I’m trying to procrastinate, so I should be blogging, but all I want to talk about is Romney’s airplane window comment and the NFL scab refs. And it’s safe to say, we’ve already covered those topics here. So maybe an open thread is in order. Update. But I can’t resist this principled Randian reaction to …
Jimmy runs deep so deep so deep
If you read that New Yorker article about Paul Ryan, you will notice that the zombie-eyed granny starver considers James Pethokoukis a confidant. This James Pethokoukis: That’s what Ryanmentum is all about: turning up the Nuge and rocking out to Ayn Rand and Red Dawn.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Great piece by Rex Nutting on the myth of a spending explosion under Obama: Of all the falsehoods told about President Barack Obama, the biggest whopper is the one about his reckless spending spree. As would-be president Mitt Romney tells it: “I will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno.” Almost everyone believes …
Useful idiots
One of the great victories of conservatism was framing every debate as the real, Tebow-fearing Murkins versus the dirty hippies who spit on soldiers. Is there anyway the left could try to do the same with banskters and bankster fanboys? A few months ago, I would have scoffed at this idea, but after the nosedive …
Good enough for me and Jimmy P
If you haven’t checked out that James Pethokoukis atrocity that John linked to, here’s a taste from April, 2008: As a movie buff, I keep looking for the right cinematic analogy for the American economy. Try this one: It’s like the Terminator. Not the Schwarzenegger one—the other one, the Terminator from the second film. You …
Circle Jerks
DougJ’ post about the laughable idiot James Pethokoukis (he’s the clown who spent October 2008 flogging the Goldberg theorem claiming the market was tanking not because of the economic crisis but because of an impending Obama electoral victory) and his “Reagan at Rekyavik” nonsense reminded me of the fawning media coverage Reagan got in 1985 …
Open Thread
I’m just glad that DougJ’s eyes have been opened, and now he too can share the burden of realizing just how stupid James Pethokoukis is. I’ve been bearing that burden solo for several years now.