ROMNEY: ‘We’re down to the final months of the president’s term’

“It’s nice to relax and wear what Ann and I wear around the house,” Republican Mitt Romney said tonight at a white-tie dinner.

“We’re down to the final months of the president’s term,” Romney said, with President Barack Obama, also in tux and white-tie, seated  at the dinner in New York City. “You have to wonder what he’s thinking — so little time, so much to redistribute.”

Obama, Romney said, “already has [...]

Must-read: The government’s solar boondoggles are doing REAL damage to our economy

From Carpe Diem:

From a “rare guest post” on Steven Landsburg’s The Big Questions blog by David Bergeron, president and founder of solar-powered refrigerator company Sundanzer:

“Here is the real problem: Subsidies make solar appear viable today, so where is the motivation for an entrepreneur to risk money, or even focus on developing real energy alternatives when solar is “almost” there?

How can an inventor justify striving with the effort it takes to really develop [...]

Holder Declares War On State’s Rights

Kevin “Coach” Collins
westernjournalism.com
June 5, 2012

The Department of Justice thinks it can “order” Florida to stop removing illegal non-citizens from her voter registration rolls. The Sunshine State announced it will ignore the “order.” Let’s see Barack Obama and Eric Holder back it up.

The fight over States’ rights versus the strength of an all powerful central government has been set in motion; the fuse is lit.

Since Barack Obama and his Chicago thugs [...]

Incredible chart shows company insiders are dumping stock in record numbers

Zero Hedge

As we have pointed out before, the ongoing market tension is so palpable it can be cut with a knife. As a reminder, institutional investors are now about as “all in” as they can be, spinning narratives about economic growth, housing bottom, and general improvement (despite all facts to the contrary), while waiting for one simple thing: to get retail investors buying again. Because unless the Fed or ECB pumps another [...]

MUST READ: UBS Quantifies Costs Of Euro Break Up, Warns Of Collapse Of Banking System And Civil War

by ZH

Any time a major bank releases a report saying a given course of action is too costly, too prohibitive, too blonde, or simply too impossible, it is nearly guaranteed that that is precisely the course of action about to be undertaken. Which is why all non-euro skeptics are advised to shield their eyes and look away from the just released report by UBS (of [...]

“Frustrated” Obama Rips Congress: It’s Time for Certain People to put Country over Party

An actual quote from today’s remarks: “There are some in Congress right now who would rather see their opponents lose than see America win.” To which Steve Hayes, irked by the sight of yet another straw man being torched, replies, “Who are they?” The answer, I can only assume, is congressional progressives: They’re the ones who refuse to budge on the ruinous Medicare spending that’s [...]

Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation

by TheAlphaWolf

1. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
2. Become incredulous and indignant
3. Create rumor mongers
4. Use a straw man
5. Sidetrack opponents w name calling, ridicule
6. Hit and Run
7. Question motives
8. Invoke authority
9. Play Dumb
10. Associate opponent charges with old news
11. Establish and rely upon fall-back positions
12. Enigmas have no solution
13. Alice in Wonderland Logic
14. Demand complete solutions
15. Fit the facts to alternate conclusions
16. Vanish evidence and [...]

As Public Policy Fixes Are Impossible, Focus on Individual Solutions

Divisive politics and the Tyranny of the Majority guarantee policy fixes will fail or be symbolic only.Though I am drawn to public policy questions, I always regret proposing any policy fixes. Why? For a number of reasons:

1. It’s safer and easier to be a critic or doomsdayer. Finding flaws in policies addressing a diverse populace, be it a town, city, state or nation, is like shooting fish in a [...]

The “Trickle Down” Economics Straw Man

Among the suggestions being made for getting the American economy moving up again is a reduction in the capital gains tax. But any such suggestion makes people on the left go ballistic. It is “trickle down” economics, they cry.

Liberals claim that those who favor tax cuts and a free market want to help the rich first, hoping that the benefits they receive will eventually trickle [...]