“Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… but not everyone must prove they are a citizen.”
Now add this, “Many of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.”
-Ben Stein
Trust me, ladies and gentlemen, there are people who are completely unable to understand the above quote whatsoever.
BZ
First, the video from what was thought to be a private fundraiser in May of this year:
The DEM/MSM is taking this video from Mother Jones viral today, and every organ that can write, broadcast, bleat or whine is opining on its content. The DEM/MSM is saying that Mitt Romney kissed half of the electorate goodbye in the video.
Sadly, in my estimation and that of others, what Romney said tends to be the truth. The additional truth is that people don’t care to have their greed placed quite so bluntly on Front Street. Makes them uncomfortable, you see.
The truth is — again — that too many Americans on numerous levels simply want:
The DEM/MSM is going to ensure that Romney’s video is in the forefront 24/7 for at least the next week, minimum.
That said, since any campaign involves a war of words, historically, everything is up for grabs. If Romney’s words bear examination, I submit that Mr Obama’s words are also up for critical examination — in terms of “I actually believe in redistribution.”
This, of course, isn’t a fabrication on my part. I’m not nearly so technologically facile as those who know me realize.
And allow me to state the obvious with regard to “earned success,” which is to what Mr Romney refers. From Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute:
People take pride in success, in doing things for themselves. This is the foundational point of Conservatism. In three words: Free Cheese Corrupts.
Question: is this Romney’s proverbial “death knell”?
“Socialism always promises happiness, and delivers misery.”
– Arthur Brooks
I could not possibly have said it better.
BZ
From the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch:
By William Spain
See the full article here.
The Chevrolet Volt is a lie. GM’s market share is falling. Production of the Volt has stopped — again. The federal government is the current largest purchaser of GM products. Imagine that.
You see, ladies and gentlemen, this is what you get when you climb into bed with a rattlesnake. Sooner or later it will bite you, no matter your “good intentions” or what you “feel” in terms of emotions. Rattlesnakes cannot change their nature. Neither can the federal government, unless you choke it within an inch of its life.
My own law enforcement department has not learned this lesson and I doubt that, with the current crop of administrators and those growing up absent my corruptive influence, it ever will. We are Money Whores for the federal government. A disturbing bulk of law enforcement is whoring itself for federal dollars.
So few persons and entities and agencies and states understand the concept that, when you take federal dollars, you are OWNED. GM is just now beginning to understand the fool’s notion that somehow its results would somehow be different.
Those persons, agencies, entities or states who refuse federal dollars and refuse to whore themselves out — they are the ones worthy of admiration and respect.
Finally: despite this, GM needs to collapse if for no other reason than their administrators failed to see this conclusion coming. So apparently, yes, they are that politically and managerially ignorant. This in itself should keep America from purchasing GM cars until the entire top changes.
The government does not “own” me.
BZ
BZ
Let’s see if I can follow this, from — of all places — CNBC:
The Federal Reserve fulfilled expectations of more stimulus for the faltering economy, taking aim now at driving down mortgage rates until an improvement in unemployment that the central bank says will be a problem for several years.
Let’s see:
QE1 didn’t work.
QE2 didn’t work.
What to do? That’s right, QE3!
Then, on top of that, let’s leave QE3 completely “open ended“!
Brilliant!
What’s that definition of insanity, again?
BZ
P.S.
Thank you ever so kindly for guaranteeing another recession, coneheads. Businesses aren’t hiring and the economy isn’t moving because the interest rates are too high, you idiots! Businesses aren’t hiring because there’s little demand, they are over-regulated and taxed, fear ObamaKare and fear CapNTax! Businesses want stability, not uncertainty!