“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” — George Orwell
By Jimmie on Jan 8, 2009 in Health Care Craziness, President Barack Obama | 0 Comments
Tom Dachle is the first Obama nominee to face a confirmation hearing and Conn Carroll is ready with a few questions for the lifelong bureaucrat. His questions are drawn right from Daschle’s book on health care.
That book, by the way, seems to be the only real qualification Daschle has for the job of Great [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 8, 2009 in Oh, THAT liberal media., Our New Democratic Overlords | 0 Comments
If you were outside earlier this evening you might have felt an unusually-strong gust of wind. That wasn’t a passing low-pressure system. It was the entire State of Pennsylvania breathing a huge sigh of relief that Chris Matthews has decided not to run for the Senate in 2010.
Matthews should be commended for putting the mental [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 7, 2009 in Oh Maryland My Maryland. | 0 Comments
If you’re a conservative or libertarian and you live in Maryland, you should get to know Ron Miller. Miller is gearing up to take a run at Senate Majority Leader Mike Miller and, with the way the government of Maryland is being run these days, he has a real shot at beating him.
Ron has worked [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 7, 2009 in Our New Democratic Overlords | 1 Comment
I am surfing a mighty wave of schadenfreude today over Rod Blagojevich’s epic Al Capwning of Harry Reid. Blago, in the best Chicago tradition, suckered Reid in, then pwned him so hard his great-great-grandchildren will be born pwned.
Now that I’ve used the word “pwned” more than should be legal of a guy my age, [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 7, 2009 in Conservativism, The Economy and Your Money, The Republican Minority | 1 Comment
I’m not ashamed to say that I have an enormous man-crush on Senator Tom Coburn. When you read how he laid the lumber to Harry Reid and the Democratic leadership, maybe you’ll get a little puppy love for him, too.
The decision by Senate leaders to kick off the new Congress with an earmark-laden omnibus lands [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 7, 2009 in Our Melting Pot | 2 Comments
I’ve been saying for some time that the real problem with our immigration system isn’t the massive influx of illegal immigrants nor the lax way our immigration officials pursue the laws we already have. The real problem is that our immigration system is so casually incompetent.
Stacy McCain has found yet another story of a [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 7, 2009 in Our New Democratic Overlords, President Barack Obama | 2 Comments
Methinks the man doth pout too much.
Democrats must be “very, very careful” to avoid overreaching and will not rubber-stamp President-elect Obama’s policies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday.
In an interview with The Hill, Reid said it is essential for Obama and congressional Democrats to work closely with Republicans in the new Congress. He [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 7, 2009 in Alliances and Allies, Anti-Semitism Everywhere, Fighting the Islamists | 0 Comments
The important thing to remember about this story is that there each side has entirely different ideas of what a “cease-fire” is.
For the Israelis, a cease-fire means that each side stops all hostilities and negotiates terms leading toward an actual peace treaty. In the worst case, they negotiate terms under which the cease-fire will [...]
