Tag: "Progressives"
I Thought Enron-Style Accounting Was Bad.
For months, businesses small and large have been saying to all and sundry that if Obamacare passed, they would either have to shell out a truckload of money or reduce the amount of coverage they offered their employees. Democrats, who generally think of accounting rules like small children think of Brussel sprouts, decided to ignore [...]
John Conyers, Sooooper Genius!
With such Constitutional brilliance at work in the House of Representatives, how could Obamacare possibly go awry? During an interview Capitol Hill Friday, CNSNews.com asked Rep. Conyers, “The individual mandate in the bill requires individuals to purchase health insurance. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has said that never before in the history of the United [...]
It Is an Il Wiener that Legislates No Man To Good.
I wonder how Il Wiener held himself back from yelling “Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato”? Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner (N.Y.), crashing his Republican colleagues’ mischief, went out on the balcony and waved. “I feel like Mussolini now!” he said as the crowd booed him. This may amuse [...]
Kucinich Flips: Presidential Pressure or a Doghouse Threat? (I Vote Doghouse)
Is it just me or does Dennis Kucinich look like someone’s off-stage holding a gun on him? Kucinich announced yesterday that he will be voting for the ginormous Obamacare bill even though it violates about a bazillion of his most cherished progressive principles. Okay, he didn’t say that last part, but you can read that [...]
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 Un-American Nancy Pelosi
I accuse the progressive left of a lot of things, not the least of which is trying, by any means necessary, to get control of your life. But what on Earth am I supposed to think when I read a quote like this? You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the [...]
A Little Lesson in Civics
If I were bright boy Ezra Klein, I’d put a piece of steak on that black eye and just go home. There’s nothing he can write that can rebuild the dignity Byron York slapped out of him. Now, if you did in fact ask a kid who just took a civics class, she — could [...]
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