Marc Comtois
I was 10 minutes away from the Redneck Olympics over the weekend (couldn’t make it, though). Sounds like about what you’d expect: In the Tire Beer Trot, contestants ran through two rows of tires with a cup of beer in each hand. Some tripped over the tires. Some made it to the end, where a…
I’ve complained about the “cuts” game played by the government. I’m happy to learn that most people get it: Congress and presidents have been playing the “spending cuts” game for years, but most voters know what they’re really talking about. Sixty-two percent (62%) of Likely U.S. Voters understand that when Congress mentions future spending cuts,…
As the loss of a helicopter full of special forces operatives reminds us, war means casualties. Unfortunately, they can’t be eliminated and, as a nation, we need to be able to weather them and continue to support our troops in the war on terror. Our warriors deal with it every day while on the front…
In case you missed it in Wisconsin After tens of millions of dollars spent by outside interest groups, dozens of attack ads and exhaustive get-out-the-vote efforts, Democrats on Tuesday fell short of their goal of taking control of the state Senate and stopping the agenda of Gov. Scott Walker. Republicans won four of six recall…
Andrew Malcolm: Barack Obama’s weakness is thinking he can talk his way in or out of virtually any opportunity or difficulty. Being a Real Good Talker helped him get the job heading the law review. And entering politics. And succeeding early there, albeit within Chicago’s rigged system. And being an RGT thrust him onto the…
I alluded to it and Justin dealt more directly with Froma Harrop calling tea partiers “terrorists.” Others in the “national” blogosphere have called attention to the hypocrisy of Harrop’s comments given she is the chair of the National Conference of Editorial Writers, which runs the Civility Project, whose goal is to help all of us…
Byron York has a piece about how Obama supporters, Democrats, etc. take it as an article of faith that all of our economic woes are due to “the past 8 years” (ie; under President Bush). He provides some numbers from the OMB to refute that charge. In an attempt to provide a picture of what…
I know I’ve beaten and flayed this particular horse unicorn (a unicorn is a mythical creature, just like actual government “cuts”), but I continue to stress that there are no “cuts” in the recent deficit deal because it undermines the hyperbolic sturm und drang being propagated by liberals like Froma Harrop who are calling Tea…
I was gone for a couple weeks and nothing unexpected really happened. A debt deal was made, whereby we are told we’re going to “cut” the Federal budget by spending, say, 6% more over the next decade than the previously assumed 7% or 8%. Well, at least there were no tax increases (for now). Central…
General Treasurer Gina Raimondo reveals that the RI Disability Pension record-keeping system hasn’t been up to snuff (via ProJo): In 2009, 18 percent of the 559 disability files lacked paperwork that is supposed to be filed yearly showing that the worker is still disabled and how much money they have earned in addition to their…