Posted in Fear & Loathing, Politically Incorrect on May 23rd, 2013 by glennm
So much for the vaunted advantages of European integration, huh?
It’s not just the eurozone that is increasingly derided as a failure. Now, the very European Union itself is mistrusted by its largest members.
Fear and Loathing in the EU | RT Op-Edge.
Tags: EU, fiscal crisis, politicsPosted in Politically Incorrect, Tech Bytes on May 23rd, 2013 by glennm
It may seem counterintuitive that a program that provides subsidizes could actually make people worse off, but welcome to the convoluted world of universal service.
Is Obamaphone good for the poor? Maybe not. | The Hills Congress Blog.
The point here is that by funding “universal service” with a flat 16% or so tax — euphemistically called a “contribution” — on all telecom services, the FCC has established a regressive scheme under which low-income people pay far more proportionally than the upper class. Bad policy, but USF is the third-rail of telecom politics.
Tags: FCC, mobility, Obama, politics, tech policy, USF, wirelessPosted in Politically Incorrect, Rants on May 17th, 2013 by glennm
I think we’re all agreed the president is fading — failing to lead, to break through, to show he’s not at the mercy of events but, to some degree at least, in command of them. He couldn’t get a win on gun control with 90% public support. When he speaks on immigration reform you get the sense he’s setting it back. He’s floundering on Syria…. Mr. Obama’s brilliant sequester strategy — scare the American public into supporting me—flopped.
Tags: gun control, guns, Noonan, Obama, politics, sequesterPosted in Media Matters, Politically Incorrect on May 6th, 2013 by glennm
After 121 rounds in five seasons, he still chips right over an easy green. Sh#t, even I could beat this guy. Stick to basketball, Mr. President!
Mr. Obama, who according to CBS News’ Mark Knoller has played 121 rounds of golf during his presidency, hasn’t often had congressional company. This is the fourth time he has invited a member of Congress to be part of his golf foursome. Twice he has invited Rep. Jim Clyburn, R-S.C., and once he’s invited House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Obama extends GOP outreach to the golf course | CBS News.
Tags: Golf, Obama, politicians, politics, RepublicansPosted in Business, Politically Incorrect, Pop Art on May 1st, 2013 by glennm
When light bulbs are compared side-by-side, some conservative consumers are turned off by labeling that stresses the environmental benefits of efficient choices, a study finds.
And would you expect any other reaction? Conservatives have been railing against “tree hugging” liberals for years.
via National Geographic.
Tags: conservatives, energy, lighting, politicsPosted in Boob Tube, Media Matters, Politically Incorrect on April 28th, 2013 by glennm
The old adage was very much in evidence last evening as President Obama poked fun — at himself, the media and the Republicans — at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Obama’s full speech at the 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner | The Washington Post.
Tags: beltway, entertainment, Obama, politicians, television, Washington PostPosted in Photography, Politically Incorrect on December 24th, 2012 by glennm
Hawaiian Senator and WWII hero Daniel Inouye took his last ride down Pennsylvania Avenue, after lying in state at the U.S. Capitol, on the morning of Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.
Twitter / glennm: Sen. Inouye’s last ride, Friday ….
Tags: DC, photos, politicians, WWIIPosted in Politically Incorrect, Pop Art, Wonder Wonder on December 15th, 2012 by glennm
When a gunman takes out kindergartners in a bucolic Connecticut suburb, three days after a gunman shot up a mall in Oregon, in the same year as fatal mass shootings in Minneapolis, in Tulsa, in a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, in a theater in Colorado, a coffee bar in Seattle and a college in California — then we’re doing this to ourselves.
Posted via email from glenn’s posterous
Tags: America, guns, shootingsPosted in Politically Incorrect on November 29th, 2012 by glennm
The proposals from the White House – the first to use hard numbers – include a $1.6T tax increase, a $50B stimulus package and new presidential powers to raise the federal debt limit without congressional approval.
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, fiscal crisis, Obama, politicsPosted in Politically Incorrect on October 18th, 2012 by glennm
A new national poll that includes one day of polling data after the second presidential debate shows Republican Mitt Romney with his biggest lead to date. Romney has surged to a 7-point lead over President Obama among likely voters, according to Gallup’s latest daily tracking poll.
Source: examiner.com via Glenn on Pinterest
Tags: 2012, elections, Obama, politics, polls, Romney
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