John Ransom's Townhall.com Column

The Senate Does the Bullying for the IRS

2013-05-22T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
The Senate Mensheviks have raked Apple Computer over the coals on its practice of keeping tons and tons of money offshore. This is money that the Mensheviks sorely need, so they can squander it on things that won’t make life better for anyone outside of K Street.

On IRS, Ezra Klein is Still an Idiot, and so is the White House

2013-05-21T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
Here’s Klein’s argument boiled down to the bones: We didn’t intend to cheat; we’re just so stupid that it had the same effect as cheating.

The Progressive (and Obama) European Solution: Liberty, Currency and Fraternities!

2013-05-20T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
I don’t believe in the Trilateral and Bilderberg conspiracies. But I do believe that our world leadership suffers from a severe case of intellectual, political and corporate inbreeding that’s led them to dangerous defects in their vision for which there is no cure but cultural, financial and social death.

Award for Worst Actor in Obama Conspiracy Goes to... Comrade Number One

2013-05-19T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
I don’t actually make up these conspiracy theories myself. I have help from other members of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (VRWC), including the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and CBSNews.

Obama, IRS and Eric Holder: The Axis of Hear No Evil, See No Evil

2013-05-18T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
When asked about the recent Inspector General’s report on the IRS’s practice of targeting conservative groups, the president said: Hey! I just read about that!

How About Scandal, Incompetence, Venality, Hubris, Vanity and Error to Start

2013-05-17T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
If anything has been shown through the he-said-she-said of finger pointing, scandal, incompetence, venality, hubris, vanity and error is that when government and politics gets involved you can expect the he-said-she-said of finger pointing, scandal, incompetence, venality, hubris, vanity and error.

God Pees on Liberal Media and Tells Them It’s Just a Tea Party

2013-05-16T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
Freedom of the press included the press freedom to obfuscate for and excuse Obama and Holder while the administration was suppressing those other parts of the First Amendment that apparently has nothing to do with the press at all: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Broke at the Beginning

2013-05-15T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
One of the earliest pieces of literature that contributes to the history of Social Security is Time Magazine’s Pie from The Sky, an account of a House Committee hearing called to deal with “reforming” Social Security. The hearing was held four years after passage of the Act and before even a single check was written to old age beneficiaries.

Fourth Estate on Marion Barry Obama’s Plantation

2013-05-14T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
Like DC "Mayor for Life", Marion Barry, Hillary and Obama have constituencies that will support them no matter how much crack cocaine, or how many prostitutes- figuratively or literally- turn up.

The Broken President’s Broken Politics

2013-05-13T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
His life and presidency can only be understood by recognizing this Obama idée fixe goes beyond merely his ideology and merges into that of his personality. Because only when one realizes that he personally identifies with his ideology in the same way that he identifies himself as a father or husband, can one finally understand how tightly he clings to it.

Protecting Obama’s Right to Bear Arms

2013-05-12T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
The argument seems to be that since we regulate something, we ought to regulate everything. "Because I said so" seems to be the argument most liberals are making right now.

Obama Cheated, That’s How

2013-05-11T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
This article is not about how the GOP self-destructed, nominating a candidate so lame that the Republican Party now feels the need to ideologically douche itself by raising taxes, talking amnesty and considering other portions of the liberal agenda.

Maybe It’s the Lawsuits that Stop Banks from Making Loans

2013-05-10T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
The numbers don’t suggest that the New York Attorney General is trying to help anyone but himself. You see, the State of New York has paid $176,991.15 to find each of 339 violations, assuming every violation would be provable in a court of law. It would be much more efficient just to give homeowners enough cash to get current on their homes.

The Liberal’s Fake War on Whatever is Yielding Fake Results

2013-05-09T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
It's a good thing for Boston and the Benghazi consulate that Islamic fighters, militants, extremists or radicals, who may or may not be Islamists, never have to put up with being lumped in with Islamists who may or may not be fighters, militants, extremists or radicals who just happen to be Islamic.

The Market Made New Highs; What Did You Do?

2013-05-08T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
When I was a broker this phenomena was explained thusly: Individual investors don’t make money in the market, they just borrow it from the institutional investors for a while.

A Sinister, Separate Entity Those Voices Warned You About

2013-05-07T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
Losing the man-hour equivalent of 500,000 workers costs about $18 billion per year for just last month. Imagine: All that accomplished in a one-month time span. I guess we all can be thankful that April only had 30 days, not 31.

#StopCommonCore Rally Draws 9.7 Million

2013-05-06T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
Prepare for the final federalization of primary education in the USA- hereafter known as Common Core- and don’t worry so much about relics written by old, white men like the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. But on this issue, we can win, thanks to the grassroots.

Can Liberals be This Dumb? Forward!

2013-05-05T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
About the only thing slimier than a liberal is a liberal who tries to hide it by pretending to be independent.

Maxine Waters Set to Run Finance if Dems Win House in '14

2013-05-04T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
Just imagine super-liberals Sens. Ron Wyden (D-DeathState), or Chuck Shumer (D-EastCoast) teaming up with Waters to re-write Dodd-Frank to make it more liberal.

Prtizker Nomination Shores Up Under-Represented Rich, Heiress, Crony Class for Democrats

2013-05-03T00:01:00-04:00

John Ransom Column
Under Democrats, cronies unfortunately have become victims of their good looks, immense fortunes and unlimited influence at the star-studded Obama White House. But fortunately that victim status has gone a long way toward helping the liberal base identify with these victimized insiders who can’t help that they are rich and beautiful. They were born that way for gosh sakes. They didn’t choose it.