A Short History of Congress’s Power to Tax
I ran across an excellent story on the Wall Street Journal that I want to share. It’s a very short read, but well worth it to anyone wanting to figure …
Is an election a gift for a job well done or a choice about the country’s future? [Reader Post]
An election is not about thanking someone for a job well done… or even the Alice in Wonderland perception of a job well done… but rather a Presidential election is about doing what’s best for the country over the next four years. If hiring a President was a reward for a service rendered, John McCain would be president. He served in the Senate for decades, he authored one of the most important (not to be confused with good…) pieces of legislation in decades and he proved his valor and mettle during five years in a North Vietnamese prison.
There is no silver lining: Justice Roberts’ despicable Obamacare decision [Reader Post]
In March of 1937, in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish erstwhile conservative Justice Owen Roberts suddenly began voting to support New Deal legislation. His change of heart was the beginning of what became known as “The switch in time that saved nine.” His sudden reversal was in direct response to FDR’s threat to pack the Court in the face of the Court’s resistance to the President’s sweeping progressive agenda. From that point forward the Constitution ceased to be a significant barrier to anything FDR wanted to do.
America Is Dying Under Obama [Reader Post]
We probably don’t need to worry about the long term effect of Obamacare. America is dying under Obama.
Manufacturing is slowing to a crawl.
The Yin and the Yang [Reader Post]
Obama Tweets: ‘Still a BFD’
Ah! What decorum! A point worth noting was made by another tweet that followed…
“The last time Democrats gloated this hard after a health care victory, they lost 60 House seats.”
What John Roberts really did for us [Reader Post]
The dust blasted into the air from the impact of the Obamacare decision hitting Washington has yet to settle but it’s recriminations all around. SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts is getting toasted by the right. Mark Levin calls the decision “lawless” and the NY Times and Michael Savage questions Roberts’ mental health status. But hold on- I think Roberts did us a favor.
ObamaCare Survives…Obama & Democrats Now Own The Largest Middle-Class Tax Hike In History!
Chief Justice Roberts opinion is that the mandate violates the Commerce Clause but since he believes it is a tax, and that it was within Congresses power to tax, the violation of the Commerce Clause doesn’t matter.
Welcome to Canada folks, and the ever increasing tax rates.
Sex, Love, and Slavery On The Mississippi
Prologue: This essay is a chapter from an historical novel I am writing about the Oregon Trail. The essay was inspired by the book and passions of Captain John Stedman (1744-1797). He was part of a volunteer expeditionary force sent to Surinam from Holland; the expedition was an attempt to suppress a maroon uprising, an uprising that was never quelled, his personal deployment spanned five years. Captain Stedman’s entries and drawings provided the basis for the publication, ‘Narrative of a Five Years’ in 1796. It recorded the expedition’s campaigns against the Black Slaves who were in revolt against their Slave masters in Guiana, off the Atlantic coast of South America.
Obama Euphoria Dwindling; 2008 Donators Not Giving In 2012
Looks like all those Obama fanatics that gave and gave and gave some more in 2008 aren’t feeling it this time around:
In 2008, more than 550,000 gave more than $200 to Barack Obama, entering their names in the longest list of individual donors ever seen in American politics.
Peak Government: The game is up [Reader Post]
The house of cards will crash. Call it peak government. The game is up.
If we will not impose discipline on ourselves, the market will do it for us.