I don’t know how many times I have to repeat this line before it finally takes hold, but we live in time when it is the ruling class vs. the rest of us — from the open mockery by a sitting President of “teabaggers,” to a governmental attack on private citizens (Limbaugh, Bundy, the Koch brothers), to the declared war establishment Republicans, who can never bring themselves to actively reject
April 2014
Reaction in America’s Future [Dan Collins]
Back in olden times, many of you will recall, there was a great deal of sturm und drang over Bush the Younger’s use of executive orders and signing statements from the left, and I agreed in part that these short-circuitings of the legislative process in the name of efficiency set bad precedents. At the time, these abuses of process triggered much hyperventilating from leftists, who warned of the rise of
Toyota to move N. American headquarters (and over 5,000 jobs) from California to Texas [Darleen Click]
Hell of a job, Moonbeam! North American Chief Executive Jim Lentz is expected to brief employees Monday, said the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly. Toyota declined to detail its plans. About 5,300 people work at Toyota’s Torrance complex. It is unclear how many workers will be asked to move to Texas. The move is expected to take several years. Toyota has long been a Southern California fixture.
“Race matters” [Darleen Click]
“Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage — the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterological traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry” ~~Ayn Rand SCOTUS “Justice” Sotomayor has lived up to every warning issued about her dedication to the Left’s ideology of viewing all reality through the
“Boehner public mocking of colleagues on immigration similar to what he’s done in private”
Color me shocked. But not orange. For the love of God. CNN: House Speaker John Boehner is mocking fellow House Republicans for saying that it’s too hard to tackle the controversial issue of immigration reform. Speaking Thursday at a meeting of the Middletown Rotary Club in his home congressional district in southwestern Ohio, an animated Boehner, talking about his colleagues on Capitol Hill, said “here’s the attitude: ‘Ohhhh, don’t make
How to respond to Thomas Piketty’s inequality alarmism, revisited
Jim Pethokoukis offered his tack; I offered mine. But Kevin Williamson really went out of his way to parse the chaff from the wheat — not with respect to Piketty himself, but rather to progressive economic fantasies more generally —and it turns out there’s not enough wheat left over in the progressive’s collectivist basket to make a single box of cereal: Money is a symbolic system, the purpose of which
Nothing is for free
As a follow-up to Darleen’s post below, it isn’t just states — and it isn’t just drinks — that the nannystate wants to watch. It’s you. Want some of that government health care you’ll soon be compelled, likely out of financial necessity, to take on? Well, the government wants things from you in exchange. Like, for instance, to watch what you eat, and send you messages encouraging to stop your
“If you like your children …” [Darleen Click]
The state of Connecticut feels parents are too stupid to decide what their children should drink The state legislature is considering a bill that would ban day care centers from serving whole milk or 2 percent milk to children. The move, according to the bill’s sponsors, is aimed at curbing childhood obesity — but opponents say the information is outdated. […] It reads: “No child day care center, group day
Happy 2nd Birthday, Tanner!
Willful, playful, expressive, verbal. And freakishly strong, like an ant without the whole insect vibe. You are a blessing and a joy. And we love you very, very much. (We just hope that you like chocolate. And superheros. Because that’s the cupcake and balloon you’re getting, and there’s really no turning back now)
What’s old is new again
So, I’ve mentioned the swarm of Twittercons who’ve spent the last couple days coming after me — with one in particular, “ofwolfsandravens,” proving himself to especially dense and dimwitted. Tonight, in fact, he decided (as I’m a “looser” who had to “hide behind lawyers” when “threatened by a woman”) he wanted to meet me face to face. Presumably to bump chests or some shit. Which isn’t how it works. (Hi,
