Year: 2009

More Pocket Knife Hysteria

Posted on by Dave Blount

Congratulations to 6-year-old Zachary Christie on having his sentence lessened from 45 days in a snake pit to a 3–5-day suspension for the non-crime of bringing his Cub Scout camping knife-fork-spoon to school. Unfortunately, Zachary’s case isn’t an isolated incident. This one may even top it: A 17-year-old Eagle Scout in upstate New York has […]

 

Are You Ready To Have The IRS & DMV Involved In Your Health Care?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Everything the government gets involved with inevitably turns into a horrific mess. Think FEMA and Katrina. Think ICE and the border. Think about the Post Office vs. Fed Ex or UPS. Think about our nation’s budget and Medicare. Think housing projects. Think welfare. Think about the economic crisis we’re in right now — the one […]

 

Oblivious to Statist Propaganda, Poles Continue to Cool

Posted on by Dave Blount

Even as warmist totalitarians continue to screech that we must be repressed in the name of melting glaciers, evidence accrues that not only is anthropogenic global warming a lie, the planet is getting cooler: The National Snow and Ice Data Center released its summary of summer sea-ice conditions in the Arctic last week and reported […]

 

Public Works Not Working, Mass Transit Not Moving: A Conservative Perspective

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Matt Lewis writes a must-read piece about a conservative view on public transportation. I’m not going to get into the details of it, but I urge you to read it. Here is where conservatives and Republicans need to get with the program: the government does have a role in public life. Infrastructure and defense are […]

 

Why Would Americans Be For An Afghan Surge?

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Americans poll positive on surging in Afghanistan. Why would that be? Because most Americans have dealt with moles, ant-hills, head lice, or some other kind of nasty infestation. The bugs die when they are 1. exterminated and 2. the environment is cleaned up. Libs hate George W. Bush for his warmongering ways. They’re giving Barack […]

 

Hey, Cool, Obama And The Dems Finally Have A Health Care Opponent

Posted on by William Teach

I’m guessing the Washington Post forgot all about the Republican electa-critters who decried government run health care and offered up all sorts of plans, not too mention the TEA Parties, and all those folks who were questioning their electa-critters at Townhalls, who knew more about the legislation than the electa-critters. Moving on Now they have […]

 

“Why, Oh Why, Do Conservatives Hate America So?”

Posted on by McQ

The title is a quote from Eugene Robinson’s latest effort in which he indulges himself in another leftist “history began January, 20th, 2009” moment. His ire and the reason for his rhetorical question comes on the heels of the announcement that Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace prize and the derision by which […]

 

Remember the Spoon, Fork Camping Pocket Knife? Yeah, It Got a Six Year Old Suspended

Posted on by Duane Lester

I happen to be a staunch advocate for a simple tool, which I believe would prevent or solve a majority of the issues the world faces. It’s something that just about everyone can use, but some find themselves not only unable to wield it, but prohibited by procedure. It’s common sense. For example, had common […]

 

A Teleconference with Michael Steele On The New GOP.Com Website

Posted on by John Hawkins

What follows are my notes, not quotes from a teleconference with Michael Steele and Todd Herman from the RNC on their new webpage, GOP.com. Opening statement Michael Steele: Welcome to the new RNC platform! Users can blog, create and find events, join events, create videos. I think it’s going to be very exciting. This is […]

 

Carly Fiorina: A Possible Fit for Conservatives?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Cary Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and probable candidate for U.S. Senate from California, is starting to look like a viable choice for conservative voters in the Golden State, giving the GOP two conservatives from whom to chose. Fiorina’s bona fides have been a question to many California Republicans because she is a relative newcomer to […]

 

AIP Column: The Mind Of A Socialist, The Heart Of Compassion

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

From my column today: If socialism is state-sponsored compassion, what is conservatism? In the binary political world, the default is that a small-government mindset is cruel. This political duality was turned on its ear by George W. Bush’s campaigning and governing as a “compassionate conservative.” A compassionate conservative, it turns out, buys into the liberal’s […]

 

ABC News: Global Warming ‘Helps Taliban, al Qaeda’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Increasingly, the Old Media appears to be engaged in satire and here is another story that could serve as an example of it. ABC News has published a purportedly serious story claiming that global warming “helps” the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan and terrorists all over the world. For ABC, writer Bill Blakemore makes […]

 

Philadelphia Principals Forced to Force-Feed Students

Posted on by Dave Blount

You can’t say there’s no accountability in the moonbatty education establishment: In a locally unprecedented move, the School District of Philadelphia will hold principals accountable for the number of students eating breakfast in their schools. Breakfast participation will be part of the report card that rates principals each year, along with categories such as attendance […]

 

Gas From Shale Oil Would Solve Energy Problems

Posted on by Dave Blount

While we pay $zillions to terror-sympathetic Muslim regimes for oil, we are sitting on all the energy we will need for decades: Advances in technology for extracting gas from shale and methane beds have quickened dramatically, altering the global balance of energy faster than almost anybody expected. Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, said proven natural […]

 

Obama And Hillary Fiddle For Russia While Iran Builds Nukes

Posted on by John Hawkins

It’s truly embarrassing to watch the hapless and ineffective Obama team in action on foreign policy. In a bout of appeasement that would make Neville Chamberlain retch, the yellow backed coward in the White House scampered away from building missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic at the behest of Russia. This puzzled people, […]

 

White House Fights Back On AHIP Study, With Typical Venom

Posted on by William Teach

During the Bush years, one of my biggest complaints, and certainly a complaint of most supporters, was that he and his administration just wouldn’t fight for his policies. But, then, you never heard the Bush administration consistently insulting, demeaning, demonizing, assaulting, abusing, and denigrating private citizens and entities that oppose, criticize, and/or take exception to […]

 

AP: Citing a Fact is Not Playing Nice

Posted on by Lee Doren

Leave it to the Associated Press to demonstrate its Leftist bias and economic illiteracy in one sentence. Apparently, the insurance companies are citing the fact that if they have to cover all preexisting conditions, the price for everyone’s insurance premiums will increase. Yes, and the sky is blue. Insurance companies aren’t playing nice any more. […]

 

Maine, Tennessee, Massachusetts Universal Healthcare Plans a Bust

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Both President Obama and the Democratic Congress have ignored the mess that three states have made of their economy and tax burden by attempting to create a public option and/or universal healthcare. Tennessee has its TennCare program, Maine has tried a “public option” program, and Massachusetts has its RomenyCare system that promises healthcare for all. […]

 

Helping Republicans Help Themselves

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

After Obama and the Democrats swept the Republicans out of office it became clear that Republican leaders got one message and everyone else got another message. The Tea Party movement was not borne of Democrat failure. I will say that again: The Tea Party movement was not borne of Democrat failure. The Tea Party movement […]

 

Artificial Breasts for Transsexuals on Someone Else’s Dime May Be a Human Right

Posted on by Dave Blount

In exchange for real rights as enshrined in the US Constitution, such as our rights to free speech, to bear arms, and to own property that’s ours and not the government’s, moonbat authoritarians offer their own version of “rights” — i.e., special goodies that it’s your right to force someone else to pay for. The […]

 

It’s Too Late To Delegitimize Fox

Posted on by John Hawkins

The Obama Administration is continuing to lash out at the only major news outlet that doesn’t grovel at: its feet like a penniless beggar hoping for some spare change: Attacking the news media is a time-honored White House tactic but to an unusual degree, the Obama administration has narrowed its sights to one specific organization, the […]

 

How Does A Society Sustain Itself When 40% Of Its Tax Revenue Goes To Interest Payments On Its Debt?

Posted on by John Hawkins

I know, I know. Yet another article about how scary our debt is. You’ve heard it a thousand times. Yet and still, my friends, these numbers beg for further consideration: As of Sept. 30, 2009, the national debt was almost $12 trillion and interest on that debt was $383 billion for the year, according to […]

 

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Is A Metaphor For His Whole Political Career

Posted on by John Hawkins

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize has inspired a never ending stream of commentary, Twitter jags, SNL skits, and a storm of political huff and puff. Some people think he deserved it, most don’t, and people are starting to question why the news is making such a big splash in the first place. It’s simple really: Obama’s […]

 

Another of Obama’s Radical Appointees

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Old Media wholly ignored the story, but one of the extremists that Barack Obama appointed as a so-called czar in his government had to step down when the full extent of his un-American radicalism was exposed on the Internet. Obama’s “green czar,” Van Jones, resigned when it was revealed how anti-American his rhetoric was […]