Jeremy Ryan on Iraq War Funding Bill

Jeremy Ryan has an interesting post about the Iraq war spending bill and some harsh words for the Democrats who voted for it. Ryan also notes that Ron Paul (Republican Presidential candidate) voted against it. Who says Republicans have no principles?

clipped from www.jeremyryan.org The Democrats packed $21 billion in pork in the bill to win Democrat votes. Some examples include $200 million to the dairy industry, $74 million for the peanut farms, and $25 million for spinach farmers. The bill also includes $2 billion in unconstitutional foreign aid, including $500 million for Lebanon and Eastern Europe. It appears to me that the democrats are not really different from most other republicans in that they both see great opportunities to get their pet projects funded by war. In reality, I don't believe that the democrats (Sanders and Welch included) really want the war to end, as long as they continue to get huge subsidies for all their pet projects and donors to their campaigns.

A Crunchy Libertarian Two-fer: Saving Animals and Capitalism

The father of the kid who works at Channel 17 during She's Right was there when I did my show on Crunchy Cons. After, he told me that he now has a label for himself - Crunchy Libertarian. I like it. Crunchy Cons tend to lean authoritarian, as much as I like Rod Dreher and all.

Anyhoo, I read this post on Asymmetrical Information today about supporting BK because they have gone cage-free. I like the last "clipped" quote the best.

clipped from www.janegalt.net If you care about animals, I heartily urge you to support their action by switching to BK for your fast food needs. Sure, the fries suck . . . but so do McDonalds', now that they're free of trans fats, tallow, beef flavor . . . and any detectable texture or taste. BK's burgers are better anyway. And if nothing else, you might save capitalism, by illustrating to environmentalists that markets can solve problems, as well as create them.