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I Will Not Eat Your Bipartisan Spam. I Do Not Like It, Republican-I-Am. Posted: 03 Aug 2011 08:38 AM PDT I get in trouble sometimes with my fellow right-wingers for insisting that “bipartisan” “compromise” on a budget deal is a carnival game rigged to bring in the rubes so that those who run the game — we call them “members of Congress” — can shake us so hard that money falls out of our grandchildren. I am told by these sage minds that I am naive or unlearned, that I can not possibly understand the nuances of high-stakes political bargaining, because I insist on a path that is both more direct and more honest than any that John Boehner or Mitch McConnell prefer to take. So be it. My belief that we got snookered by those praising the debt ceiling deal today puts me in the company of this man, and I can live with that. [I]t is a depressingly European argument — that the "right"-of-"center" party can through sheer attention to detail make the left-wing state run more efficiently. You never can. The ratchet effect of Big Government is such that the minute you turn your back it resumes its inexorable growth. Any credible Republican candidate should be proposing the closing or wholesale privatization of departments, bureaus, and agencies. If you're not, you're not serious. My imminently forthcomingly imminent forthcoming book has a consistent message — that the projections for this and that for 2030, 2050, 2080 are all irrelevant. We have half-a-decade to turn this around. If we really intend (as is apparently foreseen by our bipartisan saviors) to add $7–10 trillion to the debt by 2020, then America is over — because clearly there is no intention ever to repay that money, and the world will make its dispositions accordingly. … The Democrats want to plunge over the cliff at full throttle. Too many Republicans think it will be fine as long as we go over the edge in third gear. That is what this debt deal is — a plunge over a cliff with an engine that is purring in cruise control instead of screaming at full throttle. It did not cut a dime of spending. It did not take tax increases off the table. Though it includes a promise to vote for a Balanced Budget Amendment (something an easy 2/3 of the nation wants), it made no serious attempt to balance Washington’s budget. The spending line increases more steeply than the silhouette of Kilimanjaro toward a never-seen summit. It never goes down, not even for a month. It never even approaches a plateau where we only spend $3.8 trillion dollars for a couple years while we catch our collective breath and figure out a way to find a few trillion dollars under America’s sofa cushions to pay off the soon-to-be $18,000,000,000,000 debt we’ve created. Those same people who want to cram down my throat the notion that the debt ceiling agreement was a “triumph” for the Tea Party movement have nothing to make those numbers decrease, even a little bit. They look at the trillions we take from helpless babies, shrug, and get right back to work propping up the people who think a minuscule reduction in the massive increase of a leviathan government we can no longer afford is a high five-worthy moment. Forgive me if I’m skeptical of their claims.

Clearing the Browser Tabs – What Part of “Choo Choo” is Racist Wednesday Edition Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:10 AM PDT I’m not sure what gets in someone’s head to make them see Thomas the Tank Engine as a racist tool of the oppressors, but whatever it is, we should point and laugh whenever we see it manifested. It bothers me that there is no aspect of life that the professional left won’t try to turn into a political weapon, not even a children’s’ show about a happy little train. The show post will be up a bit later in the day. I could say it’s a good show, but I say that just about every week. That doesn’t mean it’s not true, just that I won’t repeat myself. Except I just did. Well, either way, grab the show when it’s up! Oh,and if you happen to get the show through iTunes, please take an extra minute to rate it and/or leave a nice comment! They do help, I’m told. And now, links! Ashley Sewell and Jenny Erikson have announced they will launch a brand-new podcast on From the Right Radio Friday night. It’s called “The Top Seven” and I think it’s going to be pretty good. They’re running a contest right now in which you can give them the tagline for the show. The prize is small but neat, so if you’re feeling creative, get to it! I endorse Moe Lane’s hyper-violent crusade against the encroaching hot dog menace. Recovery? Bummer. When Stacy McCain gets on a roll, he’s one of the best long-form essayists around. His latest, “That Evil Hour”, is worth your lunch hour. Jonah Goldberg doesn’t get fired up very often, but when he does, what results is truly incredible. For what it’s worth, I think he’s right in every detail. It’s high time we slammed the media for not only ignoring the left’s rampant hypocrisy when it bleats about a “new tone” in politics then launches some of the most vile accusations imaginable but for actively participating in it. Every time a public sector union takes a beating from the people it purports to represent, an angel gets its wings. And we need squadrons of angels right now, because those greedy unions have resolved to squeeze the life out of us with the help of their favorite government Sugar Daddy. Look out! The President is about to pivot again! I fully endorse Roger Kimball’s government reduction plan wholeheartedly. Ever wonder whether your stats pays out more in taxes than it gets back? Dan Collins has a handy chart, which explains why “centrist” Republicans often vote the way they do.

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