Apparently, prestigious prizes ain't what they used to be. The downward spiral for the Nobel Prize began with Al Gore, awarded the Peace Prize for a movie that had nothing to do with peace. The film was nothing more than a propaganda tool advocating carbon taxes, disguised as a documentary. Then, to make absolutely sure that everyone knew the Nobel Peace Prize had become a joke, Barack Obama won a Nobel Prize for not being George W. Bush. Seriously. Here's some of what the Nobel committee wrote about Obama while giving him the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons. Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. This was a mere three months after his election, only a month after being sworn into office. While a senator, Obama developed something of a reputation for voting "present" as opposed to "yea" or "nay" on controversial legislation. So early into his time in office, Obama hadn't yet begun his efforts to completely destroy the reeling American economy. Still, the Nobel committee had faith in the neophyte president, for their vision of what ought to happen to America. Their faith continues to be rewarded, even as I type these words. Okay. So, the Nobel Prize sucks these days. But the Pulitzer Prize is … [Read more...]
Post Obamatax: now what?
Some supporters of President Obama's massive overhaul of our national health care system have compared the individual mandate to the requirement that drivers purchase car insurance. The analogy is fatally flawed for two reasons: driving a car is a privilege, not a right, as mandated healthcare for everybody has been said to be. In other words, if you neither own nor drive a car, you don't have to buy car insurance. The second reason the analogy doesn't work is that the minimum required insurance doesn't protect you...it covers the other guy when you are at fault. Liability insurance covers the people who might get injured because of your improper exercise of your privilege to operate a car, assuming you have a driver's permit and minimum coverage. To have your own car fixed when you are at fault, you need to buy collision insurance. The "individual mandate" now declared a new tax was opposed by almost eighty percent, nearly four out of five American voters prior to the official release of the court opinion. It stands to reason that more people will oppose this very onerous, punitive and unpopular new tax levied on a select members of the middle class. Why selected members of the middle class? Remember, the court also ruled that entire states can "opt out" or refuse to implement Obamatax without paying a Medicare penalty. Republican governors on record have already announced that's exactly what they plan to do. According to Eric Cantor, the vote to repeal Obamatax is now scheduled for July 11th, only a couple of weeks away. Even if passed by a … [Read more...]
The man who saved America
The reaction to the Supreme Court ruling yesterday that declared ObamaCare to be legal was swift and palpable. The most consistently accurate polls have shown that already more than half of Americans supported repeal of the law prior to the court's ruling. Expect that number to dramatically increase, now that it has become clear the law is nothing more than a massive new tax disguised as yet another entitlement provided "for free" by the federal government. Within minutes of the announcement, people on Facebook began to express renewed enthusiasm to vote this November. Within hours, the law had a new nickname: Obamatax. The conventional wisdom soon became that Chief Justice John Roberts had caved in to pressure from President Obama, and gave the Democrats a clear victory on his crowning achievement, the horribly misnamed Affordable Care Act. Indeed, the early analysis showed that the final decision came so late in the game that the dissent was worded as if written by the majority, and vice versa. The ultra liberal Daily Kos celebrated the ruling, opining that the decision "breaks the heart of every Republican and Federalist Society member." A liberal analyst at Slate crowed that "It is impossible for a lawyer to read even the first few pages of the dissent without coming away with the impression that this is a majority opinion that at the last moment lost its fifth vote. Its structure and tone are those of a winning coalition, not that of the losing side in the most controversial Supreme Court case in many years. But when we get to Page 13, far more … [Read more...]
God BLESS the U.S.A.
Rarely do I identify myself in allegiance with a political party. I order, I consider myself a Christian, an American, a conservative, and finally a native Southerner. Though I tend to vote Republican more often than not, I refuse to consider party affiliation as important as any of my preceding identifiers. I'll vote for a "good" Democrat in a heartbeat. Over the years, one of my favorite expressions to repeat during disagreements has been to say, "I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to my death your right to say it." Never again will I utter those words. There are simply too many people out there who don't deserve such a sacrifice. I just listened to some rant and rave. In case you missed the initial story, a group of elementary school students recently were informed by their principal Great Hawkins that they could not sing Lee Greenwood's patriotic song "God Bless the U.S.A." they had rehearsed for months in their graduation ceremony--but they could sing Justin Bieber's teenybopper nonsense called "Baby." The New York Post article about the controversy quoted teachers repeating that Hawkins had specifically said, "We don't want to offend other cultures" as part of her excuse. Really? If someone is offended by American culture, why in the hell are they living in America and sending their kids to our public schools for a free education--okay, not free, but an education paid for by actual taxpayers. The school board backed the principal, deeming the lyrics of Greenwood's song were not "age appropriate." Really? Kids can't … [Read more...]
