Political Bytes

The government “golf cart” subsidy This is too funny for me to have made it up. The IRS has ruled that Obama’s stimulus bill subsidizes actual, honest-to-goodness golf carts, under the “high-mileage vehicle” provision. This is causing golf-cart sales to soar. Laments Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute, “In a normal world this would be […]

You Wanna Win a Nobel Peace Prize, Too?

As you know, Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday. At first, I thought it was some sort of joke. And then I decided it actually was. “Wow. They’re giving them out to everyone now, aren’t they?” The sentiment is not mine alone. For example, Ana Marie Cox, National Correspondent for Air America […]

Feeling Sorry for the “Impeach Barack Obama” Group Creator

I really felt for Ellen Finnigan, because of her recent article on the “Impeach Barack Obama” Facebook group that she created. I mean profanity-laced hate-email is one thing, but when the jerk sunk to calling her a “Republican,” them’s fightin’ words. I honestly felt bad for her, felt offended on her behalf. -TimK P.S. Ellen […]

FEAR of Failure, Success, and Obama

Jim Edwards posted a video about 6 weeks ago all about fear. (This is actually part 2 of a 2-part video.) As you may know, I wrote about fear in my October newsletter (PDF), and our thoughts overlapped. Watching Jim’s video, however, I began to think about the fear some of my friends have of […]

Trampling on Liberty

Back in July, Barack Obama promised he would if elected president rescind any executive orders that “trample on liberty.” As I tell my kids, don’t believe a single thing a politician says during the campaign, because–unlike the way things work out here in the real world–you can’t sue a politician for not making good on […]