The Next Four Years

Here is the frustration I’ll be feeling for the next four years in a nutshell.

Obama, to nobody’s surprise, voted for the Farm Bill that he previously slammed as an effort by “the lobbyists” to give money away to agribusiness.

What changed? According to a spokesman, Obama’s harsh words for the Senate version referred to its “failure to cap subsidy payments.”

Here’s the thing: The Senate version of the Farm Bill capped subsidy payments at exactly the same level as the final version of the bill.

So McCain, writing in an op-ed, weighs in:

I am not opposed to providing a reasonable risk management for farmers. When farmers suffer from a natural disaster such as droughts or floods, we should assist them.

We should, Senator? Please point out just where in the Constitution “we”, meaning the Federal Government, is allowed to do so?

Nothing like “I’m not quite as big a liberal as my opponent” to fire up the base.

We are so screwed.

This Just In

Yet another shocking scientific study has determined that men and women may actually be, pardon my language, different.

“It’s the opposite of what we’d expect,” says Pinker. “You’d think the more family-friendly policies, and richer the economy, the more women should behave like men, but it’s the opposite. I think with economic opportunity comes choices, comes freedom.”

True for proper values of “we” and “you”, I suppose. Some who enjoy having a sacred ox to be gored are in a tither.

The concept of self-selection sets off alarms for many feminists. It seems to suggest that women themselves are responsible for the gender gap. It can also be an excuse for minimizing the role of social forces, including discrimination in the classroom and the workplace.

You mean the individual preferences of free people may actually affect what they do in life? What a concept.

This is what defeat looks like

to the enemy.

This is great news. So, shhhh! Don’t tell the MSM!