February 2012
11 posts
“Modern “liberalism” is strikingly illiberal; the high priests of “tolerance” are...”
– The Liberal Enforcers - Mark Steyn - National Review Online (via ajamison)
“…what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one...”
– Thomas Jefferson from his inaugural address of 1801 (via conservatarian)
“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the...”
– Thomas Jefferson
Obamanomics: Real Unemployment Rate Rose To... →
talkstraight:
Once again, the civilian labor force participation rate has declined, from 64 percent to 63.7 percent in a single month. Since January 2009, it has declined from 65.7 percent, resulting in approximately 4.7 million people no longer being counted towards the unemployment rate. If they were included, the real rate of unemployed working age adults would be 11.01 percent, and the...
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down to your feet. Try to make sense of...”
– Professor Stephen Hawking on his 70th birthday. (via muldershutup)
January 2012
52 posts
Yet Another Solar Panel Company That Obama Praised... →
talkstraight:
Earlier this week, Stimulus beneficiary Evergreen Energy bit the dust. Then, Ener1, a manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles and recipient of Stimulus largesse,filed for bankruptcy. And today, the Las Vegas Sun reports that Amonix, Inc., a manufacturer of solar panels that received $5.9 million from the Porkulus, will cut two-thirds of its workforce, about 200 employees,...
OBD III: The Motor Law Realized | Eric Peters... →
OBD III is “A program to minimize the delay between detection of an emissions malfunction by the OBD-II system and repair of the vehicle.”
And how will that be accomplished? Rather than merely store trouble codes, OBDII will immediately transmit those trouble codes to The Man – who will then proceed to first warn you (via letter or e-mail) to have the car repaired, stepping up to more...
“… as a rule, the green class of environmental elites usually uses more fossil...”
– Victor Davis Hanson (via nomosshere)
Obama Tells Students Evil Rich People Should Pay... →
nomosshere:
talkstraight:
President Barack Obama Friday told an enthusiastic crowd of students at the University of Michigan that extra taxes on millionaires should help subsidize their futures.
Without mentioning Gov. Mitt Romney by name, Obama used his campaign-style event to urge higher taxes on the nation’s most prosperous to reduce student loan-payments, increase student grants, fund...
“Our tax code layers taxation of dividends and capital gains on top of a top...”
– TaxProf Blog: Mitt Romney’s True Tax Rate: 44.75%
(via jeffmiller)
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“We’re not going to do repeal. You’re not going to repeal Obamacare… It’s not a total repeal… You will not repeal the act in its entirety, but you will see major changes, particularly if there is a Republican president… You can’t whole-cloth throw it out. But you can substantially change what’s been done.”
- Romney advisor Norm Coleman
Trickle-down Government
“The President’s grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars. In fact, it works the other way: a government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class, and those who hope to join it.
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“‘Innovation is what America has always been about,’ so let’s pass...”
– Stephen Green
(via nomosshere)
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“You can call this class warfare all you want,” but I’m going to tax the bejeebus...”
– Stephen Green
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“ObamaCare is privatization! War is Peace! Slavery is Freedom! Drunkenness is...”
– Stephen Green
Oil Boom in North Dakota is Having a Major Impact
Rents in Williston currently range from $2,000 for a one-bedroom apartment to $3,400 for a three-bedroom apartment. Williams County allows three campers per farmstead, the farmers almost all have three campers on their property and are charging $800 per camper per month for rent. The Walmart in Williston no longer stocks shelves, they bring out pallets of merchandise at night, and set them in the...
Taxi Nazis
An Aspen judge sentenced a 76-year old man to jail for 15 days for operating an unlicensed taxi service. The senior citizen said he does not operate a taxi for profit but merely enjoys giving friends and service-industry workers a ride home late at night. The money he collects pays for gas and upkeep on his vehicle.
Sullivan doesn’t hold a state license to operate a cab, and drivers ...
“Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer for the...”
– Frederic Bastiat
The Good: Iran Will Give Drone Back To Obama – The... →
talkstraight:
For the American government, the crash of the RQ-170 drone in Iran was an embarrassment. For the Iranian government, it was a propaganda victory.
And for at least one company, according to state radio, it could be a windfall.
An Iranian firm, seeking to capitalize on the frenzy that followed the crash of the drone — and American calls to have it returned — is now producing...
“Like the corrupt media, Colbert believes he’s the only multi-millionaire who...”
– Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Stephen Colbert and the Mainstream Media Want to Be the Only Millionaires Backed By Corporate Money Who Enjoy Unlimited Political Speech (via conservatarian)
Second ATF Gun-Running Program Under Investigation... →
talkstraight:
In the late summer of 2010, the ATF agent leading the failed Fast and Furious gun-smuggling operation in Arizona flew to Mexico City to help coordinate cross-border investigations of U.S. weapons used by Mexican drug cartels.
Hope A. MacAllister wanted access to police and military vaults for American weapons recovered by Mexican authorities in raids and at crime scenes. She...
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do...”
– Mark Twain (via primal-libertarian)
isetfiretotherain0:
Obama Regime Fining Firms For Not Using Special... →
talkstraight:
When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required by law.
But there was none to be had. Outside a handful of laboratories and workshops, the ingredient, cellulosic biofuel, does not exist.
In 2012, the oil...
One Chart Says It All (Almost)
barticles:
Dan Mitchell:
Chile used to be the poorest of the three countries and now it is comparatively rich. Argentina has enjoyed a bit of growth. Venezuela, by contrast, used to be the richest of the three nations but has stagnated and now is in last place. …
Chile has reduced the burden of government a lot in the past three decades, Argentina has reduced the burden of government a...
In New Hampshire all you have to do is give a... →
DNC Chair Blames Tea Party for Tucson Shooting →
thegayrepublican:
Why does this NOT surprise me? She and the Democratic party are so damn desperate to get Obama re-elected. It’s a shame. So pathetic.
“I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company...”
– Mitt Romney, with a very good idea that would help people, being instead turned into an anti-business smear by leftists (via cynicusprime)