Archive for February, 2010

David Karki

Well, so much for the health care “summit.” It came and went today, and while there was some quite entertaining political theater at times – most of which involved a petulant, lost-without-his-teleprompters President Obama making a complete fool of himself in one way or another in response to the Republicans doing such outrageous things as reading the actual contents of the bill before TV cameras – the situation remains exactly the same.

My way or the highway.

The Democrats are still intent, probably even more so than before, in ramming communist health care down America’s throat any way they can. The only purpose this farce of a “summit” ever served was to give Obama and the Democrats a chance to disingenuously portray the GOP as the public face of “obstructionism,” so as to give them cover for long-planned dictatorial shenanigans (which are only necessary because Obama and the Democrat leadership won’t compromise and moderate to get the handful of votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster).

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Brett Noel

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Andy Hefty

Like the once-frozen caveman on Saturday Night Live who became a lawyer confused by all the nuances of modern technology, I find myself scratching my oversized, unattractive noggin over the silliness exuded by Congress and the White House.  I’ll admit:  in many respects, I can be like that simple caveman.  But I never went to law school, and I insure my cars through the famous caveman-hated company.

Simple Caveman has the answers

With the endless insults hurled across the political aisle that those of a traditional mindset are Neanderthal to begin with, you can see why those on the left refuse to even ponder simple solutions.  God forbid that they should be aligned with knuckle-dragging right-wing extremists who think simple thoughts like more guns make for less crime.

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Dan Sherrier

Do you believe that mankind is wrecking the planet’s climate? If so, I have some questions for you.

Let’s put the comments section to good use. Below are numerous questions relating to anthropogenic global warming (AGW). Please pick whichever one(s) you care to address, and have at it. Remember, if you’re asserting we need to make drastic changes to our lifestyles, the burden of proof is on you.

Make your case, please.

The questions:

1.) If skeptics point to a colder winter or mild summer as evidence against AGW, then believers usually say they’re confusing climate with weather. And yes, climate and weather–while related–are not synonyms. But why is it okay for believers to point to certain weather events (such as the recent snowstorms across America) as evidence to support the AGW theory? Or to say that 2009 was the fifth warmest year on record, as if a single year can represent a climate trend? Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Calabrese

In today’s Wall Street Journal, three leading thinkers on the subject of health care economics spell out in clear terms why health care costs are rising, and why the only solution is a dramatic change in the way America thinks about health care finance.

Now this won't cost a bit.

John Cogan, Glenn Hubbard and Daniel Kessler – whose respective credentials you’ll find at the end of the piece – make the same case this column has been making for a very long time. The problem is not that not enough people are covered by health insurance. The problem is that too many people are too reliant on health insurance.

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Jill Ciminillo

The quick answer to that is: Yes.

And sorry, GM, you won’t catch me—a single woman—owning one any time soon.

It doesn’t matter how edgy it is. Or how well it drives. Or the number of luxury amenities that are included. It is, after all, a wagon.

Buuuut. If I ever do have children and decide it’s time to invest in cargo volume over coupe cute, the all-new Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon is one of the first places I’ll look. Well, that is, if I have $38K to spend on a car, this is where I’d start.

Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon Interior

Once you slide behind the wheel of the CTS Sport Wagon, you can forget that you’re actually driving a mommobile for the duration of the drive. The interior of this wagon is all CTS, and if you didn’t know what was on the outside, you’d swear you were sitting behind the wheel of the sedan.

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Dan Calabrese

I bet John McCain thought, when he won the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, he was playing the most pivotal role he would ever play in the party. Apparently that was not the case. He now has an even more pivotal role. McCain has become a walking conservative litmus test.

Litmus test.

Because it’s an article of faith among conservative activists that McCain is a dastardly Republican In Name Only, said activists consider it a test of your “true conservative” bona fides that you must support his primary challenger, former congressman and radio host J.D. Hayworth, in this year’s Arizona Senate race.

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Bob Franken

“Sorry guys, we apologize.”

“Sorry.” By now we’re sorry we ever heard the word. From Tiger, to Toyota to even D.C. City Councilman, former Mayor and non-stop delinquent Marion Barry, they’re all “sorry”.

I'm sor-ry, so sor-ry...

After rigidly controlling its corporate and product reputation for decades, Toyota is suddenly as out of control as their deadly cars. But now the lid has been wrenched off of their Pandora’s box which is spewing vile revelations…the kind that cause many to believe the company values profits over human life.

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Dan Calabrese

Blogger Keith Hennessey, sensing that President Obama could use all the help he can get learning to get legislation through Congress, suggests that Obama study a past president who put together an impressive track record getting bipartisan support for major legislation.

This smart, skillful expert at the art of governing? George W. Bush!

In case the inspirational SuperPresident needs to learn from one wiser than he.

Hennessey, an advisor to Bush on economic policy throughout most of his presidency, looks at a series of bills that passed during the Bush Administration, notes the bipartisan breakdown in the voting for each and explains the negotiating strategy Bush used in each situation.

While some will surely argue about the virtue of some of the bills Hennessey highlights, the point is that Bush, who never had a majority in Congress anywhere near what Obama has now, knew how to work the bipartisan landscape of the House and Senate to get things done.

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