Monthly Archives: July 2009

What If Obama Badly Misread His “Mandate”?

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Gaius

Jay Cost at Real Clear Politics thinks Barack Obama badly – very, very badly – misread what his “mandate” from the voters was. In looking at Cost’s analysis, I suspect he has this right – Obama got it wrong. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Economy, Obamantics, Politics | 9 Comments

So, What’s To Hate In The Marxman-Wacky Bill?

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Gaius

Rather a lot. Like the bit about not actually being able to sell what you thought was your own house: If You Don’t Hate the Cap and Trade Bill, Let Me Show You Section 304. I bet you thought that … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Economy, Energy, Environment, Junk Science, Left Wing, Madness, Politics | 4 Comments

On Palin: Interesting Polls

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Gaius

Two interesting polls just out. One is up over at Memeorandum. (That would be this first one.)  Rasmussen Reports indicates that 40% of GOP voters say Sarah Palin’s resignation as governor of Alaska will hurt her in 2012: Forty percent … Continue reading →

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If The Media Was Doing Its Job….

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Gaius

…They would be following the money, not spouting the party line. It seems Algore ratcheted up the rhetoric again today: Al Gore invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill today by encouraging political leaders to follow the example of Britain’s wartime … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Energy, Environment, Left Wing, Media, Politics | 3 Comments

Buddy, Can You Spare A Cop?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Gaius

Driving home from work today, my wife asked me how Los Angeles was paying for all the police presence required for the Michael Jackson memorial today since California is in major, major trouble budget-wise. I told her I had no … Continue reading →

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Withering

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Gaius

Very, very interesting tidbit from The Wall Street Journal. Apparently, when you read between the lines of this story, Democrats realized that they were going to suffer a vicious backlash if they started taxing health care benefits. They attempt to … Continue reading →

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Climate Science: Where Science Comes Second, If At All

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Rich Horton

It never ends.  From the BBC: ‘Time to ditch climate policies’ An international group of academics is urging world leaders to abandon their current policies on climate change. The authors of How to Get Climate Policy Back on Course say … Continue reading →

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Codex Sinaiticus

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Gaius

A very, very old book receives a new life on the web. The Codex Sinaiticus is now available on line. The very, very early version of the Bible dates back some 1600 years. The codex is not complete, at least … Continue reading →

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Barack’s Bailout Bonds

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Gaius

A really, really grim prediction from Louis Woodhill, a member of the Club for Growth’s Leadership Council (and a fellow engineer): Get ready for 14% unemployment. (Please stop reading if you are depressed. Seriously.) The BEA numbers (which were revised … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | 2 Comments

As Goes California

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Gaius

So goes Obamanomics. Kevin Hassett, writing at Bloomberg: Last week, we discovered that the state of California will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. With California mired in a budget crisis, largely the result of a political impasse … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | 3 Comments

Pelosi’s Suicide Pact

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Gaius

Did Nancy Pelosi single-handedly doom the Democrat’s majority in the House come election day 2010? If this scenario plays out in enough districts, she very well may have. New Mexico Democrat Harry Teague’s decision to vote in favor of cap-and-trade … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Energy, Environment, Left Wing, Madness, Politics | 3 Comments

Forget It, Mom. You Die.

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Gaius

Charlotte Allen, writing in the LA Times, on the ugly downside of ObamaCare. Allen sees the same ObamaCare “solution” to the problem of escalating costs as I do: Rationing and the cutoff of care for older Americans. Here’s a way … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Medicine, Politics | 10 Comments

Lunacy

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Gaius

Jack Kelly on the Marxman-Wacky bill to prevent a phony catastrophe: An unusually cold winter (it snowed in Saudi Arabia and Iraq; temperatures fell to minus 80 degrees in Siberia) was followed by an unusually cool spring (it snowed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Junk Science, Left Wing | 2 Comments

Freezing Fourth

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Gaius

Current temperatures as of the time this post was written: Chicago, Illinois: 66° F (and raining) Indianapolis, Indiana: 63° F  (and raining) Erie, Pennsylvania: 69° F  (but sunny) Minneapolis, Minnesota: 69° F  (partly sunny) It is July 4th. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Observations | 12 Comments

Same Old Square Dance

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Gaius

Mark Steyn on the futility of trying the same, tired ideas and expecting different outcomes: President Barack Obama was supposed to be “cool.” But he isn’t. He’s square. Not just mildly so, but embarrassingly square. He’s squaresville squared. It’s like … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Democrats, Economy, Left Wing, Obamantics, Politics | 3 Comments