Showing posts with label Washington Post. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington Post. Show all posts

Monday, January 24, 2011

Quick Thoughts: University of Virginia's Global Warming Problem

Virginia's Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, has subpoenaed documents from a scientist working at the University of Virginia. Such an action is permissible under a statute passed in 2002 to help curb and prevent employees at public Universities from defrauding public tax dollars. The Democrats in the State Assembly are, of course, aghast.

Funny that the Democrats should be concerned about the use of the subpoena for investigating potential misuse of public dollars; aren't they supposed to be the party of ethics and governmental responsibility?  (I guess that that principle goes out the window when they hope to use the issue to gain electoral ground (read the Washington Post story here)).

Suspicions about the professor have led to previous investigations as well.  Chances are that if he's raised eyebrows before, he's likely to raise them again. 

If he did tamper with his evidence and data then he is defrauding the public of tax dollars and needs to be punished. 

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Obamacare Repealed! Why do we need to replace it?

Ezra Klein, Washington Post columnist, blasted the repeal of Obamacare yesterday in the house (read it here). His biggest complaint about the GOP was that they don't have any replacement bill.

His point might be valid if it weren't fatally flawed.  He completely ignores the faulty premises of Obamacare. We'll forgive him since he is young (26) and can't understand old things.
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Friday, January 7, 2011

Obamacare Increases the Deficit

Ezra Klein, a writer for the Washington Post, made a headline when he said this contradictory statement, "Republicans are already having to break their rules to pursue the repeal of health-care reform without paying for it -- a procedural offense in favor of a symbolic vote that, in addition to increasing the deficit, won't exactly usher in a new era of respect and esteem between the two parties."

It seems to me that the esteemed Mr. Klein at the Washington Post has been given misinformation about the effect of Obamacare on Federal spending. "But wait," you say, "The CBO just came out with a report showing that repealing Obamacare will cost a hundred billion dollars!" True, they did come out with that report. Problem is, that report is based on the flawed assumptions given to them by then-Speaker Pelosi, and double counts a huge amount of "savings." Cuts to Medicare, for example, are counted twice.
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