About 6,000 people attended the Tucson Tea Party event, billed as Tucson’s Last Stand, today.
Pictures here and here.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
SOME STATES ARE MORE EQUAL
How good is Sen. Max Baucus's health reform bill? So good that Democrats have made sure some of the most costly provisions don't apply to their own states.
Some interesting comments (edited slightly):
[1] Yes Mr. Reid ... from each (state) according to its ability ... to each (state) according to its need. Well done, sir.
Some interesting comments (edited slightly):
[1] Yes Mr. Reid ... from each (state) according to its ability ... to each (state) according to its need. Well done, sir.
It’s more akin to “my state because I need to be re-elected” but the thought is a close cousin.[2] Hmmm ... their logic opens some interesting possibilities. If they can essentially graduate the level at which the tax on benefits kicks in based upon the cost of benefits in given states, it seems to follow we should lobby for differentiating the federal income tax brackets by cost of living in a given state.
Jeez, I wouldn’t give them ideas.[3] The desire to help other people is admirable. The insistence on doing it with other people's money is less so. The willingness to carve out special exemptions for you and yours, at the expense of everyone else, is despicable.
Which is phrasing it politely.[4] [U]nfortunately, the Republicans have shown themselves to be lesser versions of evil than the Democrats. While going to hell slowly is better ..., the destination is the same.
Yes. This reminds me of the quote attributed to Mark Twain: "A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on." It’s always a choice between the lesser of two evils; good never seems to get in the race.
WEBSTER’S UPDATE
Old definition: affordable - able to bear the cost of
New definition: affordable - taxpayer-subsidized (cf. affordable housing; affordable health care)
New definition: affordable - taxpayer-subsidized (cf. affordable housing; affordable health care)
OBAMACARE OPTIMISM
Mr. President, the public option for healthcare has been tried.
Despite these state-level failures, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pushing forward a slate of similar reforms. Unlike most high-school science fair participants, they seem unaware that the point of doing experiments is to identify what actually works. Instead, they've identified what doesn't—and decided to do it again.It’s the classic definition of liberalism: doing the same thing over and over again, each time with the expectation that the outcome will be different.
RUBE GOLDBERG GOVERNMENT
Megan McArdle explains why single payer healthcare won’t work in the United States:
It’s true across the board, by the way. Reduce the role of government in the development and production of almost any commodity and you’ll reduce its cost. [You may not want to, but that’s a different question.]
“[T]his ridiculous hodgepodge, this hypertrophied Rube Goldberg apparatus, is not some startling aberration of the political process, induced by some Republican dark magic. This is the kind of thing the American political system produces. This is why all of our programs have a substantial element of the inexplicable and bizarre.”And she is absolutely right. The only way to significantly reduce the cost of healthcare in the U.S. is to significantly reduce government’s role in healthcare.
It’s true across the board, by the way. Reduce the role of government in the development and production of almost any commodity and you’ll reduce its cost. [You may not want to, but that’s a different question.]
THIEVES AND LIARS
”[E]co-conscious ‘green consumers’ are ‘more likely to steal and lie’ ....”
I’m inclined to disagree with the comment at the bottom of the post. For all its faults (read the announcement and study), and there are many, it seems to me that the research captures the essential nature of the eco-warrior mind: the unalterable certainty that the correctness of their views entitles them to not be bound to the standards required of their lessers (cf. Al Gore).
I’m inclined to disagree with the comment at the bottom of the post. For all its faults (read the announcement and study), and there are many, it seems to me that the research captures the essential nature of the eco-warrior mind: the unalterable certainty that the correctness of their views entitles them to not be bound to the standards required of their lessers (cf. Al Gore).
A DREAM CRASHES:
Via Instapundit: “The state of New York has cut off unemployment benefits for a 2008 law grad after she reported collecting $1.30 a day in advertising income from her blog.”
Hopefully, social security isn't next.
Hopefully, social security isn't next.
CHAVEZ TAKES SWING AT GOLF
[Venezuela] President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist government.
I’ll bet his handicap is nothing to get excited about ....
I’ll bet his handicap is nothing to get excited about ....
DOES THE POST GET IT?
Headline in today’s print edition of the Washington Post:
Nobel Peace Prize is Given to Obama“Given” as opposed to “Awarded” – a subtle swipe at the President, or just the Post’s usual sloppy reporting? I’d like to believe the former, but smart money is on the latter.
THE JOKE’S ON US
Is Obama becoming a joke? Undoubtedly.
If we only had a parlimentary system of government, he could be laughed out of office. But we don’t, and he can’t, so it’s going to be three very long, very dangerous years before he can be removed.
Vote wisely in the 2010 mid-term elections.
If we only had a parlimentary system of government, he could be laughed out of office. But we don’t, and he can’t, so it’s going to be three very long, very dangerous years before he can be removed.
Vote wisely in the 2010 mid-term elections.
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