Libertarian oases? Life without the left. And the establishment right. 21st century kibbutzes. A hippie movement to resist the Progressive Man. Free-roaming “families” living by their own rules, without the stabbing of movie stars and unborn children to bring the heat down on them. Sounds great at first blush. But the inevitable Ron Paul-like foreign policy — a full-circle rejoining of the far left and the paleocon right, creating a

run run northeastern anti-gun pro-mike castle let’s eat din-din with obama and the chicoms chris christie save Christmas! I guess this is what happens when the Huntsman juggernaut doesn’t gather the requisite steam. On the plus side? Palin will tear this poseur to shreds. **** update: Alter retracts. (thanks to John B)

— Which, I realize that seems a bit … tardy. But in fairness to the President, perhaps he’s planning on releasing the plan to coincide with the promised release of his former China ambassador (and Bush favorite) John Huntsman’s economic plan. Must just be a “top tier candidate” thing. We wouldn’t understand.

In response to a bit pulled from my previous post — namely, this bit: — just thought I’d highlight that bit for all the “compromise at all costs” types, some of who seem to be leading the GOP in Congress, others of whom have assumed the role of mouthpiece for the party — and vanishingly few of whom seem to be as on “our” side as they pretend to be.

Uh, what is “unbridled power and a true de facto class structure,” Alex…? Robert Romano: “We want to state our absolute will to defend the euro,” said French President Nicolas Sarkozy after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris. Sarkozy called for a “true European economic government”. Uh oh. […] Thus far, the bailouts have not benefited any nation. Instead, they have helped each nation’s creditors: international financial institutions,

Lies of Aug 16, non-exhaustive. I’ve got a number of members of my Cabinet who are here. All of them do outstanding work day in, day out. So I couldn’t be prouder of them. First of all, this guy you should be a little familiar with because he used to be the governor of this great state — Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. (Applause.) Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.

Welcome to my world, Mark. More from Levin: “I think they want to be kingmakers; I think that if they’re not involved in making these decisions — imposing them on the rest of us — they’d just as soon be on the outside throwing bricks at the White House, at Obama, where they can raise money and empower themselves. But I honestly am starting to believe that they’d rather Obama

Today’s lies, Minnesota Aug 15. Obviously America has gone through extraordinary challenges over the last two and a half years. We’ve gone through the worst recession since the Great Depression, dating all the way back to 2007, 2008. This is a lie, the key lie of the 2012 campaign. The proximate cause of this recession was progressive housing policy, lending and investment died at the prospect and then the reality

You fucked up, you trusted us! CNS: The White House economic adviser who determined in 2009 that if President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill were passed unemployment would not go above 8 percent, now says he was wrong and that he does not think unemployment will go below 8 percent before the end of 2012–the last year of the four-year term Obama won in 2008. Jared Bernstein, the former chief economist

Not sure if it’s because I’m feeling wistful, or just miss all my 80s hair. Either way.