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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Coyote Blog: In Honor of Today’s Gore-Fest, My Climate Video
Excellent video. Refutes glow bull warming theory, if you have the courage to face the truth.
Is Romney more electable?
Someone at the Boston Globe thinks so: Romney offers the electability argument
Isn't it funny? Four years ago, everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon of "change". Now that the change has produced some unpopular results, the idea now is to inspire fear of a change. With Romney, you get Romneycare instead of Obamacare. So, what's the point in voting for the same thing you already have?
Whatever happened to "a choice, not an echo"?
Isn't it funny? Four years ago, everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon of "change". Now that the change has produced some unpopular results, the idea now is to inspire fear of a change. With Romney, you get Romneycare instead of Obamacare. So, what's the point in voting for the same thing you already have?
Whatever happened to "a choice, not an echo"?
Morning Jay
Does Obama Really Believe He's Still Popular? | The Weekly Standard
Jay Cost says up to 25% of his support is gone. If that holds up at election time, he cannot possibly win. So, is that the case?
I'm not so sure. It may well be that he has lost 25% approval, but does that translate into 25% swing at the polls? Probably not.
People that do not approve of Obama may vote for him anyway. Perhaps not with great enthusiasm, but as the lesser of two evils. In fact, that is the way he seems to be running things- he runs against the evil that he has claimed to have indentified, but not as a positive force in his own right.
Jay Cost says up to 25% of his support is gone. If that holds up at election time, he cannot possibly win. So, is that the case?
I'm not so sure. It may well be that he has lost 25% approval, but does that translate into 25% swing at the polls? Probably not.
People that do not approve of Obama may vote for him anyway. Perhaps not with great enthusiasm, but as the lesser of two evils. In fact, that is the way he seems to be running things- he runs against the evil that he has claimed to have indentified, but not as a positive force in his own right.
Obama ran against Bush in 2008, now he will run against Congress
Congressional Job Approval
Bush was on the way out in 2008. It wasn't relevant. Congress is divided into districts, therefore, it isn't a national body, per se. It does legislate with respect to the Federal Government, but is not responsible to all of the people, but only those in their own districts. Therefore, such a poll is meaningless. And to run against it is also meaningless.
It may work politically, but it is dangerous. For the only solution is to nationalize our politics, which is just exactly the wrong direction. The government is too powerful already. To nationalize any further would endanger our Federal form of government.
Should we want this? I should think that the answer would be "no". This could lead to dictatorship if it isn't checked.
Bush was on the way out in 2008. It wasn't relevant. Congress is divided into districts, therefore, it isn't a national body, per se. It does legislate with respect to the Federal Government, but is not responsible to all of the people, but only those in their own districts. Therefore, such a poll is meaningless. And to run against it is also meaningless.
It may work politically, but it is dangerous. For the only solution is to nationalize our politics, which is just exactly the wrong direction. The government is too powerful already. To nationalize any further would endanger our Federal form of government.
Should we want this? I should think that the answer would be "no". This could lead to dictatorship if it isn't checked.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Yep, they are better than us, cuz they say so
Here we go again with those on the left claiming the moral high ground that they don't deserve.
Incidentally, it is Paul Krugman who decided to weigh in on this one. The link is from one of his ardent followers. At least it appears that he is not going to go so far as to totally mis-characterize what happened, as though this follower has no such qualms. Somehow, I am not persuaded by such claims of high moral superiority from this individual.
On the other hand, he did mis-characterize something. He said that Ron Paul tried to evade the question. No, actually, he didn't. As a matter of fact, he probably should not have attempted an answer to a hypothetical question. Instead, he should have demanded real life examples, instead of a hypothetical.
In addition, there are few on the right who would do away with all of the social safety net. This is also a mis -characterization. The left gets plenty of political advantage out of stirring up fears of such hyped up threats. What is really happening is that the left wants the power more than they want to help anybody. So, if there is even a hint of trying to rein in the outlandish spending, the left shrieks in horror at the evil of it all. We saw that with the recent budget battle. The left do protest too much. The real threat is to their own power, not to anybody else.
If the left wants a fight over morality, bring it on.
Incidentally, it is Paul Krugman who decided to weigh in on this one. The link is from one of his ardent followers. At least it appears that he is not going to go so far as to totally mis-characterize what happened, as though this follower has no such qualms. Somehow, I am not persuaded by such claims of high moral superiority from this individual.
On the other hand, he did mis-characterize something. He said that Ron Paul tried to evade the question. No, actually, he didn't. As a matter of fact, he probably should not have attempted an answer to a hypothetical question. Instead, he should have demanded real life examples, instead of a hypothetical.
In addition, there are few on the right who would do away with all of the social safety net. This is also a mis -characterization. The left gets plenty of political advantage out of stirring up fears of such hyped up threats. What is really happening is that the left wants the power more than they want to help anybody. So, if there is even a hint of trying to rein in the outlandish spending, the left shrieks in horror at the evil of it all. We saw that with the recent budget battle. The left do protest too much. The real threat is to their own power, not to anybody else.
If the left wants a fight over morality, bring it on.
Video: The Story Behind Rick Perry’s Gardasil Mandate
Watch the interview with Burcham’s friends, and decide for yourself if anything that Michele Bachmann has said about Perry, crony capitalism and Gardasil makes any sense.
A real story. A real human being, not just some hypothetical question.
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