Re Yale: "Get the hell over yourselves, you whiny, parasitic little bitches.” More on Yale's peculiar preoccupation with sexuality from Yalie Never Yet Melted.
Finally, we have affordable housing. (h/t, Coyote)
This guy Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, posted by Roger here yesterday, is a piece of work. Where has he been hiding?
Wisdom from AVI:
I know how dangerous I am when I make pronouncements without examining my own motives. Do I fear poisonous ideas being left out on the buffet for anyone to take? A bit. There should at least be a sign that says, “Some people think this is poison.” But I object more strongly when the poison is being actively loaded onto people’s plates. I tend to intervene.
That comes awfully close to the center of my religious, social, and political arguments. Do you want a particular answer to be true? Then be most suspicious of that. Or, working in reverse, is there an answer you resist? Find out why.
Now Obama: Economic probs "not as bad as we think." Huh? Higher energy taxes and socialized medicine is what economy needs, claims Obama. How dumb does he think I am?
And how about this one: Cigar tax hike and other Congressional bullshit. Must be a tax aimed at Rush - and at The Barrister.
Taxman. You have to give the Brits credit for finding excuses to tax things. Well, maybe it's because they still believe they need to give China economic aid. More likely the opposite is true.
A new and frightening number. Dino
Insty:
BUSTING THE BRADY CAMPAIGN for firearms dishonesty. Of course, the alternative explanation — complete ignorance of what they’ve been banning — is even more damning.
"There will be blood." Henninger says This presidency is going to be an act of retribution (h/t, Blue Crab). Obama is a multimillionaire living off tax money. How about a cut in his salary?
The O's honeymoon fading: The Hill. Obama's quirks: Weekly Standard
We never mentioned the closing of Yucca Mountain. That means they don't want us to have nuclear power.
Sen. Dodd may have worn out his welcome. It's about time.
Americans like Big Government. They just don't know it yet.
How do you cut medical costs without tort reform? asks Zoller at Pajamas. Around here, OBs pay $150-200,000/year in malpractice insurance. In medicine these days, the rule is CYA rather than applying considered judgement. Thus a $2000 MRI for anybody with a bad headache or a dizzy spell.
Powerline:
...the destruction of trillions of dollars in wealth that we have witnessed over the last six months is unique in modern history. It isn't just the bursting of a bubble like the dot com collapse of 2000. It is a sort of neutron bomb effect, in which the physical means of production--buildings, fields, factories--are still standing, but the living heart of the economy, confidence in the future, has been wounded if not killed. I don't think that confidence (or, as Bill says, trust) will return any time soon.
Photo: Jefferson, at a rainy and foggy Quai d'Orsay, taken by our friend Nathan yesterday. He holds his plans for Monticello in his left hand.
