It takes a lot more integrity, character, and courage to be a conservative than it does to be a liberal. That's because at its most basic level, liberalism is nothing more than childlike emotionalism applied to adult issues. Going to war is mean, so we shouldn't do it. That person is poor and it would be nice to give him money, so the government should do it. Somebody wants to have an abortion, have a gay marriage, or wants to come into the U.S. illegally and it would be mean to say, "no," ...

Resident JoeUser communist, Col Gene  writes a steady stream of left-wing anti-Bush, anti-Capitalistic articles that are very interesting to read in that they really show the point of view of the very far left in this country and elsewhere. In a recent article, he discussed how Exon's profits should be taxed at an exceptional rate because of their recent $30+ billion profit (on $300+ billion in revenue).  The article could be boiled down to this: Exxon is greedy and the government ...

A long time ago I wrote " the value of working hard ".  One of the comments I made is that in my experience, having grown up around genuinely poor people that most of them are poor because, frankly, they're losers. Show me a consistently poor American and I'll show you someone who is either disabled, or more commonly a fool. Joe Knowledge followed this with an article called " poor people are stpuid " as a response to what I had written arguing that most poor people are poor becaues of c...

It's the beginning of December 2006. What are the big news items today? I mean REAL news? Using Google News as a source which is based on consensus it would seem to be: Radiation detected in body of Italian KGB expert. This radiation poisoning of former KGB spy is pretty interesting and pretty newsowrthy. Phillipine typhoon may have killed more than 450 people.  Definitely newsworthy. That's a huge storm. Iraq Study Group latest leaks.  This is an interesting story too as ...

The left is dominated by pseudo-intellectuals who typically know enough on a given subject to be obnoxious but not enough to discuss the issue with any depth. The right has a significant number of social conservatives who are content to let you think what you want but quietly think you're going to burn for it. I find both pretty obnoxious but it is the left that tends to be more overtly arrogant in its pronouncements. The typical left-wing tactic boils down to this: IF you disagree w...

A black professor (on CSPAN) today suggested that the only solution for African Americans is to exterminate all the white people on Earth.  Not in jest. It will be interesting to see what the reaction is.

They say you shouldn't talk about politics, religion, or money with friends. Naturally, I violate all 3 rules regularly.  I have some friends I've learned not to discuss politics with while there are others I can heartily talk about politics. Here are some of the rules I've come up with over the years. #1 DO NOT discuss politics with people who feel that a political disagreement is tantamount to a moral failing on your part.  There are people out there who believe that a disagree...

Al Franken has apparently claimed that Republicans are the party of authoritarians and the Democrats now are the party of liberals and conservatives. Unbelieveable. While the Republicans have been quite lackluster while in power these past 6 years, they've hardly been authoritarian. One could make the case that Bush himself acts a bit imperial, but no more imperial than many other Presidents have (a lot less than say FDR or LBJ -- any Democrats want to make the case that Bush has behaved mo...

 

I've seen some articles on the net usually from writers on the left-side of the political spectrum argue about how the average American isn't doing any better than they were 30 or so years ago. According to the consumer price index (CPI), the median household income is only 4% higher today.  I've seen people try to make the case that our generation is the first generation that isn't going to be living better than their parent's generation. So let's be real clear about that statement -...

   

For reference, this is where your tax dollars go (at of year 2000 anyway, not much has changed since then since all parts have grown except interest on the debt which has shrunk and military which has grown slightly).

I came across an election year 2004 poll by Rasmussen which asked whether the person thought the United States was a fair and decent country. 3 out of 4 Bush voters said Yes. Only 15% said no. By contrast, Less than half of Kery voters think so. Again, I repeat: Is America a fair and decent country. I may not be happy with Republicans these days but I am not about to vote for people who basically think our country sucks.  

Little Whip wrote an article here  that makes the argument that JoeUser.com has become a kind of "Democratic Underground". To back up her assertion, she points out that many long-time left-wing bloggers have slowly left JU and that many right-wing bloggers get a free pass on some pretty iffy left-wing bashing. I do agree with her on part of her argument - that right wingers tend to look the other way when "one of their own" starts preaching to the choir. But I don't think that's a right...

Our fiscal end year is June 30th.  Which means that taxes are owed soon after that.  Or put another way, it means earnings in June will quickly be taken away by the government.  By contrast, earnings in July won't be taken away for an entire year. Contrary to myth, corporations pay a lot in taxes.  Our corporate tax rate is 39%. So we're talking well over a third going to the federal government.  If they accountants are able to do their thing, the corporate rate ...