Wednesday Round Up (Wizbang)

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." --George Washington

Dude! Where's My Recession? Out: Recession. In: Expansion. That's my quick take on today's first-quarter gross domestic product number, which showed that the economy grew 0.6 percent in the first quarter. Now that's not a robust number by any means, but it's not so bad given all the worry out there that the economy is headed off a cliff. Before you declare a recession, as many economic pundits have, shouldn't the economy, well, actually recess a bit--if only for a quarter? (Via US News)

Maverick Economics Uncle Sam has plenty of dough. That's the core belief at the center of McCainomics. Or maybe we should call it "maverick economics," since John McCain's approach toward taxes and government spending has the potential to change the rules of the Washington budget game. Actually, it has the potential to change the game itself and perhaps create a long-term solution to America's fiscal problem--with trillions left over. (Via US News)

Evil Oil companies Oil companies are evil. We all know that. They make billions of dollars a year. How could anyone make billions of dollars a year and not be evil? (Via Not Your Daddy)

Dick Durbin thinks ethanol is part of the food crisis Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Monday that U.S. ethanol policies may be partly to blame for a global food crisis threatening to leave millions hungry. Is he going to do anything about it? Of course not. Durbin, whose state produced 2.28 billion bushels of corn in 2007 -- second only to Iowa -- emphasized he wasn't advocating a shift from policies that provide incentives for biofuel production. (Via The Hill)

Verbatim Bush Says Congress Stands In Way Of Cheaper, More Reliable Energy. (Via IBD)

What War Economy?/ The editor of our local weekly newspaper, The Independent Coast Observer, like most Democrats finds a way to blame anything happening in the world that they term "bad" on President Bush. In a recent editorial titled "War Economy" he blamed "skyrocketing" interest rates and our slumping economy on the Iraq war. I wrote the following to try to give him a little Economics 101. (Via Strong as an ox and nearly as smart)

House Calls Health Care: The Democratic presidential candidates continue to promote government-run medicine, but the GOP candidate has a novel proposition: Reduce the state's role. (Via IBD)

OUTRAGE DNC Ad Shows U.S. Soldiers Being Blown Up Disgusting. simply disgusting. (Via PC Free Zone )

Now there's a new twist BBC says Hillary is like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. (Via News Busters)

PWND! Code Pink gets a taste of their own medicine! (Via: 123 Beta)

PWND 2! After years of complaining about the Patriot Act, there are now a little over one million hypocritical reasons, why Baghdad Jim McDermott is on the losing end of a richly deserved lawsuit (Via Six Meat Buffet)

Identity Politics is bad for America The Democrats' longstanding reliance on identity politics has come back to bite them in their 2008 primaries. It's dangerous for them -- and for the country. (Via Pajamas Media)

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Wizbang Blue: John McCain's Dirty Little Land Deal

Sen. John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors, public records show.

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Wizbang Pop!: Double Amputee sprinter Cleared to compete in Beijing

Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter known as the fastest man on no legs, will be allowed to compete at the Beijing Olympics after a ban on his prosthetic limbs...

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Wizbang Pop!: Ellen announces her marriage on "Ellen"

A spy in the audience of this Thursdays taping of the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" tells us that after Ellen mentioned the California Supreme Court ruling striking down the state's...

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Wizbang Pop!: It's splitsville for Kate and Owen

Forget the engagement buzz. Not only are Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson not getting married, they're not even an item anymore. After reuniting less than two months ago, the...

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Wizbang Pop!: 'The Ten Commandments' Tablets To Be Sold At Auction

Thou shalt find the Ten Commandments up for bid this summer. A pair of faux granite tablets that Charlton Heston cradled in the 1956 biblical epic "The Ten Commandments"...

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Wizbang Pop!: Anne Heche: "I Have No Money"

Actress Anne Heche has blamed the cancellation of TV series Men In Trees for her inability to pay child support. The star was granted a reprieve in the monthly...

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Wizbang Pop!: Jolie "Due On August 19th"

More secret details of Angelina Jolie's pregnancy have been exposed by a Kung Fu Panda co-star - Dustin Hoffman has revealed the actress is due to give birth to...

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Wizbang Pop!: Movie and Industry News

A new Friday the 13th has begun shooting. Brad Fuller, one of the film's producers, writes "In this movie you will see a feral, brutal Jason who is hell-bent...

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Wizbang Blue: Superdelegates Switching from Edwards to Obama

Yep. When Edwards dropped out on Jan. 30, he had endorsements from 28 superdelegates, including Reps. Bob Etheridge (NC), Mike McIntyre (NC), Brad Miller (NC), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD), Charlie Gonzalez (TX), Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), Jim Oberstar (MN), David...

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Wizbang Blue: Additional Proof Republicans are Doomed in November

There's this: Notice the big jump since January? The primary process seems to be weighing heavily on voter dissatisfaction with the current administration and their Republican apologists. The more people read about the issues and see what their choices are...

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Comments (3)

Link for the code pink arti... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Clavius | April 30, 2008 8:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Clavius:

Link for the code pink article isn't working...

Posted on April 30, 2008 20:56

Regarding Dick "the Turban"... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by apb | April 30, 2008 9:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

apb:

Regarding Dick "the Turban" Durbin - since corn prices are up by 200% in the past year, wouldn't you suppose he'd be in favor of a "windfall profits tax" on ADM and the congolomo-farms raking in the dough right now? I mean, that would be "fair" now, wouldn't it?

Posted on April 30, 2008 21:24

Re Congress not 'solving' t... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by JLawson | April 30, 2008 9:58 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

JLawson:

Re Congress not 'solving' the oil problem when there was a Republican majority... I remember the screaming and shouting about how it wasn't necessary to drill in ANWR because (a) there wasn't enough oil to bother with, and (b) it would take a good 3-5 years to get the oil fields on line. You needed a super-majority - over 2/3rds if I recall right - to authorize opening it - and there was no way in hell the Dems were going to cooperate with Bush. They were pissed over Iraq, and they weren't going to let anything PRACTICAL get in the way of 'sticking it to the Man' any way they could.

Bush could have overriden them - but there were other things to expend political capital on. Anyone else recall the screaming and shouting when he suggested fixing Social Security?

The Dems are friends of the Poor. And by damn, they're gonna make as many friends as they can!

Posted on April 30, 2008 21:58

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