A Gallup poll of over 4000 Americans indicates that Republicans have significantly better mental health than their Democratic counterparts. Various statistical perspectives are graphed as well, all showing Republicans as being significantly healthier. Gallup’s key conclusions: Previous analysis (see Related Items) shows that a number of variables are related to self-reported mental health — including,…
Month: November 2007
Shove Off, Chavez
Not long ago the NY Times wrote about Hugo Chavez’s “extraordinary experiment” in oil-fueled socialism thusly: In two weeks, Venezuela seems likely to start an extraordinary experiment in centralized, oil-fueled socialism. By law, the workday would be cut to six hours. Street vendors, homemakers and maids would have state-mandated pensions. And President Hugo Chávez would…
A Palestinian State?
The NY Times has a transcript of the speech read by President Bush at Annapolis yesterday here. The key bits: The Palestinian people are blessed with many gifts and talents. They want the opportunity to use those gifts to better their own lives and build a future for their children. They want the dignity that…
Spare the Rod
More silliness from one of the bluest states of them all: The Boston Herald reported that State Rep. Jay Kaufman filed the spanking ban petition at the request of an Arlington, Mass., nurse who wants Massachusetts to become the first state in the country to stop corporal punishment. Personally I don’t really care what the…
Red-lining Black America
Jesse Jackson said today that mortgage companies and other lenders discriminated against black Americans by “profiling” them and that the rash of home mortgage foreclosures could initiate a “sustained depression”. Am I being naive or is what J.J. calls “racial profiling” is more commonly known as “risk assessment”? One of Jackson’s sources is the National Community…
Huckabee’s Religious Roots Showing
Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard says: The new 30-second ad that Mike Huckabee has put on the air in Iowa represents a quite remarkable step in presidential politics. Maybe my memory betrays me, but I don’t recall a major presidential candidate who made such an unabashed, unambiguous appeal for support on the basis of…
What a farce
I came across an article that just happen to discuss three of my favorite pet peeves (global warming, UN, and wealth distribution). How in the world could I NOT comment on it! The myway.com site was putting up an AP article (press to read) that, in a nutshell, says that the UN feels America should…
November Fools’ Day?
And if that face doesn’t inspire trust I don’t know whose possibly could! The Guardian reports that, because of the clamor for his services throughout America, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has generously offered to act as an election monitor during the Great Satan’s 2008 presidential election: “If the White House officials allow us to be present…
Posted: No Sex Offenders
Determined to keep itself safe, an Amarillo subdivision is implementing deed restrictions that will bar sex offenders from owning or living in new homes built there: G.R. Chapman Limited Partnership said the restriction will apply to future development within The Woodlands. The 550 existing homes are not affected. “We want to try to have a…
Big Brother in Your Pocket
The Washington Post says that the feds are asking for – and getting – real-time location tracking data about ordinary (non-terrorist) criminal suspects. No problem, right? Surely the Justice Department is providing evidence of probable cause to courts before obtaining this information. Um, not necessarily. In some cases, judges have granted the requests without requiring…