Year: 2008

What good is the United Nations when this sort of thing happens: Caroline knows all too well. “It was a week before the election and the trouble was getting worse,” she said. “The Zanu (PF) chairman said that in the Eighties when there was war, girls fought too so we need them to fight this […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Cassy Fiano: Cassy’s scary travels in New Orleans The Corner: The percentage of income spent on food, drink, and fuel per country, around the world. Cracked: The 7 creepiest real life robots Celebslam: Xisca bikini pics You can check out all those […]

In all seriousness, are people wearing these shirts? I mean, despite the fact that these shirts are fascinating — sort of the same way a train wreck is — I just don’t see Jonah Goldberg or Michelle Malkin wearing these shirts to the mall… (Be forewarned, there is an obscenity on one of the shirts […]

Americans are vastly more generous with their time and money than Europeans. According to social demographer Arthur C. Brooks, in 1995 (the last year international data on giving was available), Americans gave 3 1/2 times more money to charities and causes than the French, seven times more than Germans and 14 times more than Italians. […]

The Hill reports on all the agony that the Democrats are going through as they try to address energy prices without allowing a vote on expanding drilling. They’re afraid that, heavens, such a vote might actually succeed. It seems that there are a lot of Democrats out there who sense the voters’ frustration with high […]

Germans demonstrate their awesome insight once again: The Pew Global Attitudes Project, published last month, showed that 66 per cent of Germans had unfavourable views of the US and that China and Russia had more interest than Washington in Germany’s point of view. The sheer animosity towards America was displayed recently in sneering media reviews […]

Olympic athletes will be suffering with terrible air quality over in Beijing. This may make a difference in their performance. More than that, I’ve been wondering where the environmentalists are on this. Interestingly, the American government (EPA) has done air quality studies on the city. Now, wait just a minute. I thought that the United […]

Rather than getting our news about the imaginary climate change crisis from the authoritarian propagandists who run the mainstream media, we would be well advised to turn to sources more grounded in reality. South Africa’s Engineering News, for example: During 2008, have we seen many stories in the newspapers about 2007 being particularly warm as […]

Congratulations to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi on achieving a remarkable milestone. For the first time in American history, the public’s approval of Congress has fallen to single digits. From Rasmussen, via Drudge: This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. Even the fools who elected our current Congress are […]

It’s probably a mistake to set up a timetable for the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq because it would give the enemy the ability to simply lay back and wait for us to leave. That’s why wars aren’t fought on timetables. However, if the Iraqis insist on it, so be it. They’re not an […]

If you believe that the expansion of government and deficit spending are serious issues, then there almost could not be a starker difference between the two candidates for President. From the LA Times, Among other proposals during the course of the campaign, Obama has said he would strengthen the nation’s bridges and dams ($6 billion […]

This recommended diary from the Daily Kos isn’t the usual “I am happy this Republican died and is burning in hell” or “I can’t wait for the revolution so I can murder Republicans” post from Kos, but yet and still, it was such a brilliant window into the liberal mindset that I had to excerpt […]

I sometimes wonder (in fact I often wonder) about the real mental acuity of the Speaker of the House. She does not impress me as the brightest bulb in the pack: The speaker blames what she labels the Bush-Cheney big oil agenda, using graphics to point out gasoline prices have more than doubled in the […]

The GOP is in trouble right now for one simple reason: too many Republicans in DC seem to be under the impression that it’s the job of conservative voters to fall in line with their beliefs and serve their needs instead of vice-versa.

Cheri Jacobus, who is a brilliant woman, a Republican strategerist, she lives in Washington, she’s worked on Capitol Hill, posted a little blurb: “Just how much Senate experience does Barack Obama have in terms of actual work days? Not much. …how many days experience, from the time he’s inaugurated in the Senate, sworn in, until […]

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Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Rachel Lucas: Busting babies for “racism”? Seriously? Cassy Fiano: A pic of Cassy Fiano and Melissa Clouthier together at a ball game in Texas Heckler Spray: Top 8 movie sociopaths Bizarre: Rick is turning himself into a tattooed zombie. (W/freaky pics) Popoholic: […]

Being terrorist’s metaphorical friends is not the same thing as actively working against one’s own government, but that’s exactly what Nancy Pelosi has done. No doubt, being in bed with terrorist scum will endear her to her constituents, but will average voters like it? And there’s this: How will Barack Obama respond to the House […]

Conservative groups begin highlighting one of Barack Obama’s more extreme positions: his views on abortion. CBN reports this from the Christian Defense Coalition: “Senator Obama talks about bringing hope, faith and change to American politics. We now see this is all just political ‘doublespeak.’ One of his top priorities as President would be protecting abortion […]

Monty Python in its prime would have been at a loss to outdo the self-parody into which Britain’s totalitarian political correctness has descended. In the name of combating “racism,” toddlers are now required to like foreign foods: The National Children’s Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance […]

The House is lost to Republicans and the numbers there are predicted to be worse after the November election. The Senate has been the Republican’s only bastion of power in this Congress, albeit as a minority party. But in the Senate, being the minority is a very powerful position to hold, if the majority held […]

It’s a great day to be an American. Now that this Fourth of July weekend has wound down, I realize that I appreciate it particularly this year because I spent last year’s out of the country while I was on vacation visiting family. And while I cherished the wonderful time I had in Malaysia with […]

I hope you enjoyed your Fourth of July weekend more than the moonbats at AP, who predictably spent it wallowing in gloom. We’re told that even the Optimists Club can hardly find a reason for America to go on living: They use words such as “terrified,” “disgusted” and “scary” to describe what one calls “this […]

“If Bill Clinton can get above 60% in the polls, he can start dating again” — Fritz Hollings Now typically, I’m the first person to sneer at stories that come from trashy gossip rags like the Globe, but they just might be onto something here, “The former President was caught on camera holding hands with […]

After taking an entire week off on vacation, I thought it would be fun to write that classic essay that all of us were forced to scribble, way back in 3rd grade: What I did on my summer vacation! Of course, back then, we had a whole summer off and it still wasn’t enough. Now? […]

“John Kerry says Republican John McCain doesn’t have the judgment to be president. If that’s the case, then it’s probably a good thing McCain rejected overtures from Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, to form a bipartisan ticket and run with Kerry as his candidate for vice president. … McCain came to Kerry’s aid […]

I haven’t seen all of this guy’s videos, but the ones I have seen are truly outstanding. Hat tip to Maggie’s Farm for the clip.

Predicting whom a particular candidate will take as Vice-President is always difficult because so many factors play into it. Do both candidates get along? Is the presidential nominee looking to carry a particular state, region, or demographic group, is he looking to solidify his base, or is he just trying to add strength across the […]

I’d like to give a special thanks to my co-bloggers, guest bloggers, and week-end bloggers who carried the load while I was gone. All American Blogger Gina Cobb Doubleplusundead Dr. Melissa Clouthier Ed Driscoll Elocutio Jeff Gannon – A Voice of the New Media GOPUSA Northeast JackLewis Likelihood of Success Little Miss Attila Midnight Blue […]

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