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Posted on August 26th, 2010 under GOP, Taxes, US Politics, education, health care, public policy. Comments Off

* “Even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us–the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of ‘anything goes.’ Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America–there is the United States of America. There is [...]

Posted on April 27th, 2010 under US Politics. Comments Off

It is hard to overstate the damage done by Rachel Carson. Her book Silent Spring made DDT — which is arguably the most effective insecticide for preventing malaria and other diseases — a dirty word. Unfortunately, bad ideas have consequences, in this case death by malaria for millions around the world.
Thankfully, some people are working [...]

Posted on April 20th, 2010 under US Politics. Comments Off

The Washington Post’s story on the “good news” on the deficit is remarkably free of the context that should accompany every story on the explosion in government spending.  Except for this chart:

This is a ruinous level of spending, the sort of wildly-out-of-control hosing of printed money that could lead to a national fiscal [...]

Posted on April 14th, 2010 under Taxes, US Politics. Comments Off

“Republicans need to emphasize how well things ran when Republicans had Congress: 1995-2000 and 2003-2006. When Democrats bring their Blame-Bush knives, bring your Blame-the-Democrat-Congress guns.” Randall Hoven, April 2010.

Source:  House Republican Committee on the Budget, Rep. Paul Ryan, ranking member.
Hoven’s Index for April 8, 2010
Average federal deficit when GOP controlled the [...]

Posted on April 7th, 2010 under US Politics, a links. Comments: None

Obama 2005: Recess appointees are “damaged goods;”
Obama 2010: Recess appointments are “critical” need
A Long Post: The Complete List of Obama Statement Expiration Dates
by popular demand, a comprehensive list of expired Obama statements…

Posted on March 29th, 2010 under US Politics. Comments Off

Max Baucus is the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Democrat most responsible fo Obamacare’s final shape other than Nancy Pelosi.
In an unusual speech on the Senate floor moments ago, Max Baucus declares that the “healthcare bill” to be  “an income shift, it is a shift, a leveling to [...]

Posted on March 26th, 2010 under US Politics. Comments Off