Presidential Fail

This picture from one of the tea parties was in the LA Times (Of all places).

The article was a very fair view of the tea parties is you ask me. And it was certainly better than annoying CNN reporterette.

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The Unstimulating Stimulus Bill

This is part of an interview with Michael Munger, professor of economics at Duke University. He was one of a number of economists who refuted President Obama's statement that there was a consensus of economists who agreed that the so-called stimulus would work.

Imagine you had a six-year-old daughter, and that she has a high fever. It’s 1820, and we don’t understand germs or fevers very well. You call the doctor, and the doctor comes to the house. “Please, do something. DO SOMETHING, and help my daughter,” you say.

The doctor takes out a lancet, and makes a small incision in your daughter’s wrist. The theory was that the fever was in the blood itself, and “bleeding” was the only treatment that people in 1820 knew.

It doesn’t work. Your daughter’s fever is still very high. So, you tell the doctor, “DO SOMETHING! You are the doctor.”

The doctor bleeds her some more. And she dies.

And the next day you blame the doctor for not bleeding her MORE and SOONER. But bleeding was the wrong thing to do.

This stimulus is the wrong thing to do. The fact that the first round didn’t work leads me to think we need to stop! But all the desperate economic parents out there say, DO IT MORE! DO IT LONGER! DO IT FAST!

I don’t blame the President. I blame voters, who have the naïve idea that government is responsible for the economy.

The link is in the title, be sure to read the whole article.

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More BS from a member of Congress

Today on "Your World with Neil Cavuto", Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ) was on the program, discussing a new round of economic stimuli. But this stimulus would not be in the form of for of a tax rebate. Instead the money would go to infrastructure (transportation, school construction and health care).

So, I guess the new word for more spending, is “stimulus”? We have a new word in the Obamaspeak dictionary. How stupid do they think we are? Of course there are some people who will be fooled. But no nation has ever taxed and spent itself into prosperity. Our nation was prosperous in the 19th Century because there was no income tax (except for a brief period during the civil war I believe) and much less regulation

And of course I don’t see anything in Article I Section 8 of the Constitution that authorizes Congress to “stimulate” the economy this way.

Usually Cavuto is pretty good about nailing politicians with goofy economic ideas, but he was pretty quiet today.

You can see the whole interview here.

The RNC wants our feedback

RNC Chairman, Mike Duncan said that republicans "are going to take a deep breath and listen to the American people." The party is creating a new online forum that will allow people to explain "how we let them down" and "what we can do to restore confidence in our party," he said.

This is a good opportunity liberty-minded conservatives to speak our minds. I just wish I were more optimistic that they will be listened to. I'm afraid the RNC is just looking for a way to elect more people with "R"s after their names, who turn out to be like Schwarzenegger and McCain.

In 2002, Karl Rove said he wanted the party to become more inclusive. But how often has worship of the Inclusiveness God led to an abandonment of principles. If Republicans go back to what worked in 1994, less Government, Consititutional standards and personal liberty. We need more articulate people like Dr Paul, and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson spreading message. Especially we need the grassroots to get involved in the local party organizations.



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