http://wizbangblog.com/ Explosively Unique... http://wizbangblog.com/ http://wizbangblog.com/images/wizbangbutton.gif Copyright Kevin Aylward 2009 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:22:29 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss As Americans prepare to celebrate the 4th of July it's worth asking, are you better off than you were two years ago when Democrats took over Congress? Are you better... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/are-you-better-off-than-you-were-two-years-ago.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/are-you-better-off-than-you-were-two-years-ago.php Economics HughS Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:22:29 -0500 The Politico reports Governor Palin will make an announcement from her home in Wasilla, which some are speculating means that she will announce she won't run for reelection as governor.... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/governor-sarah-palin-to-make-an-announcement-at-3pm-eastern.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/governor-sarah-palin-to-make-an-announcement-at-3pm-eastern.php News Kim Priestap Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:31:24 -0500 I discuss in my AIP column today how in the 233 years since we told the king of England that we were going to make our own course the independent... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/aip-column-what-independence-are-we-celebrating-anyway.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/aip-column-what-independence-are-we-celebrating-anyway.php Big government Kim Priestap Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:07:18 -0500 http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/wizbang-weekend-caption-contest-102.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/wizbang-weekend-caption-contest-102.php Weekend Caption Contest Kevin Aylward Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:36:20 -0500 I have become an avid admirer of our "Founding Fathers". The early history of our young country, the Revolution itself, and the people who gave their lives to its outcome,... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/we-the-people.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/we-the-people.php History Shawn Mallow Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:51:36 -0500 On Wednesday of this week, President Obama held a "town hall" meeting before an audience of about 200 people at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale. The focus of the... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/everything-you-need-to-know-about-president-obamas-latest-town-hall-meeting.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/03/everything-you-need-to-know-about-president-obamas-latest-town-hall-meeting.php Media Michael Laprarie Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:49:58 -0500 Last week, during Senate hearings on the proposed Matthew Sheppard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions offered the following hypothetical scenario to Attorney General Eric Holder:... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/thank-you-eric-holder-for-your-honesty-1.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/thank-you-eric-holder-for-your-honesty-1.php Law Michael Laprarie Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:14 -0500 Members of Congress just love to use the American taxpayers as their own personal ATM. They can go to the bank and money they never earned is magically there. Overseas... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/congress-and-taxpayer-funded-trips.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/congress-and-taxpayer-funded-trips.php Congress Kim Priestap Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:14:56 -0500 It appears that the question of whether the federal government is going to bail out the state of California has been rendered moot. Two large banks have announced that they... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/tarp-banks-begin-to-accept-california-ious-1.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/tarp-banks-begin-to-accept-california-ious-1.php Politics HughS Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:46:35 -0500 I speculated recently that the worm may be turning as it relates to the Obama administration's political capital. The near Teflon like protection that a fawning press afforded him is... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/president-obamas-economy-hits-another-speed-bump.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/president-obamas-economy-hits-another-speed-bump.php Economics HughS Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:03:03 -0500 Another day, another Obama infomercial. President Barack Obama held a townhall style meeting today, one in which the audience was "hand-picked" by White House staffers. It was conveniently "moderated" by... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/this-man-has-no-shame.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/02/this-man-has-no-shame.php Health Care Shawn Mallow Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:03:03 -0500 The president's apologists at The New York Times are putting the best possible spin on the administration's economic forecasting failures. That the Times is even writing about this subject indicates... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/01/president-obamas-unemployment-promises-1.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/01/president-obamas-unemployment-promises-1.php Politics HughS Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:01:56 -0500 I have mentioned before the contrast between the restructuring and hard choices being made by the private sector and the response of state and federal governments to the economic downturn.... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/01/californis-begins-issuing-monopoly-money.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/01/californis-begins-issuing-monopoly-money.php Economics HughS Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:29:18 -0500 Whenever you read that some large company is embracing a policy that seems counter to their interest, look closely at their motivation. Consider today's news that the nation's largest private... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/06/30/rent-seeker-approves-of-raising-their-competitors-cost-structure.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/06/30/rent-seeker-approves-of-raising-their-competitors-cost-structure.php Health Care Charlie Quidnunc Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:48:58 -0500 Al Franken, better know as a famously un-funny man, has just been affirmed the winner in the Minnesota senate race.. I have no words...... http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/06/30/breaking-al-franken-wins-senate-seat.php http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/06/30/breaking-al-franken-wins-senate-seat.php Breaking News Shawn Mallow Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:08:36 -0500