Year: 2009

Cuz Animals Are People Too, Ya Know?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I’ve always been amazed at liberals when it comes to their absurd penchant for acting as if animals are somehow just like people. This anthropomorphizing of the animal kingdom is fine if you are talking with kids, reading fairy tales, or creating entertainment, but when you are talking like adults about science or generally about […]

 

Surprise: Obama Springs to Action With Federal Cash for Alabama

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Tropical Storm Ida happened well over a month ago, almost two now. But regardless, the great father in Washington has generously opened up the federal purse to help those struggling folks that lost so much to that storm. The devastation was so bad that USA Today said of the storm, “Tropical Storm Ida slogged ashore […]

 

Podcast: Griffith & Blue Dogs, Liberals, And President Obama Selling Out American Security–UPDATED

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Ray McKinney of the PAC That Dog Won’t Hunt talked about Rep. Parker Griffith who switched from Democrat to Republican yesterday. What about the rest of the other Blue Dogs? Then, my childhood friend Glynn Washington joins me from Oakland, California to discuss liberal politics from a liberal perspective and also his new project with […]

 

Sarah Palin Spoke The Truth About Death Panels: Of Course The Government Will Ration And Deny Care

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

How will the government “save” money? 1. Ration 2. Pay less for what they do cover 3. Increase taxes As to the whole “Death Panel” deal, and Jim DeMint’s finding that the Senate legislation includes a provision forcing future Senates to never get rid of, um, Death Panels, I mean, rationing boards. You know that […]

 

Senate Democrats: please sit for a moment, have some eggnog (with brandy), and consider what you’re about to do.

Posted on by TrogloPundit

A lot of bloggentary out there along the lines of: Senate Democrats are trying to push through this health care “reform” bill, because the more people see of it, the less they like it. Therefore, the longer it takes, the less chance of passage. Therefore, all together now! Push! I’m envisioning Harry Reid as Bill […]

 

Cell Phones May Be Next in Nanny State’s Crosshairs

Posted on by Dave Blount

Our insatiably greedy Nanny State rulers can’t inflict any more damage on the tobacco industry without driving it completely out of business, which would cut into tax revenues, so it’s time to look for new victims. Companies that provide us with cell phones make a lot of money; bureaucrats could seize a fat cut of […]

 

Ex-Microsoft Moonbat Plots Planetary Peril

Posted on by Dave Blount

The nonexistent global warming crisis is a gateway into an alternate universe of pure imagination that really gets the creative juices flowing. An ex-Microsoft technoweenie is promoting a scheme that puts Doctor Evil at his most diabolical to shame. Nathan Myhrvold thinks that he has found a cheap and reliable way to solve global warming, […]

 

With Climate Change, Christmas Might Be Cancelled!

Posted on by William Teach

If it is a day ending in a Y, it must be a day where the climate alarmists are trying to scare kids. Build-A-Bearville.com goes completely chicken little with an attempt to scare kids with a 3 part video (via Big Government, found via Climate Depot). Here is part 2 The transcript (1:07-2:22): Girl Elf: […]

 

White House Says “Have A Wonderful Socialist Transvestite Christmas”

Posted on by William Teach

Via Nice Deb, though Big Government got the Memorandum pull Why let a holiday season come between the White House and making some political statements? The White House pegged controversial designer Simon Doonan to oversee the Christmas decorations for the White House. Mr. Doonan, who is creative director of Barney’s New York has often caused […]

 

Parker Griffith, a Blame America Democrat, to Face Conservative Primary Challenge

Posted on by Donald Douglas

Okay, here’s an update to my previous post, “Will Alabama Democrat Parker Griffith Be RINO?‘ It turns out the basic point is not lost on voters in the district. Griffith will face a challenge in the GOP primary, accoding to Politico, “Griffith Getting Primaried” (via Memeorandum): Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith may be switching parties to […]

 

Will Alabama Democrat Parker Griffith Be RINO?

Posted on by Donald Douglas

This post is updated, here: “Parker Griffith, a Blame America Democrat, to Face Conservative Primary Challenge.” ********** Everyone’s getting all excited about Alabama Representative Parker Griffith. A first-term Democrat, Griffith has announced he’s switching parties. Griffith serves Alabama’s 5th congressional, and by changing parties he’ll “become the first Republican to hold the historically Democratic, Huntsville-based […]

 

Damn that Humane Society. Why do they hate the Earth?

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Great Mother Gaia is on her last nerve, and it’s all your fault, you stupid animal lovers. Your dogs and cats are worse for the environment than an SUV! Thus sayeth Robert and Brenda Vale, authors of “Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living:” The Vales, specialists in sustainable living at […]

 

Podcast: Steve Schippert Show On Obama’s Nefarious Executive Order & Bleh, More Health Care

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

While you’ve been diverted by the health care battle, President Obama is stealthily giving away the Republic. Why? P.S. Steve Schippert has a great podcast on national security, foreign policy and the military. Excellent. Dr. Melissa Clouthier, Clyde Middleton, and Jimmie Bise join Steve to discuss healthcare, national security, and the latest information on the […]

 

Healthcare Monstrosity Will Mean More Money for ACORN

Posted on by Dave Blount

It will be years before we know just how much of a crime Democrats are inflicting on this country with the Obama/Reid/Pelousy healthcare power grab. But a few details have already come to light. For example, the election-stealing, child prostitution-enabling criminal enterprise where Comrade Obama cut his teeth will be soaking up still more of […]

 

Democrats Face Challenge In Merging The Bills And Ignoring The American People

Posted on by William Teach

The Fish Wrap of Record goes with a front page story about how the Dems are going to be challenged in merging their bills Even as the Senate took a significant step toward passing its version of a sweeping overhaul of the health insurance system before Christmas, Democrats were grappling Monday with deep internal divisions […]

 

Climate Alarmist Links Snow Storms To, Yup! Global Warming

Posted on by William Teach

Yeah, I know, your are not actually shocked by this, you just knew it had to show up at some point. As over 50% of America was covered by snow, Joe Romm decides it’s the fault of…….. In any case, I have previously discussed the scientific literature, which makes clear that we have seen an […]

 

The Fire ‘Em All Approach to Voting is Just Silly

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Many good, honest conservatives want to fire all of Congress. One of the latest efforts is a website called goooh.com (as in GetOutOfOurHouse.com). Believe me, I understand the feeling. Congress has miserably failed to satisfy the voters. They’ve been arrogant, they’ve spent more time accumulating personal wealth than legislating, they’ve casually ignored the entirety of […]

 

Kwanzaa Created by a Rapist and Torturer?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Every year I post a pre-Christmas piece on the farce that is Kwanzaa. This year will be no exception. Note, some of the newspaper articles I quote are several years old so some may no longer be online. Each year, with the onset of Christmas, we are treated to another gauzy, fluff piece about how […]

 

Angst — but not outrage — over the health care “reform” bill’s start date

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Several lefty commentators are noticing — and, as commentators do, commenting on — the fact that the health care “reform” bill, currently limping through the Senate like a Skeksis on his way to dinner, doesn’t take effect until 2014. Five years from now. For example, Ezra Klein: There’s a lot of talk over whether the […]

 

Senate Republicans: Fight! Fight Until The Bitter End

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Rumor has it that the Republican Senators are thinking about yielding their time on the Senate floor so they can be home with their families for Christmas. My advice? Don’t do it. Please, please don’t do it. Americans already feel detached from their leaders. Already Americans feel voiceless and helpless before the socialist onslaught of […]

 

Guardian Moonbat: Dopenhagen Farce Was Turning Point for Human Race

Posted on by Dave Blount

It must be nice living in your own community-based reality. Even when your fellow moonbats fall on their foolish faces, you can pretend they succeeded beyond anyone’s wildest imaginations — like Colin Blakemore, who triumphantly squeaks: Copenhagen may mark a turning point in human nature, when the global village acquired a global mind. A global […]

 

Professor: Say, Let’s Pardon a Domestic Terrorist

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

CUNY Graduate Center professor David S. Reynolds has an idea. He wants to pardon an American criminal that is a known murderer and fanatic and who led a life that was steadily radicalized by an extreme religious ideology. This domestic terrorist even went so far as to attempt to start a war inside the USA […]