All Things Being Equal, Many Aren’t Moderates

Swinging up and down completely differs from remaining level.  A boat bouncing severely while riding stormy waves isn’t enjoying what averages out to a smooth journey.  While that’s true in the real world, it’s not so in the rather perverse confines of Washington, D.C., where even physics lessons are commonly ignored.  Within that ignoble swamp, [...]

Why Take a Bite When You Can Try to Swallow the Whole Cake?

If they had played it cool, President Obama and his congressional teammates might be celebrating Democraticare’s passage with a ceremonial ice cream social right now.  But we’re lucky they’ve become insufferably extreme to the point that they think a self-immolating process like reconciliation sounds wise.  Call Nancy Pelosi and beg her to go for it: she’ll [...]

Health Care is Only Well to a Point

Imagine if California’s health consumers were allowed to buy insurance from whatever company they wanted.  Picture if they could assume the risks of their choosing, too, or a scenario under which they were actually made aware of how much an appointment or procedure costs and accordingly used resources judiciously.  Then dream about eating a jar [...]

Conservative Policy: Be What Barack’s Not

Opposing whatever Barack Obama wants counts as an idea.  Tending to think the answer to anything he says is “No” is a magnificent concept on par with the invention of the George Foreman Grill or the football-shaped sausage.  Those who want the precise converse of the president’s agenda aren’t just being reactionary grumps, either, although [...]

Maybe One Bubba Is Enough

Notorious right-wing reactionary Barack Obama didn’t deliver his State of the Union address in front of a rattlesnake flag, sign noting how tea’d he is, or doctored photo of himself as the Joker.  It would have been a nice touch as he momentarily faked empathy for those who have either turned on him or never [...]

Obama Doesn’t Keep His Word, Thankfully

Conservatives ought to hope that Barack Obama continues to break campaign promises.  We also should want him to refrain from ever focusing upon the economy.  He can go ahead and lie away if it means that his deep blue beliefs remain contained.  The nicest thing foes can say about the incumbent is that he hasn’t [...]

Turns Out Brown Can Do Plenty for You

Once again, conservatives are confusing everyone.  The intolerant hillbillies who passed around moonshine jugs at Tea Parties/militia meet-and-greets are supposed to reject any candidate who doesn’t make Sean Hannity look like Bob Beckel.  But right-wing zealots apparently keep forgetting to intolerantly shove out those who don’t universally conform to their intolerant views.  Instead, they just [...]

Misdiagnosing the Constitution

Promoting the general welfare is entirely different than generally having most people on welfare.  The word decoding game is no fun, especially when big government geeks are twisting phrases to make it seem like their beliefs are justified.  Specifically, they wring curious meanings out of every single line in the Constitution, as the left’s interpretative [...]

Evil Health Insurers Help Us While Making a Living

The dullest scoundrel in human history is still a scoundrel.  Harry Reid wouldn’t exactly serve as a worthwhile James Bond foil.  Still, he worked as hard as a sluggish bore could to ruin Christmas for all by stuffing through a health care bill hated by conservatives, libertarians, and leftists.  Worst, he’s still limply directing the [...]

Not Buying What They’re Forcibly Selling

Laws should be enacted using the Hippocratic Oath as a guide: those who do no harm should be legally in the clear.  But Congress is sadly attempting the inverse.  We currently face a loss of autonomy when it comes to, cruelly, medical decisions.  Making it mandatory to buy something is fundamentally antithetical to our belief [...]

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