Archive for June, 2011
Park the BMW and Summon the Butler. It’s Time for an Economic Status Report.
I think it’s time we took a look at a couple or three of the President’s pet economic projects. I mean, things are going so well for everyone right now that we can take a break from polishing the heals of gold coins on our desks and let our butlers take over for a while. [...]
Kick It Up A Notch, Tim. Shoot for 8 Percent.
I’m pretty sure Tim Pawlenty won’t shake the “boring” label if he continues to define “big” in such small terms. Tim Pawlenty wants the U.S. to aim for an accelerated economic growth rate. In a speech to be delivered at the University of Chicago this morning, Pawlenty will outline the policies that he thinks can [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Tuesday Edition
I found an interesting little fact at The Ashbrook Center’s No Left Turns blog. The top 400 richest-households pay 7 times more in taxes now than they did in 1955, when we built our interstate highway system. This leads me to ask a couple questions. The first, and most obvious, is why we can’t fix [...]
That’s Okay, Howard. The New Media Will Handle This One for You.
So, Howard Kurtz, is there anything you’d like to say to us this evening? Well, anything besides, “Not only are they disappointed. I think they’re hysterical”. Image thanks to the peerless Slublog.
Sixty-Seven Years Ago…
I don’t think I can express my thoughts on the 67th anniversary of D-Day any better than did my friend Phineas: Sixty-seven years ago today, American, British, Canadian, French, and Polish soldiers charged the gates of Hell — and won. Pat Austin has a couple thoughts of her own and remembers a pair of soldiers [...]
MD’s Cardin to VP Biden: Kill Medicare Reform and Our Senate Careers, Too.
It’s not every day you see a handful of Senators try to demagogue themselves right out of office, but today appears to be that day. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin was one of five Senate Democrats — all of whom are up for reelection next year — to sign a letter to Vice President Joe Biden [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Finding a New MSM Monday Edition
Do we really want to spend the next two years living in an America where the MSM will paint every single criticism of Barack Obama as racism? It looks like we’re headed there on a rocket sled right now and I’m not very sure how we can stop it. NBC is the first and, since [...]
That’s What You Said