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It might seem a bit incongruous, but there it is: The British plan to hold their own Tea Party this weekend. The modern Americans who have colorfully expressed their displeasure with the way Washington is run took their inspiration from the original Boston Tea Party, which was, of course, a protest against the British government. [...]
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We inherited the worst situation since the Great Depression. That is the reflexive response of President Obama to the troubles from which he has been unable to extract his country. Even before the inauguration, he says, there were projections of a $1.2 trillion deficit for 2009. That deficit is not my deficit. Presidents are usually [...]
So the Senate passed a “jobs bill” yesterday and did so with the help of one Scott Brown of Massachusetts. There are many out there feeling betrayed right now but they shouldn’t be. In fact they’re getting what they honestly deserve, a Republican hack, one they helped put into office even though they warned well [...]
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–Oh, the earth is the best! That’s why I’m a vegetarian. –Well, that’s a start. –Uh, well, I was thinking of going vegan. –I’m a level 5 vegan — I won’t eat anything that casts a shadow. The Simpsons If this year’s newly broadened selection of Oscar nominees for Best Picture, doubled from five to [...]
UPDATE: No one ever said I wasn’t in “crying need of an attentive editor.” Thank you to Robert Spencer for stepping in. Below, I have edited Figh Council of North America to Fiqh Council of North America, turning it from a Gaelic organization to a Muslim one in a single keystroke! I received an email [...]
A decade ago, Oldsmobile went. Last year, Pontiac. Saturn, Saab, and Hummer were discontinued. A thousand GM dealerships shut down. To those who grew up in a “GM family,” where buying a Chrysler was like converting to Islam, what happened to GM was deeply saddening. Yet the amputations had to be done — or GM [...]
CPAC 2010 was my first CPAC ever. For most of my life I have run in local conservative circles, but never really had any interest nor ambition to throw myself into the chaos of CPAC, but when I did, I was taken for quite a ride. The highlights of the event for me were watching [...]
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When Ron Paul finishes with the Federal Reserve, I hope he does something about Bill Gates. I just bought a new Toshiba netbook for reasons best described as conspicuous consumption as I absolutely do not need it. It comes with Windows 7 preinstalled as the operating system. But it is a milquetoast 7 version called “Starter” [...]
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Glenn Reynolds responded to Bruce Bartlett taking down his silly notion about defaulting on the federal debt by declaiming that, “Bruce, I’m not trying to turn the United States into Zimbabwe. That would be the guy in the White House, whom you seem surprisingly anxious to defend.” Reynolds’ response is rich since Bartlett said nothing [...]
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Judging by the reaction that Florida U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio received at CPAC today, perhaps it would be prudent for one of his opponents, Governor Charlie Crist, to announce he is switching parties or better yet announce he’s going to run as an independent rather continue a campaign for a party nomination he probably [...]
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