Ok, I know I promised no more useless political banter, but I think I’ll grandfather in follow-up posts to old articles. A while back I wrote about my “conspiracy” theory that Obama pushed through a health care reform bill that he knew would be struck down as unconstitutional, to set himself up for [...]

Consider the generics of the following US political debate I read about in the New York Times in the recent past: One group wants to change something about US law to affect something we’ve been doing for a long time. Another group wants to keep things exactly as they have been, and suggests those who [...]

Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States.

I wonder if the ludicrous amount of media hype dedicated to the Oh-my-god-it’s-the-swine-flu-come-to-kill-us-all! has anything to do with trying to scare people into accepting healthcare reform. For the record, I’m all for healthcare reform, but I don’t appreciate fear tactics towards any end. The regular old flu is projected to kill more people this flu [...]

Do I have this straight? Democrats just passed a bill that will take $2B of money we don’t have from future ordinary taxpayers, and we will give that money as a reward to people who selfishly bought gas guzzling cars, most of whom are relatively wealthy SUV owners, so that our automotive industry can stay [...]