Election Day In Massachusetts

While the French accuse the United States of occupying Haiti there are plans in place to bring affected Haitians back to the United States.  While we should be helping Haiti now, the best way to help them in the long run is to end our policy of sending foreign aid.  My blog post up at United Liberty today asks the question:  Should Libertarians Donate To Haiti Relief?

 

Today is election day in Massachusetts, and I refuse to predict anything.  There are no exit polls, and there will be a close watch out for voter fraud, especially considering that over 600,000 voters on the Massachusetts voter rolls have either died or moved.  Democrats are already trying to figure out who to blame if Coakley loses, but John Kerry has already decided to blame the "dangerous atmosphere of Sarah Palin's 2008 campaign."  Meanwhile, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) had a comment just stupid enough to be associated with Coakley's campaign and John Ratzenberger (the guy who played Cliff Clavin on "Cheers") gave a passionate and forceful critique of the Democrat Party.  To those people who want the Libertarian candidate to drop out of the race, chances are that more people will think he's one of those Kennedys than will know he's a Libertarian.

 

On health care, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) says that health care is dead if Brown wins, while Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) wants to change Senate rules to get health care passed.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says that they will pass health care regardless of what happens in Massachusetts, and Bill Clinton says that the problem is that Democrats haven't reached out enough to us ignorant rednecks.

 

The federal government hasn't been able to find much fraud at the big Wall Street firms.

 

A government auditor has found that the government-run Indian Health Service gave bonuses and awards for poor performance.  Such is the future under government-run health care.  Scott Brown would be a good way to stop it.

 

The Senate is going to consider pay-go while they talk about increasing the debt ceiling.  Didn't they promise pay-go in 2006?

 

The Senate has said that they will not pass the cap-and-tax bill this year.

 

Rep. John Carter (R-TX), who represents Fort Hood, says that the report about the Fort Hood shooting was "sanitized" to avoid mentioning Islamic terrorism.  Bill Bennett calls the same report a "whitewash."

 

Is the Obama Administration coming after your 401(k)?

 

Governor Perdue met with lawmakers earlier this afternoon to defend his budget, even as people whine about the cuts to schools.  Given the cuts, I wish Governor Perdue would listen to Vermont Governor Jim Douglas.

 

Apparently there are a few relatively small permanent cuts in Gov. Perdue's budget.

 

Georgia's university presidents are very well paid, especially considering the budget situation.

 

Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond had a waste of time "jobs summit" yesterday, in which he described the job market as "Darwinian" like it's a bad thing.

 

A conservative watchdog is back in effect in the State House.

 

There will be a debate tonight among GOP candidates for Governor.  I will be participating in a live blog of the debate at www.jasonpye.com.