Daily Archives: August 13, 2009

The Egalitarian Class System

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Gaius

Victor Davis Hanson. Please, please read the whole thing. We really do not want to go there as a nation. Really. Tweet

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Springtime For Hitler

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Gaius

This one is a real shark jumper. An official White House spokesman, Bill Burton, claimed that people were showing up at town hall meeting dressed up as Adolph Hitler. No, really, he did. Please go watch the video. (I actually caught … Continue reading →

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West LEFTward Ho!

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Gaius

Daniel Henninger: Big as the health-care proposal is, the White House might have gotten it easily as a standalone piece of legislation, given the congressional majorities and Obama’s reservoir of goodwill. But health care arrived in late May as a … Continue reading →

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End Of Life Counseling Gets End Of Life Counseling

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Gaius

The Senate Finance committee will drop the controversial end of life counseling provision from its version of ObamaCare: I’m surprised it took them this long. If it had been Palin and the right tossing rhetorical grenades, they might have gone … Continue reading →

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Wonderful News

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Gaius

Retail sales dropped in July – despite the gold rush of people taking advantage of the cash for clunkers program. Sales at U.S. retailers unexpectedly fell in July as a boost from the cash-for-clunkers automobile incentive program failed to overcome … Continue reading →

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Cap And Trade And Eliminate 2 Million Jobs

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Gaius

A new study indicates that the Marxman-Wacky crap and tax bill would only cost 2 million or so jobs in the United States: Add another climate bill cost estimate to the growing pile. The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and … Continue reading →

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More Plants Than A Botanical Garden

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Gaius

The Democrats get busted – again – with plants at a town hall meeting. This time it is a woman pretending to be a doctor (in practice for four years!). I’m not sure why, but something didn’t smell right. So … Continue reading →

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