Archive for March, 2010
Brace Yourselves: Democrats Introduce the Trojan Horse Health Care Bill
Here it comes, folks. The Democrats have introduced the first step of their plain to ram government-run health care down our throats whether we want it or not. The bill is 2,309 pages long, but don’t get too comfortable with it. Here’s why. The Democrats need a bill that will pass the Budget Committee quickly, [...]
Tax ‘Em Until They Flee, Then Tax ‘Em Some More!
One of the practical problems with the boilerplate “tax the rich” strategy is that the rich are not stupid. When taxes in one state rise to an unacceptable level, they move to another where the tax rate is more to their liking. The new state gets a big infusion of tax revenues and the progressives [...]
Happy Pi Day, 2010!
Today is March 14, which means that another Pi Day is upon us. Yes, today is the day we all get together around the Pi Day Pie (perfectly round, of course) and celebrate the many uses of everyone’s favorite irrational and transcendental number*. What? You didn’t know that π had many uses? Well, just feast [...]
CA Progressive: Vote on A Bill? Don’t Be Ridiculous!
This is easily the quote of the week. “I don’t need to see my colleagues vote for the Senate bill in the House. We don’t like the Senate bill. Why should we be forced to do that?” said [Representative Lynn] Woolsey, D-Calif. “But what we need to know, before any Senate bill is passed, that [...]
Tom Hanks’ Unnecessary Slander
Tom Hanks put himself squarely in the bullseye of many a blogger this week with this interview in Time magazine. For most of the interview he was pretty much what I’ve known him to be, a humble and intelligent man who is trying to preserve a part of our history eroded by age. His work [...]
The “I’m on a horse” Guy is Pretty Funny
Why yes. Yes this is a link to the Ellen DeGeneris show, why do you ask? She interviewed the actor from the Old Spice “I’m on a horse!” commercial and it’s funny. Don’t judge me! At some point, the person or people who wrote that commercial will get some credit. Yes, Isaiah Mustafa does a [...]
Those Monstrous Health Insurance Companies
This is monstrous. No wonder the President is pushing so hard for his health care reform. Natoma Canfield, the Medina, Ohio cleaning woman and cancer survivor who could no longer afford to pay for her skyrocketing insurance premiums — and whose letter to the president explaining her predicament President Obama read to insurance executives last [...]
Pelosi: We Can So Totally Pass Health Care Right Now, You Don’t Even Know!
Her Incompetent Majesty, the Dumbest Speaker in History Nancy Pelosi showed up on the soporific Charlie Rose Show last night to declaim that she can pass health care right now. CHARLIE ROSE: The Speaker of the House believes health care will pass? NANCY PELOSI: Yes. Today, I mean if we took it up today, yes. [...]
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