Category Archives: Government
VP Smackdown
William McGurn, in his WSJ column today, dredged up some Joe Biden comments form 2007 on Iraq – “fundamental strategic mistake” to believe “there is any possibility in the lifetime of anyone here of having the Iraqis get together, have a unity government in Baghdad that pulls the country together. That will not happen, George.”
Political Speech
I’m kind of late with this one but wanted to get it in. The idea came from a George Will column.
Public Service
The governmet wants to take you and your money out of the private ecomomy. Mark Setyn explains.
President Don Rickles
President Rickles insulted members of his audience during last night’s state of the union speech. He criticized the Supreme Court, while some justices sat directly in front of him, for its ruling in favor of free speech in the Citizens United v. FEC case. Here’s a link to the Washington Post with a video clip of the moment, including Alito’s response. Here’s Jack Tapper at ABC giving a historian’s perspective.
