The Grandkids Can Eat Gruel

The Heritage Foundation has an interesting analysis of the Obama spending plans. You can read the article, but the picture packs quite a punch:

P.S. Remember that Congress actually determines government spending. Remember it especially well in next year's election.

Supernatural Diversity?

I'm glad students will be taught about traditional bloodsuckers without mentioning the Democrat Party.

WOW

From today's Drudge Report*:

Maybe Michelle shouldn't unpack everything just yet.

* The poll was taken down almost as soon as it was posted. At least it shows that Conservatives are online.

Other People Say Smart Stuff, Too Part XVI

Regarding the matter of incentives -- tax an activity and you will get less of it; pay people for an activity and you will get more of it -- Terry Paulson had a great illustration in his column today:

"What if the next time you went to a department store, they locked the doors, identified the top 10% of the wealthiest customers and forced them to pay for the purchases of all of the other customers in the store. If you received free purchases, you’d be surprised and certainly happy. You’d probably come back with your friends! But what are the chances those wealthy clients would return? How long would it take until you were now the top 10% forced to pay the whole bill? Incentives matter and always will."

This is reminiscent of the "Ten Men at Dinner" parable.

Hell Freezes Over/Americans Defeat Obama

According to an Associated Press report, the Obama administration is ready to drop the government-run option as part of its healthcare proposal. Apparently the boisterous townhall meetings, which led to Democrats calling Americans a "mob," and their protests "phony," demonstrated to those same Democrats the power of the public. Sometimes these politicians have to be reminded who's the boss.

A recap of what Democrats think of Americans who protest against them:
Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer - "UnAmerican."
John Dingell - "KKK and white supremacists."
Democratic National Committee - "a sham."
Nancy Pelosi - "Astroturf." (A fake grassroots movement.)
Harry Reid - "evil-mongers."

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you today's Democrat Party.

Water, Water Everywhere

One of my concerns with our self-sufficient dream home has been our ability to be self-sufficient in potable water here on the arid plains. Well, my problem may be solved by the time I get around to actually building. I give you the Whisson Windmill, which collects water from the air:




This device has the potential to produce up to 2,000 gallons of water a day.

On the Other Hand

“I have not said that I was a single payer supporter.”– Barack Obama, at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire 8/11/09.

“I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan.”– Barack Obama, at a Senate campaign rally in 2003.

You can't say you weren't warned.

Refreshing

Last Sunday Tiger Woods won a golf tournament when his opponent, Padraig Harrington, triple-bogeyed after muffing some difficult shots. Woods was angry after the tournament because PGA official John Paramor put the two players on a timer after the 16th hole. Harrington rushed his shots and subsequently lost to Woods. Woods said he told Harrington after it was over, “I’m sorry that John got in the way of a great battle.”

When asked if he regretted making the issue personal by singling out the official, Woods said, “No. Because he’s the one who did it.”

It's kind of cool to hear an athlete stand behind what he said in an honest, open way.

How Obamacare Really Works

New York Times story: "White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost"

Lead paragraph: "Pressed by industry lobbyists, White House officials on Wednesday assured drug makers that the administration stood by a behind-the-scenes deal to block any Congressional effort to extract cost savings from them beyond an agreed-upon $80 billion."

In exchange for this deal with Obama, drug makers agree to sponsor commercials and other advertising supporting his healthcare plan. Quid pro quo.

To quote Jim Malone, "That's the Chicago way!"

Well, Of Course

From the Associated Press: "The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court."

No mention of the fact that Democrats blocked the nomination of Hispanic Bush Supreme Court nominee Miguel Estrada in 2001 because he was Hispanic.

Inform On Your Friends and Neighbors

In the killing fields of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, the government used informers in each village to determine who was loyal. Those who were deemed not loyal enough were led to mass graves and beaten to death or buried alive. "Bullets are not to be wasted" was the cost-saving directive.
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The Obama White House is now asking informers to contact them with information that they consider "disloyal." The White House issued a memo.asking the public to inform the Obama administration of any "fishy" e-mails or blogs. Fishy, in this case, being anything critical of the Obama healthcare plan, which the White House characterizes as "disinformation." That's right, Obama's Chicago Political Machine is channeling Pol Pot.
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Luckily, at least one politician, Texas Senator John Cornyn, is confronting the Obama White House on this hideous new political tactic.
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The question is this: What are they going to do with the information? Suddenly, exercising my First Amendment rights feels like something the White House is prepared to punish. Is that what the President is supposed to do? And if their attitude is that a move like this is acceptable, what else do they have in mind for Americans?

The Natives are Getting Restless

In Austin...



In Pennsylvania...



In Setauket, NY...

Why So Serious?

How's That Stimulus Thing Working Out?

Associated Press: "Tax receipts are on pace to drop 18 percent this year, the biggest single-year decline since the Great Depression, while the federal deficit balloons to a record $1.8 trillion."

I don't suppose anyone in Congress has thought of maybe, oh, I don't know, cutting spending????

What Obama Really Means is....

Regardless of your stance on government-controlled healthcare ("socialized medicine") there's no denying what Obama has said, that he does not want to eliminate private insurance.

Well, sort of.



You can't say you weren't warned.