Steven Spielberg, George Clooney and other 1%-centers of Hollywood just can’t get enough of Barry Obama and his plans to redistribute the wealth. Well, guys and gals, time to put up or shut up. Time to lead the way or get out of the way. I mean, in the early 1950’s Hollywood continued to cheer on FDR’s 20% excise tax … right? Hollywood discovered Laffer Curve before Laffer did. In
August 2012
August 8, 2012
Social Altruism vs. Empathy and Compassion [McGehee]
You have undoubtedly seen the TV ad campaign — though now it seems to have run its course. Some corporation (a financial institution?) shows little random acts of kindness involving an actor — the person doing the kindness — a beneficiary, and a witness. Next we see the witness from Scene 1 doing a random act of kindness, which is itself witnessed, and so on around the park until the
August 8, 2012
“Obama distorts facts in effort to expand welfare state”
For those remaining few of you who simply refuse to believe such a good man would do such a thing. You’re welcome.
August 8, 2012
“K Street Republicans’ war on Palin”
— Which headline is misleading, because it goes beyond the “K Street Republicans” to the very anti-“purist” vocal mainstream Republican opinion outlets — you know, that new brand of conservative that is helping make conservatism more palatable to “independents” and the “moderates” and the “undecideds” by making sure it isn’t terribly conservative. Because the only way for conservatism to gain power — to appeal to the great unwashed — is
August 8, 2012
Why certain Catholic leaders make life difficult for Catholics
“Cardinal Hosts Obama Despite Archdiocese’s Lawsuit, Obama’s Abortion Stance,” CNS News: President Barack Obama, who is moving ahead with a regulation that forces observant American Catholics to act against their consciences and the teachings of their faith, will be one of the keynote speakers at an Oct. 18 white-tie fundraiser hosted by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. […]
August 8, 2012
The problem with Constitutional scholars, in an (academic and hermeneutic) nutshell
Michael Stokes Paulsen, University Chair and Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas, in Minneapolis and co-director of its Pro-Life Advocacy Center (PLACE), argues that CJ John Roberts got the ObamaCare ruling correct: while the power to tax is the power to destroy, Paulsen argues, “the power to elect is the power to repair” — that is, a political solution is the best and really only legitimate way
August 8, 2012
“How can our own federal government pick winners and losers amongst its own citizens?” [Darleen Click]
Obama, who ran in 2008 ostensibly with promises to change DC and unite American citizenry has done anything but. Cronyism has lived large in an administration that has funneled taxpayer money into Obama-connected hands while continuing to nudge America down the road to a Euro-socialist, diminished nation. Punishing dissenters is one part, rewarding the backers is another. During the GM bailout, UAW members didn’t skip a beat in maintaining their
August 7, 2012
RIP Marvin Hamlisch [Darleen Click]
LATimes Marvin Hamlisch, the stage and film composer who created the memorable songs for “A Chorus Line,” has died at 68. The composer died on Monday in Los Angeles after collapsing from a brief illness, his family said in a statement. One of the most decorated composers in entertainment, Hamlisch had won a Tony Award, three Academy Awards, four Emmy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Hamlisch was still
August 7, 2012
Creeping sharia and the totalitarian left
Because let’s just say aloud here what everybody’s thinking: the Constitution, written by patriarchal while slave-owners poisoned by Christianity, is, like, over a hundred years old. Meaning it’s time we did some “progressive” adjusting to things like the First Amendment, which — looked at properly, is really just a bit of language justifying hate. Just ask Chick-fil-A. Tolerance, to progressives, is the enforcement of government-approved speech. Hate, on other hand,
August 7, 2012
plunge officially taken
The recent spate of shootings (and attendant manufactured “fear” over “assault weapons” and “high-capacity mags” promoted by the left and the media), the UN small arms treaty rumblings, Obama’s charge the we search our souls with respect to gun violence, Schumer’s attempt to plant gun control measures in various forms of legislation — all of this conspired to convince me I probably shouldn’t wait to pick up the SCAR Heavy.