un-frickin-believable

Presented without comment.

Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)

Texas' first "secular camp". Where, as animals ourselves, we can really get back in touch with our roots. But we're not going to push our beliefs (or lack thereof) on anyone.

As an American, I'm obliged to say, you're welcome to believe as you like. As a Christian, I'm obliged to say, I hope you and God can come to some kind of understanding before you die.

18.5%

That's the July unemployment rate for 16-21 year-olds. Why? Three words: minimum wage increases. Basic economics, people. Increase a business' costs with no corresponding increase in output or revenue, and you have a problem. In that kind of environment, the easiest short-run solution for business owners is to lower employment costs (ie. fire existing employees or, alternatively, not hire additional employees), which means more teens (and other lower-wage workers) get left on the sidelines. Those jobs were neither created nor saved.
It's not rocket science.

The C4C results are in, and the winner is...

TOP SELLERS

1. Toyota Corolla
2. Honda Civic
3. Toyota Camry

and

TOP MANUFACTURERS OF NEW VEHICLES SOLD

1. Toyota, 19.4 percent of Cash for Clunkers sales
2. General Motors, 17.6 percent
3. Ford, 14.4 percent
4. Honda, 13 percent
5. Nissan, 8.7 percent

Is anyone shocked by this? Besides the idiots who came up with this program, I mean. By the way, even Hyundai (7% of sales) beat Chrysler (6.6%).

The Amazing Castro

Welcome one and all to Circus Crapus. Step right up boys and girls and peer into the dark corners of this cage. Oh, that stench? Oh that's the sweet smell of liberal dung. Amazing! A new and completely intelligent argument against being conservative and caring about the USA: "You must be a racist!" Never heard that one before. More on this ignorance at a later time.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/686078

Not sure whether to be scared or sad

But I wonder if he got a free-flight voucher or something for being so helpful.

Welcome to Obama's House of Czars!

See this PJTV video on Obama's czars.

This wouldn't be funny even if it were a sitcom. But having this many people (almost three dozen) in "charge" of so much of our country - health, drugs, terrorism, information technology, automobiles, science, etc. - when none of them are elected officials accountable to the citizens...it's just a tad scary.

Also...really? Can you not come up with a less communist/imperialist word than "czar"?

If you close your eyes, they aren't really there

The party of "do-nothing" has done something, but it's not being talked about.

Obama and the democrats constantly deride Republicans as opposing liberal schemes over nothing more than *gasp* politics, but then say they "just want the status quo" and don't actually provide legislative alternatives. What a crock.

The latest in a line of proposals from the right side of the aisle, HR 2520, the Patient's Choice Act, was introduced May 20, 2009, but has languished in the House Ways and Means Committee ever since and will never see the light of day.

For one thing, it introduces tort reform, something Sarah Palin talked about yesterday. For a taste of what the 300 page bill includes (as well as a few more reasons why it won't ever be brought to the floor for a vote) see this article at The Moderate Voice.

Storm Over - Wreckage Remains

This is an excellent interview with Wharton professor, Peter Linneman, that I wanted to share. It's not too long. It's about the economy and government, and it's actually quite fascinating. Here you go: click here.

Who Represents Me?

Maybe you know them by name. Find out more by going to VoteSmart.org which is a non-partisan resource for factual data on political candidates and office-holders. Find out who contributed to the campaign, voting records, and more. As an interesting primer, here is a link to our president's campaign info: http://www.votesmart.org/finance.php?can_id=9490