An e-mail my sister sent me. I was hesitant to watch this because I honestly felt a bias. Although it’s not loaded with comedy (hey, they’re not from the south) it is very good. From sister C2. Here we go then:
Professor Glenn Reynolds points to another Milton Friedman gem, noting that while “throwing the bums out” may be our first response, it is not necessarily the ONLY response. He quotes Friedman: It’s nice to elect the right people, but that’s not the way you solve things. The way you solve things is by making it…
Most readers know that I have been living in Scotland for the past two years. My wife and I have met and been befriended by some incredible people in that time. My lovely wife shared this on FaceBook: Borrowed this from an Edinburgh friend… The Mayo jar and the 2 Beers: A professor stood before…
Victor Davis Hanson spoke about hubris in his post that we highlighted earlier but this is tyrannical arrogance. Happening now in the People’s Republic of Illinois: “The ISRA has learned from a credible source that Illinois Senate President John Cullerton [above] will introduce a so called ‘assault weapons’ ban on Wednesday when the legislature returns for its ‘lame…
These are starting to hit Facebook: Ain’t “free” healthcare great?
Victor Davis Hanson – enough said – read it all: The New Hubris These are the most foreboding times in my 59 years. The reelection of Barack Obama has released a surge of rare honesty among the Left about its intentions, coupled with a sense of triumphalism that the country is now on board for still greater…
Good advice from the Adam Smith Institute in the UK: Milton Friedman used to say that cutting taxes would force governments to cut spending to make ends meet. The last ten years has basically proved him wrong. Why cut spending when you can spend more, tax less and let the next lot pay the bill?…
Originally posted on Allen West Republic:
by Allen West on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 I wish everyone a very Happy New Year! As I did my 7-mile run along the DC mall this morning I pondered where we are fiscally as a nation. We continue to have unserious band-aid type solutions to a very serious problem. I…
Last night’s “fiscal cliff” vote was a revolutionary act…and by that, I mean it was reason enough for an actual insurrection, a real revolution. While in theory, you had representation for the vote, what you saw is an exercise in taxation without representation as the government voted, as it has since the days of FDR’s…
