april fools day
The funniest gag of the day (although I wasn’t fooled) was Jonah Goldberg’s description of President Obama’s visit with the Queen of England. From the Corner: Diplomatic jaws dropped across the continent yesterday when it was revealed that U.S. President Barack Obama had, once again, fumbled a routine protocal of international statecraft: finding the right [...]
at least she’s not treasury secretary
Do we really need to point out that taxes aren’t optional? Tax issues have hampered yet another Obama nominee — the one who might have been our VP — Kathleen Sebelius. In her case, she’s only paying a little over $7000 in back taxes, chump change to the other Obama nominees. If Democrats hate paying [...]
what’s different
I don’t like federal interference in private industry. Have I made that clear enough yet? That means I would have been opposed to former Treasury Secretary Paulson, acting (I assume) on the orders of President Bush, putting heavy pressure on the head of AIG to step down after AIG received one of their many sacks [...]
change we have seen before
Apparently President Obama’s town hall questioners weren’t random citizens after all. Guess he figured what worked so well for President Bush would work for him too. From the Washington Post: But while the online question portion of the White House town hall was open to any member of the public with an Internet connection, the [...]
reason reviews the “stimulus”
From Reason mag’s original analysis by Veronique de Rugy: There are many more bad policies and spending decisions in the Senate stimulus bill, but even a cursory glance at the parts outlined above give a good sense of the overall legislation—and what is likely to be signed into law by President Obama. And here is [...]
better to remain silent
But no…Chuck Schumer must speak and say something stupid. Here he is: Why else would the American people oppose this bill? This stimulus bill will NOT fix the economy for a variety of reasons. One of those reasons is that most of the new spending projects won’t provide any immediate benefit to the average person. [...]
very impressive
I’ve had doubts about President Obama since I first took a look at his campaign, but even I didn’t expect this level of confusion. Now-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner - isn’t too keen on paying taxes, even when it’s clearly explained to him how to do it. It inspires such confidence knowing that our Treasury Secretary [...]
nyet
All of the House Republicans voted against the stimulus package. Good for them. President Obama doesn’t need their support, and he shouldn’t expect it when the legislation being proposed doesn’t achieve (or come close to achieving) what should be the primary objective — stimulating the economy. This is pork-laden legislation as well as some tax [...]
not in my country
So President Obama has taken care of one of the items on the left’s wish list – closing Gitmo. Congratulations to them. I suppose it never occurred to anyone to question whether what we were told about the general care and treatment of the detainees there was accurate. Instead we are content to assume that [...]
history
It was with mixed emotions that I watched the inauguration of our 44th President, Barack Obama. As a conservative, I have an obligation to stand up for what I believe is right, and to oppose about 95% of what our new President wants to do. But it’s hard not to get caught up in the [...]
