Month: November 2009

It’s Time For The US To Get Out Of The Israeli/Palestinian Peace Process

Posted on by John Hawkins

Rarely do I agree with Thomas Friedman, but on this, I think he’s right: The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has become a bad play. It is obvious that all the parties are just acting out the same old scenes, with the same old tired clichés – and that no one believes any of it anymore. There […]

 

The Tabloid Trash Beat: Obama Collapses Under The Strain

Posted on by John Hawkins

The National Examiner is the Ford Pinto of gossip rags. It doesn’t have the credibility (ha ha) of the National Enquirer and it’s not quite as flaky as the Globe. Still, when I saw this story on the cover, I had to have it: According to the totally unreliable folks at the Examiner, Obama is […]

 

Lindsey Gramnesty in Bed With George Soros

Posted on by Dave Blount

Moonbat politics makes for some extremely unsavory bedfellows. With amnesty for illegal alien colonists off the front burner for now, alleged Republican Lindsey Graham has been advancing the liberal agenda by pushing “climate change” legislation. Ads running in his home state declare that he is “fighting to protect South Carolina” by helping the Obamination Administration […]

 

Indymedia Moonbats Feel the Heavy Hand of Big Government

Posted on by Dave Blount

Even some moonbats are getting unnerved by the Obamination Administration’s intrusiveness, hyper-politicization of the media, and aggressive contempt for the First Amendment: In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all […]

 

Cap-n-Trade Gives Obama Strong Man Powers?

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Wanted to share this provocative tidbit from the Washington Examiner: Both the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade energy approved earlier this year and the version just okayed by Sen. Barbara Boxer’s Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s Democrats (Republicans boycotted the vote) contains an obscure but nasty bureaucratic provision that requires President Obama to act like Venezuelan strong […]

 

A Firsthand Account From Inside Fort Hood

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

A letter a blogger friend forwarded: Dear Family and Friends, Thank you for your thoughts and prayers for us and the Fort Hood community, a community that has been deeply wounded both physically and spiritually. The past day and a half have been very challenging. I write to share my somewhat-insider perspective on the events. […]

 

Some Democrats Alarmed Over Cost Of Their Health Bills

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, the kool aid has worn off for some, at least a little As health care legislation moves toward a crucial airing in the Senate, the White House is facing a growing revolt from some Democrats and analysts who say the bills Congress is considering do not fulfill President Obama’s promise to slow the runaway […]

 

The Decider Decides To Send 40K Troops. No, Wait, He Doesn’t

Posted on by William Teach

We are fast approaching Obama being Coronated as President, and, he has finally made a decision on Afghanistan Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep […]

 

4 Reasons The American Dream Will Be Over Unless We Act

Posted on by John Hawkins

“Make no mistake about it, this generation is a generation of thieves and the people who stole their parents and their children’s money to make their own lives cushier are at it again. This time the target is their grandchildren.” — Evan Sayet Throughout American history, generations of our countrymen took pride in leaving the […]

 

The Fall of the Berlin Wall & the Social Construction of Communism

Posted on by B. Daniel Blatt

As we celebrate today the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Empire, let us take a moment to remember the bitter legacy of Communism, based on an ideology drawn up not by men who studied human nature, but by an intellectual who studied law and […]

 

Newsweek: Nidal Hasan, It’s Not Islam, It’s a ‘Military on the Brink’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Andrew Bast of Newsweek thinks he’s got the real reason behind Major Nidal Hasan’s murderously criminal rampage at Fort Hood last Thursday. Could it be that Hasan was steadily radicalized and steeped in hateful Islamofascism? Could it be a jihad mindset that sent Hasan into that military clinic yelling Allahu Akbar as he shot at […]

 

Remember The Kelo Decision? This Is What Happened Next…

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

The Washington Examiner’s Timothy Carney is reporting that the property Pfizer took in eminent domain is going to not be used after all: The private homes that New London, Conn., took away from Suzette Kelo and her neighbors have been torn down. Their former site is a wasteland of fields of weeds, a monument to […]

 

Trusting The Government To Take Care Of You: H1N1 Debacle

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

So you might die if you don’t get the vaccine. It’s a National Emergency. And yet, the government is flopping around. Jennifer LaRue of the Washington Post: A poll released Friday by the Harvard School of Public Health found that two-thirds of parents and high-risk adults who want H1N1 vaccinations for themselves or their families […]

 

America Needs Industry, Obama Needs Therapy

Posted on by Kristia Cavere

More so than any other time in our history, Americans are beginning to believe there are no solutions to the many crises that we are experiencing. Even on a local level, which is often cushioned from the national difficulties of excess spending, a drastically increasing deficit and a larger percentage of our debt being own […]

 

Nidal Hasan Killed Those People Because He’s A Radical Muslim

Posted on by John Hawkins

Here’s the ugly truth that we’re so desperate to avoid talking about: A certain percentage of Muslims murder people not in spite of their faith, but because of it. Nidal Hasan was one of those people. By that, I mean had Nidal Hasan been a Christian or a Hindu or a Buddhist or an atheist, […]

 

Debate #1 Of 3: John Hawkins Vs. Conor Friedersdorf: What’s Your Advice For The Right Going Forward?

Posted on by Conor Friedersdorf

(Hawkins’ Note: Conor Friedersdorf challenged me to a debate. I accepted. This is the first of 3 posts from the two of us on this subject. A link to Conor Friedersdorf’s piece will be listed at the end of the article. The follow-ups will run Wed and Fri. Neither of us read the other’s piece […]

 

Debate #1 Of 3: John Hawkins Vs. Conor Friedersdorf: What’s Your Advice For The Right Going Forward?

Posted on by John Hawkins

(Hawkins’ Note: Conor Friedersdorf challenged me to a debate. I accepted. This is the first of 3 posts from the two of us on this subject. A link to Conor Friedersdorf’s piece will be listed at the end of the article. The follow-ups will run Wed and Fri. Neither of us read the other’s piece […]

 

An Interview With Congressman John Carter

Posted on by John Hawkins

Late last week, I did an interview with Texas Congressman John Carter. What follows is a slightly edited transcript of our interview: There is some concern that the Ethics Committee in the House is brushing aside serious complaints. Do you think they’re doing the type of work they need to be doing to make sure […]

 

How Can One Write About The 20th Anniversary Of The Fall Of The Berlin Wall And Not Mention Reagan?

Posted on by William Teach

The 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has become a rather big deal over the last few days, with lots of people chiming in in the media. They all seem to be forgetting one thing: it would not have happened, at least certainly not that early, if it wasn’t for Reagan’s brilliant […]

 

Army Doubles Down on Political Correctness That Enabled Hasan

Posted on by Dave Blount

The governmedia has been twisting itself into pretzels in attempts to justify siding with Muslim terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan against the memories of the 13 Americans he murdered. “Compassion fatigue” doesn’t even begin to pass the laugh test, but our liberal rulers have an alternate explanation for Hasan’s killing spree: he was harassed for being […]

 

Fish Wrap Proclaims Ft. Hood Not A Terrorist Attack, Move Along

Posted on by William Teach

Good thing we have the New York Times to tell us these things After two days of inquiry into the mass shooting at Fort Hood, investigators have tentatively concluded that it was not part of a terrorist plot. Rather, they have come to believe that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the […]

 

Why Isn’t President Obama Traveling to Germany for Berlin Wall Fall Anniversary?

Posted on by Sister Toldjah

Fox News reports that the WH is taking heat over our celebrity President’s decision not to attend the 20th anniversary celebration in Germany for the fall of the Berlin Wall: The president does not plan to travel to Germany to attend the 20th anniversary celebration Monday of the fall of the Berlin Wall, drawing heated […]

 

Yousef al-Khattab, New York Fanatical Muslim, Cheers Fort Hood Massacre

Posted on by Donald Douglas

From Fox News, “New York-Based Radical Muslim Hails Fort Hood Massacre“:: :  :  A New York City bicycle cabbie who mocked the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl and posted a prayer on the Web calling for the murder of Jews is now sending a “Get Well Soon” message to the suspected Fort Hood gunman, the […]