Daily Archives: November 4, 2013

A Dying Culture

Thoughts of the night from the late Robert Heinlein, from his novel Friday “A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot…” What made me think about that quote was a minor confrontation […]

Trial Balloon: Obamacare Fixes The Problem Of Insurers Ripping Off Consumers With Lousy Plans

There’s political spin, then there’s plain lying. Obama was plain lying when he said you could keep your plan (and doctor). Then there are those who are attempting to protect Obama, Democrats, and Obamacare. Many of them have crossed the line from spin to performing an oral sexual act. Yesterday we had the big NY […]

If All You See…

…is an evil fridge that should be restricted from people in “developing nations”, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is A View From The Beach, with a post noting that Brits find no problem with fracking.

Richmond Paper Suggests Warmists Stop The “Climate Porn”

I hadn’t actually heard the term “climate porn”, so it must be a good day, I learned something new! Anyhow, this editorial from the Richmond Times Dispatch is interesting in that it tends to take a moderate view, rather than the typical unhinged doom and gloom we typically hear/read from Warmists Editorial: Block the porn […]

The Washinton Post Notices That There Are Lots Of Losers In Obamacare

Bloomberg’s Megan McCardle notices that consumers were sold a lemon (too bad Obama’s Consumer Protection Agency can’t do anything about that bad actor, Barack Obama), based on a New Yorker article which states that most people will either be winners or unaffected. What’s the reality? (Washington Post) Americans who face higher ­insurance costs under President […]

Obama Pushes ENDA, Shows He Still Has No Clue How Business Works

Yes, the business of Government must move along with more than one issue, but, in reality, Obama jumping in on ENDA, the Employer Non-Discrimination Act, is simply red meat thrown to Democrats who have lost faith in him over the idiocy of Obamacare and NSA spying. He just tried the same thing last week with […]

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