Daily Archives: June 14, 2011

Can you say cognitive dissonance?

Written on June 14, 2011 at 3:56 pm, by

Sowell likes Pawlenty

Written on June 14, 2011 at 3:38 pm, by

It’s not an endorsement, but Thomas Sowell’s latest column offers some encouraging words about former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty‘s presidential bid: Among the other announced Republican presidential candidates, former governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota talks the most sense and shows the most courage. It takes guts to tell people in a corn-producing state like IowaContinue Reading

Stimulus destroys more jobs than it creates–there was no other possiblity

Written on June 14, 2011 at 3:35 pm, by

There are 1.9 million fewer people employed at the end of May 2011 than there were in February 2009 when Obama’s $800 billion  stimulus package was passed. According to CNS.com: In February 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 141.7 million people were employed. By the end of May 2011 – the lastContinue Reading

Kristol muses on the debate’s impact for the no-shows

Written on June 14, 2011 at 3:31 pm, by

Last night’s Republican presidential debate did more than just offer voters a chance to gauge seven potential candidates for the 2012 GOP nomination, as The Weekly Standard‘s William Kristol reminds us. The debate also has significance for candidates and potential candidates who stayed away from the stage: Rick Perry: Hurt a bit by Michele Bachmann’sContinue Reading

Expunging Nonviolent Offenses by Minors

Written on June 14, 2011 at 1:11 pm, by

After being heard in the House’s Judiciary B Subcommittee, Senate Bill 397 Expunge Nonviolent Offense by Minor is now one step closer to becoming law. This bill, which was already passed through the Senate, allows for delinquency for Class F or lower felony offenses to be expunged from one’s record for first time offenders whoContinue Reading

Outrage is easy when you ignore the facts

Written on June 14, 2011 at 7:57 am, by

Jason Langberg, attorney for Legal Aid of NC, is outraged.  In a letter published in the News & Observer, Langberg, says that the elimination of the personal education plan (PEP) requirement in the budget is harmful, cowardly, racist, classist, hypocritical, shortsighted, and unconstitutional. Of course, if Mr. Langberg did a simple search of the NCContinue Reading

Barone dissects the New Hampshire debate

Written on June 14, 2011 at 6:54 am, by

Michael Barone offers Washington Examiner readers this morning observations about each of the Republican presidential contenders taking part in last night’s debate: Bottom line. This was a New Hampshire debate, but it has serious ramifications for Iowa as well. I have disparaged the idea that Romney is the frontrunner; I continue to think that givenContinue Reading

Making some fracking sense

Written on June 14, 2011 at 6:48 am, by

Writing in the latest National Review, Kathleen Hartnett White of the Texas Public Policy Foundation explains how “fracking” — hydraulic fracturing, not the phony curse word from “Battlestar Gallactica” — could make a huge difference in capitalizing on the nation’s existing oil and natural gas supplies. [I]n many wells, as much as 75 percent ofContinue Reading