Archive for Economy
Church and State
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Even the usually reliable E.J. Dionne and Chris Matthews are are upset with Obama for prohibiting “the free exercise thereof” by ordering Catholic institutions to provide free birth control with their health care plans.
Actually Congress hasn’t prohibited the free exercise of religion. The president has. Tricky.
Anyway, Obama should be thankful Jesse Jackson can’t enforce his personal views on birth control.
Candidate Moonbeam
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Last week Newt, aka Candidate Moonbeam, attacked Romney’s Bain Capital for firing the workers of failing companies.This week, in an appeal to the wine and green cheese set, he’s come up with a plan for expanding government to the moon. Mark Steyn notes the ceiling on our 15 trillion dollar debt has already expanded to the moon.
I got the idea for this one from the 1902 silent movie A Trip to the Moon by Georges Melies – not that I’m a film buff, but the man in the moon picture is pretty famous.
The State of the Union is Broke
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The federal debt now equals 100% of GDP. It’s been 1000 days since the Senate last passed a budget. The president never mentioned Obamacare, or the Keystone Pipeline. I want my Mitch Daniels!
I’ll Never Grow Up
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After shutting down the pipeline, Obama went to Disneyland to tell the world America is open for business.
Warm Huggies
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Robert Samuelson calls Obama’s pipeline decision an act of insanity.
Man Boob
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Swinger Newt brought the crowd to its feet by trashing the government culture of dependency.
Newtonomics
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Even cartoonists know old inefficient businesses need to be destroyed to make way for new and better things. Otherwise we’d be drawing on cave walls instead of computers.
Spend Like No Tomorrow
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Obama obliged Congress’s desire for extended vacation by delaying his request for an extended debt ceiling.