Year: 2009

Michael Moore Asks If Obama Has Drunk The Bush Kool Aid

Posted on by William Teach

This is going to leave a mark. Of course, Obama listens to no one but Obama and his political advisers, clueless all (found during a venture into the fever swamps of the DU) Monday, November 30th, 2009 Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West […]

 

Andrew Sullivan Begins The Week Doing Another Sarah Palin Gynecological Exam

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Andrew Sullivan, is, in a word, tedious: I’ve emailed Bellow asking him about the fact-checking process for “Going Rogue.” Getting an on-the-record confirmation that, for example, Harper Collins reviewed the medical records proving Palin’s multiple medical stories (including corrected hospital records by her own account) would be a useful piece of information. Since it appears […]

 

Now A Climahysteric Org. Wants Doctors To Discuss AGW With Patients

Posted on by William Teach

The road AGW is traveling down has taken a turn from Silly Lane (worse acne, alligators in the Thames, collapse of gingerbread houses) to Stupidity Rd. The Climate and Health Council, a collaboration of worldwide health organisations including the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal Society of Medicine, believes […]

 

The Lameness of Adam Lambert

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Let’s face it, he’s boring — which my latest column at The American Spectator is certainly not: At some point, reasonable people might expect an end to these épater les bourgeoisie gestures, as the bourgeoisie have long since ceased to be shocked by such routine public exhibitions. . . . More than four decades have […]

 

The Best Quotes From Eric Hoffer’s “The True Believer.”

Posted on by John Hawkins

Back in 1951, Eric Hoffer wrote a brilliant book called The True Believer. From the intro, here’s what it’s designed to explain: “This book deals with some of the peculiarities common to all mass movements, be they religious movements, social revolutions, or national movements. It does not maintain that all movements are identical, but that […]

 

Secret Service Interviews Tareq and Michaele Salahi: Comprehensive White House Security Review Expected Soon

Posted on by Donald Douglas

There are two MSM reports out tonight, and in print newspapers in the morning. From the New York Times, “Secret Service Interviews Gate-Crashers“: As part of a broadening inquiry into presidential security, Secret Service agents have interviewed the Virginia couple who sneaked into a White House state dinner last week, a senior federal official involved […]

 

Bringing new meaning to sleazy

Posted on by Ron Coleman

This advertising campaign is, well, bad. Very, very bad. There is a certain irony, though, you know. The defense representation being offered here is in fact completely legitimate — n0t only to sleazeballs, slime and creeps, who are constitutionally entitled to their defense (just not by me), but to people involved in all sorts of […]

 

Global Warming: Faith, Reason and the Temple Cult of Scientism

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Devastating revelations about the bogus science of the climate-change fanatics inspired me Saturday to reflect on the Temple Cult of Scientism: The High Priests perform their statistical rituals and the cultists genuflect reverently before their idol, Science. Today’s latest news — that the original data which generated the global-warming thesis were long ago destroyed — […]

 

Those DVD ‘Special Features’ Rarely that Special

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

For some lighter fare today… When DVDs first began to contain those now ubiquitous special features, those mini documentaries, series of interviews, or behind the scenes shoots, it seemed like such an exciting idea, especially for film buffs (or series fans). But now that they have become fairly common and now that I’ve seen a […]

 

ClimateGate: CRU Agrees To Publish All The Data. That They Haven’t Thrown Away

Posted on by William Teach

Yesterday, the “scientists” involved in ClimateGate made an important announcement Leading British scientists at the University of East Anglia, who were accused of manipulating climate change data – dubbed Climategate – have agreed to publish their figures in full. In a statement welcomed by climate change sceptics, the university said it would make all the […]

 

Role of ACLU Decisive in Moving KSM Trial to New York

Posted on by John Stephenson

Originally written for PJM: Crossposted from STACLU: Eric Holder called his decision to try the suspected plotters of 9/11 in New York City “the toughest decision I’ve had to make as attorney general.” It was unarguably the most controversial one. In my opinion, it was also the stupidest one. The decision has rightly received plenty […]

 

ACLU Protecting The Right to Flip Off Cops for $40K from Taxpayers

Posted on by John Stephenson

Crossposted from STACLU: I really just wanted an excuse to use the photo above: Hackbart says that he was attempting to parallel park in April 2006 when he used his middle finger “to express his frustration” at a driver who pulled behind him and blocked his entry into the space. Upon hearing a voice instruct […]

 

Pumping Celebrity, White House Publishes Dinner-Crasher Pics on Flickr: Yet, Tareq and Michaele Security Breach a Major Blow to Obama Administration

Posted on by Donald Douglas

The mainstream press is right to note the major implications of Tuesday night’s security breach at the White House state dinner. For example, today’s Los Angeles Times reports, “State Dinner Crashers Met President Obama“: The Secret Service says it’s ‘deeply concerned and embarrassed.’ The agency is looking into how such a security breach happened at […]

 

Why Conservatives Have Trouble Getting Elected

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The reasons that I could never get elected to any government position is the same reason why conservatives have a tough time getting elected and, if they end up elected, can’t govern in this era of the ill-educated voter. First I’ll lay out my main principles… Leave me alone Stop taxing me Shove your regulations […]

 

International Reporting of Climategate has Been Terrific, Not Ours

Posted on by Alex Nobles

Americans do many things incredibly well. We are on top of the world in many ways. Our lack of real reporting is astounding. Our media is in cahoots with our government in a much greater way than any other advanced country. It as if we were living in china the way misinformation gets onto the […]

 

Climate Alarmists Point Out AGW Is About Politics And Junk Science

Posted on by William Teach

Dr. Judith Curry, a climate scientist at Georgia Tech, pens a letter, originally publish at Climate Progress, and now at the NY Times. Let’s take a peek, shall we? An open letter to graduate students and young scientists in fields related to climate research: Based upon feedback that I’ve received from graduate students at Georgia […]

 

Well you’ve obviously never been in an argument with my wife, then.

Posted on by TrogloPundit

“I don’t believe in the no-win scenario.” Captain James T. Kirk Who should conservatives be: Captain Kirk or John Galt? Duane Lester’s asking that question over at All American Blogger. James T. Kirk — the brash young Starfleet officer who became a brash old Starfleet officer who refuses to accept defeat no matter the odds. […]

 

This Week In Quotes: Nov 20 – Nov 26

Posted on by John Hawkins

No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems– of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind. — Michael Barone What a good country or a good […]

 

Did Hollywood Today Plagiarize American Power on Tareq Salahi’s Palestinian Ties?

Posted on by Donald Douglas

Look, the New York Times first broke the news that Tareq Salahi, the White House gate-crasher now under investigation for the massive state dinner security breach, had ties to Palestinian rights organization, ATFP. After I saw that, I looked into it, and published my report, “Tareq Salahi, Gate-Crasher at White House State Dinner, Tied to […]

 

Sarah Palin More Popular With Liberals Than Conservatives. No Joke.

Posted on by Alex Nobles

No, this is not meant to be a joke. Perhaps obsessed should replace popular in the title. Part of my job is to scour the web and to see what people are talking about. While I was browsing Democratic Underground today (extremely liberal forum,) I realized these people are obsessed with Palin. I do not […]

 

Black Friday Launches Amid Consumer Retreat: Green Groups Seek to Shut Down Shopping; Wall Street Eyes Markets!

Posted on by Donald Douglas

My wife and oldest boy went shopping at midnight last night. It turns out the much heralded “Black Friday” launch of the holiday shopping season kicked off at midnight Friday morning at Wal-Mart stores around the country. (Wal-Mart stores actually stayed open 24-hours, kind of like a preemptive strike against other merchants. Not far behind, […]

 

Why is “Climategate” Getting Little to no Coverage?

Posted on by Alex Nobles

In 2008 Dr. Roy Spencer wrote a book entitled “Climate Confusion: How Global Warming Hysteria Leads to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians and Misguided Policies that Hurt the Poor.” Dr. Roy Spencer is the former Senior Scientist for Climate Studies at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. In this book he argues that the programs congress creates […]

 

Another Obama Gitmo Official Resigns in Obama Smoke Screen Effort

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Earlier this month President Obama fired Greg Craig, his main counsel on matters concerning the Guantanamo Bay Facility — unless, of course, you really believe the claim that Craig resigned. And this week Obama sheds another one of his GITMO team with the resignation of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense for Detainee Policy Phillip Carter. […]

 

Science Czar John Holdren Involved in ClimateGate

Posted on by Dave Blount

By now you don’t have to be a cynic not to be surprised that Chairman Zero’s Science Czar John Holdren — a totalitarian leftist who believes in forced abortion and has suggested putting sterilants in our drinking water — is implicated in ClimateGate, which has revealed the global warming crisis to be not only a […]

 

Brazil’s da Silva Demands Free Money From “Gringos”

Posted on by Dave Blount

The “make someone else pay for all the things I want” mentality that characterizes the base of our Community Organizer in Chief seems to have taken root in Brazil, where moonbat president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has announced that “gringos” should give South Americans free money in the name of the discredited global warming […]

 

Today’s Girly Man Whine Courtesy Of E.J. Dionne, Jr.

Posted on by William Teach

If it’s Thanksgiving, must be just another day to whine about how meanly Barry Obama is being treated It’s now official: So in vogue are attacks on President Obama that even his proclamation calling the nation to a day of Thanksgiving has become the focus of criticism. Presidential Thanksgiving messages are a routine bit of […]