Here’s the latest from the Red State Strike Force: Well now we know why the Democrats don’t mind raising taxes – they don’t pay them. Barack Obama has nominated another tax cheat. With Tim Geithner we were told he was the indispensable man during the economic crisis. What about Tom Daschle? What makes him special? …
Amity Shlaes Horror
The Washington Post is out with yet another Amity Shlaes piece today claiming that the New Deal was a big failure. I won’t analyze the piece itself, since I am not an economist, but I will revisit a piece she wrote last July, titled, auspiciously enough, “Phil Gramm Was Right”: Consider what happened this week. …
Doug Feith’s wiki
Commnter WEC points me towards a section in Doug Feith’s wiki titled “Professional Praise”. Get ready: Former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld “Doug Feith, of course, is without question, one of the most brilliant individuals in government. He is – he’s just a rare talent. And from my standpoint, working with him is always interesting. …
Either you’re slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot
It’s too bad the “Boiler Room” sucked, because this trailer tells the economic story of the last however many years in 70 seconds better than anything else I’ve seen, and the Biggie quote is right on the money as far as capturing the zeitgeist. (The Ben Affleck as Alec Baldwin scene is truly unforgivable, though.)
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DeBushification
I believe that many of the Bush administration’s worst failures can be attributed to the fact that they staffed the federal bureaucracy with cronies and idiots. A FEMA not led by Michael Brown would have reacted differently to Katrina, a DoD not led by Rummy, Wolfie, DiRita, and the dumbest fucking person on the planet …
Get ready for World War V
When I joined the Red State Strike Force, I began receiving emails from Newsmax as well. And I have to say that Newsmax emails make Erick Erickson sound like Thomas Jefferson. Here’s a taste of one of the articles they were pushing: The Coming War with Iran: 6 Days in Hell! Newsmax Magazine’s blockbuster issue …
It’s hard indoors for a pimp
This cracks me up: Under current (Rhode Island) state law, prostitution is legal in Rhode Island as long as it takes place indoors. Only streetwalkers, their pimps and the customers flagging them down can be charged. [….] University of Rhode Island women’s studies Prof. Donna M. Hughes said that if prostitution remains legal indoors, “Rhode …