“I had a 1978 el Camino with astroturf in the back- you boys know what that was for, huh!”
…now that the enviros have embraced a GHG tax or its cap-and-trade equivalent as the way to deal with global warming, conservative support is nowhere in sight. They’re all too afraid of Grover Norquist.
Remember this the next time a conservative explains how we ought to voucherize public education. The minute that happens, the conservatives will come back and decide that we need to means-test the vouchers. That done, they’ll attack the remaining program as “welfare.”
This is not a group of people it’s possible to do business with.
Mark Kleiman on the ever-moving goalposts that “sensible people” must forever be chasing after.
The real scandal is that General McChrystal’s favorite beer is Bud Light Lime.
Matt Yglesias. Agreed.
People who have swimming pools don’t need state parks. If you buy your books at Borders you don’t need libraries. If your kids are in private school, you don’t need K-12.
Unidentified Arizona government employee (as quoted here)
I’m relieved to see that [Bill] Kristol draws the line somewhere –I would have thought his line would be “leading an armed coup,” and even then I wouldn’t be totally confident Kristol would side with Obama over the offending general.
Jonathan Chait on the Stan McChrystal rhubarb.
When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say, ‘Bitch, you’re Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today.’
Lady Gaga in Rolling Stone (via glitterandgaga)
I say exactly the same thing to myself every morning. And then some stuff about oatmeal. But I start with this.
I say exactly the same thing to myself every morning. And then some stuff about oatmeal. But I start with this.
Spend now, while the economy remains depressed; save later, once it has recovered. How hard is that to understand?
Haw…haw?
The GOP is using taxpayer money to get idears on a totally new platform they’re promising. It will be of interest to us all. Wonder how that’s working out for them?
They set up a website to solicit ideas, only to see liberals flood it with distinctly un-Republican suggestions. When Republicans invited the public to rank proposals online, critics lampooned the effort for small-bore notions such as ending a federal program for “historic whaling partners.”
[…]
Last week, the top five entries in the “Liberty and Freedom” category were: ban handguns, “drop the idea that we’re a ‘Christian’ country,” declare abortion “none of the government’s business,” allow gays to serve openly in the military and legalize marijuana.
Great ideas all. So, I’m sure the GOP is dutifully crafting reasoned, actionable legislative agendas for each of these exciting new priorities and running off about a million little seemingly hand-made and gramaticully inorrect signs for people to wave around? Not so much:
Brendan Buck, spokesman for “America Speaking Out,” said Republicans “are plucking out ideas” worthy of consideration and consistent with GOP principles. “It’s not a ‘top vote gets in’” deal, he said.
Ah, so you’re wasting taxpayer money so that you can just keep exactly what you had before. It’s a good thing we can count on The Democrat not to make a point of any of this. That would be shrill.
The Leading i
2000
iMac
2010
iPhone 4
Worth noting that, in the year 2000, I only had one pair of pants in which I could comfortably fit an iMac.
Note to MSM: they never expect you to be prepared. Even a high schooler realizes this. You want to seem relevant? You want to go viral? Be prepared.
Stop thinking that your ultimate goal is to be friends with these people and attend their beach parties. Pro Tip: they don’t invite you to those “to get to know you better as a person.”
The country will benefit if you just show up prepared. So will you.
Lemkin 