Daily Archives: February 29, 2012

Kids And Dogs Won’t Know What Fire Hydrants Look Like

Won’t someone please think of the children? And dogs? The lack of snow so far this winter has made it easy for fire crews to access hydrants when they respond to fires. That could change if anywhere from six inches to more than a foot of snow falls, which would hinder access to hydrants, especially […]

If All You See…

…is a snow that is created by hot conditions, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the Day is The First Street Journal.

Obama Admin. Not Looking To Lower Gas Prices

As DrewM points out, this should be in every GOP commercial from now till Election Day (Politico) The Energy Department isn’t working to lower gasoline prices directly, Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday after a Republican lawmaker scolded him for his now-infamous 2008 comment that gas prices in the U.S. should be as high as in […]

Does The Individual Mandate Violate Contract Law?

An interesting point from the Institute For Justice (via Hot Air) If government-mandated health insurance is upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) case is argued in March 2012, the Institute for Justice warns in its amicus brief that there will be dire and predictable threats to […]

Seven Takeaways From Arizona And Michigan

OK, so we had the primaries in those two states yesterday. Mitt won big in Arizona over Santorum, 47.3 to 26.6, and squeaked one out in Michigan, 41.1 to 37.9. The Politico provides 5 takeaways 1) A win is a win: It’s the cliche of the cycle, and we’ve found ourselves saying it to defend […]

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