“New Deal” Prolonged the Depression; Chapter 1724

I’ve been teling you since… well, forever, that FDR made things worse not better…  So  along comes Harold Cole and Lee Ohanian at The Wall Street Journal this morning:

The New Deal is widely perceived to have ended the Great

Different subject, but apt never the less, John, Powerline, sums up Barack Obama’s basic problem:

Obama is going to have to learn, and soon, that governing is very different from campaigning. Vague and contradictory promises no longer cut it

Millions are without power in Kentucky, forty-three are dead.   Does Barack Obama care?  Is Obama even vaguely aware of the situation?

More, Anchoress

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So much for global warming.

And where is FEMA? Bob McCarty writes:

Five days after

I know I make it a habit to ridicule Susan Estrich.    She deserves it and I enjoy it.   However Estrich is for from stupid    Her problem is that she  blinded by the victimology of gender feminism.   She ventures outside of

From the office of Representative John Carter, Texas Thirty One:

 All U.S. taxpayers would enjoy the same immunity from IRS penalties and interest as House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Obama Administration Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,

Now where is Ann Margaret when you need her?  Rod Blagojevich is now the ex-governor of Illinios,  Associated Press:

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted at his impeachment trial and thrown out of office Thursday, ending a

Heather Mac Donald over at The Corner touches on Kirsten Gillibrand, perhaps unintentionally making a nice follow on to my Pajamas Media peice of last week:

What are the chances that New York’s new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, will

Fifty-three percent of American voters voted for Barack Obama; 46% voted for John McCain, and 1% voted for wackos. Give that 1% to President Obama. Let’s say the vote was 54% to 46%. As a way to bring the country

The House  republicans set an example  for the jelly spined republicans in the Senate to which to uphold.    The Pelosi-Reid-Obama Debt Plan passed the House nary a single republcan vote.  David Espo, AP:

WASHINGTON – In a swift victory

The Washington Post:

Republican criticism of the stimulus package that the House will vote on tonight has focused on its soaring price tag, but some Democrats on Capitol Hill and other administration supporters are voicing a separate critique: that

Representative  Carolyn McCarthy the hoplophobe from Long Island is apparently a real blond, stupid all te way to the bone.  McCarthy has been having a hissy fit over Blind Man Patterson’s appointmet of Kristen Gillebrand to the Senate seat vacated

My new Pajamas Media piece, is up, and the discussion surrounds what the appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand and the reactions to it, tells us about the left. Here’s a taste:

The obvious point proven by the appointment of Kirsten

Pass the popcorn. The all ‘rate cage fight is on. Say what you will about Barack Obama, but nobody ever called him the sharpest knife in the drawer.   Yet as dull as BO may be, even BO can figure out

A letter attributed to Barbra Streisand via Kathyrn Jean Lopez, National Review:

I’m writing to you now to let you know about my friend and President Obama’s nominee for Attorney General, Eric Holder.

Eric Holder is a man of

I don’t trust Senator Charles Schumer, and don’t trust any toadie Chucky picks to fill the Senate.   After all I am an American.

It did not take long for Senatorette designate Kristen Gillebrand to reveal herself to be no more