By marfdrat on May 24, 2013
Peggy Noonan is right: this was a political operation. Only conservative groups were targeted. In Engelbrecht’s case, four powerful agencies spent almost three years harassing them with fourteen visits, inspections, or inquiries. There is no way Barack Obama didn’t know this was going on. They picked Lois Lerner to be the fall gal for now, [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged atf, conservatives, fbi, investigations, IRS, Lois Lerner, OSHA, scandal, Tea Party |
By marfdrat on May 23, 2013
Which, of course, it clearly was. The perpetrator was recorded yelling Allahu Akbar during the act. President Barack Obama issued a statement Thursday condemning the brutal attack in London that left a British soldier dead, saying there “can be absolutely no justification for such acts.” I condemn in the strongest terms the appalling attack against a [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged appeasement, assimilation, beheading, Britain, Islam, Islamic terrorism, london, military, terrorist attacks |
By marfdrat on May 23, 2013
Despite being rich in oil, the Socialists running Venezuela don’t get basic economics. They’ve nationalized almost everything to impose state control over the economy, and imposed price controls. They’re c0ntinually experiencing the lesson that price controls create disincentives for producers, and shortages for consumers of goods. This particular shortage involves toilet paper, toothpaste, and soap. [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged basic economics, capitalism, Economics, free makets, invisible hand, price controls, shortages, socialism, toilet paper |
By marfdrat on May 22, 2013
I wouldn’t normally read an article on a obviously left-wing site like this (it was easy to tell, because the first thing that popped up was an ad to win lunch with Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Fauxcahontas Warren – you couldn’t pay me enough money), because I figured they couldn’t resist putting a pro-abortion slant [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged abortion, Class 4 felony, felony, herbal remedies, herbs, pro choice, self-induced abortion |
By marfdrat on May 20, 2013
Bookworm makes a case for it. Obama used the power of a federal agency to stifle dissent and intimidate opponents. People will say he wasn’t involved, but that’s total BS – I think he knew; he ordered it. It’s just a question of whether the proof ever sees the light of day. And, like Bookworm [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged abuse of power, Benghazi, conservatives, corruption, fascism, IRS, IRS Scandal, obama, scandal, Tea Party, the Chicago way |
By marfdrat on May 20, 2013
Government used to have a big advantage over average citizens: they controlled the information. Now, technology is wresting control from government, and stuff they used to keep under the covers has a way of being found out – and broadcast far and wide. What to make of the political scandals that are dominating the headlines [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics, Liberty & Freedom | Tagged Benghazi, chicago, government, IRS, obama, social media, Technology, the Chicago way |
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 29, 2013
It seems there is no longer any common sense; only strict adherence to an inflexible set of idiotic rules. A 10-year-old California boy was suspended and threatened with expulsion after he brought a Swiss Army Knife on a week-long school school camping trip. Tony Bandermann told Fox News that his son Braden was on a [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom, Zero-Tolerance Patrol | Tagged 5th grader, california, idiotic policies, school administrators, swiss army knife, tiny knife, zero tolerance |
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 |
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