The Smallest Minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. – Ayn Rand
It’s Not a Rainbow-Farting Unicorn, But . . .
. . . I like the way this guy thinks!
Phoenix talk-radio station KFYI set up a “Mock Protest” of President Obama and the “stimulus” bill for his appearance at Dobson High School in Mesa today. The idea was to bring protest signs asking Obama to give out things in the name of stimulating the economy. This, in my humble opinion, was the best one:
Other than that, I got nothin’ for ya tonight.
Can I Get an “Amen”?
A Modest Proposal . . .
Van Der Leun proposes a solution to our economic crisis. Excerpt:
As we all know, the Social Security Administration (SSa) essentially bet, many years ago, that a lot of people who paid into this Mother of All Ponzi Schemes would simply not live to collect their benefits in any significant degree. It was a “You pay but don’t play” sort of deal. As long as the dead suckers outnumbered the living suckers, all was copacetic.
Now that, through the wonders of Medicare, our elderly can suck down benefits for one, two, or even three decades after 65, the Reverse-Ponzi kicks in and people actually get more out than they ever put in. Looking to “get more out than you put in” is, arguably, the attitude that got us into this mess in the first place.
But even now, this cost is still controllable. It merely requires the will.
Read. It. All.
Eeew! Quote of the Day
From the mistress of vivid verbal imagery:
Is it just me…
…or did CNN stop just short of slipping Pugsley some tongue in this piece?I guess they feel a lot better about getting openly moist and runny about Marxism these days…
OMFG
Definitely not safe for work, but Rodger has found perhaps the most descriptive political photo of the previous decade.
Don’t miss it.
I’m speechless.
Quote of the Day
Looks like there might be a near-term slump in the secret ninja army job market, though. Things are tough all over. – Tam, This should tickle the lefties…
Happy Birthday, Tam!
Today’s Quote of the Day:
Really, could it get any better? I mean, short of having Charles Schumer picking up my brass and carrying my shopping bag full of ammo while toadying obsequiously? – A birthday slathered in awesomesauce
You mean he didn’t? Dammit! I have to talk to my credit card company about reversing the charges, then!
And they say an honest politician is one who stays bought . . .
“When Obama Says This Stuff, I Don’t Think He Really Means It,”
“. . . and that gives me hope.”
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It’s the only reason the Left’s collective (in all meanings of the word) heads haven’t exploded.
Found at Anarchangel‘s.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go buy another gun . . .
Job Creation
Glenn linked to this fascinating (in a weirdly sick way) graph courtesy of Fabius Maximus:
President Obama talks a lot about “job creation.” It looks like Bush and his predecessors have all done a bang-up job of that! I guess Obama is going to turbocharge it?
I am reminded of a conversation I had with a coworker several years ago. His mother works for the Census Bureau. Her job has great benefits, lots of holidays, generous vacation and sick leave, and an excellent retirement plan. For about two and a half years at a stretch, her job is quiet and undemanding. Then, for about eighteen months it’s hectic, and the hours can be somewhat long, though she is compensated for the overtime. At one family gathering, during the slow period, she commented to all that working for the .gov was just terrific, and “I don’t know why everybody doesn’t work for the government!”
Into the short silence that followed, my coworker replied, “We do. For about the first five months of every year.”
Anybody expecting it to exceed six in the not-too-distant future?
I Wish I’d Written That
Today’s Quote of the Day via Glenn:
There seems to be a typo. The last word ought to read “lefty”.
Ian Hamet, Just One Letter Off at Benevolent Misanthropy
RTWT for the context.