Archive for Politics

Sen. Rand Paul Gets in Trouble Again

The Facebook outrage of the day is now because of this inappropriate joke: Look, my view here is the same thing as with his dad’s newsletters: This was a joke in poor taste. Does Rand Paul hate gay people? Well, he says he doesn’t, and here he’s “preaching to the choir”; these aren’t his after-the-fact […]

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A Question on the Controversy Over North Carolina’s Amendment

I am surely going to regret posting this, but hey nobody said you could stay on the cutting edge of the blogosphere by playing it safe… So in the small society (and I use the term loosely) of my Facebook friends, people were very angry about the North Carolina amendment prohibiting gay marriage. One of […]

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John McCain Agrees With My Assessment of the Two-Party System

I’m sure this has already made the rounds, but I don’t have a TV…

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Skullduggery in Maine

If you haven’t really been paying attention to the allegations of vote fraud in Maine, you really need to watch this whole thing. (HT2 LRC) It starts out a bit slow in the beginning but then it gets pretty good. For rank-and-file Republicans, I have a question for you: Isn’t it weird how your side […]

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These Keynesians Make a Lot of Sense…

Sorry I’ve been so sparse with the blogging, but I was traveling most of last week, and now I have to dig out of a “day job” hole. I am wondering if this is what insanity feels like, because lately I’ve been agreeing with the Keynesian side of internet arguments. The first one centers on […]

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And Good Day to You Too, Sir

Heh. Sam sends this clip along, asking, “Why haven’t I heard of this before?” Indeed. P.S. Don’t tell me this is old news. Of course it is. But I hadn’t heard it, so I’m guessing a lot of you haven’t, either.

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Outsourcing the Blog to Jon Stewart

This isn’t so much funny as clever. (If you don’t understand the Costanza part, speak up. If no one else can adequately explain, I will swoop in and save the day. Sometimes I don’t know what you kids would do without me.) The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & […]

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Herman Cain’s Solution to Entitlement Funding…

…is to get more Americans united behind smoking? James Miller in the comments passes along this odd campaign ad. (Believe it or not, there is a modicum of quality control here at Free Advice. I did a google image search of “Mark Block,” and I think this is really Cain’s campaign manager. I.e. this isn’t […]

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