Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Anti-Administration Protestors Threaten Violence

(NSFW video)

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Irony: A Pictorial Definition

Maria Conchita Alonso Rips Sean Penn a New One



Dear Sean, WHY?

Even though I have great respect for your artistic talent, I was appalled by a recent television interview where you vigorously showed support for the regime of Hugo Chavez. Therefore, I've decided to set the record straight for you regarding the Chavez regime, supporting my case based not only on my political ideologies, but on proven facts you choose to ignore. Otherwise, I believe your position would be different.

Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is fast becoming Cuba's mirror image: Dismantling of fundamental democratic rights deserved by its people and citizens of the world.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/maria-conchita-alonso/2010/03/25/open-letter-sean-penn#ixzz0jdI2gW6w

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Day by Day: Declarative

Chris Muir tries Bill's challenge to write out the words of the Declaration of Independence by hand:


You are reading Day by Day, well, day by day, aren't you?

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Every Picture Tells a Story, Don't it?

Goy sets the record straight about the horrors of "the last eight years".
Bookmark this one. It's a keeper!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Breaking Eggs

One of the most rewarding (and infuriating) experiences of being a parent is answering the question, “Why?”

When the kids are little, answering their questions requires you to actually know things. Why IS the sky blue? Why IS grass green? As they get older, the whys become more challenging. You will be forced to examine your beliefs and how you arrived at them. You had better be ready to explain your opinions with facts. “Because I said so.” is no longer an acceptable answer.

My oldest daughter is now 14.
Anyone who has ever had a teenager knows this means that I am a constant chauffeur. I'm always driving her and/or her friends somewhere. And I listen to talk radio. Anyone who has listened to talk radio in the last six months, knows that it's “All Healthcare, All the Time” Eleventy!

One day (I'm not sure who I was listening to) my daughter asked me, “What's wrong with giving people health care?”
We had been watching videos of the annual Rube Goldberg competition the night before, so I had an apt analogy at hand.

I asked her, “How do you make scrambled eggs? Step by step.”

“Well, you take the eggs out of the frig. Take the pan out of the cabinet. Spray the pan with Pam” etc..
A step by step of how to go from raw egg to fluffy scrambled goodness. (Though I add a little milk while I'm beating the eggs, but I digress)

Me, “So there's a lot of small, simple steps to turn raw eggs into something you can eat. And none of them cost us money, except for the things that are directly connect to the food: The eggs, the Pam and the electricity we use to cook. There's a lot of small, simple steps that Congress could take to make health insurance available to everyone. Like protecting doctors, so they don't get sued all the time.

“I can buy my car insurance from any company in the country; whoever has the best price for the coverage I want, but I have to buy health insurance only from Texas. It's the law”

“My company gets a tax break for buying my insurance. But I wouldn't get the same break if I just bought it for myself.”

“None of these things are complicated, and they don't cost anything”

“Now imagine one of those Rube Goldberg machines that uses dominoes, and balloons, and baskets and stuff: All just to break an egg. That's Obamacare. It's complicated and expensive.”

Her, “But why would they want that?”

Me, “Because they want be in charge of breaking the eggs. If they make it impossible to break your own eggs and they control the only egg breaking machine; then you have to come to them whenever you want breakfast”
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Postrel: Obama is Glamorous; Palin isn't

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Reagan v. Obama

If you haven't listened to this clip yet, do it. Do it now.


HT: Cubachi

Monday, March 8, 2010

Labour hid ugly truth about National Health Service (NHS)

Interesting article in the Times Online about the uncovering of three reports (took a freedom of information request) commissioned by Lord Darzi from international consultancies to assess the progress of the NHS as it approached its 60th anniversary in 2008.

Money quote: “The risk of consequences to managers is much greater for not meeting expectations from above than for not meeting expectations of patients and families.”

And this is one of the models for Obamacare?!?