This time, from Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU: Dear , [yes, that’s what it said; they couldn’t be bothered to fill in the name field] It probably comes as no surprise that Florida is ground zero in the nationwide fight over voter suppression. And the ACLU has been right in the middle of it. When they passed a law making voter registration next to impossible here in Florida,
June 2012
June 13, 2012
Laying the groundwork for Obama’s defeat: It’s the RAAAAACISM! [Darleen Click]
Just like Obama has no responsibility for the FUBAR economic situation we are in, so any criticism of his policies and performance are really the result of racism. We know this because, gasp, racially-tinged searches [Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a doctoral candidate in economics at Harvard University] chose a common racial insult that starts with “N” and looked for searches that used the singular and plural forms of the word. “The most
June 13, 2012
British Sock Puppets — when “charities” become shadow government [Darleen Click]
Telegraph In a new report, the Institute of Economic Affairs will argue charities have become a “shadow state”, because they are so reliant on around £12 billion a year of public grants and contracts. The paper also reveals the Government is now spending millions of pounds on “lobbying itself” because taxpayer-funded charities have hired so many public affairs and media advisers. It will say charities are less likely to criticise
June 12, 2012
“Private Jobs Down 4.6 Million From January 2008; Federal Jobs Up 11.4%” [Darleen Click]
IBD The Wisconsin recall election was about liberals’ zeal to maintain government employees’ privileges far and above those of struggling private sector workers who pay their salaries. Payroll change since January 2008 Total: -5.01 million -3.6% Private: -4.61 million -4% Government: -407,000 -1.8% Federal Government: (excluding post office) +225,000 11.4% Sources: Labor Department, Datastream Meanwhile, Paul Krugman declares “The real story about this economy is that the cutbacks at the
June 11, 2012
That’s a fucking bargain! [bh]
Our pw friend McGehee has released a short story for our enjoyment and the overall edification for mankind. As I haven’t read it I’m assuming it probably involves lesbians. With pictures. Also rocket cars and future guns. And space ninjas. Look, if you have a Kindle you shouldn’t even be reading this, you should already be entering numbers over at Amazon. If you don’t have a Kindle, you should be
June 11, 2012
Reagan was wrong; it is opposition to Government that is the problem … [Darleen Click]
… because Government is the Solution. Why don’t Democrats just say it? They really believe in active government and think it does good and valuable things. One of those valuable things is that government creates jobs — yes, really — and also the conditions under which more jobs can be created. […] It ought to be perfectly obvious: When the private sector is no longer investing, the economy will spin
June 11, 2012
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood… [bh]
In comments, motionview points to a nice piece by Kay S. Hymowitz in the latest City Journal. Here’s a taste: Defenders of the single-mother revolution often describe it as empowering for women, who can now free themselves from unhappy unions and live independent lives. That’s one way to look at it. Another is that it has been an economic catastrophe for those women. Poverty remains relatively rare among married couples
June 11, 2012
When ‘studies’ are substituted for God or common sense [Darleen Click]
Will the acolytes still adhere to the conclusions when studies go against their political ideology? Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in his decision overturning Proposition 8 that social science had disproven the idea that children benefit from being raised by their mom and dad in a marriage. The American Psychological Association has issued a proclamation to that effect, allegedly based on a neutral study of scientific evidence. Today in the Social
June 11, 2012
“Yes the US EPA chooses to make 34.4% equal to 100%.” [Darleen Click]
How the EPA disobeys the laws of thermodynamics Is this just another way for a do good government to dictate that the least smart student in the class gets an A. The socialist inspired nincompoops at the EPA believe the plug in needs higher grades just because three Nobel Prize winners told them so. Two of the prize winners won for peace the other for physics. The EPA allows plug