Textbook Economics: The idiots were warned. We tried to tell them raising the minimum wage was pointless. It doesn’t help the poor. It only devastates young people who are trying to get jobs. It should be no surprise that youth unemployment has hit a record high. I hope all those “progressives” feel better. The only thing they accomplished is helping unions. Milton Friedman talked about this very issue decades ago. Friedman is gone, but he’s still right.
Content-neutral: Two months ago students from the Young America’s Foundation were told to shut up when they started an impromptu version of the National Anthem at the Lincoln Memorial. Evidently the harsh rhetoric of our nation’s National Anthem is offensive to someone. This is another great moment for our United States Park Police.
He’s No Saint: CNN has an article by Ed Henry on the late Senator Ted Stevens who passed away in an airplane crash earlier this week. The headline of the article is “Stevens was no saint but his word was his bond.” Fair enough, but where was this kind of somber analysis of the late Senator Ted Kennedy? If Stevens wasn’t a saint what was Kennedy? Or did Stevens get drunk, drive off the road, and flee the scene with someone drowning in the car as well?
I’m headed up to Atlanta tomorrow to watch the Braves in the post-Chipper era. The Braves third baseman injured himself on a throw to first base a couple of days ago. His ACL requires surgery so it’s possible this is the end of the road for Chipper. We’ll catch two games against the Dodgers and drive back on Sunday.
What is Ted Kennedy’s story? On the night of July 18, 1969 Senator Ted Kennedy swam away from a car he had driven into Poucha Pond. Kennedy swam away to safety and left Mary Jo Kopechne to die. Kennedy walked past four houses where he could have phoned for help, but he did not do so. He didn’t report the incident to the police for nine hours. This is the defining story of Ted Kennedy.
The only reason this man was allowed to continue as a politician is because his last name was Kennedy. All of Kennedy’s sins were forgiven since he’s a liberal. Not just any liberal; an extremely partisan Democrat who made a career out of smearing the opposition.
Our President is currently taking a vacation not far from Kennedy’s defining moment. The White House released this statement about Kennedy’s death:
For five decades, virtually every major piece of legislation to advance the civil rights, health and economic well being of the American people bore his name and resulted from his efforts.
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An important chapter in our history has come to an end. Our country has lost a great leader, who picked up the torch of his fallen brothers and became the greatest United States Senator of our time.
This is the liberal standard of greatness; a partisan devotion to well intentioned bad policies. What is the lasting legacy of Ted Kennedy? He got his seat because of his brother, and kept his job because of his last name. There’s no joy in death, but there’s nothing remarkable to celebrate about Ted Kennedy. His story is sad, his achievements are few, and his legacy is nothing that should be emulated.
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