Not that he cares about the issue, mind you. It’s just that he thinks it will sell with Hispanics, who’ve been leaving him in droves. And rather than appeal to all Americans, the President hopes to win re-election by grabbing up various grievance groups, whom he’ll promise to reward in exchange for votes. From The Hill: The president’s renewed focus on immigration reform comes as Latino advocates are demanding that
April 2011
The glass half-full chronicles: why $5 gallon gasoline is really kinda good for us, if you stop and think about it, reason #6
6. Don’t feel like cutting the damn grass? Don’t. You can always cry poor — and then remind your HOA, should the petty tyrants start bitching at you, that the earth is better off for your recalcitrance. WHY DOES THE HOA HATE EARTH?
"Obama Claims Air Pollution from Coal ‘Creating Asthma for Kids Nearby’"
Because he’s a serial liar: President Barack Obama claimed that coal could create “the kinds of air pollution” that is “creating asthma for kids,” in speaking at a town hall event in Annandale, Va., on Tuesday. However, the National Institutes of Health says that “the exact cause of asthma isn’t known” and that “asthma is different for each person.” “The challenge with coal is that although it’s very cheap, it’s
"Sure. But is it really fair to call it 'rape' if I just put it in, like, this much…?"
Via Sarah R, who demands a caption contest. So have at it!
Chicago-style politics and a Good Man's end-run around the Constitution
ALG release: Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Bill Wilson today condemned a draft executive order by the White House to compel companies to disclose donations to non-profit groups that might make independent expenditures during an election cycle. The executive order would apply to “[a]ny contributions made to third party entities with the intention or reasonable expectation that parties would use those contributions to make independent expenditures or electioneering communications.”
"A stench of orthodoxy spreads across the American campus"
And it smells like…freedom. — If “freedom” smelled of rank, rotted fart, I mean. Otherwise? It just smells like rank, rotted fartish orthodoxy. “The philosophy of the classroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next”. My man Abe Lincoln said that. Too bad only the socialists have truly taken it to heart.
Craftsmanship problems
To anybody who’s ever had a go at the Captains of Crush grippers — or any other brand of heavy duty torsion grippers, for that matter — the kinds of grippers you pick up from, say, a Dick’s sporting goods, just don’t rank. Tonight, looking for an old pair of those retail store grippers to attach to some Lifeline cable (I wanted to make a piece of specialty exercise equipment
"U.S. Gov't Agency Plans $2.84 Billion Loan for Oil Refinery—In Colombia"
Of course it does. Honestly. How does Obama’s approval rating stay above, say, 20%? I mean, can he make his disdain for us any more obvious? We’re lost as a nation.
"Sovereign Debt Downgrade Imminent, Time for Balanced Budget Now"
So argues Bill Wilson, Americans for Limited Government: […] relative to other nations whose credit is rated Triple-A, we are fiscally irresponsible. The size and scope of America’s rapidly escalating $14.3 trillion gross national debt coupled with a complete lack of willingness to rein it in, if it continues to grow for long, will not warrant a perfect credit rating. But isn’t the U.S. special and have more room to
