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An argument is fast approaching in Congress about what to do with cable and satellite television pricing. As eloquently described in the Christian Science Monitor, there are two schools of thought: whether paying for TV channels should be like shopping at the supermarket, where customers choose the products they purchase, or like buying a newspaper, which comes packaged with the same sports, business, and comics sections regardless of whether readers want them all. And since we’re all slaves... Read More→

Listening to Senator Schumer attack Judge Alito, I have to laugh. Does anyone really take anything Democrats say during this hearing serious? You have to be from another planet to look at these hearings and not think that the questioning of Judge Alito is nothing more then a left-wing attack. I would give Schumer some credit for champion the concerns of the left against a conservative judge if he showed those same concerns for the conservative New Yorkers who didn’t vote for him who feel with... Read More→

The New York Sun is reporting today that the City Council’s new speaker Christine Quinn is serious about having active debate return to the council in regards to new legislation. Her comments are a result of all 206 bills that were brought to floor since 2001 being passed and only 5 being passed without veto proof margins. Though on the surface debate sounds good, the reason there’s no debate is because the whole council belongs to the same political thought. What is this council under Quinn... Read More→

I missed most of the steam coming out of Chuckie Cheese Schumer’s blowhole; I’m trying to eat (and enjoy) my lunch. But, did I just hear him make a baseball analogy?? Um, excuse me, that was the analogy-du-jour beaten to death during the Roberts hearings. Dude, this is a whole different ballgame! Live in the now, man!! Please, tell me the over-crunchiness of my bagel prevented me from hearing correctly. At least tell me the Clever Senator From NY was making a soccer or other sport... Read More→

Today’s quick must-reads: Germany proving, yet again, that when War is global, she’s on the wrong side. Our continued prayers to Matt Long and his family.  Read More →

Who needs Richard Dawson when we’ve got Joe “Guy Smiley” Biden??  Read More →

I’ve turned off the heater under my desk because there’s more than enough hot air coming out of the hearing coverage on CNN. (yes, still stuck w/ CNN , and only CNN, at work.) Sen. Kennedy just said, “Judge Alioto”. My personal take so far — I had the volume on during the beginning of the hearing, while Judge Alito was introducing his family, and I couldn’t help but think that any minute Richard Dawson was going to appear to start The Family Feud. “Richard,... Read More→

The confirmation hearings for Samuel Alito begin today, and his opponents will be doing their best to belittle his qualifications and experience in the most partisan way they know how. So, if you feel a rush of hot air during your commute to and from work, it’s not because of an unusually warm January day, it’s the Democratic blowhards on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Alito’s been given a “well qualified” rating by the American Bar Association. Of course it doesn’t... Read More→

Whatever role America plays in the eventual and (I believe) inevitable downfall of Chinese Communism, there will be little need to stop and thank Microsoft and Yahoo for playing their part. Just this week Microsoft removed a Chinese blogger’s Web site from its service because he posted comments critical of the Chinese government. Similar actions taken by Yahoo a short time back led to the jailing of another Chinese democratic activist. Top executives at Microsoft and Yahoo blithely state that... Read More→

Last week I did a post about why the American economy is so resilient. I mentioned how the reason was because of our belief in the capitalist system where we give the entrepreneur freedom to run their business without interference. I mentioned how contract disputes like the one between the MTA and TWU, which led to a strike, only slow down an economy and make it vulnerable to mediocrity. I mentioned how unions as seen in Europe are the roots of all evil when it comes to the crippling of a business... Read More→