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Debating Obamacare or “Arguing with Idiots”

Posted By on January 3, 2010

Much has been written and much has been said about Obamacare … some of it has even been cogent.  I’m going to try to put some of these arguments to bed once and for all (oh, were that even possible).

Haggling Over Price (again)

Posted By on January 2, 2010

Where some will disagree, is where the line in the sand is that marks the limit of where we think the federal government has authority to go as so granted by the Constitution.  This disagreement is fine and we can argument like gentlemen about it all day long.

Good For the Government Watchdogs

Posted By on September 8, 2009

Education Secretary Arne Duncan acknowledged that some prepared guidance for school officials included a suggestion that students could compose essays stating how they could help support Obama and his causes – an idea the he acknowledged was wrongheaded. The logical conclusion is that in the absence of the protests from vigilant government watchdogs, these “wrongheaded” suggestions would have gone through.

Stimulus Not Stimulating

Posted By on July 8, 2009

While it is relatively old news and widely known that the Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus package, also known as the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” wasn’t designed to dump large amounts of cash into the economy in a hurry, VP Joe Biden’s recent remarks about it are still striking1. Nor is this […]

Don’t Think … About Health Care

Posted By on June 27, 2009

What a vast majority of the people who support Obama’s plan don’t realize, because they aren’t thinking for themselves, or the suffer from situational myopia, is that any government solution WILL result in loss of health care freedom. It will, by it’s nature, result in exactly they problems they propose to fix. It cannot end any other way.

Rules Have Replaced Thinking

Posted By on June 27, 2009

Many people have completely abdicated their right to think. Instead, they ask for more and more rules to govern their lives, and the lives of others who they do not trust. The lack of trust (and trustworthy folks) in our society results in the application of more laws thus further degrading the very freedom we proclaim to be protecting.

Who Do You Trust?

Posted By on June 27, 2009

Jack Nicholson’s Joker character in “Batman” once famously said, “Who do you trust?” The screenplay writer(s) were spot on.

Name One

Posted By on June 10, 2009

Mr. President, if you’re going to make claims about something highly doubtful, please be man enough to provide specific examples that back up your position.

I Want Obama to Fail

Posted By on June 9, 2009

Yes, I do want Obama to fail to implement his plans and agenda.

Don’t Like the Weather Forecast?

Posted By on June 9, 2009

It’s a well known fact that man is almost completely incapable of predicting the weather with any degree of accuracy more than about 5 minutes in advance.