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And While We’re Talking about Taxes and Tea Parties…

Byron — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:03:22 +0000

It would do us good to peruse what the “loyal opposition” is saying, as exemplified by another writer in USA Today, this time a guy they gave a column to:

Yes, I Love Paying Taxes

I sincerely appreciate Mr. Benjamin’s patriotism and don’t question it one whit: what I question is

Does he really understand what the Tea Party movement is all about?
Does he understand the red herrings that litter his piece and demonstrate, once again, the convoluted reasoning of so many liberal types?
Does he seriously believe that the Founding Fathers envisioned the big government, bureaucratic mess that Washington has become? Seriously? With a straight face?
Does he really think that comparing us to Europe or Japan persuades anybody who can think for himself?
Does he really lack the imagination to envision an America that can accomplish not only what he envisions, but so much more, without the mess we have today, particularly the horrid entity he professes to love so much, the income tax?
And does he really, honestly, “secretly love the ritual” of paying income taxes? Does he also love, I don’t know, diphtheria, brussel sprouts, and the designated hitter? Sheesh…

“Controlling the People”: Democrat Goal?

Byron — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:55:47 +0000

John Dingell seems to think so.

Good Thoughts on Obamacare

Byron — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:04:28 +0000

I will withhold the full fury of my thoughts until Obamacare passes, if indeed it does, this travesty that is being foisted on the American public against its will by a lying President, a power-possessed Speaker, and a tone-deaf Democrat Congress. But in the meantime, here are two articles that need to be read, particularly the first, by Peggy Noonan.

Now for the Slaughter

The Health Care Wars are Only Beginning

The first deals with the embarrassment that Mr. Obama has already become, so quickly in his administration; that this man is deceitful is obvious; that his ideology is far-leftist is clear; that he is in way over his head experience-wise isn’t hard to discern at all. Peggy Noonan’s article deals mainly with the latter, and his pitiful attempts to cover up this fact.

The second, by Freddie Barnes, deals with the fact that passing Obamacare will signal, not the end, but the beginning of a long, drawn out fight that may last decades. Good reading, both.

And Speaking of Flip-Floppers…

Byron — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:25:02 +0000

Here’s our flip-flopping Commander-in-Chief, whose principles are apparently only good as long as he’s theorizing. Once he gets in office, well…you be the judge…

Our Flip-Flopping President

This video should be seen by every American; it really exposes the blatant hypocrisy of the current occupant of the White House; follow the link; sorry that WordPress decided to “improve” its system—such that it doesn’t work right anymore…

Kucinich Switches His Vote: Now There’s a Shock

Byron — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:27:08 +0000

He said, tongue firmly in cheek.

For all of Mr. Kucinich’s professed allegiance to principle (in his case, of course, far left fringe principle, but principle none the less), this was predictable; this isn’t the first time that the “principled” Kucinich has been a sell-out (and it certainly won’t be the last). Most people don’t remember this, but do you know what Dennis Kucinich was before he ran for prez the first time in 2004? Kucinich, for all his liberal ways, was a reliable pro-life vote. Yes, that Dennis Kucinich. Ah, but then he wanted to be president from the Democrat side of the aisle, and as everyone knows, “abortion rights” support is an essential for a person who wants to be elected president as a Democrat so…so Mr. Kucinich decided he could sacrifice a few million babies so he could make a Quixotic run for the White House.

Wonder if Dennis Kucinich has ever met a principle he wouldn’t abandon for p0litical expediency?