NOT THE EXPECTED LOCATION

Glenn Reynolds posts a picture of a "Taxed Enough Already" bumper sticker in an unusual place, noting that he finds it "less surprising than some might."

On reflection, I find that I'm also less surprised than I thought I would be. In an earlier post, I noted that I got a "thumbs up" for the sticker on the bumper of my truck. It has happened twice again more recently, and I'm also noticing a gradual disappearance of Obama stickers in the Washington DC metro area as I return from an extended vacation to my normal daily commute.

All is not well in the land of the "Won".

OBEDIENCE SCHOOL FOR POLITICIANS

Frank J. Fleming thinks that we should train our politicians like we train our dogs.

Instapundit isn’t sure: “But dogs are fundamentally loyal.”

Also, dogs are smarter.

A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE

Neil Cavuto on government waste:

Perhaps it insults some that I raise this issue ... , but this big government money pit issue isn't passing. It's growing, and it's growing all the more as our leaders dismiss it all the more.

Because that's the thing about a government that doesn't learn from mistakenly sending out money to the wrong people; it ends up sucking dry the right people, the good people who pick up the pretty good-sized bill, and are insulted for having the gall to question the items on that bill.

Can anyone spell "t-e-a-p-a-r-t-y"?

THEY CAN'T PRINT OIL

Or can they?





I worry. The Obama administration has only a nodding acquaintance with reality.

Shoe can be found here.

A LITTLE LOVE

Very little love. AlfonZo Rachel on Bill Maher: “... cocky, smug, condescending, egotistical, sarcastic, conceited, pompous, elitist, jackass ....”

So, AlfonZo, tell us what you really think.

LEMON PICKER

Go see Don Surber. Do it now.

DO AMERICANS LOVE GOVERNMENT?

Nope. 57% would like to replace the entire Congress.

Count me in that 57%.

Some other interesting results:

... Fifty-nine percent (59%) now believe that members of Congress are overpaid.

... [M]ost voters say they understand the health care legislation better than Congress. Just 22% think the legislature has a good understanding of the issue. Three-out-of-four (74%) trust their own economic judgment more than Congress’.

... Seventy-five percent (75%) say members of Congress are more interested in their own careers than they are in helping people.

The last item interests me because it's symptomatic of the fundamental problem: government is too damn big.

It strikes me as axiomatic that congresscritters are always more interested in their own careers than on the people they represent; it's just that when government is big, their careers no longer depend on the interests of the people they represent.

Via Instapundit.

CLEVERLY PUT

It's an old one, updated, but eerily appropriate:

Over five thousand years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel "Pick up your shovel, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the promised land."

Nearly 75 years ago, Roosevelt said, "Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a Camel; this is the promised land."

Now Obama has stolen your shovel, taxed your asses, raised the price of Camels, and mortgaged the promised land.

We have spaceflight now. Maybe it's time to go full circle, pick up the shovel, leave the asses behind, and seek out a new promised land.