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Greece: Liberalism in an awesome little microcosm

Greece continues their meltdown.

Here’s the summary:

“OMG we’re brokage!”

“OMG there’s gonna be cuts!”

“OMG OMG don’t cut my stuff, dammit!”

And there you have it.

From Bloomberg:

Greece’s GDP will decline 4 percent this year and 2.6 percent next year, according to the Finance Ministry.

European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said yesterday that the austerity measures Greece agreed [...]

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The Health Care Albatross and some advice for the Dems

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Old Nancy seems to be limping her way ever closer to her goal of 216.  She swears she’s got the votes to get this done, and probably by tomorrow afternoon, barring some other delay, we’ll know whether it’s still safe to get sick in this country or not. 

But with them so close to their goal, we [...]

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The fun of government micromanagement

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And by fun, I don’t mean, “Ha ha” fun, I mean more like kick you in your crotch, steal your money and burn it in your face fun.

Numbers continue to roll in on the effectiveness of our government’s “Cash for Clunkers” program. 

You know, that program that was going to jump-start our crawling economy.  As we [...]

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Rewinding the tape and remembering Joe the Plumber

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Via Hot Air headlines, Editor and Publisher does a little interview with Joe the Plumber, where he chats about Palin and McCain and the media and other fun things. 

In a wide-ranging interview with E&P, Wurzelbacher also shared his thoughts on Sarah Palin (he hopes she doesn’t run for president in 2012), Palin’s references [...]

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The difference between Michael Steele and Dede Scozzafava is…?

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Dede actually had the guts to come out and support the Democrats. 

Steele doesn’t go the distance like Dede, but he’s pretty good at beating up on Republicans. 

Wait… wait… isn’t Steele the Chairman of the Republican National Committee?  What do you mean, he’s beating up on Republicans?  He wouldn’t do that, right?

Yeah, that’s kind of the [...]

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Fixing poverty, the Democrat way

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Isn’t this everything you love about the Dems in one, nice, neat little box?

Insanity, fiscal irresponsibility and bucket loads of other people’s money. 

A $200 back-to-school giveaway for needy kids sparked a mad rush for money on the streets of New York on Tuesday.

Thousands of people lined up at banks and check-cashing shops to withdraw the [...]

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Cash for Clunkers: Where’s your money going?

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Thankfully, new polling seems to suggest America agrees, at least a little, with the Gulch about how really miserable this cash for clunkers program is, in spite of some sources hailing it as an ”inarguable success. ”

Ostroy at the Huffington Post calls it a “recession-busting program,” which is something we probably need to share with the recession, [...]

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Read My Lips: One Term President

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I honestly didn’t think it was possible to dismantle a presidency so quickly.  Especially one that was so popular, so charismatic, so full of undiluted awesome sauce. 

I understand he hasn’t had any real experience running anything.  Not a business, not a state, not a lemonade stand.  But for gosh sakes… he’s got advisers, doesn’t he???   [...]

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Obama’s renewable energy plans moving forward…

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… into the toilet.

Strictly speaking, this isn’t about Obama.  But it is about his concept of New York and Houston and Chicago and LA run by windmills and bubbling streams. 

On a previous post, which was unfortunately zapped into the void by a recent hacker, we described the plans of the multi-gazillionaire energy baron [...]

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Sarah Palin’s 4th of July statement

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After yesterday’s media melee over the Sarah Palin resignation, I was eagerly awaiting a 4th of July statement or speech, which she suggested would be coming.  My gut feeling was that there would be more meat in it to sink our teeth into, especially about what her plans down the road were. 

She offered the statement [...]

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