http://federalistpaupers.com Constitution Fanboys Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:22:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Behold!  The torso-enhancing shirt! http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/07/03/tee-hee-3/ Well, that might as well be what he said. If there is anyone who paid attention to the campaign and didn't conclude that Obama would propose huge and expensive expansions of government, then that person was a credulous fool. And since I don't think that phrase describes Colin Powell, I'm ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/07/03/colin-powell-i-wasnt-paying-attention-when-i-endorsed-obama/ Dr. K hands out some wisdom on Saint Sarah of Wasilla: [youtube 2l8ts15kIrA] *wink* http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/07/02/you-betcha/ . . . but for Malta? http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/07/02/it-profits-a-man-nothing-to-give-his-soul-for-the-whole-world/ My favorite baseball team has 1. a player who can't play because he swung his bat wrong, 2. a player who can't play because he eats too much late at night, and 3. a player who can't play because of anxiety. That's the stupidest list of injuries I've ever seen ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/07/01/tell-cerrano-to-stop-with-the-voodoo-already/ It's impressive to compare this with this. It's not as though this has taken place over a lengthy tenure; however long it seems like Obama has been president, it's only been about five months. And already this is a complete turnaround on an issue that Obama campaigned on and something ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/07/01/growing-in-office/ Really. [youtube pTmkB3NUL6Y&] (H/T) I kind of feel sorry for Robert Gibbs.  Defending the indefensible must get old. http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/06/30/the-press-does-its-job-right/ I love to hit at easy targets as much as anyone, and low-hanging fruit is often the sweetest.   But come on, Birthers.  It's not that you've passed the point of self-parody.  It's that when you look at it out the rear window, it's so severely red-shifted. http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/06/30/theres-just-enough-and-then-theres-too-much/ Michael Arth is a long shot gubernatorial candidate for Florida, but at least he has a sense of humor in his campaign biography, which opens thus: Michael Edward Arth was born near Liverpool, England at a U.S. Air Force Base on April 27, 1953. In 1955 his parents moved to New ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/06/30/now-thats-a-bio/ So California is issuing IOUs?  Why are the state's creditors are letting them use IOUs instead of promissory notes?  The state needs to declare bankruptcy already and get it over with.  The longer Governor Schwarzenegger delays the inevitable, the messier it's going to be. http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2009/06/30/declare-bankruptcy-already/