Deserving of Darts: President Obama and “Some rigid idea”

Feedburner / Email subscribers: Please note that there are several videos embedded in this article. If they are not visible in this message, please click here to read the article on the site. Wow. President Obama and the question: Is he “Deserving of Darts”? Broad subject…right? We have never “awarded” Barack Obama this dubious GiN… more

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Reasons U.S. in Trouble: There Are Signs Everywhere (Literally)

Note: Even if you don’t live in Nebraska, you are likely to find this article of interest. In fact, we would ask you to read it and see if you notice similar phenomena in your area. If so, we encourage you to leave comment (see bottom). A few weeks ago, Linda told me she wanted… more

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A More Perfect Union: Obama Labor Day Love (& Hate) Fest

I would really like to thank the President for helping to tee up this article for me. I was busy this weekend and I was trying to figure out how to bring my disparate thoughts about Labor Day together in this article. Thank you, Mr. President, for… Participating in an event organized by labor unions… more

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More Readers, More Questions About LCGOP, AFP Email

A simple publication of an email which had been distributed publicly, a few questions about it, a rather swift expression of displeasure by a paid GOP employee, and our response to it has been generating a lot of interest by way of hits on our site, as we’ve previously reported. Also, we’ve now received a [...]

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GiN Tea Party Questions: GOP Employee Seems to Protest Too Much

  Thursday’s post, “Tea Party” People: See Anything Wrong With This Email?, has attracted a LOT of traffic, but only one comment so far.  In our opinion, however, that comment and our response to it merit more attention from our readers than it’s likely to get if it’s just appended to the original article.  For [...]

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“Tea Party” People: See Anything Wrong With This Email?

A snapshot of an email received by GiN’s Norlyn and forwarded to me is included below for readers’ consideration. Norlyn’s included note… “Start here. Note the ‘From’, the speakers, and the ‘paid for by’. Does anyone else see a problem here? Anyone?”   Linda and I have the same questions. What say YOU?    

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Your Mama’s SO Ugly, She’s — DISABLED???

  “THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, [...]

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The Cat’s Away — Let’s PLAY!

Shelli is away this weekend, leaving me IN CHARGE here at the GiN joint. I recall the last time I was left in charge of something this important. My brother-in-law was getting married and asked me to take his extra set of car keys and hide his car in a parking garage near the reception [...]

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Warren Buffett: Crazy – Like a Fox

In my most recent article, I called for Omaha’s “Oracle”, Warren Buffett, to hush up. As I noted, he seems to be everywhere these days, speaking incessantly on public policy topics. I noted that I hoped in the coming days to explain what I meant by statements I’d made regarding the error of thinking that [...]

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Time for Warren Buffett to Put Up (or not) and Then…Pipe Down

  I keep hearing the phrase “out of bullets” from pundits who discuss what options might be available to the central planning crowd in dealing with the economy. It would be nice if these planners’ guns would be totally out of bullets. Unfortunately, as long as central planning ideology maintains its firm grip on politicians [...]

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