Do Trib editors ever do the math? July 28, 2011 I only ask because their glowing endorsement of Dr. Foster has some intriguing numbers, to wit: Dr. Foster’s Illinois district had a reported 3,200… Continue Reading
No mea culpa from the Trib yet… July 28, 2011 …for its six year effort to turn a blind eye toward Red Plan related worms. But, at least they are giving the new guy… Continue Reading
One Anti Red Planner that seems to like kids July 28, 2011 Allan Wilman has written often to the Trib raking the Red Plan over the coals. Therefore, I enjoyed reading the Trib’s story about how… Continue Reading
Why doesn’t WaPo pay me instead of George Will? July 28, 2011 Probably because I never set out to be a pundit. I wanted to be a real life legislator. Writing has only become an avenue… Continue Reading
Obama is today’s Gorbachev July 27, 2011 My buddy who complains regularly that he reads “Welty” and then insists that this means Welty should read whichever pundit’s rant he points to… Continue Reading
How many Germans admitted to being Nazis after WWII? July 27, 2011 If the US Economy nosedives after Washington DC fails to blink, how many Tea Party types will admit to being in the Party? Continue Reading
I stumbled over long division… July 27, 2011 …when I was in 5th grade’ I never got very good at math but I suspect I could have done a little calculus too… Continue Reading
I’m not persuaded that the GOP is really the party… July 27, 2011 …that opposes the redistribution of wealth. It may be that they simply like redistributing weath upwards. If so they’ve been very successful at it:… Continue Reading
This was the John McCain I could support in 2000 July 27, 2011 McCain vs. the Tea Parties “This is the kind of crack political thinking that turned Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell into G.O.P. nominees,” he… Continue Reading
How to weigh School Board candidates July 27, 2011 The Trib is setting up the School Board race as one that pits candidates against each other based on who was for or against… Continue Reading
A City Council candidate against the Red Plan July 27, 2011 And I almost didn’t read this: All of us are going to be on welfare soon because of this Red Plan. You people who… Continue Reading
Why we will go the hell July 27, 2011 We won’t go the hell. We won’t go the hell. We won’t go the hell. We won’t go the hell. We won’t go to… Continue Reading
My argument for higher progressive taxes on the rich July 26, 2011 I’m a firm believer in progressive taxes. These taxes have rates that rise with the size of one’s income. My principle justification is that… Continue Reading
One term wonder? July 26, 2011 Republican Congressman Chip Craavack keeps getting bad news. It was just announced that his family is moving to New Hampshire and today it appears… Continue Reading
The Murdoch’s have plenty more where Glenn came from July 25, 2011 Late of Fox News this is from Glenn Beck: “And then there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like,… Continue Reading
The likely Norwegian terrorists July 25, 2011 My buddy loves to send me stuff from the Powerline blog. He didn’t send me this gem: “The perpetrators of these attacks have not… Continue Reading
Some people are still upset… July 25, 2011 …with the DNT! Sunday’s Trib wrote an egregious oversimplification to badmouth critics of the Red Plan. It was in a larger and well thought… Continue Reading
Why not a Demageddon? July 25, 2011 My pesky buddy asks me why I shouldn’t be whining about the Democrats being responsible for the fiscal cliff we seem to be lurching… Continue Reading
GOPocalypse or GOPageddon? July 24, 2011 Which sounds better to you? That’s what you get when powerful people swear an oath to a stupid idea instead of the nation that… Continue Reading
