Daniel J. Summers » Charter Member of the VRWC

Fred Thompson has a great column out today regarding the Russia/Georgia crisis and the upcoming election. It’s no surprise whom he feels is the better choice in November, but in closing, he write a brilliant summary of the decision.

This is no time to elect a president whose international experience is limited to speaking to adoring European crowds who want to see the United States retreat from the world … until they require our help in the next crisis that threatens them.
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This election cycle, the traffic in the world is very heavy …and dangerous; it’s no time to give a kid with barely a learner’s permit the keys to the car.

Hear, hear, Fred.

This is absolutely hilarious…

Hat Tip: Cassy Fiano

Neal Boortz provides validation today for those of us who claim that a higher minimum wage leads to lower employment.  It turns out that July turned out to be a really bad month for teenage employment - the typical person seeking minimum-wage employment.

Last month, President Bush lifted the ban on offshore drilling, and crude prices dropped $10/barrel almost overnight.  We can’t drill our way out of this situation, we kept being told (Morgan Freeberg makes mincemeat of that ridiculous phrase); but, when one of the two restrictions on offshore drilling are lifted, the price plummets.

The Godfather points out an AP release in which, all of a sudden, they determine that “trickle-down economics” actually exists!  When “rich” people don’t get as much money, they don’t give as much, or they don’t hire as much.

Hmm…