And the sheep went willingly to the slaughter
Leaders of the health care industry have offered $2 trillion in spending reductions over 10 years. The goal is to make insurance more affordable so…
Year: 2009
Dick Cheney, Snarkmeister
Asked about recent verbal broadsides between Limbaugh and Powell, Cheney said, “If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I’d go with…
Trapped
For Mother’s Day, we left Mom alone for a change (which suited her just fine). Daughter is working at her summer job, and Son and…
Star Trek
If you haven’t went to see the new Star Trek movie… GO NOW. I watched the original series during it’s first run on TV. (Yes,…
Want to bet that there is an ethics complaint about the press release that the ethics complaint was dismissed?
(Via @AKGovSarahPalin) For some reason, Sarah Palin attracts more unreasoning hate than George W. Bush–and that’s saying something. To date, 9 of 14 harassment attempts…
But…but…ABC said we couldn’t do this
(Via Timebomb2000) “They just came in and separated the men from the women and said, ‘Give me your wallets and cell phones,’” said George Williams…
The One is not invincible
(Via Days of Our Trailers) Normally I would sooner stick sharp objects in my eyes than link the the Huffington Dumber than a Post, I…
Captain Chaos has passed on
Actor Dom DeLuise Dead at 75 One of the things that sucks about the aging process is that you get to see all those people…
Here’s how a government runs a business
(Via Virginia Foxx on Twitter) This must be the day for old adages. This time, it’s the old investment advice, “Buy low, sell high”. Except…
Ah yes…class warfare
A Charlotte “resort” whose business model is “to cater to the high buck corporate client” has decided that a name change is in order bacause…
Stratfor on swine flu
The folks at Stratfor have some interesting information on the swine flu, plus some interesting and useful thoughts on pandemics in general and our reactions…
Is there something fishy about the Chrysler bankruptcy?
Let’s see…Obama bad-mouthing some creditors because they actually dared press their rights, junior creditors getting a better deal than senior creditors…read the article and see…
How to care for someone with the flu
While the pig pestilence doesn’t seem to be as bad as we thought it might be a week ago, this is good information on how…
Free market enterprise vs. government bureaucracy
(Via the Drudge Report) A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning about a possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexico more than two…
Allow me to suggest a solution
In a major victory for the Wake County school system, the state Supreme Court has given school officials the authority to assign students to year-round…
So, does this make me a mutant?
I’m a night owl–no bones about it. Left to my own devices, I’ll stay up until about 4 AM and sleep until noon. The only…
Oh, to be Politically Correct
(Via the Drudge Report) So, who do you want to piss off–pig farmers or Mexicans? Janet “The military is full of right wing extremists!” Napolitano…
The Crash
(Via the Drudge Report) Not of the economy or of population, but of The Obama: When the Obama administration crashes and burns, with approval ratings…
Chrysler–a worker-owned collective?
FOXNNews is reporting that “The UAW reached a deal over the weekend that would give it a 55 percent stake in the company and assurances…
Well–the truth from a politician
Arlyn Specter, (RINO-PA), announces officially what we already knew–he’s a Democrat. A lot of people are going to hyperventilate at this, but I’m not. Yes,…
As if we need something else to watch
It seems that the CDC is in a bit of a tizzy about the swine flu. Myself, I can’t make up my mind on just…
Yes We Can! Have open and transparent government
Unless, of course, we’re talking about a highly divisive and unpopular pet project that we want to ram through without debate in the name of…
As a country, we’re broke
At least we will be on Sunday: Debt Day comes early this year. Unfortunately, it’s nothing to celebrate. The symbolic “holiday,” which falls on Sunday,…
Who’s your Grandaddy?
(Via Timebomb 2000) Ted Mazetier may be a grandfather, but at 84 years old, he’s still got his chops. And two men learned that the…
So the guns in Mexico are coming from the US
(Via Timebomb 2000) Unfortunately for The Obama and company, the only problem is that we’re legally exporting them to the Mexicans, apparently to aid their…
All that is old (and older) is new again
The vision is a creature of which even Julius Caesar was in awe: Bos primigenius, the aurochs, fearsome wild ancestor of all today’s domestic cattle,…
“…no clue.”
(Via the Drudge Report) Speaking of “no clue”–geeze! And we’ve went from “unhealthy” to “unhinged”. I’m hurt. Really. (Edit, 4/22/2009 2110: As Mountain Man points…
Kitchen a bit warm, was it?
(Via the Drudge Report) The Big O is losing the Minister of Propaganda Director of White House Communications to the Secretary of Commerce. Yes, you…
Sauce for the goose…
(Via the Drudge Report) …as the old saying goes, is sauce for the gander. Apparently, Team O has never heard that saying. Senior White House…