Category Archives: you can’t make this stuff up

Obamacare fables

Posted on July 15, 2011 by ChrisA

Obama and cronies lying to the public to score points for Obamacare. And the government is worried about Roger Clemmons? The tall-tale-teller-in-chief cited mom Stanley Ann Dunham’s deathbed fight with her insurer several times over the years to support his … Continue reading →

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Obama out of touch

Posted on July 15, 2011 by ChrisA

With Gallup poll in hand, Don Surber takes on Obama’s assertion that 80% of American’s want a tax increase. From the above chart only 4% of Americans want to close the deficit with taxes only. Only 11% want to close … Continue reading →

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Government Operating w/o a Budget

Posted on July 14, 2011 by ChrisA

For over TWO YEARS. This is the responsibility of the Senate Budget Committee. Sessions to Dems: Obey the Law! Adopting a federal budget is not optional. The Congressional Budget Act requires the federal government to operate under a duly enacted … Continue reading →

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The Six Political Illusions

Posted on July 14, 2011 by ChrisA

From the book Six Political Illusions A Primer on Government for Idealists Fed Up with History Repeating Itself… • The Philanthropic Illusion: the idea that government has money of its own. • The Voluntary Illusion: the impulse to want to … Continue reading →

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Jeffery Immelt – Loser

Posted on July 12, 2011 by ChrisA

Jammie Wearing fool does a takedown on GE CEO and chair of President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, Jeffrey Immelt. Hypocrisy Meter Explodes: After Shedding 36K Jobs, Obama Adviser Immelt Tells Businesses to Start Hiring Immelt patronizes American business… … Continue reading →

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Broadband for everyone

Posted on July 10, 2011 by ChrisA

Doug Powers asks the simple question “How Much is that Broadband Stimulus Per Unserved Household?“ So how much did it cost per unserved household to get them broadband access? A whopping $349,234, or many multiples of household income, and significantly … Continue reading →

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Greens Drive British Electricity Costs Through the Roof

Posted on July 10, 2011 by ChrisA

Coming soon to Boulder. John Hinderaker at Powerline concludes… This is what the environmentalists have in mind for us, too. The ostensible purpose of these schemes to soak the public is the need to reduce carbon emissions, an essentially bogus … Continue reading →

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Talk about Stoopid Democrats

Posted on July 8, 2011 by ChrisA

Asking the Kock brothers for $$$’s. Can you spell “desperation”, “no pride” of just plain “stoopid”. I’m hoping you can help me understand the intent of your request because it’s hard not to conclude that DSCC politics have become so … Continue reading →

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“The economy was bad, and every time Obama opens his mouth he makes it worse.”

Posted on July 8, 2011 by ChrisA

So says Instpundit, commenting on a story about the private jet industry.

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Backtracking on light bulbs

Posted on July 7, 2011 by ChrisA

“It was never my goal for Washington to decide what type of light bulbs Americans should use,” Upton said in a statement to The Hill. “The public response on this issue is a clear signal that markets – not governments … Continue reading →

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Earth to Newt…

Posted on July 7, 2011 by ChrisA

Quit before you get further in debt.

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Budget deal timeline: “No Way”

Posted on July 3, 2011 by ChrisA

Really? “There’s the need to write it, the need to read it, the need to understand it, the need to score it, the need for it to be `real,’ the need for it to be processed and supported by each … Continue reading →

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WHY?

Posted on July 3, 2011 by ChrisA

U.S. Will Pay $2.6 Million to Train Chinese Prostitutes to Drink Responsibly on the Job The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will pay $2.6 million in U.S. tax … Continue reading →

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WTF: Taxing Cloud Computing

Posted on July 1, 2011 by ChrisA

But one thing is certain, they are going to definitely try.

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The Deficit is Worse than we Think

Posted on June 29, 2011 by ChrisA

says Lawrence Lindsey in todays Wall Street Journal. In a nutshell the issues are: 1. Normalization of interest rates increasing the cost of borrowing 2. Over optimistic projections of growth 3. Obamacare: Employers dumping their health plans and sending their … Continue reading →

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Is the US in denial over its $14tn debt?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by ChrisA

LOL. You have to ask? “You have promises implicit in the structure of welfare states and aging populations that mean there is an unacknowledged debt that will have to be paid for by future taxpayers, and that could double the … Continue reading →

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I mean, that’s worse than “It was Turbo Tax that done it.”

Posted on June 27, 2011 by ChrisA

states Glenn Reynolds. Oil release not political. Made me LOL. How stoopid does Geithner think we are? How shallow does Geithner want to look to the American public. Of course, if we’re as stoopid as he apparently thinks we are, … Continue reading →

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I’m waiting…

Posted on June 23, 2011 by ChrisA

for the Daily Camera editorial staff to attack this nonsense… “We are acting lawfully,” said Harold Koh, the State Department’s top legal adviser. You see, since we’re hitting Tripoli with offshore missiles and unmanned drones, and the Libyans can’t hit … Continue reading →

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“Oh, hell! Shut up about my light bulbs. Just. Shut. The. Fuck. Up.”

Posted on June 21, 2011 by ChrisA

Ann Althouse commenting on this NY Times light bulb commentary.

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Flush 8 million gallons of water because of 250 ml of urine?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by ChrisA

Portland did. Would Boulder do the same? Inquiring minds want to know. More here. I suspect Boulder’s water treatment is after the reservoirs so it couldn’t happen here but I don’t know for certain.

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