For a long LONG time, the message has been dominated by the Left. They have all the coolest rock stars and movie stars and funny people.
They play on populist messages like “Power to the people” and “Make love not war”.
The message, since the dawn of time, has been their strength.
But that’s changing.
Posted in Fun, Government, Politics: National
Tagged Leftist, Liberal, Media, PajamasMedia, PJTV, Right, Unions
I guess I’m guilty. I often use the worst behavior of the occasional bore to define a group. I search out debate and I invite debate. As in everything in life, there is a bottom 10%.
I often, in conversation with my close conservative friends, refer to Liberals as Libtards. It’s impolite and kinda reduces me to the level of folk that I’m teasing, but part of the humor is the irony of that.
Anyway.
Check this out.
Posted in Education, Government, Idiots on Parade, Lobby/PAC, Politics: National
In my mind, the greatest World Series Ever Played took place after the 1991 season. The Minnesota Twins vs. The Atlanta Braves.
Kirby Pucket
Black Jack Morris
And if you are a Braves fan, the one play that sticks in your craw is this one:
Believe me, I know your pain:
Anyway, head to Target Field this summer and get your “He’s STILL Out” bobble head for yourself!
Posted in Fun
Tagged Atlanta Braves, blogging, Dallas Cowboys, Drew Pearson, Kent Hrbek, Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings, Ron Gant
Each side accuses the other of media bias. Fox gets hammered by the Left and everyone else gets hammered by the Right.
But what is it exactly, that the media does that creates this impression of bias? What is it that strikes someone as “unfair” and “unbalanced”?
For me, it’s not the truth of the story, it’s the profile of the stories themselves. Rachel Maddow, for example, doesn’t lie, she just doesn’t run disparaging stories against Democrats. Hannity same but reversed.
So, here is my example of bias in the media. A bias in an organization that I think TRIES not to be bias.
Posted in Government, Politics: National
Tagged Gallup, Left, Liberal, Main Stream Media, Media Bias, Politics, Right, Unions, Wisconsin
The money isn’t big; on either side. The amount of money the Federal Government gives to NPR isn’t a significant portion of what the Federal Government spends.
AND, the amount of money that the Federal Government gives to NPR isn’t a significant portion of the money that NPR spends.
But it matters. It matters because the act of giving that money is an act of explicit approval. Approval for the way that NPR runs it’s business.
And many don’t agree.
Posted in Government, Lobby/PAC, Politics: National
And so it appears that Wisconsin Democrats find themselves in Atari. This should not be surprising. Either to they themselves, state democrats as a group or the nation as a whole.
By fleeing the state and preventing a quorum, the Wisconsin 14 knew, they had to KNOW, that they were setting themselves up for failure. True, they WERE able to block the vote. But only because it contained fiscal portions. It isn’t rocket surgery to know all you have to do it strip out that aspect of the bill and pass it without the required 20.
There will be yelling and much nashing of teeth. But make no mistake about it, the Wisconsin 14 brought this on themselves.
Posted in Government, Idiots on Parade, Politics: National, Rocket Surgery, States Behaving Badly
Tagged Democrats, Rocket Surgery, Unionista, Unions, Wisconsin
I have come to understand that many of the friends and colleagues I disagree with are not disagreeing with me because they want bad things to happen. On the contrary, I feel that those folks are just as interested in the welfare of our country and the people in it as I am.
Rather than mean spirited, they are well intentioned. It’s just that each have our own version of the path to those intentions.
But, when well intentioned people craft laws in the dead of night and don’t read those laws, bad things happen.
Posted in Economics, Government, Health Care, Idiots on Parade, Politics: National
Tagged Barack Obama, Incentives, Incentives Matter, Left, Liberal, Politics, Taxes
As Wisconsin rolls on and other states join the fray, a common diversion from the battles over collective bargaining is that of teacher salaries.
Often the debate touches on the salaries of teachers. Do public school teachers make the same or not as their private school peers? It can be hard to tell. But then I stumbled on this post from Mark Perry over at Carpie Diem.
Here is the money shot:
Amazing isn’t it?
First, let’s take a look at some numbers.
Look, $42,000 isn’t a lot of money. And neither is $65,000 after 30 years in. But it ain’t bad either. And don’t forget, the public school teachers are gettin’ health insurance, pensions and tenure.
A pretty good gig.
Here we see the power of the free market.
It was just several years ago that we couldn’t keep flu shots in quantity to meet demand. Today my grocery store offers it for free.
