Category Archives: Politics

Cyclists Are The New 1%

Posted on January 8, 2013 by alsanblog

For some time, the Washington D.C. area has ranked either first or second in the country for the worst traffic congestion, so of course the liberals in charge have worked hard to create even greater congestion by building the nation’s “largest, most … Continue reading →

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Giving Up The Constitution

Posted on January 5, 2013 by alsanblog

Writing in the NY Times, Louis Seidman, a constitutional law professor at Georgetown University, suggests that we give up on the Constitution, because according to him, our “insistence on obedience to the Constitution” is the cause of our “broken” government. Seidman … Continue reading →

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Liberals Still At It

Posted on January 2, 2013 by alsanblog

Boy, a person might think that liberals would take a break, at least during the holidays, from their muddled thinking, hypocrisy, and outright nastiness, but no such luck. For starters, the state of Colorado is busy drafting rules to require dog daycare and boarding facilities … Continue reading →

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Misrepresenting Medicare

Posted on December 12, 2012 by alsanblog

Liberals seem to be reading from the same broken script with respect to Medicare costs. First, Ruth Marcus and Ezra Klein claim that Medicare costs are “lower than those of private insur-ers” (here and here) and now Matthew Yglesias claims that every dollar the federal govern-ment … Continue reading →

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Medicare Eligibility Age

Posted on December 8, 2012 by alsanblog

It’s always bizarre to see liberals like Matthew Yglesias ignore the historical evidence and argue that central government, with its central planning and price controls, will do a better job at managing the economy than a system organized around markets and competition. … Continue reading →

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Spending Is The Problem

Posted on December 6, 2012 by alsanblog

In his latest column, George Will cites to an article by economist, Jeffrey Dorfman, in which Dorfman refers to some interesting facts about the deficit. In the last year of the Clinton administration, which was the last time the budget was balanced, Dorfman points out … Continue reading →

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Taxing Dividends

Posted on December 3, 2012 by alsanblog

The Costco board of directors will borrow $3.5 billion so that the company can pay a significant dividend to shareholders in December, rather than next year, before the looming tax increase on dividend income. This isn’t unusual in itself because corporations need to … Continue reading →

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Klein Whine

Posted on December 1, 2012 by alsanblog

Among the liberal propagandists who write for publications such as the Washington Post, Slate, and others, Ezra Klein has a soft spot in his heart for an Orwellian approach to language (i.e., distorting the meaning of words). And he’s not above … Continue reading →

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Kiss Mammograms Good-Bye

Posted on November 28, 2012 by alsanblog

Well, now that the election is over, the authoritarians (a/k/a liberals) can turn their full attention back to healthcare and resume the task of placing 315 million Americans under the thumb of the central government. Liberals are often seen as wanting to turn America into Europe, … Continue reading →

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Raising The Retirement Age

Posted on November 24, 2012 by alsanblog

One very reasonable suggestion to help reduce the eventual Social Security shortfall is to raise the retirement age by a year or two. But watch out, liberal propagandists are at work challenging this simple idea, as seen in the latest article on the topic … Continue reading →

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