Boehner bravely calls democrats' bluff

Last week 100 disgruntled democrats made a big show of signing a letter demanding that Speaker John Boehner allow a "clean vote" on raising the US debt ceiling. They didn't want a bunch of unpleasant budget-cut promises to get in the way of mortgaging the country away to China. All along the republicans have said they would raise the debt ceiling only if there were concomitant budget cuts to go with it.

Well, imagine democrats' surprise when Boehner announced today that he would allow a "clean vote" on just that, later tonight? Agape democrats are accusing Boehner of insincerity and can't find ways to back out of the vote fast enough. You see, even craven democrats know that a vote to raise the debt ceiling without dramatic cuts, is a political loser. Plus, any increase in the ceiling will only pay for what Obama's already promised to spend so democrats don't get any additional spending out of it.

Nothing's funnier than seeing phony, posturing democrats get their collective bluff called and watching them scramble for cover like cock-roaches.

Heartache......Romney favors ethanol subsidies

Nothing strikes me as dumber than putting our food into our gas tanks at a greater cost than the gas we already have, yet Mitt Romney thinks it's a good idea.....

“I support the subsidy of ethanol,” he told an Iowa voter. “I believe ethanol is an important part of our energy solution for this country.” Iowa leads the nation in the production of corn, a main source of ethanol.

You have to waste something like 10 gallons of water to make 1 gallon of ethanol. And the price of corn has gone through the roof because the government is buying up all the corn for stupid ethanol to combat imaginary global warming.

If ethanol was a competitive fuel on the market place, then great. But it's not. The government(taxpayers) must subsidize it to make it competitive. Left on it's own, it would fail utterly and completely as a fuel source.

That politicians like Romney think that any means(manipulation of economic markets) is justified to achieve their goals is disheartening at best, and horrifying at worst. Unless Romney changes his position on stupid ethanol subsidies and allows the fuel and corn markets to do what they do naturally, he'll likely not get a vote of mine because if he'll support subsidies for this, then what other violations of markets will he support? Bailouts? Single-payer health care? Illegal-alien labor?

He's too iffy for me.

Mayhem at Black Bike Week

Who didn't see this coming?

It was Black Bike Week in Myrtle Beach, S.C. over Memorial Day, and a major crime wave there swamped the MBPolice Dept. Coincidence?

There were armed muggings, vandalism, and drug busts, which describe an average Tuesday night at Charlie Sheen's house, but at Myrtle Beach?

Apparently in an attempt to mitigate the damage, some hotels and restaurants actually close because the cost of damage repair is too great. It's cheaper to close for two days. I know what you're thinking, "But Ed, the same thing happens during Spring Break every year and those are white kids."

Sorry, not buying it. Nobody closes their doors during Spring Break. And these aren't kids. These are grown adult men. Plus they aren't the leisure bikers and GoldWing club members. These are crotch-rocket riders who think they're in a Fast-Furious movie. I would expect a Hell's Angels convention to be just as bad. It's not a black thing, it's a violent biker thing.

G8 promises billions for Arab Spring

At the G8 summit, leaders approved as much as $20billion in aid to Arab nations trying to build democracies, but is that money well spent?

FoxNews -- While America's standing in the Middle East couldn't get much lower, you wouldn't know it looking at the U.S. foreign aid budget. Of proposed U.S. assistance for 2012, almost two-thirds is earmarked for Muslim nations and one-third goes to Arab countries.

Yet, despite those billions in aid, opinion polls show most Arab citizens still have an unfavorable view of America and most Muslim nations routinely vote against U.S. interests in the United Nations.

Why do we assume that these Arab nations want to be liberated by the US? The "Arab Spring", as freedom-minded Arab youths are collectively called, detests the US for the most part. They'll be happy to laugh at our gullibility while they take our money, but it clearly isn't translating into any good will among Arab states. The US is broke. We cannot afford to be forking hundreds of millions over to hostile Arab nations.

Sen Roy Blunt(R-Mo) was against big government before he was for it

Hypocrite Roy Blount gives speeches against big government spending, but when his state is in need, he's all for it....

From CBS-ST. LOUIS -- ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Missouri Senator Roy Blunt says he’s asking the federal government to reimburse 100 percent of the cost to local governments dealing with the Joplin tornado aftermath.

Isn't this what insurance is for? Why should taxpayers in other states be on the hook for 100% of Missouri's losses? Emergency aid and relief in these situations is great and I don't mind the feds providing that, but 100% reimbursement? Is Roy Blount aware that the federal government is broke? In a sane world, tornado insurance in Missouri would go up so that losses could be covered when this happens again.

US taxpayers shouldn't be paying for this any more than we should pay for hurricane damage in Gulf states, fire and mudslide losses in California, or flood damage around the Mississippi. If hypocritical politicians want to place all taxpayers on the hook for the predictable losses of a few, then perhaps they should spend federal dollars a little more wisely so there will be some for emergencies. Start by deleting from the budget, foreign aid to hostile Muslim countries. Or better yet, shouldn't Missouri have saved up some money for tornado season?

Bob Woodall thinks his health care is provided for free

GOP congress-critter Bob Woodall explains in a townhall meeting with constituents why he uses the lavish healthcare bonus he gets because he's in congress.....



I don't know this guy. Perhaps you Georgia people can familiarize the rest of us with him, but to float the idea that his health care is free because it's free to him, might be the biggest mistake I've heard a republican make. He's not forced to use the congressional cadillac plan with which representatives shamelessly pamper themselves. The health care that he and his family enjoy is paid for the same way as his salary....he takes money from taxpayers to fund it.

The argument for a national flat tax

From Dan Mitchell over at International Liberty, have a look at this graphic representation of the absurd complexity of the ever expanding US tax code.....

Despicably corrupt politicians use the labyrinthine complexity of the tax code to reward favored interest groups and punish political adversaries, as well as a bludgeon to compel Americans to bend to their will in terms of our economic behavior. It is high time politicians give up the power they wield over our lives by simplifying the tax code so that everybody can understand it and so that everybody pays their fair share and nobody has loopholes through which they cheat other taxpayers. A flat tax would accomplish this. It works famously well in other countries. It would work here too. Here's a short video explaining the merits of a national flat income tax....

Uh oh

Well this doesn't bode well for the liklihood of deposing Obama in 2012....

From MSNBC -- In a special House election carefully watched by national political strategists, Democrat Kathy Hochul won what had been a Republican seat Tuesday in upstate New York, lifting Democrats’ hopes for the 2012 campaign.

As her campaign’s centerpiece, Hochul attacked changes in the Medicare program proposed by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan.

The smear campaign against Ryan's budget proposal has already begun with an ad that shows a republican literally pushing grandma out of her wheelchair and off a cliff. If NY-26 is any indicator, republicans have an uphill battle to get seniors to not buy the tried-and-true, Medicare scare tactics employed by the democrats and the media heading into election season.

The problem America faces now is that everybody agrees that the federal budget must be slashed if we are to even think about approaching solvency and avoid defaulting on our national debt, but nobody wants programs that are important to them to get altered in any way. That craven democrats use this fear to convince less than intelligent voters to side with them is beyond reprehensible and dishonest. But then, to call a liberal reprehensible and dishonest is to repeat myself.

Obama, clueless about what year it is

This is how Obama signed the Westminster Abbey guest book this morning. After attempting(badly) an Irish accent in Ireland yesterday, getting his limo stuck on the driveway hump, and now missing the date by three years, how much more embarrassing could this trip be? The list of missteps regarding our motherland is long. It started with Obama returning the bust of Winston Churchill....how insulting!. Then as a gift, he gave the queen an DVD with his own speeches recorded on it, forgetting that DVD's in the US are formatted differently in Europe....she couldn't watch them even if she wanted to....which I'm sure she didn't.

I'd also like to see an FBI handwriting profiler analyze Obama's signature. I'll bet the huge B and O indicate extreme narcissism.

Herman Cain enjoys bounce in Zogby

Despite the Washington media insiders' desire for a fellow insider to be the republican nominee for President, and perhaps because of it, Herman Cain passed Chris Christie in Zogby polling yesterday. Cain has 19%, Christie who's not running has 17%, and Romney the insider at 12%.

Now anything can happen in a long election season, but I think likely GOP voters don't appreciate the conservative elites like Charles Krauthammer telling them this early that a candidate is a joke. Why is Herman Cain a joke to CK? How is he any less qualified to be President than the shifty, empty-suited socialist that's there now?

I hope Herman Cain does well in the early states and gains some momentum. I'll be happy to cast a vote for him if he turns out to be the conservative that he appears to be.