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Archive for May, 2010

Georgia Teacher Gets Students To Dress Up In KKK Robes For “Reenactment”

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, May 25th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, In The News

This is just all kind of stupid:
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – She allowed her students to wear Klu Klux Klan-like robes for a history lesson.
Tuesday, the Lumpkin County School Board in Georgia will decide the future of a Dahlonega history teacher.
Catherine Ariemma is now on administrative leave.
School leaders say Ariemma allowed four students to wear KKK-like robes [...]

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal Of Virginia’s ObamaCare Lawsuit

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, May 25th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Ken Cuccinelli, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, U.S. Constitution, Virginia, Virginia Politics

An entirely predictable response from the Federal Government to Ken Cuccinelli’s lawsuit against ObamaCare:
RICHMOND — The Obama administration asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss Virginia’s challenge of the health-care overhaul law, arguing that the state has no standing to sue over the law and that Congress’s power to regulate interstate trade makes the measure [...]

J.D. Hayworth Claims U.S. Never Declared War On Germany In World War II

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 24th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

In an effort to justify the legality of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Arizona Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth made an historical blunder that even a middle-school student would recognize:
As former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) recalls, the United States “never” declared war against Nazi Germany during World War II.
Hayworth made the incorrect assertion while taking [...]

This Is What Rand Paul Was Really Talking About: Waitress Sues Hooters For “Weight Bias”

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 24th, 2010. Filed under Business, Economics, Individual Liberty, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans

Forget the Civil Rights Act of 1964, should this woman have a right to force Hooters to give her a job:
ROSEVILLE, Mich. – A former Hooters waitress who says she was told by management she was too heavy to work has sued the restaurant.
Cassandra Smith says Hooters violated Michigan law when it placed her on [...]

Rent Control Means You’re Stealing From Your Landlord

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 24th, 2010. Filed under Economics, In The News, Individual Liberty, Property Rights

The economic arguments against rent control are well-known, and were in fact made long ago by no one less than Milton Friedman. There’s another dimension to the rent control argument, though, and it’s laid bare in this story from The New York Times:
An informal survey of some major landlords and real estate agencies turned up [...]

Rand Paul Sits Down With Local Media To Talk About The Week That Was

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 24th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans

He may have backed out of Meet The Press, but Rand Paul did give one interview this week, with Louisville’s WHAS political reporter Joe Arnold:
(WHAS11) Facing increased scrutiny of how his libertarian views apply to current laws and potential legislation, Kentucky Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul on Friday clarified earlier remarks about the Civil [...]

Another News Anchor Forgets That “Live On The Air” Means Well, That You’re Live, And On The Air

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 24th, 2010. Filed under Humor, Media

Ernie Anastos, Rosanna Scotto, and now New Orleans’ own Michael Hill:

Ron Paul: It’s Time To Stop Writing Blank Checks For The Military-Industrial Complex

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 24th, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Until I start hearing Republicans talk about cutting defense spending, I won’t believe they are serious about reducing the size and scope of government.
Until then, we’ve got Ron Paul:

Sarah Palin Defends Rand Paul, While Michael Steele Throws Him Under The Bus

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, May 23rd, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans, Sarah Palin

Two different Republicans, two different views on the Rand Paul/Civil Rights controversy:
First Sarah Palin on Fox:

Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul is feeling what it is like to be Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice presidential candidate said Sunday, comparing the media’s preoccupation with Paul’s recent statements about the 1964 Civil Rights Act to her own [...]

Fox News Panel Struggles To Pass U.S. Citizenship Test

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, May 23rd, 2010. Filed under History, Humor, In The News

Hilarity ensues:

Here’s a version of the test to see how you’d do yourself.
Me ? I got 100%.

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