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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2009 4 Comments

Scrolling through the excellent TaxProf Blog reminded me of a fundamental dynamic in American politics. A large percentage of voters pay no federal income taxes: 47% Will Pay $0 Income Tax in 2009.But that doesn't tell the full story. For whom do these non-tax paying...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2009 3 Comments

The Obama media team handed out white coats to pro-Obama doctors who attended a pro-Obamacare rally at the White House yesterday. Can you imagine what would have happened if Republicans handed out white coats to anti-Obamacare doctors?The race card addicts would have screamed that they...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 05, 2009 6 Comments

Barack Obama is fiddling on his grand plans to remake the U.S. health care and energy systems, while our economy and our position in the world burn. The most recent evidence of the harm being caused by our fiddler-in-chief is the move internationally to abandon...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 05, 2009 9 Comments

Consumer Reports has decided to weigh in on the health care debate in favor of the Democratic health care proposals, or what CR euphemistically calls "health care reform." Having decided to take sides, I think it is fair to hold CR to the standards it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2009 7 Comments

Florida Congressman Alan Grayson, the new Al Franken-like star of the Democratic Party, claims that Republicans want people to die quickly. Grayson's proof? Republicans oppose Democratic plans to restructure the U.S. health care system, including getting government further involved in health care decisions. Grayson has been...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2009 2 Comments

Every now and then, like the proverbial broken clock, Frank Rich at the NY Times gets something mostly right. His column, The Rabbit Ragu Democrats, gets it mostly right and does a good job exposing the reality that lobbyists for corporate interests are running just...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2009 7 Comments

John Kass, the brilliant columnist for the Chicago Tribune, explains why Chicago did not get the Olympics. He tells the story of a t-shirt he saw. It says Chicago 1016 2016 on the front, and Terre Haute 2020 on the back.To those of us not...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2009 8 Comments

Until I started reading stories about Barack Obama's failure in Copenhagen, I didn't realize just how pathetic were the arguments used in support of Chicago as the 2016 Summer Olympic venue. In short, Obama and Chicago played the diversity card, but got out-diversified, and in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2009 11 Comments

I wish this headline in the NY Times was a joke, but it is not: U.S. Wonders if Iran Is Playing for Time or Is Serious on Deal This is a "news analysis" piece, so the Times will be all over the nuance angle: But...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2009 24 Comments

Think Progress, the Democratic media-watch and policy group, always tries to blame conservatives for everything, including now the loss of the Olympics for Chicago: Mission Accomplished For Conservatives Who Rooted Against America.I doubt that the Olympic committee listened to any conservative U.S. voices. And talking...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2009 4 Comments

Boss abuses his position of power to sleep with multiple staff members. One of the staff members, or someone else with knowledge, seeks to extort boss. The boss is a creep who should be shamed for using his power to obtain sex -- am I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2009 3 Comments

Had anyone outside of 8th Congressional District in Florida heard of Alan Grayson prior to Grayson's rant that Republicans want people to "die quickly"? Using the standard of causation employed by Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Kennedy, the nutroots, and other Democrats, Grayson is inciting violence against Republicans....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2009 7 Comments

Consumer Reports, published by Consumers Union, is a valuable tool when trying to figure out which is the best washing machine, most reliable automobile, or most powerful drill. By staying out of politics, and not seeming to have a dog in any fight other than...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2009 5 Comments

It's hard to know if the situation in Honduras is as dire as reports indicate. Apparently the Obama administration is on the verge of winning in Honduras by forcing the constitutional authorities -- the legislature, the courts, the interim government -- to allow back into...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2009 7 Comments

Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) made news this week by joining the chorus of fear-mongering Democrats who suggest that those opposing Democratic health care restructuring proposals are prone to violence. As reported The Providence Journal:“My family’s seen it up close too much with assassinations and violence in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2009 5 Comments

Today is "military dictatorship day" (per Ed Morrissey) in which there is speculation from all sides about whether Obama would be removed in a coup or assume dictatorial powers.Crazy, huh? The left-wing blogosphere, in particular, is in a tizzy about this threat to the Republic.Well...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2009 8 Comments

I thought we weren't allowed to talk this way when dealing with foreigners: "It's a battle -- we're going to win -- take no prisoners," the first lady said with a smile at a roundtable discussion with reporters in the White House State Dining Room.I...

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