The “Facts and Science Argument”

Man, I’d loooovvve to hear the facts and science argument that Obama claims we’re not listening to due to our fears.

“Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared,” Obama said Saturday evening in remarks at a small Democratic fundraiser Saturday evening. “And the country’s scared.”

Seriously dude…..
The day the left starts dealing with facts and scientific argument will be the day they not only realize there are no “shovel ready” projects but the day they also don’t fund them as if they were real.

The day the left starts dealing with facts and scientific argument will be the day they note that forcing insurance companies to cover everyone on a moment’s notice no matter what previous conditions each may have, might be cause for raising their prices.

The day the left starts..blah, blah…will be the day they realize that forcing banks to lower their rates for high credit risks mean the same banks will need to increase their rates across the board to cover the problem of high credit risk loans.

The day…blah, blah, blah…will be the day they recognize that creating laws that are “exempt” for only specific administration blessed businesses might, just might make other businesses a little wary of expanding.

Even, the day the left …blah,blah, blah…will be the day we don’t re-commit chimpanzees to experiments because we recognize that they have feelings in this matter.

blah, blah, blah, blah

go ahead and enter your own.

Don Surber had some choice words about our “fear and frustration” too.

George Will is on a Roll

Go read the whole thing.

Those who are determined to reduce the quantity of political speech to what they consider the proper amount are the sort of people who know exactly how much water should come through our shower heads (no more than 2.5 gallons per minute, as stipulated by a 1992 law). Is it, however, really worrisome that Americans spend on political advocacy much less than they spend on potato chips ($7.1 billion a year)?

Desperation drives politicians to talk about process rather than policy. Obama, who is understandably reluctant to talk about what people are concerned about, the economy, is instead talking about the political process. He is in a terrific lather, suggesting that torrents of foreign money are pouring into US campaigns.

He recently said: “Just this week, we learned that one of the largest groups paying for these ads regularly takes in money from foreign corporations. So groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections.”
It takes a perverse craftsmanship to write something that slippery. Consider:
“Just this week, we learned.” That is a fib.