Arthur C. Brooks had a column in yesterday's Washington Post (?!?).
Read it. Print it out. Email it to your friends. He nails it!
Money quotes:
"When it comes to support for free enterprise, we are essentially a 70(for)-30(against) nation.
"Free enterprise brings happiness; redistribution does not. The reason is that only free enterprise brings earned success."
"The 70 percent majority, meanwhile, believes that ingenuity and hard work should be rewarded."
"What matters most to Americans is the commitment to principle, not the exercise of power. The electorate did not repudiate free enterprise in 2008; it simply punished an unprincipled Republican Party."
Monday, May 24, 2010
America's new culture war: Free enterprise vs. government
Thursday, May 20, 2010
NJ Teacher's union forced to take back seat to kids
"When New Jersey teachers union members refused to make room for students in a legislative committee hearing, the chairman took the meeting to the students."
Read it all.
Wall. Rifles. NO blindfolds!
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
I'm not that much good at drawing, so mine's in the form of a rebus:
And yes, it's midnight GMT, so we're joining the party.
Poor Muslims aren't allowed to have any Ham. You know, I pity them.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
An Entrepreneur and the Minimum-Wage
by Don Boudreaux on April 29, 2010
A.G. (who asks me to use, in this post, only his initials) is a regular reader of Cafe Hayek. He’s 28 years old and is an entrepreneur in Charlotte, North Carolina. His firm employs 25 people, 21 of whom are low-skilled workers. A.G. just sent this memo to his employees:
To All Team Members:
The schedule for next week has been posted. You may notice that hours have been cut back on your schedule. This is across the board, not just you. I don’t want anyone to think they’ve done something wrong to deserve a cut in hours, so I wanted to explain why it’s happening.
There are a couple of reasons for this:
Go here and read the whole thing.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Crist-icism Down the Memory Hole
Until earlier today, http://charliecrist.com/2010/04/crist-campaign-rubio-camp-prefers-baseless-rumors-over-talking-about-his-record/ went to this page. Here's the money quote:
“To put these rumors to rest once and for all, as we have said countless times before, Governor Crist is running for the United States Senate as a Republican. He will not run as an Independent or as a No Party Affiliation.Now, strangely, the first link produces this:
“The Governor is proud of his conservative credentials and stands firmly behind the principles of limited government and more personal freedom, the bedrock values of the Republican Party. He is proud to be a member of the Party of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan.
“This should completely and utterly put to rest any of the unfounded rumors coming from the Rubio campaign that Governor Crist would run as anything other than the Republican that he is.”
Page Not FoundSorry, Charlie, but you can't just make inconvenient prior statements disappear down the Memory Hole. The voters will remember in November.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
I voted Democrat because...
Read the whole thing.
My vote for the number one reason:
"I voted Democrat because it was easier than thinking."
Monday, April 19, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Reason TV: I Am Free Enterprise
A reminder of what the creeping corporatism of the regime will destroy:
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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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