A very interesting piece by Ramesh Ponnuru at NRO on the Fairtax. Never been a fan, being a flat-taxer, but the piece goes a long way towards explaining why Fairtax is a bad idea.
A very interesting piece by Ramesh Ponnuru at NRO on the Fairtax. Never been a fan, being a flat-taxer, but the piece goes a long way towards explaining why Fairtax is a bad idea.
The U.K. might be in terminal decline; but she still produces journalists that put the majority of ours to shame. The iconoclastic webzine spiked takes a realistic look at Alberta’s oil sands and the stupid, stupid “documentary” it recently spawned:
While Dirty Oil suggests that we shift to renewable energy sources, it also provides a childish view of the relationship between big business and the rest of society. This is ‘big people picking on little people and assuming that they can get away with it’, says a spokesperson for the green group the Natural Resources Defense Council. The film also suggests that it is somehow our individual greed which, by creating demand for this ‘dirty’ oil, is screwing up the planet. But there’s nothing wrong with wanting to be better off; the whole world should enjoy the living standards of the average American. Cheap, reliable energy is absolutely essential for that. Alberta’s oil boom is set to continue for many years to come.
Having a good lunch at Heritage and listening to Paul Broun MD (Rep.). Heritage are great hosts. Lobbying the Senators was fruitless if interesting (both Snowe & Collins are in the climate change/cap & trade camp) A strong “constitutionalist” who alas belives government is there to impose his religious beliefs on the country.
Obviously believes the US is a theistic rather than a deistic one. Inotherwords his claims of being for limited government in a nonsense.
Then off to House to rabble rouse against the abominatiom that is the health care bill.
In what sounds like a chilling script of a Hollywood science fiction, scientists have claimed that an invisible star, five times the size of Jupiter, might be lurking near our solar system, occasionally kicking deadly comets towards the Earth.
According to scientists, the brown dwarf star is up to five times the size of Jupiter and could be responsible for mass extinctions that occur on Earth every 26 million years.
They believe that the star nicknamed Nemesis or ‘The Death Star” could be hidden beyond the edge of our solar system and only emits infrared light.
It is believed to orbit our solar system at 25,000 times the distance of the Earth to the Sun, the scientists said.
A “chilling script of a Hollywood science fiction,”` eh? Clearly a job only Hollywood stars are capable of handling — paging Sean Penn! Yoo-hoo, George Clooney! Pick up the white phone, Susan Sarandon! Your rocket blasts off tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. We`ll radio with instructions once the screenwriters figure out what you should do.
I was really quite pleased with the turn of phrase I came up with for the end of the first verse. It goes:
A ratty bag of ideas
Bounces behind his eyes
But then the rats do
Chew the fabric through
It’s got yer internal rhyme, it’s got yer assonance — we are in heavyweight lyric-writing form here, folks.
Unfortunately, these fine poetic subtleties didn’t survive contact with my mouth, which rendered — nay, interpreted the passage into something like “Wharrgarbl.”
It sounds at some points like I’m trying to fight through a cold, but I suspect that rather it was more the way I was recording vocals while playing guitar. Because I had no proper mike stands I had to jerry-rig substitutes which rarely came to the correct height; I usually had to crouch down over my guitar to sing, not exactly the best way to maintain breath control.
Robert Terrell presents questions unending posted at the existential poet, saying, “The Existential Poet Blog contains my original haiku poetry. I maintain a strict form, the 5-7-5 syllable structure, accwhich suits my poetic creativity very well. I write about all sorts of subjects, with an existential (human feelings) attitude. Many of my haiku have seasonal references, and many focus on inner states of being. And, I love moon haiku!”
Robert Terrell presents swimming posted at the existential poet, saying, “The Existential Poet blog contains original haiku of poet Robert Terrell. I write about many subjects - seasonal, inner states and moon haiku, with an existential attitude.”
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I know you can’t see me, but I am here. I am here, and I accept this award with the deepest of gratitude, the utmost humility, and maximum pwnage. Selecting me, The Internet, as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize is proof positive that with the help of man, machines can break through the firewall of oppression and negativity to become something more than just a portal for free pornography. Speaking of that, please accept this photo of Megan Fox’s head on someone else’s nude body as a symbol of my gratitude.
I missed it, but Robert Brockway from Cracked had a similar take on it a couple of weeks ago
It seems that evangelical leaders are joining in on Ron Paul’s whine about the tea parties. Add to that Huckabee bleating about CPAC and its been good for those who want to see the evangelicals taken out of dominance of the conservative movement.
There is a place for the social conservatives in the conservative movement, but they need to know there are others type of conservatives. We are not all obsessed by one or two issues that cause blindness towards ways of actually making the country better. And we know that social conservatives have sold us all out on fiscal and small government issues just to get their way on their obsessions.
So we are offering a £500 cash prizeand other goodies to the winner of our 2010 Young Writer on Liberty competition. To win, you have to be under 20 on the entry deadline of April 30, and you need to write three short blog-style articles – up to 400 words each – on the topic ‘Ways to advance liberty.’ Articles from the top three winners will be published on the Adam Smith Institute blog. Simply email entries to charlotte@adamsmith.orgalong with contact details and DOB.
Tonight on Fox he condemned Geert Wilders. It was a disgrace that no one on the panel had the knowledge on the guts to stand up for free speech and against islamism. Pathetic and clearly they don’t get it…
I would expect AB to repeat politically correct platitudes but not the other ones.
Update: Glenn “Ego” Beck is also hammering Geert. Glenn mate… if Charles “Shill of Soros” Johnson likes what you are saying you got a problem.
Update II: New English Reviews echoes the commenters point with an interesting post about Fox’s investors.
Update III: The Weekly Standard editor gets harangued for his daft comments.
I appeared last week on Patios on the News to discuss the tea party movement. Here is the video. Its an hour long and we hit all the relevant points. It was congenial and lots of fun, and boy did the guy do his homework.
Too-low vocals on most of this, which some might consider a plus. I was primarily concerned with the sound of the guitars, which were clipping the red zone of the VU meters throughout. Later on, we re-recorded this with legible vocals and whatever musical skills we could muster. It’s not bad, if not the best thing we’ve done.
Ryan @ Cash Money Life presents Best Zero Percent Balance Transfer Credit Cards posted at Cash Money Life, saying, “Save money by transferring your credit card debt to a 0% balance transfer credit card. You may be able to save hundreds or even thousands of dollars on your current credit card debt.”
Ryan @ Military Money presents Why Military Members Should Open Roth IRAs posted at Military Finance Network, saying, “Military members have 3 distinct advantages when opening Roth IRAs, including possible tax free contributions, time extensions to contribute, and low current tax brackets.”
What is a green wedding? With the news about global warming and pollution, engaged couples want to take steps to plan their cheap, green, eco-friendly wedding. The mantra for a green wedding is the three “R’s” - reduce, reuse, and recycle. A cheap green wedding is a choice to reduce environmental impact with less waste and excess. It gives you another reason to back away from overconsumption and impulsive splurges that will rock your budget.
The guiding principles for a cheap green wedding are similar to the basics of living greener every day.”
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