The Spectrum

Obama’s Brilliant Tax Revenue Plan Continues

The Obama Administration, as we have noted with some interest, seems to have a novel and altogether brilliant strategy for increasing revenues to the United States government: Nominate tax cheaters to high office, and rely on the ensuing media investigation to embarrass these nominees into paying up! Daft, don't you ...

Canadian Doctor Bashes Socialized Medicine

Weren't we supposed to look to Canada for solutions to our helath care problem? Dr. David Gratzer cuts loose on why universal health care doesn't work: I was once a believer in socialized medicine. As a Canadian, I had soaked up the belief that government–run health care was truly compassionate. What ...

Boycott Adidas. No, this isn’t a fake.

But time remains to seen if it's a joke. Adidas sells the "Marx A Flex Russia" hat like this: Show your love for the former USSR during training time in this adidas Marx A-Flex Russia cap, featuring a six-panel low-crown fit, deep pre-curved brim, an Always Cool™ sweatband to wick away the ...

I Want to Make Sure the Ethanol Canard Really Is Dead

This past week, the Air Resources Board determined that legal biases discriminating against autombile fuels with the highest carbon footprints eliminates... ethanol and biodiesel, yes, ethanol and biodiesel, from low-carbon footprint consideration. You see, traditional oi-based fuels actually have a lower carboon footprint than "green" fuels like -- I'll say it ...

The real victims of the recession

Well, in my mind, anyway. General Motors has announced that it is shutting down temporarily ceasing developments in its High Performance Vehicle Operations, the team of people responsible for the cheeky Chevy Cobalt SS, the funky HHR SS, the beastly Camaro SS, the positively magnificent Cadillac CTS-V and STS-V, and of course, ...

Obama Coins Just a Sticker Over Kennedy and Washington

Irony at its best. For those of you who don't always have the bandwidth the watch the entire video, the gist is this: The Obama commemorative coins so pompously paraded by Montel Williams are actually U.S. Mint coins with paper sticker veneers printed with Obama's Presidential ...

For your politicking pleasure: The Obameter

So far, President Obama has kept 6 campaign promises, broken, stalled, or compromised on 3 others, has 18 new promises in the works, and is currently sitting on 483 unfulfilled campaign promises. How do I know? Check out Politifact.com's Obameter: The Truth-O-Meter, where you can peruse the daily promise tally, ...

Why I Hate Pork (and why you should too).

In the new version of the much-discussed stimulus package, found HERE, are several earmarks that make me go, "Buh?" Here are the highlights: $50 million for "Watershed Rehabilitation" $2.8 billion for loans to spur rural broadband (just build some Starbucks.) $650 million for Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program (who has an analog set ...

Hey you! Troubled by hypocrisy in government lately?

Do Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's tax indiscretions, lies, and affrontery have you singing the economic blues? According to Mr. Geithner, he initially failed to pay payroll taxes on income he received from the International Monetary Fund in 2001, and then repeated the error in the three subsequent years, despite the help ...

“We’re finally proud to be Americans.”

Welcome to the party. Glad you're here. I normally don't comment on the goings-on in my social networking world, but on this I must: when Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States, sentences began popping up all over Facebook that said things like "So-and-so is finally proud ...