Sarah Palin announced this afternoon that she’s resigning as governor of Alaska effective July 26th. Some are speculating that it’s to pursue the Republican nomination for President in 2012.
But I could not possibly consider voting for her now.
If Palin cannot commit to fulfilling her term of office as governor, why should I have faith that she’s capable of committing to that of a much higher position?...
Bev Perdue – also known on this blog as “WORST GOVERNOR EVER!” – has done it again. ‘Course to be fair she had help from North Carolina’s lawmakers. Amazon.com has stopped doing business with all of its affiliates in this state: a consequence of, as Amazon.com puts it, “the unconstitutional tax collection scheme expected to be passed any day now by the North Carolina state legislature (the General Assembly) and signed by the governor.”
This is already the most taxed state in the southeast. Piling on more taxes is not a smart move by any measure. But sadly folks, this state’s head honchos have long been drunk on wild spending and are desperate for any way they can find to keep their mad orgy going.
North Carolina, ladies and gentlemen: “The California of the Eastern Seaboard”....
I don’t mind saying this aloud at all:
Any so-called “legislator” who votes on a bill WITHOUT READING THE FRICKIN’ THING needs to be dragged out into the street and shot....
Meet Brian Deese.
This is who President Obama has put in charge of disassembling General Motors.
He’s 31 years old.
He’s “a not-quite graduate of Yale Law School”.
He had never visited an automobile plant until he got tapped by the Obama Administration.
Again, this is the guy that President Barack Obama has put in charge of the GM bankruptcy.
Does Mr. Deese know anything about the automotive industry? I mean, if he’s gonna be overhauling one of the largest manufacturing companies in American history, he should have some real-world experience in management or engineering or something… right?
(Let me put it another way: What the HELL does Obama think he’s doing?!?)
Mash down here for the rest of the story of Mr. Deese, that in a saner age would have never happened…...
Longtime readers of this blog know without me having to remind anyone: party allegiance doesn’t exist in this dojo. Personally I’d rather see a country full of citizens who are beholden to no political parties at all. And I like to think that one of the end characteristics of that drastic un-affiliation is that this blog and its peculiar proprietor are equally hard on both Democrats and Republicans.
But I also believe absolutely in the right to expression, whether in speech or belonging to the party of one’s choice, if one chooses to belong to one at all. I just try to do my best to encourage people to think about it before they commit to something, but that’s beside the point of this post…
WorldNetDaily was the first to report that there is apparently a disturbing pattern among the Chrysler dealerships that have been targeted for closure as part ...
At long last, some in Washington are saying that it’s time to have a national sales tax, which is something that I’ve been advocating for years.
The problem is that these same people want the sales tax in addition to the pre-existing income tax.
...Common around the world, including in Europe, such a tax — called a value-added tax, or VAT — has not been seriously considered in the United States. But advocates say few other options can generate the kind of money the nation will need to avert fiscal calamity.
At a White House conference earlier this year on the government’s budget problems, a roomful of tax experts pleaded with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to consider a VAT. A recent flurry of books and papers on the subject is attracting genuine, if furtive, interest in Congress. And last month, after wrestling with the White House over the
A few weeks ago I arrived at a sobering conclusion, that no doubt better minds than my own have long ago already come to: that the United States government and the political processes associated with it have become a by-product of the lack of enlightenment on the part of collective America. The ability to self-govern was something that only a mature and more noble mind could take responsibility for, the Founders recognized. And for awhile, it worked pretty well… before Joe and Jane Six-Pack decided that voting for American Idol was of more pressing concern than having to worry about whether their elected officials deserved to be in office to begin with.
Anyhoo, President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to replace the outgoing Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. I ain’t crazy about her one bit, ‘cuz she’s already said that the courts are “where policy is ...
Bad news for both of the major U.S. political parties: Pew Research Center reports that thirty-nine percent of voters now identify themselves as independent: a dramatically sharp increase. Thirty-three percent preferred to be identified as “Democrat” and twenty-two percent wished to be known as “Republican”.
So yesterday morning I wrote that politics has become a dreary bore to this blogger. And I can’t help but think that this poll by Pew reflects that a lot of Americans share that sentiment also. The Democrats and Republicans are each bleeding away voters… and it’s not likely that either of the parties will substantially gain them back in the foreseeable future.
Oh heck, let’s call it for what it really is: the Republicans and Democrats are fast becoming marginalized.
Now, I have to wonder how long will it be before the mainstream press finally starts to get a clue. Will it ...
A high-tech, glorified pissing match between the Democrats and Republicans.
Some people have written to me asking why I’m not doing much political commentary anymore. To be honest: it’s become a very boring thing to me. I’d rather devote time to considering and then articulating about real ideas, not empty ideology.
And maybe also it’s because I cannot help but on some level have already written of America as a lost cause, if she must be dependent upon people like Dick Cheney and Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh and Nancy Pelosi.
These people and many more have completely forgotten what it means to serve others. They actually believe that because something so eternally vapid as their political parties have given them a measure of power, that it means that God Himself has somehow anointed them over all others.
I’m not here to cheer on any among the morally ...
Politico.com is reporting that GOP governors Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Rick Perry of Texas are attempting to pull off what is being called “Tea Party 2.0”.
But a lot of people are seeing this as an effort by the Republican Party’s leadership and elected officials to “hitch their wagons” to the grassroots “Tea Party” movement that has taken place over the past couple of months in protest of Washington’s runaway taxing and spending.
And I’m inclined to more than slightly agree with that sentiment.
Look at what is happening to the Republicans of late: as a party they aren’t even pretending anymore that their purpose is about anything but regaining political power. And damned few average Americans are taking them seriously as a result.
(And I write this as one who is still currently registered as a Republican, for whatever the hell worth that’s supposed to have…)
So ...