Life's Better Ideas

Romney and Paul working together?

2012-02-02T12:21:00.000-08:00

Yep. HT althouse

Private Enterprise

2012-01-22T15:16:00.000-08:00

Transforms China, in 1978, at the height of Communism.

Recess Appointments

2012-01-16T16:09:00.000-08:00

There is some controversy going on about the recess appointments that President Obama made in the last few weeks. The Constitution says that "The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session." In other words, the Vacancy must occur during the recess; if the Vacancy

Santorum

2012-01-07T12:40:00.000-08:00

Is toast. He's a class A Number 1 hypocrite.

Romney uses tech to reach voters

2012-01-05T11:07:00.000-08:00

Mitt Romney, who tied with Santorum in the Iowa caucus, apparently has very sophisticated tech effort to reach voters. He is marrying commercially available lists with voter lists and tailoring the message in those telephone "town halls" by interest groups.

Scandal and Fraud

2011-12-31T14:40:00.000-08:00

If you google "obama scandal" and "obama fraud" (no quotes) you get a total of about 127 million hits. Do the same thing for Bush and you get about 170 million. On a per year basis (Obama 3 years and Bush 8 years) that's about 42 million per year for Obama and 21 million per year for Bush. Anyone who claims Obama has no scandals or fraud is out of touch with reality. For a couple of specific

Everything Old

2011-12-22T10:45:00.000-08:00

is new again.

Madison and free speech

2011-12-02T08:05:00.000-08:00

'Neither does Sunstein mention that, elsewhere, Madison had written that the press was "completely exempted from all authority whatever of the United States" by virtue of the First Amendment.' Here bottom of page 1.

Thought for the day

2011-11-21T21:06:00.001-08:00

You can have clean government, or you can have large government, but you can't have both.

Quote of the Day

2011-10-25T20:41:00.000-07:00

"Simply put: a society that needs a government to function cannot be trusted to run one. A society that can be trusted to run a government, doesn't need it. " Althouse commenter

Government Accountability

2011-10-17T11:12:00.000-07:00

Here's a way to make all government programs fiscally responsible, or kill them.

Scalia says

2011-10-09T10:18:00.000-07:00

Gridlock is good.

The interesting story

2011-10-01T11:41:00.000-07:00

of Henry Tandy, the British soldier who had Hitler in his sights, in World War I. via Real Clear History and neoneocon

Light Bulb Ban

2011-09-15T12:53:00.000-07:00

takes out another classic, the easy bake oven, beloved by young girls everywhere.

9/11 stories

2011-09-12T12:40:00.000-07:00

Two stories that probably won't get much play are 1) an interview with Heather Penney, a fighter pilot, cspan video and 2) the boatlift that evacuated Manhattan. I got the boatlift story from betsyspage; don't remember where I got the Penney story.

Time Traveler

2011-09-11T14:31:00.000-07:00

Read it.

Sarah Palin

2011-09-09T12:01:00.000-07:00

gets a bit of praise from the New York Times? HT: LI commenterUpdate: TranscriptIf the Libertarian Party had any brains, it would draft Sarah. But they're too purist and dogmatic to do something that smart. That would be the easiest way for her to get ballot access in all 50 states, although Oklahoma and a couple of others would be real difficult.

Barack's Bullshit Bingo

2011-09-08T20:13:00.000-07:00

Jobs Speech Edition. HT althouse commenter

Another Downgrade

2011-08-11T13:37:00.000-07:00

Kansas is following the “standard & poor” philosophy: If depending on the federal government is your only standard, you’re going to end up poor.

Downgrade

2011-08-07T11:17:00.001-07:00

Read this post and especially the comments.

Lemonade Day

2011-08-06T10:55:00.000-07:00

August 20, 2011. If there are any lemonade stands in central Denver that day, I'll buy some lemonade there. Let me know.

Obama pivots

2011-08-05T14:09:00.000-07:00

Around and Around and Around. The guy must be spinning like a top, he's done so much pivoting to jobs.

Job Creation

2011-07-22T11:53:00.000-07:00

When Obamacare became law, job creation went down by 90 percent. Coincidence? HT neoneocon

Debt Limit

2011-06-29T11:18:00.000-07:00

There's a lot of new discussion about the debt limit and whether it's constitutional or not.From the 14th Amendment, Section 4: "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."Democrats are using this to claim that we are obligated

Lemonade Day

2011-06-18T20:49:00.001-07:00

Here's a cool idea. On Lemonade Day, kids are encouraged to set up a stand to sell lemonade to learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. This year in Denver it was May 22. Darn. Missed it. If I remember it next year, I'll have to drive around and buy lemonade from all the stands.

Reasons to vote for Obama

2011-06-17T09:48:00.001-07:00

1. You want to stay unemployed 4 more years.2. You want higher gas prices.3. You want higher food prices.4. You want government deciding where and how you can do business.5. You want your taxes to subsidize business and labor unions.6. You want more unconstitutional wars.7. You want less access to medical care.

republican form of government

2011-06-10T12:04:00.000-07:00

There's a lawsuit challenging TABOR on the grounds that it is not in keeping with a republican form of government. What I'd like to see is a counter-lawsuit from the Independence Institute challenging all the bureaucratic rules and regulations on the same grounds - that these rules and regulations were not imposed by the legislature, but by unelected bureaucrats who do not speak for the people,

Energy Future

2011-06-06T11:42:00.000-07:00

Shell Oil has apparently figured out how to convert natural gas into oil.

Reality Check on Social Security

2011-06-02T18:44:00.000-07:00

If you think Social Security is solvent, here's a little reality check you can perform.Everybody gets an annual statement from the Social Security Administration. It contains a summary of the wages you have received that are subject to the social security tax. It also contains an estimate of the monthly benefit that you will receive. Follow these 3 simple steps to find out how insolvent Social

Vouchers for Prisoners?

2011-06-02T13:53:00.000-07:00

Here. Sounds like a good idea to me.

changing Israeli US borders

2011-05-27T15:40:00.000-07:00

Heh.

Dr Sanity

2011-05-26T11:27:00.000-07:00

explains the Left. Part I.

Draw Mohammed Day

2011-05-20T12:35:00.000-07:00

Here. HT Patterico

Toothpicks

2011-05-06T11:56:00.000-07:00

See what you can do with a few toothpicks. HT: a comment at althouse

Flat sheets now illegal

2011-05-04T22:13:00.000-07:00

Here. Nothing's too wacky for California. HT Doug Ross

Ditherer In Chief

2011-05-04T20:05:00.000-07:00

If this anonymous report is true, Obama couldn't make up his mind for several weeks to execute Osama bin Laden. The report details the infighting between Panetta, Gates, and Clinton, who wanted to take him out, and Jarrett, who didn't. The President spun like a top between the two parties. Finally Panetta set the whole thing up without Obama's knowledge and convinced Obama to give him the

George Carlin on Environmentalism and Earth Day

2011-04-25T14:13:00.001-07:00

Here.

Blogger Bash

2011-04-24T07:49:00.000-07:00

Next Saturday, Here.

Newest way to waste your tax money

2011-04-20T14:50:00.000-07:00

Superhero capes for the jobless. HT: betsyspage

Electoral College

2011-04-11T16:03:00.000-07:00

Good reasons to keep the Electoral College. HT: betsys page

Evidence Meltdown

2011-04-09T13:07:00.000-07:00

George Monbiot, a big supporter of global warming and anti-nuclear movements, says the anti-nuclear movement has been lying to the public about the Chernobyl disaster for the last 25 years. HT: neo-neocon

Government by wishful thinking

2011-04-04T14:16:00.001-07:00

Here

An Announcement

2011-04-03T19:16:00.000-07:00

to His Majesty's Subjects.

Non-citizens voting in Colorado?

2011-04-01T15:22:00.000-07:00

Here.

McClintock and Paul stick it to Obama (and Reid)

2011-04-01T12:47:00.000-07:00

Here.

House Divided

2011-03-27T12:56:00.000-07:00