Wizer One-Liner #22

Yes We Can (do a lot worse than Carter)

Happy Trails, Sarah Palin

So much success, and Alaska there is much good in store further down the road, but to reach it we must value and live the optimistic pioneering spirit that made this state proud and free, and we can resist enslavement to big central government that crushes hope and opportunity. Be wary of accepting government largess. It doesn't come free and often, accepting it takes away everything that is free, melting into Washington's powerful "care-taking" arms will just suck incentive to work hard and chart our own course right out of us, and that not only contributes to an unstable economy and dizzying national debt, but it does make us less free. -- Sarah Palin

I don't know what she's thinking, but she's getting a lot of advice on what to do next. Here's my suggestion to Sarah: Convince Alaskans to secede from the union, and run for President of the Independent Republic of Alaska.

What's the Big Hurry? (reprise)

"This is what the debate in Congress is all about: whether we'll keep talking and tinkering and letting this problem fester as more families and businesses go under and more Americans lose their coverage; Or whether we'll seize this opportunity -- one we might not have again for generations -- and finally pass health insurance reform this year, in 2009." -- Barry H. Obama in his weekly radio and internet speech

"Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!" -- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut


I've noticed that Barry's always in a big hurry. It seems like every idea he comes up with is tagged with this high urgency. 2009 or bust. Hurry up and pass it.

In What's the Big Hurry , I pointed out that he exhorted people to vote before election day. It was clear that time would not work in his advantage, as more and more regular people (like Joe the Plumber) uncovered his true intentions.

So, he gets elected, and he needs to rush through a big spending package, take over the banks and car companies, slam the credit card issuers, cap the student loan paybacks, add a massive new energy tax and now take over 1/6th of our economy with Obamacare.

On this latter point, a CBO Report surfaced that shows how this plan will not work. Maybe it's time we read one of these bills.

Never mind the facts. Full speed ahead!

Watch out for whatever she has for lunch

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. --
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see. -- Sonia Sotomayor

I'm baffled as to why Sonia Sotomayor is considered a reasonable choice for the Supreme Court. Obviously, Barry H. Obama, the mass media, and the American Bar Associatioinare are all in love with her. I'm having trouble deciding what to do other than break her other leg and send her home. (I know, I know, hardly civil discourse, but this selection is even worse than the Harriet Miers pick).

She is one of many, it's true, who believe the constitution oughta be re-written on a daily basis; and that is bad enough. But here's one who believes that members of her "own race" are more qualified to do it. My goodness, we've come full circle, if we plan to put a racist on the highest court in the land. I thought it was a bad thing to be a racist.

Here's another quote from Sotomayor:

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

Now, why would that be the case? Is the law so fundamentally fluid that it matters what we had for lunch to reflect what the law really means? Gives a whole new meaning to legislating from the bench.

This lady sure seems unqualified. If she tries to defend any of these positions, she definitely is.