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Why US Internet service sucks so badly—and won’t get better
I’m doing some contract work for a local company. Files are exchanged over the Internet. Large files. Between their connection and my connection, I’m lucky if I can get 10% of my maximum 18 Mbps speed. To make matters worse, … Continue reading
Competence in Government
I met a friend who was not an Obama supporter for lunch today. He asked me if I’d seen Obama’s press conference earlier. “He was really good,” he said. I hadn’t at the time; I normally hear about them after … Continue reading
Ryan and Romney
Those who have pulled their eyes away from the Olympics or Mars Curiosity long enough to get some other news have noticed by now that Mitt Romney has picked Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential candidate. I’ve not been nearly … Continue reading
Looking past “vagina”
It is by now all over the news that in the Michigan State House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House barred Rep. Lisa Brown from speaking for “violating the decorum of the House.” It’s made the news of course because … Continue reading
“This is not class warfare…It is math.”
Exactly. In Obama’s newly released deficit reduction plan, one of the items is a higher tax rate for millionaires. It’s about time, as far as I’m concerned. This isn’t about class warfare. Even billionaires like Warren Buffet and Mark Zuckerberg … Continue reading
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Liberal Republicans
“”The definition of a liberal Republican is someone who, when you’re drowning some 30 feet offshore, throws you a 20 foot rope and boasts that he “went more than halfway.”” — Mark Shields, What It Now Means to be a … Continue reading
So…is there *anything* Obama won’t cave in on?
Yet again, Obama had a great policy idea that would have been good for the country, it’s citizens, and the environment, and dropped it in order to placate his detractors on the right: Obama halts controversial EPA regulation. From the … Continue reading
Was Obama’s Passion Ever Really There?
Drew Westen wrote a NYT opinion piece that I think sums up very well the disillusion of the far left with Obama, titled What Happened To Obama’s Passion. The article speaks fairly eloquently about his failure to explain his positions … Continue reading
How to scuttle a state senate
The governor of Wisconsin and the Republican majority of the State Senate are trying to break the backs of the Wisconsin labor unions. Since 1959, they’ve been a state with pretty comprehensive collective bargaining rights. The new governor and senate … Continue reading
Meet the new tax law…same as the old law…
The bubble chart above is from the money.cnn.com article Tax Cut Deal: How It Affects You which goes into how this new bill (to be signed into law today) breaks down. So what have we learned from this new bill? … Continue reading