Category Archives: The Left is Never Right

Leftists Are Governed by Peer Pressure and Ostracism

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Alaska

People with principles, of course, tend not to be thus. From the JournoList archive: “I am genuinely scared” of Fox, wrote Guardian columnist Daniel Davies, because it “shows you that a genuinely shameless and unethical media organisation *cannot* be controlled … Continue reading →

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As the old adage says

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Reward what you want more of. Punish what you want less of. From this truth, we can see directly that the Obama Administration and the Democrats in Congress want people to make less money, because they are still on track … Continue reading →

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Garbage In. Garbage Out.

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Not to “defend” BP, but one of the more insipid items they have been getting their hats handed to them on is their “plan” on dealing with a spill/leak in the gulf. It included “facts and figures” about seals and … Continue reading →

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One Way to Stack the Deck

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Scott

White House Picks Critic of Local Immigration Enforcement for Key Role at ICE So we have a tax cheat in charge of the Treasury, a terrorist defending attorney in charge of Justice, and now this?

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When one chooses to remain ignorant of history

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Then one chooses to just be ignorant. Apparently there is some whining going on about the possibility of Angelina Jolie being cast to play Cleopatra in an upcoming flick. Counting Cats has his way with them. What part of Cleopatra … Continue reading →

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Repellant

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Phil Kadath

I’ve managed to keep this idea off RNS for a while now, but after reading Gene Healy’s column in Washington Examiner last night, I have to put it out there. I’ve told The Wife this ideaso many times that I’m … Continue reading →

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What the government giveth

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Phil Kadath

The government can take away. Death Panels? Not so much. More like “Disability Panels”. Millions of patients face losing NHS care as bosses prepare to axe treatments to make £20billion of savings by 2014, a top doctor has warned. Among … Continue reading →

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“Free” Medicine is unsustainable?

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Color me less than shocked. Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget deficits, provinces are taking tough measures to curb healthcare costs, a trend that could erode the principles of the popular state-funded system. Ontario, … Continue reading →

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I say, turn out the lights!

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Scott

Arizona Official Threatens to Cut Off Los Angeles Power as Payback for Boycott

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The Crawling

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Phil Kadath

It has made the City of San Francisco even more weak kneed. Muni has temporarily halted use of its biggest weapon against fare evasion — saturation campaigns in which fare inspectors and sometimes police officers check everyone on a bus … Continue reading →

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