Archive for April 8th, 2012

A Look at How Red State Welfare Queens Operate

Filed in National by cassandra_m on April 8, 2012 • 39 Comments

Texas is one of those places that personify the whole Red State BS — lots of bluster, belligerence and general bellicosity on being self-reliant, not feeding at the government trough and all of that other hooey about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and not relying on the government. Bloomburg has a great article called, Texas-Sized Safety Net Supports County Voting 83% Against Obama.

A Journalistic Titan Is Gone

Filed in National by MJ on April 8, 2012 • 0 Comments

Mike Wallace, one of the original hosts of 60 Minutes, has died. He was 93. In an essay for CBS News, Morley Safer, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, recounted his colleague’s career thusly: Wallace took to heart the old reporter’s pledge to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. He characterized himself as “nosy and insistent.” […]

Derbyshire Fired for Racist Rant

Filed in National by nemski on April 8, 2012 • 18 Comments

The National Review, the paragon of level-headed thinking and non-racist writing, has fired John Derbyshire for his racist rant, The Talk. Here’s a snippet from horrible piece: (10a) Avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally. (10b) Stay out of heavily black neighborhoods. (10c) If planning a trip to a beach or amusement […]

You Can’t Talk About Cutting Spending Without Talking About Cutting Spending

Filed in National by nemski on April 8, 2012 • 0 Comments

Last week President Obama called Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wisconsin) budget “social darwinism” which caused Ryan’s head to figuratively explode and he responded with a Twitter tirade. But as Ezra Klein points out in his wonderful piece about Ryan’s budget that “his numbers stop at the water’s edge” of giving real examples or any specifics. Consequently, […]

Franchise Tax Revenue Not Keeping Up With Spending

Filed in National by nemski on April 8, 2012 • 7 Comments

Jonathan Starky (@jwstarkey) has good article in today’s New Journal about what potentially would be a boring article to many except readers of this blog: “Revenues keep dropping in key state income source: Corporation fees falling as businesses decide not to go public”. Delaware’s franchise tax is the state’s primary source of that corporate taxation, […]