Friday Musings

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is in favor of taxing pensions, and why not? What are pensions except monthly incomes? What are jobs except monthly incomes? Is there a real and true moral difference between the two? We're open to discussion on the matter, but on the surface it does not seem that pensions ought to go untaxed.

President Barack Obama wants Israel to revert itself to 1967 borders. It is not an entirely invalid suggestion. Yet it is one which is likely doomed, and one wonders whether it can actually advance the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. Considering Israel's concern over protecting herself, the fact that they have occupied the extra territory for over 40 years now, and that concessions of such a great nature are rarely given, it is difficult to see the idea making any headway. We'll see.

In a statement which must surely resonate in and around a union town as strong as Detroit is presumed to be, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka plans later today to issue a warning to Democrats: fight harder for unions or the will abandon the party in the 2012 election cycle. Infighting within the opposition is almost always welcome, and it appears that even the Democratic lapdogs are willing to bite the hand that feeds. The GOP has the Tea Partiers, the Dems have organized labor. Oh what a tangled web.

Texas has adopted a sonogram law which will require women seeking abortions to have a sonogram gram done before the, ugh, procedure, with the option of listening to the baby's heart. The, ugh, again, doctor involved would still have to describe image before allowing an abortion. But don't worry, folks: we're sure the ACLU and the Democrats will do all they can to stymie this and other Republican attempts to ensure a decent respect for all human life in this country. It's what the left does best: destroy what gets in their way. Even if that means innocent children.