Monthly Archives: February 2011
The Teacher’s Unions in Wisconsin have hastened the demise of public sector unions.
The teacher’s union could have simply allowed this proposed bill to pass quietly, then wait a couple of years and have the union supported Congress that would one day return, “fix it,” and get back to negotiating ever increasing benefits. What a fitting end to public sector union conflict-of-interest, at the hands of voter solidarity. Continue reading
Teachers are more fun than real people.
A person would have to be crazy to devote themselves to teaching students who do not value them, be berated by parents who want them to lighten up on school workload and complexity, while reporting to bureaucrats who will not support them except when lying about their motives contrary to their work agreement. I for one am thankful that such insanity exists.
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Dennis Kucinich is the domestic enemy he is sworn to defend against.
It seems obvious to me that Mr. Kucinich turns to his sense of morality for guidance instead of his sense of reason. It does not take courage to do what feels right. Courage is doing the right thing when people like Kucinich want you to feel like it is wrong or immoral. Vegas was built and thrives on people waging their own money on hope and a roll of the dice. Consider how powerful such hope is with other people’s money and a belief in “moral responsibility.” Continue reading
How much worse do we have to pollute the environment before we do something?
When you increase the cost of doing something, you get less of it. A regulation on production has compliance costs, which makes less regulated locations more competitive and attractive to industry. When such regulations involve pollution, regulating industry away from the regulation, increases pollution. Continue reading
You would think they should be saying thank you!
President Obama and President Mubarak have a lot in common. Americans also have some things in common with the Egyptian people. We will likely have more in common in the coming years. The question is, will we go to meet them, or will they come to meet us? Continue reading
Nancy Pelosi Torpedoes Obamacare
In the 1990 film The Hunt For Red October, Captain Tupolev of the Russian submarine Konovaloc, decides against the advice of his crew, gets in a hurry and launches a torpedo without any safety measures. Such safety measures would keep … Continue reading