Monthly Archives: August 2010

Song of the Day: Best of You

Paul Ryan: Flimflam Sauce? Seriously?

When I read that left wing hack Paul Krugman dedicated a column to attacking Paul Ryan and his “Roadmap for America’s Future,” I almost squirted my Pabst Blue Ribbon out of my nose. It’s your usual New York Times editorial: “Anyone who has a different political opinion than me is an idiot, and here’s why.” Though instead of accusing Ryan of hate mongering or racism like many of his colleagues at the Times, he accused him of being a flimflam man covered in flimflam sauce.

(And before anyone says it, yes I realized Krugman won the Nobel Prize. He won it with the same qualifications and reason Barack Obama won it, a) he’s hyper-liberal, and b) he isn’t George W. Bush.)

Admittedly, I’m not an economist. I also usually rely on libertarians as referee’s when it comes right vs. left issues, so I’ll let smarter people like Reason Magazine and Megan McArdle critique the specifics (McArdle also points out the Krugman, “…could easily have gotten answers to his questions if he had wanted them.)” Instead, I’ll just shill for Paul Ryan and let him defend himself…

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David Malpass and the Fiscal Insanity of Washington

I’m not entirely sure when this happened, but apparently this week the Democrats passed another spending bill, this time to give a financial bailout out to states that have proven to not be good with money in the first place. Surprisingly, New York was in fact one of those states. I know, and we’re usually so fiscally solvent too.

Of course, our two Senators (or one Senator and his marionette) have been celebrating the money we’re getting, using baseball analogies and claiming to have jumped up with joy and did a dance when the bill passed. Setting aside the fact that you would have to be beyond naïve to believe this money is going right to the schools as opposed to the Democrat party’s benefactors in the teachers unions, with most of this debt spending…at what cost is it coming to the tax payers?

Here comes to quote from David Malpass…

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Song of the Day: We Are One

Another Post on Paul Ryan vs. the GOP

It’s getting tiresome writing aboot the same thing over and over, but as long as it keeps pissing me off…

It would appear that while Paul Ryan has recently scrapped with left wing ideologues like Ezra Klein and liberal hacks like the 2008 Douchebag of the Year winner Chris Matthews, his fiercest opposition to actual budget reform seems to be coming from within his own party.

The attitude seems to be to shy way from thing like “ideas” and “reform,” out of fear that shouting anything other than “Repeal! 10th Amendment! Ham Sandwich!” will be used against them. Apparently the GOP as a national party hasn’t a) learned from Chris Christie’s popularity, and b) learned from their past mistakes.

But what are they actually afraid of, losing…or winning? Hmmm…

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UFC 117 Predictions: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen

Anderson Silva upset a lot of people – and his boss – in his last fight. Chael Sonnen is a fighter who, from what we’re being told, won’t allow any boredom or show boating from Silva. Your UFC 117 predictions begin now!

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The Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves is the one I’m most looking forward to. Fitch beat Alves in their first fight, but Alves isn’t the same fighter he was then. He also hasn’t fought since recently under going brain surgery. I’m still going to take Alves here, most likely setting uo Alves vs. Fitch III as the main event of an Ultimate Fight Night some time next year.

Clay Guida vs. Rafael Dos Anjos is a coin toss, and one where Guida beat Anjos six time to four. Yes, I actually flip a coin. Guida wins.
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