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September 2011

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2011 32 Comments

Five days ago Obama unveiled a "jobs plan" which included tax hikes of $467 billion, $400 billion of which were on individuals making $200,000 (and couples making $250,000). Tomorrow Obama will unveil a "deficit reduction plan" which will include $1.5 trillion in new taxes including an extra tax...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2011 13 Comments

Steve Chapman, a member of the Editorial Board of The Chicago Tribune, Why Obama should withdraw (h/t HeyTammyBruce): When Ronald Reagan ran for re-election in 1984, his slogan was "Morning in America." For Barack Obama, it's more like midnight in a coal mine. The sputtering economy is about...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2011 11 Comments

This seems like pretty good advice to the GOP, although the pathetic political ploy needs to be called for what it is (as I did last night): Update:  Time for an invervention, Obama’s on a tax hike bender...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2011 7 Comments

Carl at Israel Matzav has given Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, the nickame "Abu Bluff." The trip by Abbas to the U.N. this week ostensibly to obtain recognition of a Palestinian state is another bluff.  Abbas doesn't even have the support of his own people, as Hamas which controls...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2011 26 Comments

One lie is that there is a historically and ethnically distinct Palestinian people, but that lie is so well established that it is beyond argument now.  Even if Palestinian nationalism was a fiction created in the last few decades as a tool against Israel, that horse has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2011 9 Comments

Thanks to reader and commenter suhrmesa, who took this photo yesterday, and writes: From Boise, ID… saw this and thought of you and Ithaca.  When in Ithaca, walk the parking lot at Wegman's and enjoy those that are "screaming to be heard" via bumper stickers. Still, my...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2011 21 Comments

How sad.  Our president has been reduced to chasing demons. Obama's recent phony jobs bill which raised $400 billion in taxes on everyone making over $200,000 (couples over $250,000) apparently did not whip the masses into a pitchfork and torch frenzy, because it targeted our doctors, local...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2011 11 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Some prominent white liberals, in this case Bill Maher and Michael Moore, are pretty quick to portray conservatives and particularly Tea Partiers as racist. But in fact, it is these white...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2011 12 Comments

Much like windmills, Obama's energy plans for the country turn on "green" energy like LED lighting. From The White House website: Today’s Recovery Act in Action episode takes place in Durham, NC at Cree, Inc., America’s foremost producer of LED lighting.  It’s a tale of many important...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2011 31 Comments

Inspired by today's bumper sticker post, let's all wonder how things might have been different had Hillary won the election (some say she did win the election, but that's another matter). For better and for worse. I'll start. We woud not be the weak horse in the Middle...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2011 5 Comments

I wonder how Hillary supporters are feeling these days.  Not too good, I imagine. Thanks to reader Lee, who writes: Spotted this in traffic the other day. You can see the red light clearly, so I was being safe… I laughed when I saw this. And here in Minnesota,...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 16, 2011 10 Comments

A committee of economists have proposed "the creation of an International Monetary Policy Committee composed of representatives of major central banks that will report regularly to world leaders on the aggregate consequences of individual central bank policies." And who will run this? Why, a committee of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2011 21 Comments

Would anyone consider it "unexpected" if a variety of federal governmental agencies subjected Ford to a regulatory colonoscopy because of this commercial, which has clear political overtones.  Of course, they will not phrase it that way, it will be to "save the environment" or "protect children"...

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