Quote Of The Day

“President Trump’s low poll numbers were joined last week by abysmally low approval ratings for both Congress and for the job the mainstream media is doing. It seems everyone’s shooting in every direction. My desire to remain well-informed is currently at war with my desire to remain sane.” ─ Argus Hamilton

Quote Of The Day For January 30, 2012

“The CBO numbers foresee net interest payments rising from 9 percent of revenue to 36 percent in 2030, then to 58 percent in 2040, and up to 85 percent in 2050. If that trajectory holds, we’ll be spending more than the planet’s entire military budget on debt interest. But forget mid-century because, unless something changes, whatever goes by the name of ‘America’ under those conditions isn’t worth talking about.”—page 5 of After America:  Get Ready for Armageddon by Mark Steyn

QOTD

“At the tail end of 1979, things looked worse. But shortly thereafter America was rebounding, and the rest of the world was doing better, too."

"People credit Ronald Reagan for this change, but I think that Reagan was as much a symptom as a cause. People were sick of stagnation and bad government, and they demanded more—from their governments, and from themselves."

"I think we'll see that again in 2012, and that's why, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, I think it will turn out to be a better year than seems likely today.”

From Sunday Reflection: When muddling through is the best you can hope for—Glenn Harlan Reynolds