Archive for April 1st, 2013

Because You’re Too Stupid to Figure It Out

Because You’re Too Stupid to Figure It Out

Because you’re too stupid to figure it out, South Dakota government (which is run by “Republicans”), if you have a child, you’re going to be forced to watch a video which imparts the cutting-edge and previously unsuspected news that (gasp), babies cry a lot for the first several months.

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Rapid City Mayoral Race: When Democrats and ‘Republicans’ Collude

Rapid City Mayoral Race: When Democrats and ‘Republicans’ Collude

‘Republican’ legislator and Rapid City mayoral candidate Mark Kirkeby was recently seen colluding with a Democrat political strategist. What would a ‘Republican’ be doing conferring with a Democrat strategist? Does he have more in common with one of them than a Republican strategist?

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Republicans Need to Change the Way They Think

Republicans Need to Change the Way They Think

Republicans suffer from many problems, as their most recent election “autopsy” reported, but the biggest problem is they let the Democrats define them in the public’s mind. First, Republicans must rebrand themselves as the party of growth and prosperity. Second, they must learn to treat Americans as a continuum of people progressing in their quest to achieve the American Dream. Third, Republicans must define themselves as the party of the middle class, as they serve the changing wants and needs of all American as they strive for success and prosperity. There must be a clear vision and strategy.

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Explaining the Liberal Mindset

Explaining the Liberal Mindset

If you’re like me, you spend more time than you’d like trying to fathom how adult, educated human beings can be stupid enough to believe the repeatedly-repudiated nonsense of liberalism. Former liberal Evan Sayet says that, for him, it had to do with the fact that we have had life so good after World War II-especially in America-that this environment relatively free from want, from struggle, from hard work, from the consequences of stupid decisions and choices, that it has made the rise of liberalism possible.

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Is 95% of the Trade Imbalance Legal Tax Evasion?

Is 95% of the Trade Imbalance Legal Tax Evasion?

The high corporate tax rate pulls the profits of all corporations, from small businesses to multinational firms. However, it also has the unintended consequence of incentivizing further profit loss of international firms to their foreign counterparts. All of these corporations could have used those lost profits for U.S. jobs or expansion.

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Too Many Children are Dying

Too Many Children are Dying

In a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in January of 2012, former Member of Congress Gabrielle Giffords talked about gun violence and said, “Too many children are dying.” I agree with her that too many children are dying. But, there are a few very important points that Gabrielle Gifford probably would not acknowledge.

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