It seems a natural feeling whether you are Republican or Democrat or Independent to be annoyed at the lack of ability to get anything done in Washington DC.  One could argue, its particularly disappointing that Obama hasn’t been able to accomplish anything despite a super majority in the House and Senate.  It often makes me wonder [...]

Beginning January 1, California will restrict private restaurants from selling food cooked with trans fats to willing buyers.  Concurrently, there is a grass roots movement to legalize marijuana in the state.  Can you have a more crazy state?  Are trans fats really more dangerous to the public than weed?

Well, first look at the size of the video screen!  I couldn’t get it to be any smaller with my blogging skills.  So I guess it kind of fits with the video itself.

I know much has been said about Congressmen not reading the healthcare bill.  But look at the size of it!!  It’s huge!!  John [...]

Let’s talk about what its like to do business with the government versus the private market.

Example 1:
The WSJ today (non-Op-ed for once ) discusses recent government involvement in the management of GM.  For example, as part of the plan to cut costs, GM proposed to close and cut ties with 1,300 under-performing dealerships.  But [...]

Everyone likes competition.  The idea of more competitors sounds great.  It should increase efficiency and drive costs down and quality of service up.  What happens when a competitor has an unfair advantage?  That competitor will either do one of two things:  1) It will use its advantage to destroy the competition and create a monopoly [...]

I propose that we secretly replace all medicine in America with placebos.  This will solve the health-care crisis as prescriptions and medicine can be distributed for free.
How can I make such a ludicrous suggestion?
First, as demonstrated by several recent drug trials, the placebo effect is becoming stronger! In fact, in several studies, as many patients [...]

We’ve all heard about the “F word” and the “N word.”  These words are not to be spoken by public officials or on TV.  Lately, there is a new dirty word that we do hear often by politicians and on TV.  It’s “preexisting condition.”  Ew, even typing it almost makes me feel like a bad [...]

You have probably heard about Obama arguing that the individual mandate is not a tax.  Well, this is just one more example of why Obama has no real clue about what is in the bill.  Here is what the Baucus bill actually says about the penalty for not complying with the mandate.  See it for [...]

Just thought I’d rant about a couple trends I’ve read recently that I don’t really agree with .
1) Changing your position is a bad idea.
Political parties get called out all the time when they shift their positions. This could lead one to believe that the willingness to change one’s opinion or position [...]

I read an interesting WSJ op-ed today.  You can read it here.  I’ve long thought the young people of our country should oppose the health care reform.  We all know, the primary users of health care are the elderly.   As the baby boomers are entering retirement, they will need more health care.  Since they are [...]