Category Archives: Government
New York Values
Ted Cruz stood up to Trump in the Charleston debate but the “New York values” card backfired on him.
The Donald gave an eloquent response about 9/11. Some of us here in flyover country actually kind of admire New York. And when Cruz said he meant New Yorkers aren’t conservative Trump mentioned that William F. Buckley was a New Yorker.
New York Values
Meanwhile many actual New York voters were pissed. At least the ones at the Daily News were.
Update: Kevin Williamson (who writes for Buckley’s magazine National Review) defends New York values and says of Cruz, “He is a very, very smart man who apparently believes that the median Republican presidential primary voter is very, very dumb.”
Cancer Cure Czar
President Obama appointed Joe Biden Cancer Cure Czar.
Obama said he was putting Joe in charge of mission control for a “moon shot” to cure cancer. Politico reports that cancer researchers like the resources but not the “moon shot” approach.
Cancer Cure Czar
Maybe a war on cancer approach would be better than a moon shot. President Nixon tried that in 1971.
State of the Union Farewell
In his farewell State of the Union speech, President Obama said the economy is booming, ISIS is still the JV team, and we need to embrace change.
Gun walking
President Obama says ATF doesn’t just conduct background checks for gun sales. They also go after drug cartels. US News says doesn’t do background checks, the FBI does.
ATF was, however, involved in the sale of guns to Mexican drug cartels in the Fast and Furious “gun walking” scandal.
