Michael Ramirez: The Union Game 02-13-23
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Nevada Governor Lombardo's school choice proposal is a step in the right direction. Competition will force better returns on educational investments. —Michael
FROM MICHAEL:
Educations’s Future Depends on Parent Power Jeanne Allen, Las Vegas Review-Journal
What’s Going on in Our Schools? —Bo Snerdley’s Rush Hour
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More of Today’s Hand-Selected News and Opinion:
A Twitter Files Footnote (8) —Scott Johnson, Power Line
FBI Primed Twitter to Spike the Hunter Biden Laptop Story Gregg Jarrett, Fox News
The Forgotten Truth of War —Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Bombshells, Landmines and Nemesis —Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
The retreat from globalism — Joel Kotkin, Spiked
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Harmless Chinese Spy Ship! Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Barometer of Hate —Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
When the 'Racial Justice' Narrative Crumbles —Loury & McWhorter, Substack
I'm Pro-Science. That's Why I'm Anti-Mask —Jennifer Sey, The Spectator
IRS Plans to Raid Workers' Tip Jars —Eric Boehm, Reason
On the Lighter Side:
Super Bowl Ruined As Air Force Keeps Shooting Footballs Out Of The Sky Babylon Bee
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FROM MICHAEL, continued
Unfortunately, the boorish behavior of some Republicans only made it seem longer…. if that was possible.
There is not enough space here to correct all the lies, half-truths, out-of-context falsehoods, and embellishments in Biden’s speech, but some Republicans, with their juvenile antics and clownish behavior, managed to, once again, succeed in taking the focus off of Biden’s misappropriation of the facts and credit, and the titanic scale of disasters from his policies, and put the focus squarely on their lack of dignity and decorum.
Elephants may never forget, but some in this class of Republicans, never seem to learn anything or lose an opportunity to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.
The President’s subsequent speeches covered the same trail of deception with phony pictures, positive platitudes, and fairy tales. In just a few years, the President has managed to take us from low prices, low energy costs, low-interest rates, and energy independence to historically high levels of inflation, higher borrowing costs, massive government subsidization, stratospheric cost of living increases, and dependence on tyrants and despots for energy. The massive growth of government and government spending and regulations, anti-free market, and short-sighted liberal policies are responsible for a colossal $31.4 trillion national debt and the fragile economic state we are currently in.
Most Americans disapprove of Biden’s policies and his presidency. Even most of the Democrats would choose someone other than Biden to run in 2024. They can see the icebergs clearly ahead.
Biden’s response… Stay the course.
With the anniversary of the movie Titanic, the image of a celebration on the bow of a ship destined for disaster seemed like the perfect metaphor.
Have a happy Super Bowl Sunday. (SIDEBAR: I used to be a Pro football fan, but sadly, I remain a Miami Dolphins fan and they haven’t played professional football in a long time.)
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