Well, I've been without internet and on vacation for a total of two weeks now. Sorry I haven't sent anything out, I thought we were getting disconnected one day, and it appeared to be a day early. Anyways, I don't have many stories, and even if I did, they would be slightly outdated.
So here is what has been bugging me the last couple weeks...
President Obama and Vice President Biden keep insisting they have been misreading the economy. How exactly do we know they aren't misreading Iran, North Korea, China, Russia, etc.? Their "misreading" doesn't exactly give me confidence about them.
Great point by Rush Limbaugh that the bad economy is a backdoor to universal health care. For some reason, health care is tied to your employer. Besides hampering small businesses with this added cost (which likely reduces your salary that you could use to purchase your own insurance), if businesses are doing bad, that means more and more businesses will close or lay off people. Then that affects their health coverage. So the higher unemployment, the more people will be clamoring for universal care.
Democrat senator Pat Leahy said don't rush to judgement on Sotomayor. Yet it was fine to do that to Roberts, Alito, Clarence Thomas, or even Robert Bork. In Bork's case, Ted Kennedy went to the floor of the Senate to oppose him less than an hour after Bork was nominated. Nothing like rushing to judgement. For the transcript of Kennedy's speech see this. Back-alley abortions, segregated lunch counters, yes, no rush to judgement there.
Why is it so important to have a woman on the court? I want the best people on the court. If it was all white men, or black men, or all women, or all Hispanics, what difference does it make? I'm not saying the current crop by any means is the best and brightest, but I am against making their gender or race the sole reason for their hiring.
The big talk in any Supreme Court nominee hearing is stare decisis, which means respecting precedent. Where was the love for stare decisis before abortion, criminal rights (Miranda, warrants, confessions, lawyers), campaign finance, property rights, etc. It just means respecting laws liberals like.
Another great point from Rush: Sotomayor says O'Connor can't mean what she said when O'Connor said a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same conclusion...what prevents Sotomayor from saying the Constitution doesn't mean what it says?
If Obama had been a Republican, would the media have been celebrating the first black President? We can see if Palin gets the nomination, we'll see if the media is celebratory about the first woman President. Democrats think all black people should think alike and support Obama because Obama is black like them. Will they do the same with women if Palin is the nominee?
Finally, a great suggestion from Ed Morrissey. If there is a right to health care, isn't there a right to legal care? Of course Democrats wouldn't go for this, trial lawyers are one of their biggest constituencies.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The Weekly Enlightenment
Another great week. The biggest news was of course of Sarah Palin resigning as governor of Alaska. It's really no surprise. Multiple ethics complaints have been brought against Palin, all of which have been dismissed, but they keep bringing them. Obviously it takes time and money to fight these battles in court, and all the time is spent NOT being the governor of Alaska. Much speculation is that it is to run for President in 2012. May or may not be true, we'll have to see. Since it is all speculation, for now we just have to take it at face value. For this decision, however, Palin has been the target of a lot of vitriol from the press. Which is weird. For someone who is supposed to be irrelevant and stupid, they sure are focusing a lot of time on her. You can be assured when the press and Democrats attack someone, it's not because they actually are stupid or irrelevant (Rush Limbaugh has been called irrelevant many times throughout the past 20 years). It is because that person threatens their power. Palin connected with ordinary voters as being not part of the Washington establishment. She rallied conservative voters, many of whom would not vote for the maverick McCain and were demoralized from out of control Republicans. If she were really irrelevant, it would not be necessary to even bother with her, but they are. And she isn't.
Great point by Mark Steyn and Sean Hannity: Biden now says they didn't know how bad the mess was. But during the campaign, Obama kept saying it was the worst crisis since the Great Depression. Was he understating the problem by comparing it to the Great Depression? Of course not. Election year, trying to spin the economy as the fault of Bush, fine. But there's no way they underestimated how bad it was unless their talk before the election was deceitful.
Nuke reduction. Obama talked with Medvedev of Russia about reducing our nuclear arsenal. Put aside the question of whether Russia would actually reduce its arsenal. The whole idea behind this is that if only America would reduce its nukes, other countries would follow suit. So basically it is the same thing we always see with Obama, that no matter the circumstance, it is America's fault.
MUST READ
* Obama declares the Constitution optional.
* Simple economics. Insurance raises the price of medical care.
* This is what climate change is all about.
Silly Liberals
* Liberals stuck in the abstract.
* Why is Obama not standing by the people of Honduras?
* Releasing violent criminals has been part of the left's backwards justice system for years. Just another example.
* I doubt this would not be considered a hate crime. Hate crimes are just a tool to start regulating thoughts.
Energy
* It appears T. Boone Pickens is scrapping his wind energy plan. It's just not feasible that wind power will take over our energy needs.
Abortion
* Abortion from its inception was to root out undesirable races. Margaret Sanger of Planned Parenthood explicitly wanted to root out blacks. Now you have it from Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Great point by Mark Steyn and Sean Hannity: Biden now says they didn't know how bad the mess was. But during the campaign, Obama kept saying it was the worst crisis since the Great Depression. Was he understating the problem by comparing it to the Great Depression? Of course not. Election year, trying to spin the economy as the fault of Bush, fine. But there's no way they underestimated how bad it was unless their talk before the election was deceitful.
Nuke reduction. Obama talked with Medvedev of Russia about reducing our nuclear arsenal. Put aside the question of whether Russia would actually reduce its arsenal. The whole idea behind this is that if only America would reduce its nukes, other countries would follow suit. So basically it is the same thing we always see with Obama, that no matter the circumstance, it is America's fault.
MUST READ
* Obama declares the Constitution optional.
* Simple economics. Insurance raises the price of medical care.
* This is what climate change is all about.
Silly Liberals
* Liberals stuck in the abstract.
* Why is Obama not standing by the people of Honduras?
* Releasing violent criminals has been part of the left's backwards justice system for years. Just another example.
* I doubt this would not be considered a hate crime. Hate crimes are just a tool to start regulating thoughts.
Energy
* It appears T. Boone Pickens is scrapping his wind energy plan. It's just not feasible that wind power will take over our energy needs.
Abortion
* Abortion from its inception was to root out undesirable races. Margaret Sanger of Planned Parenthood explicitly wanted to root out blacks. Now you have it from Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Notice a Pattern?
Anyone else notice a pattern with Obama of consistently setting goals for himself and the country that are completely unmeasurable?
First it was the "create or save" jobs. Everyone admitted there was no way this could possibly be counted. What counts as a saved job?
Next it was the stimulus money, much of which isn't even stimulus. How do we decide that it has done good? So far the only standard is those in favor it saying that it would have been worse without it.
Now Obama has agreed with other G-8 leaders to reduce global warming by 3 degrees over the next...probably 100 years. Again, how is this to be measured? If the temperature does rise by 3 degrees it will be said then it would have raised 6 degrees (i.e. they underestimated how bad it was).
Finally, there is a debate about a second stimulus. Warren Buffett is apparently calling for one as well. Put aside where the money comes from (either taxpayers or you print the money), but how will we measure if it works or not?
Of course, I have already alluded to it, but the common thread among these is the answer is always that it would have been much worse had we not done anything. Obviously this makes sense from a political standpoint, as you cannot be accused of doing nothing, but I thought we were going to get a big dose of hope and change.
First it was the "create or save" jobs. Everyone admitted there was no way this could possibly be counted. What counts as a saved job?
Next it was the stimulus money, much of which isn't even stimulus. How do we decide that it has done good? So far the only standard is those in favor it saying that it would have been worse without it.
Now Obama has agreed with other G-8 leaders to reduce global warming by 3 degrees over the next...probably 100 years. Again, how is this to be measured? If the temperature does rise by 3 degrees it will be said then it would have raised 6 degrees (i.e. they underestimated how bad it was).
Finally, there is a debate about a second stimulus. Warren Buffett is apparently calling for one as well. Put aside where the money comes from (either taxpayers or you print the money), but how will we measure if it works or not?
Of course, I have already alluded to it, but the common thread among these is the answer is always that it would have been much worse had we not done anything. Obviously this makes sense from a political standpoint, as you cannot be accused of doing nothing, but I thought we were going to get a big dose of hope and change.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
The Weekly Enlightenment
Happy 4th of July! Iraq and Afghanistan have taken the backseat as of late, given the domestic policies Obama is pushing, but we should always remember those who fight for us. Many have given the ultimate sacrifice and deserve our utmost gratitude and support as they continue to fight for us. Many times it seems we only honor them on holidays, which is very unfortunate. May God watch over them, and may God continue to bless the United States.
This week seemed a bit slower as far as news was concerned. My favorite comment of the entire week came from Rush Limbaugh. He said the two most meaningless words in the Obama administration are "Obama said". They do seem to be pretty unreliable. Even now, though Obama said the unemployment rate wouldn't creep beyond 8% if we passed the stimulus, the unemployment rate is 9.5%. Instead of making one think perhaps their policies aren't working, Biden came out saying they underestimated how bad the economic situation was. Seems like another veiled attempt at blaming Bush.
Health Care
* Obama pretends that costs have been rising for no good reason. Of course there is a lot more advancement, especially in technology, which is expensive. It is also funny when they say the free market has failed, when government intervention has never been worse. Let's reform it!
* Massachusetts is not a good model to copy.
* A great article about the horrors of Canadian and British health care.
Silly Liberals
* No surprise, but Obama's townhalls are staged. Worse yet, one of the participants was given a pass from the White House. Is there no level Obama won't stoop to?
* 50 reasons to stop the Waxman-Markey bill.
What Global Warming?
* The EPA tried to suppress a skeptical report regarding the science of global warming. Strange. I thought Obama was going to be a friend to science. And naturally, the U.S. media ignores it.
* Remember that the plan from Democrats has always been higher prices.
* Remember this when Al Gore and the like claim a consensus.
Iraq
* Well, the Iraqi military is taking over major cities. Naturally Obama is trying to take credit for it, as are many Democrats, though they opposed Bush every step of the way.
Around the World
* It was Zelaya, not the military, that was attempting a coup. Too bad our media won't report the details.
This week seemed a bit slower as far as news was concerned. My favorite comment of the entire week came from Rush Limbaugh. He said the two most meaningless words in the Obama administration are "Obama said". They do seem to be pretty unreliable. Even now, though Obama said the unemployment rate wouldn't creep beyond 8% if we passed the stimulus, the unemployment rate is 9.5%. Instead of making one think perhaps their policies aren't working, Biden came out saying they underestimated how bad the economic situation was. Seems like another veiled attempt at blaming Bush.
Health Care
* Obama pretends that costs have been rising for no good reason. Of course there is a lot more advancement, especially in technology, which is expensive. It is also funny when they say the free market has failed, when government intervention has never been worse. Let's reform it!
* Massachusetts is not a good model to copy.
* A great article about the horrors of Canadian and British health care.
Silly Liberals
* No surprise, but Obama's townhalls are staged. Worse yet, one of the participants was given a pass from the White House. Is there no level Obama won't stoop to?
* 50 reasons to stop the Waxman-Markey bill.
What Global Warming?
* The EPA tried to suppress a skeptical report regarding the science of global warming. Strange. I thought Obama was going to be a friend to science. And naturally, the U.S. media ignores it.
* Remember that the plan from Democrats has always been higher prices.
* Remember this when Al Gore and the like claim a consensus.
Iraq
* Well, the Iraqi military is taking over major cities. Naturally Obama is trying to take credit for it, as are many Democrats, though they opposed Bush every step of the way.
Around the World
* It was Zelaya, not the military, that was attempting a coup. Too bad our media won't report the details.
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