Year: 2009

The Dumbest Ideas In DC #458: Passing Unpopular Legislation Helps You Win!

Posted on by John Hawkins

One of the oddest ideas floating around the fever swamps of Washington, D.C. is that parties benefit from passing wildly unpopular legislation because at least they’ve “done something.” Republicans during the Bush years were guilty of this sort of thinking at times — immigration and John McCain’s reaction to the financial crisis immediately come to […]

 

Are CCL Holders Dangerous? Columnist Thinks So

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A blogger for the Roanoke Times wrote a recent blog post breathlessly informing his readers that contrary to “false claims” concealed carry permit holders have, indeed, been responsible for acts of murder and mayhem. Dan Casey presents the report issued by what he claims is the “nonpartisan” Violence Policy Center. That report finds that seven […]

 

I Get Emails: “AN ODIOUS AND PERFIDIOUS GERMANOPHOBE”

Posted on by John Hawkins

This piece of hate mail came in last night about 1:00 AM and it so funny that I just had to share, From: PCRHEIN@********* Subject: Re: 10 Lessons We Can Learn From The Rise Of The Nazis YOU ARE AN IGNORANT,STUPID,HYPOCRITICAL LIAR, AN ODIOUS AND PERFIDIOUS GERMANOPHOBE AND A F@GGOTY ANGLOPHILE B@STARD;DROP DEAD! So, what […]

 

Say, About Those Shovel Ready Projects….

Posted on by William Teach

Where are they? Haven’t seen many so far, and, they do not seem to be available in the near future A forward-looking measure of hiring intentions dipped slightly in the United States even as it improved in many other countries, according to a quarterly survey by Manpower Inc. The global employment services company said its […]

 

The Next Stupid Health Reform Idea: Fees On Insurance Companies

Posted on by William Teach

Once again, Democrats are proving that they do not understand the free market nor the law of consequences A leading U.S. senatorseeking to forge agreement on healthcare reform will put forward a plan that includes sweeping insurance market changes and a fee on companies that will help pay to cover the uninsured, a source familiar […]

 

10 Lessons We Can Learn From The Rise Of The Nazis

Posted on by John Hawkins

Hitler did not rise out of a vacuum: Many people assume that another Hitler can rise up in any nation, but that’s not necessarily so. Hitler’s rise in Germany was not a forgone conclusion in Germany, but there were a number of conditions that made that country especially susceptible to it. The Germans were a […]

 

Against Family’s Wishes, the AP Releases Picture of Dying Marine

Posted on by Kristia Cavere

Despite special appeals by both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the fallen soldier’s family, the Associated Press (AP) released photographs of a severely injured Marine during his last, excruciatingly painful moments of life. Lance Corporal Joshua “Bernie” Bernard, a twenty-one year old from Maine, was serving in Afghanistan.:  On August 14, 2009, he was struck […]

 

Teamsters Chief Says ‘Public Option’ Not Vital to Healthcare Reform

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

James P. Hoffa is now saying that if Obama pulls the “public option” out of his healthcare bill, it is not a deal killer as far as union support is concerned. Hoffa said that he was only interested in what was “doable” and that they need to “get something done… and declare a victory.” Now […]

 

Eco-Terrorists Attack AM Transmission Towers

Posted on by Dave Blount

Obama’s Radio Censorship Czar Mark Lloyd isn’t the only progressive who has it in for AM radio. The cult of anti-civilization terrorist savages calling itself the Earth Liberation Front has taken to destroying radio transmission towers. Two were actually knocked down just north of Seattle, taking out much of the tower system of KRKO. It’s […]

 

The Truth About the Balanced Budget

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Truth In Accounting had an incredibly important 50 state study that needs to be broadcast far and wide. It shows the mess that every state in the union is in with the budget. When the Institute for Truth in Accounting (the IFTA) began to design “The Truth about Balanced Budgets–A Fifty State Study” (the Study) […]

 

The Most Interesting Thing About The Van Jones’ Debacle…

Posted on by John Hawkins

…is not that Obama would hire a man like Jones, who is an ultra Left-Wing wack job. It’s also not that Obama steered clear of the whole brouhaha while Jones resigned at midnight on a Saturday over Labor Day week-end. Nor is it the fact that from what I have seen on the Left, very […]

 

Obama Losing Support Among White Voters

Posted on by Donald Douglas

From the Los Angeles Times, “Obama Is Fast Losing White Voters’ Support”: After a summer of healthcare battles and sliding approval ratings for President Obama, the White House is facing a troubling new trend: The voters losing faith in the president are the ones he had worked hardest to attract. New surveys show steep declines […]

 

Surprise! Obama Admin Knew In Advance About Release Of Lockerbie Bomber

Posted on by William Teach

Do you know what happens when an American administration starts off by offending the Queen, the British P.M., the British press, and the British people as a whole? Then decides it is going to get all snappy over an issue? Yeah, they’ll get a nasty response from the British leaders (H/t Atlas Shrugs) Downing Street […]

 

Cause, Effect, and the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on by TrogloPundit

I hadn’t heard about this: The campaign finance reform case being argued Wednesday at the Supreme Court is about the tension in federal elections between free speech and government regulation. Another campaign finance reform vs. free speech case. Last time, the Court ruled in favor of free speech. Five to four. This time…well, I don’t […]

 

Is Obama’s Commie ‘Green Czar’ A Quitter… Just Like Palin?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Obama made a huge mistake thinking that everyone in America hates their own country just like Reverend Wright, the killer Ayers, and now green czar Van Jones. But Obama was wrong. Some Americans still actually love their country. So, now that Van Jones’ apostasies have been revealed and he’s quit his president appointed position, I […]

 

Someone Get Out the Wetnaps, Van Jones Has Resigned

Posted on by Jimmie Bise

I’m guessing by now you already know that Van Jones, President Obama’s “Green Jobs Czar” tendered his resignation in the middle of the night last night and slunk back to the fevered swamps from whence he slithered. His resignation letter is a masterpiece of petulance and dishonesty, anchored by this sentence: On the eve of […]

 

Dem. Adviser Joe Trippi Admits Carter’s a ‘Failed Presidency’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Amusing note of the day: Well known Democratic advisor Joe Trippi called President Jimmy Carter’s a “failed presidency” on CNN yesterday. Trippi bemoaned what those nasty ol’ Republicans are trying to do to his Obammessiah but admitted that Carter was a failure as president. This is something we have not seen before coming from such […]

 

Cause, effect, and the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on by Lance Burri

I hadn’t heard about this: The campaign finance reform case being argued Wednesday at the Supreme Court is about the tension in federal elections between free speech and government regulation. Another campaign finance reform vs. free speech case. Last time, the Court ruled in favor of free speech. Five to four. This time…well, I don’t […]

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Van Jones Resigns After Apparently Having Done Nothing Wrong

Posted on by William Teach

Personally, I had thought he would not resign as long as the left leaning media ignored the story about his 9/11 Trutherism, his racism, his communism, his Marxism, his America hatred, etc and so on (I left a comment at Nice Deb to that affect). Fortunately, I was wrong White House environmental adviser Van Jones […]

 

Reconciliation and Resolve in Afghanistan

Posted on by Donald Douglas

A number of polls have shown declining support for the American military mission to Afghanistan. CBS News recently reported that “Four in 10 now say they want U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan decreased …” And CNN survey last week reported that “Fifty-seven percent of Americans … say they oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan, with […]

 

Right Wing News Has Changed Over To Word Press

Posted on by John Hawkins

If you’re wondering why the page looks so blank at the moment, it’s because of a rather momentous technical change that has been made. The back-end of Right Wing News, up until last night, was powered by Movable Type. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work all that well with large blogs. However, because of the amount of […]

 

Presidential chutzpah, fiscal-style

Posted on by Lance Burri

President Obama is looking at retirement plan reforms: President Barack Obama announced a series of policy changes Saturday aimed at making it easier for Americans to save money for retirement. Among the changes are expanded access to 401k plans, small tax policy changes and a pledge to let workers convert vacation days into retirement savings. […]

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No, Patrick Ruffini: we don’t need William F. Buckley back

Posted on by Kathy Shaidle

Patrick Ruffini is a youngish up & coming conservative who longs for the return of "William F. Buckley conservatism" and regrets what he calls the "Joe Plumberization of the GOP." Well, first off, class warfare within the Republican Party dates back to at least the 1950s. Read the instant classic Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: […]

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Townhall Protesters Winning Public Relations Battle

Posted on by McQ

Despite being called “brownshirts”, “un-American” and a “mob” of “astroturfers”, a Rasmussen poll indicates the public believes the townhall protesters to be a genuine reflection of the concerns of their neighbors: Forty-nine percent (49%) have a favorable opinion of those opposing the health care reforms at town hall meetings. That’s up eight points from 41% […]

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