Obama paints himself as a hero in so-called tax cut “compromise”
Well, we shouldn’t expect much else from the guy who promised as a candidate to heal the planet, should we? Via Fox News:
Pay your bills on time? Racist!!
Yes, if you pay your bills on time and thus have a good credit score and the banks reward you with a lower-interest mortgage, it’s not because you’ve been responsible and thus represent a lower credit risk. Nope, it’s because the banks (and probably you, by extension) are RAAAAACIST!!
November’s Porkers of the Month
We have joint winners for this month’s Porker Award from Citizens Against Government Waste and Reason.TV: Senators Tom Carper (D) of Delaware and George Voinovich (R) of Ohio, who want to raise the federal gasoline tax 135% so they and their buddies can use even more of the Highway Trust Fund for purposes for which it was never intended, such as hovercrafts.
Voting with our feet
One of the functions of the decennial census is to determine how many seats each state gets in the House of Representatives. While this doesn’t enable us to determine in detail who is moving where and why, one can make a few broad generalizations with some confidence based on the likely apportionment.