Over at Other McCain, Smitty draws on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to discuss the blunt truth that the collective has no soul, and indeed must destroy the souls of individuals in order to perpetuate itself. So that plane of pyramids, as the society reproduces, must be trained to halt their growth at the lowest, fleshy… Read More Maslow and the Hierarchies
I mean, the guy’s abstinent. Guys aren’t abstinent, unless they’re ugly, losers, or closet gays. Right?
“Who’s FICA? And why are they taking my money?” Actually, he asks about the income tax in general, given that almost 50% of Americans don’t pay income tax. This is not a bug; this is a feature. The income tax is a specifically progressive structure. It exists to do two things: Feed the Beast Give… Read More Stacy McCain asks What We’ve All Been Asking Since We Were Seventeen or Thereabouts…
I don’t share the panic over the continuing Story of a Primary Gone to the Dogs. In 2008, we spent the entire winter and spring watching Hillary and Obama slug it out. Limbaugh encouraged conservatives to register as Democrats to keep it interesting. Everyone got tired of the drama, and assumed that the winner would be… Read More Meanwhile, in the GOP Primary, the Madness Continues
The existence of Meghan McCain, like that of the Jersey Shore, stand as reminders of the truism that ignorance is bliss. Bliss indeed it would be to remain ignorant of both. Yet I cannot, and so find myself wearily faced with the addled thoughts of this un-celebrity. “I prefer people with personality and swagger as… Read More Meghan McCain Illustrates What is Wrong With White People
Erick Erickson casts everything in terms of the base in revolt (h/t: memeorandum) against “a milquetoast moderate from Massachusetts” (a phrase so good, Erickson can’t resist repeating it). In every way in the last two weeks, Romney has signaled he won’t fight for the base. He looks like a lost child when trying to answer… Read More Why Newt Won.
…Ace of Spades would be the one still upset that her football-star boyfriend is out of the running for Prom King, due to an academic supsension, even though, like spluh! he’s obviously better looking and cooler than anyone else, and they’re all just jealous for not seeing it. …Other McCain would be the one constantly… Read More If Some of the Blogs I Read Were Teenage Girls and the 2012 GOP Primary were the Senior Prom…
Stacy McCain links this damning comparison of the 2012 primary election to the 2008 primary election. I’m thinking of a Republican primary. It starts with a candidate (John McCain/Mitt Romney) who ran once before, came in second place, and won over the party’s elite class without winning over its base. Other candidates, understandably unwilling to… Read More The Republican Party Returneth, Like a Dog, Unto its Own Vomit. But it Doesn’t Matter.
Apparently “Santorum” is Catholic for “Huckabee.” Personally, I don’t expect much to change in South Carolina. Last time ’round, South Carolina was supposed to be the last bastion against John McCain. South Carolina makes a good last bastion. More to the point, Gingrich has once more demonstrated his tactical incompetence. Who the hell told him… Read More The Bearable Tedium of Mitt Romney
Our intrepid reporter takes another journey through the concentric circles of feminism. The old boy must be feeling his oats. No feminist can ever concede that any critic could have a valid argument. Thus the starting point of the debate is that there can be no debate: The anti-feminist critic is simply presumed wrong, and… Read More Stacy McCain on Freedom and Equality
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