Year: 2008

I’ve addressed that issue over at my blog, with a focus on California and (predictably enough) the Pacific Ocean. Certainly, one of the benefits of increasing drilling in the Atlantic, the Pacific, and (eventually) ANWR is that we won’t have the same periodic disruptions in domestic supply that we currently endure, with so many of […]

Check out what Time Magazine’s Karen Tumulty had to say about McCain’s “Advice” ad. In a post titled “McCain Plays the Race Card” she wrote (via Memeo): This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. Let me stipulate: Obama’s Fannie Mae connections are completely […]

Over at Hot Air, the new McCain ads for Michigan and Ohio focus in on the dual-headed monster of the energy crisis and underemployment: Michigan specifically mentions drilling (along with “clean vehicles,” and a glimpse of a hybrid-car symbol): Ohio’s ad is similar, but more of a frontal assault on job-creation through small businesses and […]

Confederate Yankee extends mercy to the kid with a depressive disorder who hacked Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account. That is overly kind. Were this miscreant a Republican, he’d be tarred and feathered and we’d be hearing about how it’s no wonder a Republican had problems with depression, but put him in jail with the same law […]

Socialized medicine takes a highly valuable and limited commodity — healthcare — and sets the cost to free. Those with even a rudimentary understanding of economics should not be surprised that this has caused supply shortages. But British medical ethics expert Baroness Warnock has found a solution: The veteran Government adviser said pensioners in mental […]

In July, I wrote about New York’s Democrat Senator Charles Schumer’s loose lips being a reason for the current banking crisis–remember he blabbed about IndyMac’s viability and people withdrew 1.3 Billion dollars the next day, guaranteeing its failure. Well, he’s been running his big mouth again, this time on the Senate floor where he said […]

I heard a radio ad yesterday from the Obama campaign claiming that John McCain is against equal pay for women, but I had just read this article prior to hearing the ad so my poor daughter had to hear me rant about how Obama sure didn’t practice what he was preaching. While Sen. Barack Obama’s […]

A Townhall reader suggested the title of this post when commenting on my column today about John McCain finally going on offense on the issue of the economy. In it I discuss the ammunition McCain has to work with since several years ago he warned of exactly what eventually ended up happening. Not only is […]

I am going to be taking care of some personal business today and Monday, so I will have a crew of guest bloggers filling in for on Right Wing News and CG, along with my regular co-bloggers. Here’s the line-up. Right Wing News on Friday Cassy Fiano Sister Toldjah Pamela Geller from Atlas Shrugs Lorie […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Michelle Malkin: AP: It’s Sarah Palin’s fault that her e-mail was hacked! Cassy Fiano: Cassy Fiano vs. *sshat who says Trig Palin should have been aborted, Round Two. American Princess: The now infamous Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator. The Grumpiest: Danielle Lloyd […]

The things you can find offered as serious journalism. PERHAPS the most insidious byproduct of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has been a reflexive sanctification of the military. To put this in bumper stickerese: Support the Troops. Well, I have an ugly confession to make: I don’t support the troops – at least not […]

Surprise, surprise. Here’s the report from the Rocky Mountain News:  Metro State College is investigating a professor who asked students to write an essay critical of Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin. One student said the instructor singled out Republican students in the class and allowed others to ridicule them. "I was shocked, I was […]

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Just because they badmouth our country at every opportunity, attempt to cause it to lose wars, side with its foreign critics, and strive to “Change” it into something unrecognizable doesn’t mean Democrats aren’t patriotic. They just exhibit a different kind of patriotism. Love of country is a hard thing to describe. But liberals’ alternative has […]

My good friends at The News Buckit blog are wondering about "The Lieberman Effect." Could Joe Lieberman, undoubtedly the most well known Jewish member of Congress, be swinging Jewish voters to McCain? McCain’s making huge gains, and that is all I can think of that’s changed in the recent past. Or maybe Jewish voters are […]

For years now, the Left, in its attacks on the strategy in Iraq, has complained that no one really knows what success in Iraq looks like. It seemed beyond comprehension to envision a stable Iraq. This year has been marked, however, by signs of success, including the Iraqis taking control of the Anbar province, once […]

Relative moderates who haven’t been driven out of the Democrat Party like Joe Lieberman are bailing out on their own, alarmed at how dangerously radicalized it has become. Former Shrillary supporter Donald Trump was never a good fit for the Dems, considering that he wanted to rebuild the World Trade Center after 9/11, which is […]

As a general rule, I’m against the government bailing out anything, ever, and going by the latest Rasmussen poll, most Americans seem to agree with me, “Only seven percent (7%) of voters think the federal government should use taxpayer funds to keep a large financial institution solvent. Sixty-five percent (65%) say let the company file […]

“It must stink being a network global warming alarmist. They just can’t seem to get their stories straight. It’s only been a couple months (since) the networks were screaming about Arctic ice disappearing this summer. And, no surprise, they were entirely wrong. By 1.74 million square miles. As Maxwell Smart used to say: “Missed it […]

Hannity did a fair, but dull interview and Palin gave fair, but dull responses. He didn’t ask a lot of hard questions, she didn’t make any mistakes, and all it all, I don’t think it was particularly helpful or harmful to the campaign. I’m not opposed to softball interviews. In fact, that’s what I like […]

You probably don’t know Daniel Edwards, but oh, you will remember his work. Remember this bust of Hillary Clinton? Those of you who haven’t already hurled after seeing Hillary done up like a “wrinkled, effeminate man,” should probably turn your head before you look at this sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth, Well now, Edwards […]

Since McCain selected Palin and went into the convention, he hasn’t released as many ads and he hasn’t been continuing to fiercely attack Obama’s unreadiness to be President. That’s a big mistake and it is blunting his momentum. Let me tell you why: the media simply will not cover a positive message from McCain. So, […]

John McCain in Feb of 2008, when he was trying to get conservatives to support him in the primary, And while I and other Republican supporters of the bill were genuine in our intention to restore control of our borders, we failed, for various and understandable reasons, to convince Americans that we were. I accept […]

Third Rail Radio is having me on at 8:35 PM EST to discuss the election. You can listen to it here.

Hi all, obviously I’m back for now. I’m blogging from Florida where I’m staying with my brother. While word on the street is that power has returned to my neighborhood, phone service has not. So, I might be back in The Woodlands and not have a computer connection. My house is fine and I’m just […]

Every time I see a Democrat up to his neck in a scandal and then thumbs his nose at any form of punishment when an average American would be in jail (and is defended, by the way by the Speaker Nancy Pelosi), I exchange his name for a Republican’s name. When it comes to sex […]

At 4:07 PM EST, I’m going to be on the Jaz McKay show. Click on Stickam in the left corner to listen to the show.

As I pointed out previously, Nancy Pelosi is clueless. Apparently history, at least for her, started after at least 2005. As Ed Morrissey points out, 2005 would be the year John McCain made this speech: Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few […]

Glenn Reynolds links to some guy who got caught “having sex” if you could call it that with his comatose wife. Here’s what the guy’s attorney said: Johnson’s lawyer, T. Christopher Kelly, of Madison, said his client should be left alone. “Mr. Johnson deeply loves his wife,” Kelly said. “He’s spent every day talking to […]