The Legend Of Rick Perry, prior to his announcing the candidacy, was polling over Mitt Romney. His supporters—we—were waiting with bated breath for him to join the primary, sweep away the sideshows, show he is Not Mitt Romney, and win the election next year. Then, all the True Conservatives turned on him on matters of… Continue reading this entry

For the most part, I have chosen to ignore Occupy Wall Street and similar events elsewhere on the blog while I took my damned glorious time to form an opinion. I had also focused more on We Are The 99 Percent, and have in the past tweeted responses to the postings especially for the most… Continue reading this entry

While we’re on the topic of class warfare… My friend, David Jones makes an excellent point about voters’myopia when approving of programs with unintended and unforeseen consequences. Make sure you read the comments, wherein a rant and rail against AARP’s terrible and just the way marketers sell to the elderly. A teaser: “Not that anyone… Continue reading this entry

Muammar el-Qaddafi is dead. Judging by the two videos shown yesterday, he was found alive by Libyan rebels and in a later video, shown dead with a bullet hole in his temple. I have little patience for those calling this an illegal execution, and judging the rebels as lawless barbarians who have to respect for… Continue reading this entry

My friend Tommy posted on Facebook with a reminder about barking up the wrong tree: While I oppose Occupy Wall Street 100%, I think “I am the 53%” is a political loser and messaging at its worst. We need to look at who the 47% are. Some of those people simply don’t make enough enough… Continue reading this entry

Quick bites on today’s highlights: Today was Atlantis’s last launch. I never got over the Columbia space shuttle disaster so I stopped watching. I tried a few times. I would hold my breath, waiting for it to just explode and of course they wouldn’t. So I stopped, because I still couldn’t get the idea out… Continue reading this entry

Let’s preface this with a few qualifiers: should Michele Bachmann win the nomination for president, I will actively campaign for her, volunteer for her and in fact spend less time shouting at Obama supporters online and turn my support into action. I will not countenance Obama’s reelection. However, this is primary season, and there’s something… Continue reading this entry

Congratulations and credit where they are due: the state legislature has passed same-sex marriage without dictates of the court. All hail procedure and the legislative process. Hooray. I can’t stand the gloating from the more activiste homosexualists. I’ve had to turn away from all the smug. There is, however, concern for the religious freedoms of… Continue reading this entry

It’s like a boogeyman, a looming shadow above us, and the harsh realities of the deficit don’t always translate to daily life. However, the deficit affects interest rates which affect business which affects hiring. We know this, so I’m not going to argue against this. It took a while for the concept to sink in,… Continue reading this entry

Read his autobiographical account on the NYT. Read everything, before you continue with my commentary. There are nuances that are distinct and important to remember. Once you’re done, read on through for my comments. On a personal level, I am furious at Mr. Vargas’mother. I am angry, because the worst stereotype a Filipino has to… Continue reading this entry

Patricia Simpson of the Leadership Institute presented an introduction to activism. She asked the audience the definition of “activism,” and it was centered around the organizational aspect: making things happen. The common thread of her suggestions—engaging Liberals, attending townhalls even if your representative is of the opposition party—centers on the fact that activism is not… Continue reading this entry

Apropos of the President’s ignorant—or demagogic—blaming of ATMs for unemployment, let’s visit The Curse of Machinery, a chapter from Henry Hazlitt’s Economics In One Lesson

It’s all Bin Laden, all the time here at One Fine Jay. He’s the topic of the week, I guess. Let’s take a look at the groups of people who aren’t too happy that Bin Laden is dead. We can categorize them by the following points they would make: The raid on Bin Laden is… Continue reading this entry

I won’t be debating the efficacy of waterboarding and its role in finding Bin Laden. Reports have come out that it has, and the hypothesis is impossible to test. Let us look, instead, at how the Bin Laden raid makes us reveal to the world our own personal biases and moral foundations. This is important, you… Continue reading this entry

Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say. A few points: It’s too easy to think, as a politically active Conservative, that this is bad for the Republican Party because this is a victory for our current President. I’d rather not fall into the trap of zero-sum virtue; besides, while Liberal commentators would never acknowledge Bush’s… Continue reading this entry

I’ve never thought I’d see the day when I defend Arianna Huffington from the likes of this guy, but she deserves a little fair treatment because this is a matter of professionalism. I am no legal expert, but Tasini is not suing as a statutory nor contractual manner, rather, he says that this is “about… Continue reading this entry