Answers to Yesterday's Pop Quiz:

Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Thomas Jefferson
Barry Goldwater

What? You mean ... the conspiracies are real?  Not exactly ...

Among the mistakes made by conspiracy theorists is that they exaggerate things, way out of proportion, then insist history can be viewed only through the lens of the given narrative.  In my opinion though, the most fundamental flaw in these stories is what can be best described as a hallucinatory concept of power.

Basically, they all boil down to a handful uber-wealthy international banker types (the Rockefeller and Rothschild families), secretly controlling everything in the world, including U.S. Presidents.  The problem with this belief, in Lord Acton's famous words, is that:
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Take a moment with me here ... step outside your political box, take a deep-breath, and participate in ...

As Ted "Theodore" Logan so eloquently says in one of my favorite movie quotes ...
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."

Last September, American citizens were blind-sided by warnings of imminent financial doom ... that is, if the government didn't immediately step-in and spend trillions of taxpayer dollars.

Personally, I'm still wondering where the "proof" of this "crisis" is ...

Hey, I'm no "expert" ... I'm just a regular Joe ... but I was a stockbroker for over a decade prior to taking a senior position at a large national bank.  In other words ... I must have some idea of how the financial world works, right?

I bring this up, because I'm here to tell you ... something very fishy is going on in America right now.

Are you an economy with performance issues?  If its hard to achieve and maintain growth, maybe Stimulus is ...

Yes, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) believes that every month that goes by without passing the Democrats porkulus, er, I mean, stimulus bill ... 500 million Americans lose their jobs!

Maybe Nancy's never taken a math class, I don't know ... the answer could be that innocent.  But my bet is that she's just a bald-faced liar. You be the judge.

Video below the fold (courtesy of TheConservativePost).

H/T to Greg Ransom at the Mises Economic Blog for bringing us a little Rage Against the Political Machine!

This is just awesome!  You gotta watch the following video ... it's too funny ... unfortunately, because it's too true ...

While we conservatives and libertarians scurry to tighten our last pinkie-grip on America's liberty, the progressives have a lot they better start worrying about too.

This gets illustrated perfectly here. Our funniest video clip of the week, from Comedy Centrals "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."

Congressional debate concerning President-Elect Barack Obama's Inauguration Ceremony.

Proposed Rider 4831-B.

Everyone is on a an email list where they receive an endless amount of typically bad jokes, but ...

It's been a little slow around here ... the rapidly changing MI weather got the best of this one man operation ... So I thought I'd get back to posting with something funny.

"The One," who everybody (including Libertarians (who will be taking a lot of heat from me for voting for the tyrant)) claimed was a pragmatist that wouldn't lean far to the Left, has already proven them wrong!  A "told you so!" is in order, so there it is.

Anyways ... considering Obama has yet to take office, but has already created a new government department for himself, "The Office of President Elect," I thought a picture of Obama with his new department seal on the podium along with extreme-partisan Rahm Emanuel, Michigan Governor (a Canadian by the way) Jennifer Granholm (worst economy in the union), and Biden, the grumpy used car salesman would be funny.

But I didn't know whether to laugh or cry ... then I remembered something even funnier!

I don't know how many of you have seen the movie "Idiocracy," but if you haven't, rent it.  It's good!

Yes, it's your typical corny movie ... but it also serves as valuable (and all-too-real) social commentary about the dumbing down and degradation of America.

Sarah Palin showed the world her great sense of humor when she performed on Saturday Night Live, and now John McCain has proven he's the funniest guy running for office with his own appearance on the show!

For today's funnies, we have a video-taped assessment of Barack Obama's foreign policy, brought to you by ...

Dennis Miller takes on Harry Reid in this hilarious rant.  Enjoy!

Politics, politics, politics ... yeah, it's serious stuff ... but you gotta take a break and just laugh ...

This is Part 2 of my response to Terry Michael's "The Libertarian Case for Obama".  You can read Part 1 here.
"Obama is the best hope for keeping government out of your bedroom and away from your body ... the senator from Illinois represents the pro-choice, pro-gay rights side of the cultural divide. And he has at least made interesting soundings about reducing America's status as the world's number one jailer, much of which is tied to ... crimes without victims."

Terry opens with a good sales tactic - using of very broad language that  allows the reader to interpret it as they wish it to be when he states, "Obama is the best hope for keeping government out of your bedroom ...".

Let's face it ... this statement could mean almost anything!  Seriously, who wants a paramilitary police raid on your bedroom during that rare night you and your spouse are alone without the kids?

By now, you've all seen the video Paris Hilton made in response to the John McCain ad.  Personally, ...