Random Thoughts

1. Obama recently said we are the only advanced country that doesn't provide health insurance for its citizens (50 million is the number he used this time)...so we're not supposed to want it because it is good, only that everybody else is doing it? Not a very convincing argument to me.

2. A lot on the right are curious when the media is going to start blaming Obama for the West Virginia mine disaster like they did for the Sago mine when Bush was President. Of course we pray for the miners and their families, but if any on the right actually exclaimed Obama was responsible it would be wrong not to mention it would be using it for political purposes. Our beef is with our media who claim to be objective but jumped on every disaster as an excuse to bash Bush.

3. Talking to the other Mike, I just happened to mention that the country has been messed up for a long time and people are finally taking notice. What if Obama hadn't tried to be as radical? Would conservatives have lifted a finger?

4. As I believe Michelle Malkin pointed out, when there is ever a lone right-wing gunman, the media treat it as if the entire right-wing is at fault. I would extend that to say even in the case of the recent mine disaster it was an opportunity for the media (and Democrats) to blame Republicans since the mine owner gave money to Republicans. Of course, no examination if that affected any existing regulation, whether new regulation would have saved the miners, if there are other factors at play that would make the miners' jobs safer but other laws prohibit it, or even if some of the mythic deregulation resulted in higher death tolls. I would guess no, but we always have to wait for the facts to come out, which never make as big a story as the original.

5. Finally, it was reported that if you take into account all tax credits, 47% of Americans either pay no income tax or receive money. With more and more government coming, and fewer and fewer paying for it, just remember when you hear this is somehow a "free" market.