Monthly Archives: July 2009

Good Lord

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Gaius

Pray for all of America. If this projection is correct, the taxpayers of the United States could be on the hook for $23 trillion in bailout costs.  That is double the entire American annual economic output. This is a worst … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Economy, Obamantics | 3 Comments

Leftward Lurch Not Playing Well

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Gaius

Jennifer Rubin in Commentary: Moreover, the poll sampled all adults, not merely voters or even likely voters in 2010. It is quite possible that among actual voters Obama’s numbers are far worse. Why does all of this matter? At the … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 4 Comments

On Three! One, Two,….

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

It seems that there is bipartisan resentment and opposition to Obama’s health care “reform” among the nation’s governors. The nation’s governors, Democrats as well as Republicans, voiced deep concern Sunday about the shape of the health care bill emerging from … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, Politics | 5 Comments

Random Obama

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

Matt Bai at The New York Times calls Obama the “shuffle President” – as in iPod shuffle, the name is not meant to be offensive. Barack Obama is a born storyteller, which makes it all the more confounding that as … Continue reading →

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What “Improving” Our Relations With The World Looks Like

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

It look s a lot like foreign government spitting on the shoes of the US. India has publicly – and very unexpectedly – told Obama and the US to stuff it when it comes to climate “demands” from Obama. India … Continue reading →

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Bad Mistake?

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

Jack Kelly on the Obama “stimulus” plan: Shortly after a Quinnipiac University poll reported July 7 that President Barack Obama’s job approval rating in Ohio had fallen 13 percentage points in two months to 49 percent, the White House dispatched … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | 2 Comments

The Wrong Stuff

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

Tom Wolfe on America’s great leap backward after the moon landings: The American space program, the greatest, grandest, most Promethean – O.K. if I add “godlike”? – quest in the history of the world, died in infancy at 10:56 p.m. … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Called Urgent

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Gaius

So, Obama cried “urgent!” and railroaded through a “stimulus” plan that has worked wonderfully to fix the economy. (Just ask the more than 1 million Americans who lost their jobs in just the past two weeks.) Then Obama called “Urgent!!” … Continue reading →

Posted in Obamantics | 4 Comments

Rationing And You

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Gaius

Shamelessly glommed from Glenn Reynolds. How’s that hope, America? Tweet

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Democrats, Petard, Some Assembly Required

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Gaius

Which the Democrats have cheerfully supplied. When members of the Senate health committee were asked to vote on an amendment – supplied by Republican Tom Coburn – that would require all Senators and their staffs to enroll in the exact, … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Medicine, Politics | 3 Comments

Job Killer, Economy Destroyer

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Gaius

Obama’s health care “reform”, it’s two for the price of one! Investor’s Business Daily: The president’s runaway-train approach is the same one he used with the economic “stimulus” package. On the very day the House health bill was released, newspapers … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Business, Democrats, Economy, Taxes | 11 Comments

Kindling A Firestorm

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Gaius

Why I won’t buy a Kindle from Amazon. They send books down the memory hole: On Friday, it was “1984″ and another Orwell book, “Animal Farm,” that were dropped down the memory hole – by Amazon.com. In a move that … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Technology | 3 Comments

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad House

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Gaius

Mark Steyn: …On Friday, the House passed the Restore Our American Mustangs Act – or ROAM. Like all acronymically cute legislation, its name bears little relation to what it actually does: It’s not about “restoring” mustangs. The federal Bureau of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Appalling, Madness, Politics | 3 Comments

Walter Cronkite Passes

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Gaius

Walter Cronkite has died. For my generation, the voice of Cronkite was virtually the voice of the space program. It is somehow weirdly fitting that NASA is just releasing a “remastered” video of the Apollo 11 landing right now.  Rest … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Space | 3 Comments

The Recoveryless Recovery

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Gaius

We are being cheerfully told by the media that the “green shoots” of an economic recovery are just, well, everywhere. (Pay no attention to the 800 pound gorilla in the room.) Everything is right on track for a recovery. Banks … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Democrats, Economy, Obamantics | 2 Comments