomorrow evening, PST.
The SS2 Drop Test
As Clark Lindsey reports, there was a drop test of SpaceShipTwo, that had some, but apparently not all of the propulsion system installed. I wonder if it was carrying fuel? One of the issues I discuss in my book is its ability to abort with a failed ignition, because while it can dump the oxidizer, it’s not possible to get rid of the rubber slug. Steve Isakowitz told me that it is designed to land with a fuel load, from a CG/weight standpoint, so it would be interesting to see if they demonstrated that ability.