Archive for October, 2009
The Delivery: CNN’s Laughable Seriousness, Baseball Daydreaming, and Bill Withers!
Episode 6 of The Delivery is now up for your live listening, downloading, and iTunes subscribing pleasure. There is no singing in this show (aside from the mid-show song), but I do spent a few minutes laughing at Wolf Blitzer and he fact-checking staff at CNN for its pedantry about an SNL skit while it [...]
If You Hear This Week That Max Baucus Was Attacked by a Wolverine, Here’s Why It Happened.
Last month, the Republicans members of the Senate Finance Committee asked to have the CBO score the bill introduced by Max Baucus (D-MT). The Democrats on the committee, led by Baucus and Kent Conrad said they’d only let the CBO do what it does best if it could use “plain language” wording instead of the [...]
If He Won’t Leave, Throw Him Out (Also, A Challenge from Maxine Waters!).
If you have any interest at all in ending corruption in Congress, this piece by Rep. John Carter (R-TX) is worth your time. One month, 12 months and 15 months. That’s how long it has been since we learned of Congressman Charlie Rangel’s (D-NY) most recent failure to disclose financial assets, since the New York [...]
Trading Dignity for Government Shackles in Detroit
It’s a shame that the city of Detroit has gone from what The Blog Prof calls “the center of the industrial PLANET EARTH in 1950″ to a place where thousands of people feel no compunction about lining up for a little sip from the government teat. Conservative economic or social policies did not bring Detroit [...]
I’m All for Upholding the Constitution, but Only When It’s Stuff That’s Really in the Constitution
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher was one of only three House Republicans to vote against removing tax cheat Charlie Rangel from his position as head of the powerful Ways and Means Committee. He defended his position thusly:
“I was elected to uphold the U.S. Constitution and that’s what I aim to do, whether it’s politically expedient or not. As patriots, we should be paying more attention to the U.S. Constitution rather than a politically-motivated lynch mob.”
I’m calling bull on that. I’ve got my pocket Constitution handy and I’m frantically trying to find the clause that covers committee chairmanships but, oh, wait! There isn’t anything!
That’s No Blimp, It’s a Tax-Hike Trial Balloon.
There is a move afoot among Democrats to soften us up for some form of value-added tax (AKA: the VAT) like many countries have in Europe. Both the White House and the Democratic leadership in Congress are big fans of slapping a national sales tax down on top of all the other taxes we’re paying [...]
Happy Birthday Stacy (And May Your Tip Jar Never Be Empty!)
Today is Stacy McCain’s birthday and I’d like to wish my friend a very happy 50th year. I hope it brings him tons of good-paying work and all the happiness and contentment he could ever want. He is, regardless of what you might hear from rumor-mongering know-nothings and people willing to defame him in order [...]
And Now, Some CNN-Approved Jokes About Barack Obama
Q: How many Barack Obamas does it take to change a light bulb: A: That’s not funny, and your facts are wrong. ——————- Q: A Cowboy, A Preacher, and Barack Obama walk into a bar and… A: Thare’s no way that would happen. According to the non-partisan web site PolitiFact.com, Barack Obama doesn’t know any [...]
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