Disgusted 2% = Economic Malaise

I’m amazed Fed Chairman Bernanke can’t understand why the economy doesn’t take off, with interest rates so low? Why the stimulus or quantitative easings didn’t prod things along? I can’t understand people being ecstatic we avoided the fiscal cliff, thinking that would improve things? Three main drivers of budgetary success/failure are revenues, spending and level of economic activity. Revenues...

Hollywood Hubris

It amazes me how A-list actors/actresses/athletes seem willing to put their careers on the line by advertising and promoting their politics. I guess when you’re worth $50M you don’t care what people think, not even fans . . . Here are some recent, particularly egregious examples of these misinformed celebrity ideologues doing their thing:   Jamie Foxx > as guest on TV’s SNL “ Everybody give it up for our lord...

Demand Con*firmative Action!

I’d like someone to explain to me why my tax dollars are being spent on schools and universities that have an excessive liberal bias? This has become a deliberate modus operandi of school administrators who’s personal biases seem to dictate their hiring practices. We’ve known for years educators and teachers tend to be liberal. It’s a typical teacher’s political stance, and we’ve tolerated it. But the...

Conservatives get down!

We’re down on national debt. Down on the size of government. Down on entitlements, and down on spending. We’re down, down, down. We’re also down with balancing the budget, transparency, full disclosure on Benghazi, and a complete investigation of the Fast & Furious and White House leaks scandals. We’re totally down with better cooperation from the Justice Dept, and better relations with our loyal opposition. If...

Dirty Dancing, Politically

For over two months pundits on both sides have queried Benghazi in shallow fashion. On the left, for weeks and weeks we heard how this was a spontaneous riot, very unfortunate but no big deal. They also tried to spin how the right was hell-bent on politicizing it, trying to take momentary advantage on the eve of the election, falsely sullying Obama’s foreign policy image and impugning his effectiveness as...