By marfdrat on May 9, 2013
Guy Benson from Townhall.com has compiled a list of the 12 most damning revelations from yesterday’s hearing. There’s a good chance you didn’t hear much of this because the lamestream media was focusing on Jodi Arias (whoever the hell she is) and the Cleveland thing (newsworthy, but hardly more important than our current administration’s blatant [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged Benghazi, Chris Stevens, Clinton, Innocence of Muslims, liars, libya, spontaneous demonstration, talking points, U.S. Ambassador, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Video |
By marfdrat on May 8, 2013
Yessir, it’s definitely lookin’ up out there. Heck, the unemployment rate is all the way down to 7.5%! There really seems to be a tidal wave of people acquiring “disabilities.” I wonder if there’s a correlation in the increase in the number of disability claims to the number of people running out of 99 weeks [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged arra, Benefits, disability, economic recovery, labor force, obama, recovery act, shrinking labor force, unemployment, wasteful government spending |
By marfdrat on May 7, 2013
They express their dismay that information is coming out way too soon, and folks won’t have enough details to make an informed -or any- decision. What they’re really worried about is the backlash that will hit the Dem-controlled Senate when people find out their premiums are going to skyrocket (see Dem Senator Wyden’s comments at [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged ACA, backlash, democrats, exchanges, health care, Health insurance, Insurance, obamacare, Ron Wyden |
By marfdrat on May 5, 2013
Must be nice to have other people’s money at your disposal. Pelosi, who is richer than 98% of the population, obviously thinks it’s okay to use the taxpayer’s money to indulge in all kinds of fancy in-flight services while she flies all over the world with the Air Force (she’s too good for commercial air [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged abuse, air force, alcohol, pelosi, royalty, somebody else's money, strawberries, taxpayers, travel |
By marfdrat on May 5, 2013
Just like we thought back in October; they lied just long enough to get Obama past the election. Question is now – will anybody pay? My guess is some low-level stooge will take the hit, and Obama and Hillary will get off scott free. CBS News “Everybody in the mission” in Benghazi, Libya, thought the [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged al qaeda, Benghazi, Chris Stevens, libya, terrorism, u.s. embassy, whistleblowers |
By marfdrat on May 3, 2013
Good for Liberty. This kid got a raw deal for trying to do the right thing, again demonstrating the complete ignorance of common sense exercised by school administrators. When he was overheard telling his mother to come and take home the unloaded shotgun he accidentally left in his truck (because he knew he wasn’t supposed [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom, Nanny-State Nightmares | Tagged common sense, felony, guns, school administrators, zero tolerance |
By marfdrat on April 30, 2013
Especially the 42% of Americans who don’t even realize that it’s an actual law yet. This is going to be a financially devastating event for many people. I’m guessing millions of people will just refuse to comply simply because they can’t possibly afford it (even with the government subsidies). It will then fall on whichever [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics, Liberty & Freedom, Nanny-State Nightmares | Tagged ACA, coverage, financial disaster, mandatory, obamacare, premiums, rate increases, trainwreck |
By marfdrat on April 30, 2013
We could only wish this were so. I believe Mr. Geraghty’s first statement is, if not already so, quickly approaching truth. It is entirely possible that we have a public so spectacularly ill-informed, we are no longer capable of governing themselves. Here’s an April tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation: “Four in ten Americans [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged ACA, bad laws, health care, ill-informed populace, Kaiser Foundation, obamacare, polls, self-government |
By marfdrat on April 26, 2013
Good. The bankrupt assets of Hostess Brands, Inc., the company responsible for Twinkies, Ho Ho’s, Sno Balls and Ding Dongs, are being put back to work by a buyout firm. What’s not being put back to work are the former Hostess unionized employees. The unionized workers had been on strike when the company folded late [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics, Me gusta | Tagged baker's union, Ding Dongs, Hostess, Hostess Brands, Sno Balls, Twinkies |
By marfdrat on April 26, 2013
That’s what Congress is busy trying to do – find a way to exempt (or lessen the impact, or whatever they want to call it) for themselves and/or their aides. Gee, isn’t it swell for them that they can even consider this option. The rest of us poor saps are stuck with it. Here’s an [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged ACA, congress, cost increases, economic impact, health care, obamacare, Richard Burr |
By marfdrat on April 25, 2013
Keith Hennessey is a lecturer who teaches Economics in Government at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He also served as the senior economic advisor to George W. Bush for 5+ years, so he’s spent a lot of time with him. He’s a pretty smart guy, by almost anyone’s reckoning. His conclusion -that he shared here [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics, Me gusta, Stuff I Like | Tagged economic policy, elites, George W. Bush, harvard, intelligence, liberal elite, President, yale |
By marfdrat on April 25, 2013
There is something seriously wrong with the way these people think. The mother of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing says she believes the tragedy that killed three people and injured dozens more was staged, that the bombing was fake. “That’s what I want to know, because everybody’s talking about it — that [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged bombing, boston, Marathon, mother, repulsive, terrorist, Tsarnaev |
By marfdrat on April 23, 2013
Thanks for letting us benighted knuckledraggers know the opinion of an enlightened elite like yourself, Mayor Doomberg. No thanks; I think we’ll keep the Constitution -in particular the 2nd Amendment- just like it is. Ben Franklin said it best: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged bloomberg, bombing, boston, gun control, Islamic terrorists, Marathon, Mayor Doomberg, Nanny Bloomberg, radical Islam, religious tolerance |
By marfdrat on April 22, 2013
And this is news? This is almost too stupid to waste print on. Gee, I can’t imagine why these murderous jihadis didn’t bother to register their guns with the local police. Mystifying. Maybe it will help some of the numbskulls in Congress to understand: CRIMINALS AND TERRORISTS DON’T REGISTER THEIR GUNS, AND THEY DON’T PARTICIPATE [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged bombings, Boston Marathon massacre, criminals, Dzhokhar, gun control, guns, legislation, Tamerlan, terrorists, Tsarnaev |
By marfdrat on April 20, 2013
Here’s some “news” analysis from inside the lefties’ little bubble earlier in the week. If you’re a conservative, this is what the left -including many in the Obama administration- thinks of you. They’re so disappointed that it wasn’t some Tea Party or anti-government kook. And now that it’s clear these were Islamic terrorists, they suddenly want [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged boston, Boston Marathon massacre, Islam, Islamic terrorists, marathon bombers, National Public Radio, npr, radicals |
By marfdrat on April 19, 2013
Big surprise there, no? Comedian Al Franken of Minnesota, who also happens to be a Democrat senator (who was elected under dubious circumstances), wants to blame that assessment on the fact that many actuaries work for insurance companies. It’s true Al: Most actuaries do work for insurance companies. That’s the primary reason the profession exists: [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged actuarial science, actuaries, AFA, Al Franken, comedians, Insurance, obamacare, return, risk |
By marfdrat on April 17, 2013
Seems some of the folks who supported Obama’s “reform” of health care are having a change of heart after “finding out what’s in it.” (thanks, Nancy) WASHINGTON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers International President Kinsey M. Robinson issued the following statement today calling for a repeal or complete [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged ACA, Benefits, health care, Nancy Pelosi, obama, obamacare, roofers union, union members, unions |
By marfdrat on April 16, 2013
Not really – but a good way to annoy people who are looking for some conspiracy theory when the investigation has barely begun. http://bostonmarathonconspiracy.com/
Posted in Liberty & Freedom, Me gusta | Tagged al qaeda, bombing, boston, Boston Marathon, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, Patriot's Day, Right Wing Extremists, Tax Day |
By marfdrat on April 15, 2013
This is horrible, whatever the cause. BOSTON — Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers in the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. Competitors and race organizers [...]
Posted in Etc. | Tagged boston, Boston Marathon, breaking news, explosions, news |
By marfdrat on April 15, 2013
This guy tried to eat everything on the Masters Concession menu in one day. If the Masters and Augusta National are known for anything, its preserving tradition. Tradition makes the annual major tournament one of the prestigious events in sports — and one of the most controversial. But despite its politics, a ticket to the [...]
Posted in Me gusta | Tagged Augusta, Augusta National Golf Club, concessions, Masters, patrons, pimento cheese, prices, Sports, tickets |
By marfdrat on April 12, 2013
Amazing. Characterizing the flag flown by the Navy and Marine Corps since 1775 as “offensive”, the town council in New Rochelle, New York, decided that a local veterans group may not fly the Gadsden Flag in front of the local Armory. Members of the council also believe the flag is a “tea party” symbol, though [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged dont tread on me, Gadsden Flag, Marine Corps, navy, New Rochelle, new york, Tea Party, veterans |
By marfdrat on April 11, 2013
Daniel Greenfield has to be one of the best writers around today. He writes about politics and religion, and the generally bankrupt social condition of America and world today, and does it really well. In today’s post at Sultan Knish, he examines the urban political machines of New York, and other big cities run by [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, machine politics, new york, poitics, political machine, Richard Daley, Tammany Hall, the Chicago Machine |
By marfdrat on April 11, 2013
You may have heard about Melissa Harris-Perry‘s creepy MSNBC promos where she basically says we need to rid ourselves of the old-fashioned notion that children belong to their parents and embrace a more “collective” approach (see here). She and the rest of the “progressives” looking out for our best interests think they should rightly be [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged creepy collective, it takes a village, language, Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC, progressives |
By marfdrat on April 11, 2013
No wonder it’s being mocked by Republicans -and criticized by Democrats. It’s a complete joke, including cutting defense spending from 9% of GDP to 2.3%, which ain’t gonna happen. Republicans have mocked the Obama White House for talking about a “balanced approach” to debt reduction that doesn’t actually ever balance the budget. But in its [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged acme economic destruction co., balanced budget, budget proposal, deficit, federal budget, obama, OMB, spending, wile e obama |
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