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The Forgotten Man
Abraham Lincoln (in a Reddit WTF comment)
I never posed for this portrait – and I’m a lot taller than that dick head Andrew Jackson
Bachmann wishes Elvis a happy birthday
On the anniversary of his death. Running for president gives you the opportunity to look stupid in front of large crowds.
The Crumbling Cult of Obama
David Harsanyi, Reason Magazine:
The romance is gone. But don’t worry. It’s not him; it’s you.
It turns out we are the ones who failed Him. We weren’t prepared for a mega-dosage of awesomeness. We were too dimwitted to grasp the decency of central planning. And the insistence of troublemakers to engage in debate and vote, in fact, is the most serious threat to this nation’s future.
Full article at reason.com
The “epic clash” in Washington
Was in fact a squabble between two parties that both favor big government.
Change we can believe in
When Obama can get away with deploying his executive power to accomplish his agenda, he does so without pause or hesitation, constitutional niceties such as checks-and-balances be damned.
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His many power grabs are worthy of a book. But below are four of the truly unprecedented ones, two that expand the war state and two that expand the regulatory state.
- War-making powers
- Civil liberties
- Legislating through bureaucrats
- Killing the auto industry through regulatory fiat
Full article on Reason.com
Look at that, you son of a bitch
Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut:
You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, “Look at that, you son of a bitch.”
Austeritatea, o tragedie greaca, acum la iRealitatea TV
Acum la Realitatea TV se joaca tragedia Austeritatea. In regia unor cunoscuți realizatori ai celui mai bun post de televiziune din Romania.
Cam ce am aflat:
- ca realizatorii emisiunii nu știu ce este in mintea si sufletul președintelui Greciei care este la București pentru dezvelirea unei statui importante, “se pare a celui care este considerat fauritorul Greciei moderne” (citat din reporterul de pe teren)
- ca si romanii au jucat in tragedia greaca, dar pe stil dimbovitean, fără gaze lacrimogene. Si doamne fereste sa se trezeasca si in romani spiritul revoluționarii, ca nu știm ce se va intimpla cu Băsescu si Boc
- ca bravii protestatari din Atena nu sint numai revolutionari de profesie, ci si medici, avocati si profesori.
- ca deși măsurile sint bune, Romania s-a grăbit si a tăiat mai rău in carne vie. Pentru ca evident, 25% românesc este mai mare decit 30% grecesc. Si pina la urma, nici nu era nevoie sa facem ceva pentru ca si așa “tot avem deficit comercial” !!!
- ca totuși trăim ca pe vremea lui Ceaușescu, cu notabila diferența ca acum nu ne mai da statul case, si vom plăti si mai mult la întreținere. Deci mai rău, dar suntem speriati de către servicii si ANAF si nu putem sa spunem ceva de rău.
- si in final, ca Bogdan Chireac este un specialist adevărat. Asemenea tovarasului Kim Jong Il, cunostintele sale in toate domeniile sint infinite.
Trebuie sa recunosc ca scurta mea vizita in Romania a fost incununata de succes prin urmărirea acestei capodopere a jurnalismului marca Realitatea TV.
A Short history of Modern Greece
- 63-65 George Papandreou
- 65-67 Chaos
- 67-74 Military Dictatorship
- 74-80 Konstantinos Karamanlis
- 80-81 George Rallis
- 81-89 Andreas Papandreou (son)
- 89-90 Chaos, 3 failed elections
- 90-93 Konstantinos Mitsotakis
- 93-96 Andreas Papandreou (son)…died
- 96-04 Konstantinos Simitis
- 04-09 Konstantinos Karamanlis (nephew)
- From Oct 09 George Papandreou (grandson)
It looks more like a feudal system than a modern democracy.
The Loser and his Wife
In the latest bizarre claim to come out of Romania’s presidential race last year, the loser and his wife have claimed he was subject to attacks of negative energy by aides of President Traian Basescu during a crucial debate.