The Other McCain

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Life Sucks: Supreme Court Upholds ObamaCare and … It’s Moving Day

Also, Rick Locke has Stage 3 lung cancer, as if we didn’t have enough wretched bummers to go around today, huh? Headlines from Memeorandum: Supreme Court upholds health care law — MSNBC Health care ruling: Individual mandate upheld by Supreme Court — Politico Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand — New York Times No joy […]

Wonder If Anything Important Happens At The SCOTUS Today?

by Smitty Stacy has been too occupied of late to bequeath his wisdom upon the country. Today, hopefully, will be our Progressive nadir. The point were we read Madison in Federalist #62: It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws […]

Reading Meghan So You Don’t Have To

— by Wombat-socho The right half of the blogosphere owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Betsy Woodruff, William F. Buckley Fellow at the National Review Institute, for she has done something few of us would have the courage to do. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, for our sake Ms. Woodruff took upon herself the vile, […]

Germans Don’t Grasp Separation Of Church & State, Federalism

by Smitty Mrs. Other Smitty sends a Der Spiegel link that offers an external view of what remains one of the signature issues of this country, ObamaCare: Germans Can’t Fathom US Aversion to Obama’s Healthcare Reform Read the whole thing, but let me answer their section headings: System Only Works if Everyone Takes Part The […]

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Time to Quit Whining and Get to Work

This will be brief, but expect additions to follow in updates. Rick Santorum is now urging his supporters to get behind Mitt Romney: Rick Santorum has officially endorsed Mitt Romney, and notified his supporters in an email sent Monday night. In the email, the former presidential candidate cited his Friday meeting with Romney in his […]

Little Joe In Big Trouble?

by Smitty It’s not over until it’s over, but the fact that the Boston Herald is even floating this kind of question would seem to indicate that Sean Beilat is putting the polling hurt on Joe Kennedy: The marquee name isn’t doing much better for Joe K. than the faux Native American heritage is for […]

I Am Not Consumed With Jealousy!

by Smitty I do not envy Paul Ryan’s perfect hair, excellent command of facts, sterling reputation, thick head of hair, political courage to dare suggest that Congress balance the budget before the sun burns out, or, for that matter, his rockin’ locks. No, I am not jealous of posts like this. I just wish the […]

Ron Paul, Basketball Star? Watch Him Dribble Paul Krugman, Shoot 3-Pointer.

by Smitty This is just excellent. Ron Paul actually walks back his position in End the Fed, which is highly interesting. Krugman, you miserable eclownomist, just retire: “I don’t believe in monetary policies that perpetuate depression.” Yes, you do. Fool. via Red Alexandria

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