- If you held out some tiny hope that Obama might not be as complete an economic moron as you thought him to be, read this and Lasciate ogni speranza. Yes, a raft of new federal controls will make energy cheaper!
- Speaking of economic moronism: Under the inspiration of a Socialist city council member and waves and waves of trendy blueness, Seattle gone went and done it — raised the city’s minimum wage to $15/hour. For a while they may be saved by all the ifs, ands, and butts they included.
- And on the other side of governmental asininity: Court official in Virginia refuses to perform a marriage because the couple aren’t Christians and therefore have no right to get married.
- But wait! Governments have no monopoly on idiocy. Seems that hurricanes with female names kill more people, and it may be because people don’t think “girly” hurricanes are as dangerous, and therefore don’t flee or take as many precautions against them. (Oh, human beings, you are so very strange!)
- Oh man. I didn’t realize that the latest baby-burning cops were also the preacher-killing cops from a few years back. I just love how the sheriff dismisses all this with, “Bad things can happen. That’s just the world we live in.” A fine statement from the guy who’s making the bad things happen. Tear ’em a new one, Mr. Grigg.
- “Things I Learned from My Father.” A moving tribute (and good gun talk) from Jerry the Geek. (And Jerry, with a dad like that, I think you might be exaggerating slightly about your lack of DIY skills.)
- This one’s already gotten around a lot, but what the heck. It deserves all the attention. Bloomberg’s “Moms” demand action at a Tulsa Chipotle — and they get it. 🙂
Well… on the one hand, he is breaking tradition and keeping a campaign promise: “You know, when I was asked earlier about the issue of coal, uh, you know — Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Even regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad. Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it — whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, uh, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.”
On the other hand, he’s still too [censored] crazy to remember this.
Remember when Gore just promised to eliminate internal combustion-based personal transportation? Piker.
Maybe they should name all hurricanes for males ― that should decrease the mortality, shouldn’t it? Or maybe females are the deadlier of the species?
(But those ideas sound like something Al Gore would put in his Climate Control statistics.)
If you want to show the real destructive capability of hurricanes, I suggest naming them for politicians: Hurricane Barry, Hurricane Obama, Hurricane Hussein, Hurricane…
Thoughts on marriage. That Judge in the article needs to be replaced/retired. Nobody has a “right” to get or not get married. On the one hand marriage is a religious sacrament, on the other it is just a means for the state to adjudicate inheritance and taxes. Often religion and state have worked together in this. The government, at any level, has no right or authority to decide who can or can not marry. If they must be involved, it should be only to record the “marriage” contract, as the record many different types of civil actions in our society. People can have long lasting, quality relationships (regalrdless of gender preferences) without a marriage ceremony or document. Some of the best couples I know have been together in excess of 30 years without being married. Inheritance issues can simply be taken care of with a will, assuming any real property is ultimately involved.
Get the state out of our bedrooms, kitchens, basements, households, garages and relationships!
I love your idea, Bear! But I always did wonder why storms (and a lot of other things) need names at all. If they must be kept track of, I’d think dates and numbers would do the job.
I never really saw the need for a marriage license. Seems to me just another way for the goobermint to make money and have control. Re the religious aspect…. Seems any priest or pastor puts their pants on the same way I do. Hmmm…..maybe he gets his/her own jollies off by being in control. Which, by the way….is the purpose of any “religion”, past, present, or future. Don’t get me wrong, I am not an athiest….I do believe there is a “God”. That said….I find it laughable that some think their own brand of religion is the “true” one. Lessee….protestant, there are dozens of different types….all different…..yet each believes their own is the “right ” one. Uh huh…….. same with any other belief system. It is what is inside the individual person what counts.
Kids, here’s the actual economic bottom line on Barrage Insane O’Bomber’s new energy policy:
Somebody’s making bank.
If some elements of the industry are complaining, either they belong to a faction that lost out to another group of powerful wealthy, or it’s a sham, like insurance companies pretending to oppose Obamacare – a program which constitutes a trillion-dollar gift to favored insurance companies, at least, and which those companies where instrumental in writing.
Government never does anything for any primary motive other than to gain or keep profit, power, and privilege in the hands of those who own and operate it. Who are not me, not you, and not “the People.” Ever.
The “progressives” have a habit, perhaps learned from Saul Alinsky, of referring to the other side as morons, etc. We do it sometimes because what they say makes no logical sense. But BHO isn’t stupid. He may be careless with his remarks and possibly lazy, but he is a committed idealogue and dutiful to the wishes of his handlers. The “for your own good” excuse works for all kinds of things, so it’s no surprise they are using it for new EPA regs. The clear intent is to take real wealth away from the American people and put it in the hands of the government, the super-rich, and the United Nations. They are using many aspects of the government, including the EPA, to intrude into the smallest nooks and crannies to further consolidate their power. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/26/epa-give-grants-fight-cooking-stove-pollution/ I think their arguments are quite astute, as I fear they have correctly assessed the intelligence and naivete of the American people. The stupid part only applies to those who believe them.
I think Victor Milán has it about right. Follow the money.
Victor and Shel are right. Whenever anyone in government says a program is somehow for improving stuff or helping us, he is lying. It is always for them.
As to Seattle’s minimum wage, I no longer care. I figure if people in cities want to destroy the bottom rungs of the employment ladder, that is their business. Let them then support the out of work people too. I’m for Panarchy all the way. Let socialists be socialists, I say. All I want out of it is not to be roped into those schemes. In particular, if I wanted to work and my skills would not support a $15 per hour job, I would leave Seattle.
Thanks for the link and for the comments. I am indeed ‘that’ incompetent; although my father trusted me to replace the brake shoes on his 1949 chevy pick-up when I was 16 years old. (He made me test drive ti by myself, though.)
It’s a Sad Man who doesn’t count his father as his hero, and I feel sorry for those who have to look to Politicians [spit!] for a Role Model.
The greatest accolade? My daughter responded to that post, to attest to the love, respect and admiration SHE felt for that Grand Old Man. [Robert Rouark envies me my childhood.]