Archive for April, 2009
« Previous EntriesA FARCE NAMED PRESS CONFERENCE
Thursday, April 30th, 2009As I watched the President’s speech last night, here is what came into my mind immediately. That’s the same farce as it always was in East Germany.
The Press Corps had to deposit their questions before the event. Then the political advisers choose which question would even be accepted. If they did not get [...]
Extra-Constitutional Arguments for the Tenth Amendment and Limiting Federal Power
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Amendment 10 to the United States Constitution
Ratified 12/15/1791
The Tenth Amendment is written in such straightforward language that there is no need to restate or clarify it here. Yet, [...]
The best action is sometimes doing nothing
Monday, April 27th, 2009Fantastic article that talks about how a free market ends a recession on its own. I’ve had elements of this in my speeches and writings, but I haven’t yet seen someone put it all together like this:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/04/can_layoffs_bankruptcies_and_s.html
Hat tip to Alan Sullivan.
Carbon cap and trade is NOT about global warming
Saturday, April 25th, 2009The science of global warming is not settled. This is the reason by the subtle change in terminology taking place in the media. It is now called “climate change” because the Earth has stopped warming and it is getting harder and harder to maintain the facade of runaway warming.
In fact, for the last 7 years, [...]
Help Stop Massive Tax Increase
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Many are fooled into thinking taxes and fees on companies are paid by the companies. This is a politically contrived illusion.
When a company’s expenses go up (be those expenses from wholesale costs, supply costs, taxes, or whatever) there are three primary ways they pass the costs on so they can stay profitable and in [...]
A Nod to Cincy Counter-Protesters
Thursday, April 16th, 2009Some (many?) may be surprised to hear me say that I found most of the counter-protesters, and others of dissimilar views, that I encountered at the rally, to have generally been respectful, friendly, and good natured. Some were even open to reasoned dialogue, though others were too busy chanting or were too determined to stay [...]
Why the Tea Parties aren’t for the GOP
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009I’m on the RNC’s email list and I got an issue of “The Weekly Trunk” ostensibly written by Chairman Michael Steele.
I quote from the heading of the email:
The goal of The Weekly Trunk is to inform and arm you with the facts you need to spread our conservative message and refute the misstatements of the [...]
Ohio Tea Party Report
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Today was a fantastic day across Ohio. I am so proud of all of the local organizers and the job that they did. The press coverage has been almost uniformly positive and the numbers exceeded our expectations by a lot.
Based on the RSVPs and estimates from the local organizers, we were hoping for 20,000. With [...]
Tax Day Tea Parties Blanket the USA
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009View 2009 Tea Parties in a larger map
Hat tip to Instapundit.
Media Balance Requires a Senator
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009WCPO Channel 9 was nice enough to send a reporter to my house tonight to interview me about the Tax Day Tea Parties scheduled for tomorrow. The reporter (Jay Warren) was friendly and his questions were fair.
I found the coverage on the 11pm news very interesting though. Jay indicated during the interview that they (WCPO) [...]