Sep 12, 2013 – and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism”) is not the guy you want arguing this point with Vladimir Putin, and so far he has … In the lines Putin was responding to, Obama says we can’t be the world’s policeman… and then tells us that we have to be the world’ … Faith in the individual is the key to restraining the power of government.  …

Sep 11, 2013 – Preventing the rebels from sacking Damascus was pretty much why the despot got out the poison bombs in the first place. … Look at what Bin Ladin got out of blowing the crap out of the WTC and The Pentagon. … 1) Don’t draw a Red Line unless you’ve got a nice “or else” ready if the other guy snorts it up off the floor. 2) People outside the…

Sep 9, 2013 – The massively powerful teachers’ union has been a particularly big obstacle for Quinn. … That leaves the other big piece of de Blasio’s economic message, union organizing in the private sector, an approach that won him the … actually change or ameliorate the trend…I don’t know if those ‘things’ will work in the big picture.…

Apr 15, 2013 – Natter on for over 2,000 pages, and even a guy like Marx will bury an occasional intellectual ruby beneath the copious mounds of pony-poop … If the Euro were the sort of currency a gold hedge was designed for, the Euro would be killing Germany and Holland rather than Greece … The current economy is like a universe that doesn’t do big bangs. Gold can’t hedge you very well against terminal boredom.…

Apr 30, 2013 – A deeply flawed man, he was the one guy the primary voters knew wouldn’t go wobbly in Washington. … Right now, thanks to the NRCC pulling out of the race, the Democrats are outspending Mark Sanford three to one. … The unions will herald it as a major win for big labor.…

Apr 29, 2013 – The difference between the Gallup and AfterCollege surveys is the difference between the boundless optimism of youth, and the more … Why can’t big corporations, or Big Government, create the jobs we need? … Big Business and Big Government seek to write history.  Entrepreneurs doodle endlessly in the margins.  …

May 9, 2013 – Just imagine for a moment that today is the day after a veteran career diplomat – the top man on the ground in Libya after the murder … we didn’t really start hearing about the “video protest” fairy tale in a big way until three days after the attack.   … ’t even remember the guy?  …

May 6, 2013 – in the unique position of both opposing big government and tax increases all on the same day. … But kudos to Governor Jindal who, thanks to the fiscal chicken hawks, can be against tax increases, for the little guy, and against … big government all with one swipe of the veto pen.…

May 3, 2013 – According to the 2010 Census, only 9.8% of the population has direct-purchase insurance. … the cost of their coverage.” … Now, I am just this guy on the Internet, but based on this information it looks like, no, health care has not been going up in double…

May 2, 2013 – Further, for all of Karl Rove’s fine attributes, he is also largely a direct mail guy who learned at the foot of Lee Atwater and never … Direct mail guys believe the data is the value and what Team Obama discovered is that the tools to analyze the data are the value. … I think the RNC is making a big mistake.…

May 2, 2013 – And make no mistake DDoS attacks affect not just the target, but the networks surrounding the target, too, so even a criminal racket … This guy made illegal executive orders on the topic, but as soon as we take good, light-regulatory legislative action, he suddenly … wants to slam on the brakes.…

May 20, 2013 – including Big Money lobbyist – that the Occupiers ostensibly stood against in the first place. … Because the gap between ‘bought into the Occupy mythos’ and ‘can’t be trusted to come in out of the rain’ ain’t all that wide… Moe … Lane (crosspost) PS: Notice, of course, that the Occupiers are downright eager to go after the black guy.…

May 16, 2013 – The IRS Scandal Is About Who The American Left Has Become. “Now I’m not the typ’a guy who says ‘I told you so.’ … the earth. … The Modern American Left does hate and disrespect its ideological opposition to the point that it will use the power of the state to…

May 30, 2013 – Obamanomics is all about selling the future down the river in exchange for enough Big Government swag to buy the next election. … The only real problem with our centralized government is that it’s not big enough yet.   … It’s just the latest element of the Big Government system to require eternal tinkering – one more sputtering, squealing engine that…

May 28, 2013 – will throw the election to the Democrats.  … As the saying goes, whatever comes around goes around, and now the shoe is on the other foot.  … across the political spectrum.…

May 24, 2013 – One of the most potent examples is the cultural devastation wrought by the Great Society.   … And of course, a prevailing sense of resentment for those who unfairly amass great wealth, by exploiting the Little Guy, leads to political … Only power-hungry politicians – including big players in the cultural or economic arenas with political aspirations – are likely to…

Jun 3, 2013 – Bush won, barely, in 2000, and expanded his lead in 2004 as both a populist reformer and the guy who could keep us safe. … They give people hope that the American aristocracy of big business, lobbyists, the rich, and career politicians can be fought.On the … To many of those left on the outside have craved the access of the inside and gone in.…

Jun 18, 2013 – The deviations become so extensive that nobody can even discern the mean along the curve. … All of the suit and tie guy, grey world of city misery, ugly buildings and ugly jobs, boring meetings and dishonest people, interpersonal … It’s the death of a thousand cuts. No act by itself is big, but together, they make civilization a hateful place.…

Jun 14, 2013 – bested him in the 2012 GOP primary, but wound up losing the general election: One after another, they talked about the business … And the Left has done an amazingly effective job of convincing them to ignore the predatory habits and greed of the political class … wins the election… even though almost every national candidate from both big parties is very far removed from living a middle-class…

Jun 13, 2013 – Now, all of this may have been a big coincidence or misunderstanding. Maybe the guy was handing out playing cards. … Maybe the guy was giving back change after a coffee run. … Maybe the guy was paying off the anti-recall protesters legally, assuming that the guy was reporting all those cash money the way that…

Jul 9, 2013 – After a while the new guy got arrested in less than desirable circumstances (basically a crack house). … In the interim, the station asked me to come back. … People care about more than politics and, on radio, they want to know the guy they’re listening to on the way home does too.Once you…

Jul 1, 2013 – One part of the Obama administration ants to get kids online even as the FTC thinks kids need protected from the Internet because of … the privacy cult. … Traditionally WIPO has been pretty well stacked against the little guy trying to ride a big name.…

Jul 1, 2013 – Imagine the Democrats reelecting a guy like this from one of their most liberal urban districts. … Spencer Bachus has always been a big government Republican.  He has supported all the financial bailouts.  … During a recent hearing at the House Judiciary Committee about learning the mistakes of the 1986 amnesty, Bachus was the only member…

Sep 27, 2013 – Pretty strong words from a guy who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act. … skip the part in the law where it says they have to prove they qualify for the goodies. … So the law is THE LAW when Senator Reid says it’s the law.…

Sep 25, 2013 – Cruz is unwilling to play the game the way others have played it. The Establishment likes to punish that sort. … the nomination. … guy they didn’t care for — and they did — they assumed the folks telling them to suck it up would do the same now for them.Conservative…