Archive for May, 2011
What the Over-Militarization of Our Police Departments Have Wrought
I have no reaction to this story but near-blinding rage. I don’t even know how to excerpt the links I have, so let me give you the short version of the story. On May 5, a police SWAT team in Arizona killed Jose Guerena, a former Marine who had recently wrapped up two tours in [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – The Job-Seeking Blues Friday Edition
I’m not really breaking any news when I say that it’s tough for a young person to find a job. The high unemployment rate of the Obama Economy has driven job seekers into entry-level positions they would not have otherwise taken, and the minimum wage guarantees that there will be fewer of those position available [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – The Divine Right of Bureaucrats Thursday Edition
Joy McCann has an interesting post on the privileges of power and how that has brought us back to a situation where certain men can do as they like without serious consequence. Indeed, in the case of Monsieur Strauss-Khan, his country seems more than willing to focus on the trivial rather than wonder how such [...]
The New MSM Meme: Jon Huntsman, The Man Who Scares Democrats
There’s an old saying that goes “Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; the third time is enemy action.” It’s a useful phrase to remember during a Presidential election season as you can use it to identify interesting new memes coming out of the MSM. Take, for instance, the story reported last week by Jake Tapper [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Tar and Feather Redux Wednesday Edition
Are the Democrats actually trying to tank the next election or do they simply not understand how bad they look right now? On Friday, we learned that the Obama administration handed out a huge Get Out of Obamacare Free card to almost 40 businesses in Nancy Pelosi’s home district. The waivers were, as I wrote [...]
Your Thought of the Day
Would that more people in leadership positions, especially political positions, would take Nathan Wurtzel’s Twitter advice by way of one of the best televisions shows ever to air, Sports Night. @RennaW If you’re dumb, surround yourself with smart people. If you’re smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you.Tue May 17 18:36:52 via [...]
Tar and Feathers Alert: It’s Good to Have A Friend Named Pelosi
When I chose the latest massive Obamacare wavier dump as the main topic of today’s Clearing the Browser Tabs post, I didn’t take a close look at the list of companies and groups that got a Get Out of Stifling Bureaucracy Free card. Matthew Boyle at The Daily Caller, however, did and he found something [...]
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