We call these pockets of resistance.  And we classical liberals / constitutional conservatives welcome them. Now we just need the kind of leadership that can point confidently to the successes of such dramatic retaking of state economies and not run away from the very changes that turn states around. Oh. And we also need a way to prevent the locusts who flee collapsing states from setting up in new states

Peter Ferrara, Forbes: President Obama seems to have a strategy to terminate all of the Bush tax cuts, not just those for “the rich,” as he has been saying since 2008.  He is offering the Republicans exactly zero concessions in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations.  No spending cuts, no entitlement reform, no compromise on the rates.  It is entirely my way or the highway, and if the Republicans refuse to do

As the organized left, right down to Obama himself, ramp up pressure to keep Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder from signing right to work legislation into law, the hired thugs / “labor activists” they deploy to drive home the seriousness of their “suggestions” attack those who stand for fiscal responsibility and real freedom of speech and association — here, the tent of Americans for Prosperity, who have been helping in the

Look, I’ve been hearing a bit of right-side OUTRAGE over Jamie Foxx’s opening monologue as host of SNL the other night, so let me take a moment to address it here:  First, foremost, Jamie Foxx was hosting SNL.  And SNL, whether you find it funny or not, is an adult comedy / variety show, one that has always trafficked in political and cultural humor, much of it in the service

Yes, the compound bow or the crossbow are stealthy weapons with a nice effective range, and from a well-designed tree blind can be quite effective against a small band of marauders, provided you are able to keep your position hidden.  Which becomes more difficult if the marauders have even a rudimentary understanding of geometry and physics — which in today’s America, I agree, is a vanishingly small skill set. Still,

See?  Unions protect the little guy from corporate fat cats who otherwise would somehow skirt the laws of labor supply and demand and keep gritty, noble, working class heroes trapped in sweat shops, unable ever to rise and achieve the American Dream. After which they become part of the rich, and part of the problem.  Or something to that effect.  Honestly, trying to navigate through progressive “logic” is like trying

As my last post on this topic sparked a spirited debate here in our right-wing echo chamber, where no dissent is ever brooked and we all walk in ideological lockstep in order to oppress minorities and the poor through racism, sexism, nativism, and homophobia — all while looking to poison the air and water and cause suffering in autistic children and the elderly in pursuit of a constant, monocle-clad greed

Which naturally means the President of the United States should interfere with the state’s attempts at reforming a broken public sector union that is draining Michigan of resources and preventing any real reform to education. Because he’s for the children.  And, as it happens, for those public sector employees who essentially hold the state hostage during each “collective bargaining” go round — vs those who wish to opt out of

And why shouldn’t they be? After all, you think sitting around coming up with ways to force erstwhile free people to live, molding and nudging and re-engineering through regulations on donuts or ladder slat width or low flow toilets, is easy or inexpensive?   These people got skillz, jack! IBD: In the 1,420 days since he took the oath of office, the federal government has daily hired on average 101 new