That, according to "Spengler" is what's going on with the Tea Party's stubbornness in the recent debt ceiling debacle: The trouble is that both the Tea Party and President Barack Obama have existential reasons to force a crisis. Obama, as I wrote two weeks ago, faces probable defeat with a becalmed economy, and may benefit …
Barack Obama: Will the Caudillo Rise to the Occasion?
Sounds like he'd like to: "The idea of doing things on my own is very tempting. I promise you, not just on immigration reform. But that's not how our system works. That's not how our democracy functions. That's not how our Constitution is written," Obama said at the National Council of La Raza's annual conference. …
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The Debt Ceiling Debate is Rubbish
The current theatre riveting Washington these days is the debt ceiling "negotiation" between Barack Obama and the opposite of progress (otherwise known as Congress). But, as Felix Salmon (and others) point out, it may all be for nothing: Realistically, then, the government is likely to breach the current debt ceiling no matter what Congress agrees. …
Legalising Legislative Deception: Judge Sutton and the Individual Mandate
Orin Kerr is proud of himself that Judge Jeffrey Sutton agrees with him on the individual mandate rulig: I think Judge Sutton’s separate opinion is excellent, but then it’s easy for me to say: Judge Sutton’s views closely match what I’ve been saying here and elsewhere for a long time, so maybe this just proves …
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New York Owes the Cohabiters an Apology
Now that New York, financially struggling and seeing its people bail to avoid its high taxes, has legalised same sex civil marriage, they need to do one more thing to complete the act. When Governor Cuomo signs this bill, he should issue an apology to everyone--heterosexual and homosexual alike--who are cohabiting without civil marriage, especially …
Christian Militants Don't Need to Bring Down the Country
Rep. Shelia Jackson-Lee misses the point: In an exchange with witness Patrick Dunleavy, the former deputy inspector of the criminal intelligence unit, New York Department of Correctional Services, Rep. Jackson Lee mentioned the case of a man who blew up an abortion clinic and proposed that this perhaps was an attempt to undermine U.S. law …
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Reality on "Shovel Ready" Finally Sinks In For Our President
It took long enough: "Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected," Obama said. In both the jobs council meeting and in his speech later to employees at a Durham lighting company, Obama said regulatory change is a major part of his new jobs push. "How do we deal with making sure our regulations make …
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Whether Obama's "European" Orientation is a Slur Depends Upon Your Point of View
Chris Mathews protesteth too much: "This is not a funny thing. There is a weird thing about your political party [Republican]. It's nativist. It is weird. Obama -- you still have a big bloc of Republicans that say he wasn't born in this country, in Africa or somewhere," Chris Matthews said on his show. Chris …
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Maybe It's Time for the Scots to Go
In the midst of all the other excitement going on these days (especially the demise of Osama bin Laden, which cheers 9/11 victims but doesn't get us any closer to the end of the war on Islamic careerism) we have some voting in the UK to consider. Topping the list is the change in the …
It's British Leyland Time at General Motors
Oh yes, it is: Imagine turning your car’s steering wheel, or giving it a gentle tug, and having it break away from the steering column. Now you’re speeding along holding the suddenly useless wheel. It sounds like a vision from a cartoon, or every driver’s nightmare. And it happened to at least one driver of a …
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Positive Infinity 