Posts Tagged ‘rhetoric’

Nancy Pelosi and math

December 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Nancy Pelosi never ceases to amaze me with her ability to say something obviously stupid.  We got another great one today.  A little background first: After this year’s deluge of tax-rebate checks failed to ease the economic drought, congressional leaders seem likely to try the steady-drizzle approach, doling out a new round of middle-class tax [...]

Words of wisdom from Mike Shelton

October 1st, 2008 | No Comments

I rarely read something I just love any more.  It seems to me most media, and I’m not talking main stream media, I’m talking the whole enchilada, are hell bent on dumbing down their content for entertainment value.  There are a lot I’m sure that just can’t help it.  I mean does anyone really expect [...]

That pesky fundamentals issue

September 19th, 2008 | No Comments

When the stock market tanked on news of AIG being bailed out by the government, and Lehman joining the ranks of failing spec banks, John McCain did the unthinkable, call it maverick if you will, and told the US the economy was fundamentally OK.  Barack Obama immediately seized that comment and hammered away at McCain. [...]

Bush Administration redefines contraception as abortion?

August 18th, 2008 | 6 Comments

A friend of mine sent me a petition on facebook.  I get them all the time.  I almost never “sign” them.  Signing them means you get inundated with stuff I don’t want.  However, if it’s really that important, I might.  Probably won’t, but might.  So, imagine my response when I saw this: Petition: Contraception is [...]

Hillary’s trap door

October 19th, 2007 | No Comments

Well, it’s her ad about Bush’s trap door: I have a couple of problems with this: It’s pure rhetoric for starters.  She’s not saying one single word about HOW she’s going to build the middle class.  IMO, the middle class is the hardest group to deal with because if someone’s rich, there’s no problem.  If [...]

Whoopi doesn’t seem to think much of the South

September 5th, 2007 | No Comments

Whoopi Goldberg replaced Rosie Odonnell on The View.  Rosie being gone is a good thing because Rosie seemed to rely on rhetoric, stupidity, and generalizations as a basis for most of “the views”.  However, Whoopi’s been known to drop some stupid bombs of her own in the past.  Apparently not much has changed by replacing [...]

My 2006 election day prediction

November 7th, 2006 | 22 Comments

I am basing this not on polls, because polls are just as often wrong as they are right.  I am basing this on things that matter, that are really happening.  The stock market has moved up strongly today.  Wall Street LOVES a useless split House.  When there’s no chance of significant legislation being produced for [...]