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"Why? Whether it’s al Qaeda Central, or two twisted, perverted, cowardly knock-off jihadists here in Boston. Why do they do what they do?”
VP Biden, speaking at the memorial service for slain MIT police offer Sean Collier - 4/24/2013
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(Video) Is America Becoming Europe?
**Posted by Phineas A philosophical question for you from Encounter Books and narrated by, I think, Bill Whittle: My short answer is “No, and I’d rather not live in Europe, thanks.” (Even though I live in one of the states closest to “might as well just join the EU and get it over with.”
If [...]
NYT op/ed writer: Quit yer b*tchin’, and embrace the nanny state!
The writer of this opinion piece – author and Bowdoin College assistant philosophy professor Sarah Conly – is not an official member of the NYT’s editorial board, but her drool-fest over Bloomberg’s nanny-state power grabs make her a strong contender should an opening become available (bolded emphasis added by me): WHY has there been so much fuss about [...]
The greatest issue facing America: a cruise-ship passengers’ bill of rights
**Posted by Phineas And Chuck Schumer is on the case: Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the cruise ship industry to adopt a “bill of rights” to guarantee passengers certain protections while aboard their ships. The New York Democrat says Sunday he’ll be asking industry leaders to voluntarily adopt the guidelines which include guarantees that [...]
Obamacare: one picture is worth 20,000 pages of regulations
**Posted by Phineas Via Steven Hayward, this photo shows the stack of regulations released so far for Obamacare – a stack seven feet high: In his post, Hayward writes: …the effectual truth of modern American government is that Congress no longer enacts laws in the meaningful sense of the word. Instead, they pass wish lists, [...]
Pelosi really does believe that all the money is hers
**Posted by Phineas Well, the government’s, but you just know that, deep down inside, she sees herself as synonymous with the government – l’Etat c’est Nancy! Bryan Preston noted this interesting bit of progressive logic while the Minority Leader was talking about reducing government spending: “Tax cuts are spending.” “Our whole budget is what $3.5 trillion,” Pelosi said [...]
Venezuela’s oppressive socialist dictator Hugo #Chavez dies, MSM swoons
I went on a rant about this on Twitter earlier this evening – and Storified it and some of the responses I received for your viewing/reading pleasure (or displeasure). NBC, CNN, Reuters, and especially the Associated Press couldn’t help but mention how Chavez supposedly did “so much for the poor”, even though a couple of [...]
California’s big-government madness, drowning in a sea of laws
**Posted by Phineas I ran across an item today in the Los Angeles Times that just floored me. The article was discussing a proposed new tax on sodas to fight the “obesity crisis” (insert eye-roll as needed). See if you can spot what caught my attention: A proposal to tax sweetened soda in California has [...]
What to look for when Nanny Bloomberg’s large soda ban goes into effect
The New York Post provides a rundown- complete with a humorous graphic of Mayor Michael Bloomberg as “Mayor Poppins” – of how Nanny Bloomberg’s large soda ban, which goes into effect on March 12, will impact not just businesses and consumers: Nanny Bloomberg unleashes his ban on large sodas on March 12 — and there [...]
Presented for your approval: Marco Rubio and Rand Paul school Barack Obama
**Posted by Phineas So, last night was the State of the Union address. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t watch. First off, Obama’s a tedious, hackneyed speaker, and listening to him for an hour would be painful. If you did, you’re made of sterner stuff than I. Second, we know what he’s going [...]
The progressive war on the middle class: Kansas vs. California
**Posted by Phineas A few days ago, reactionary liberal E.J. Dionne wrote a piece in The Washington Post, part of which he devoted to bashing states that implement conservative fiscal and governance policies. And he singled out Kansas, the state with perhaps the most “Tea Party” government, for a ritual “two minutes hate:” In some [...]
