Year: 2009

Not even Comrade Obama had the audacity to add the glaringly corrupt Bill Richardson to the collection of kooks and tax cheats that passes for his cabinet. But his administration is glad to lend a hand to keep the crook out of jail: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former high-ranking members of his administration […]

As there is zero evidence that human carbon dioxide emissions have any effect on climate, authoritarian leftists using the global warming hoax as a Trojan horse for totalitarianism have resorted to computer models to prove whatever their ideology requires them to prove regarding the climate of the future. It’s a good thing the whole crisis […]

Obama has already seized control of the car companies and banks. He’s working on taking over health care. Next up, he wants to put the internet under his thumb: Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers […]

For another perspective on this movie, I suggest reading John Rosenthal’s review titled “Inglourious Basterds: A German Fantasy, Not a ‘Jewish’ One”. Rosenthal posits that the movie is written to make the Germans look sympathetic, and the joke is on the buffoonish Americans–who are neither cultured nor competent and barbaric to boot. The movie glorifies […]

What is the cost of three Canadian visitors a day? Fifteen million dollars in Obamabucks, apparently. Worse, this waste of money wasn’t something the president of “transparency” seemed disposed to let us easily discover. Still, the Boston Globe reports that $15 mil is the amount of so-called stimulus money that Obama allowed to be spent […]

As a general rule, liberals in the mainstream media and blogosphere will, without the slightest hesitation, pass on stories about conservatives that they know are full of untruths. However, the Left has now gone a step beyond their habitual dishonesty of the last few years. They’re now faking hate crimes and lying about their identity […]

Instead of coming up with dumbass laws to pass to “honor his memory,” I thought it would be a much better idea to figure out what we can bury forever right now… I cut it off at ten. I don’t think there’d be much difficulty involved in pushing it out to a hundred, so leave […]

You know what happens when anyone challenges one of the religious doctrines of the Left? If you guessed “reasoned debate,” well, then, you buy me the tequila Global warming deniers seem to be in the same camp as so-called birthers (crazies who believe conspiracy theories that President Obama isn’t a US citizen). Both groups believe […]

When a democracy reaches a point where the politicians cannot say no to the people, and both parties are competing for votes by promising even more spending or even lower taxes, or both, the experiment is about over. — Pat Buchanan The activities of the CIA in carrying out the policies of the Bush Administration […]

I bet Betsy got a few ugly calls from folks like Nancy Pelosi and Rom Emanuel after this little bit of “woops, I told the truth” Some people, including Medicare recipients, will have to give up some current benefits to truly reform the nation’s health-care system, Rep. Betsy Markey told a gathering of constituents in […]

[/caption] I felt a little bad writing a fairly vicious piece about Ted Kennedy that I posted pretty much at the cusp of his stay in this world. But then I considered that, seeing as how he was so sick, he probably would not read it. So I did not kill him. What kills me […]

What a joke!

I haven’t seen so many lies, misconstructions, affectations, and guffaw-invoking absurdities in a single editorial in a major American newspaper for a very long time. In fact I thought it wasn’t possible to see so much foolishness in such a small space without satire being the ultimate goal. In the L.A. Times, however, Anne Lamott […]

That’s what Nick Gillespie at Reason hopes the death of Ted Kennedy signals. Gillespie says that when all the lionizing of Kennedy is said and done, a little perusal of what he has been responsible for during his tenure is called for. And, while doing that, we should ponder the effect on our national culture […]

Why aren’t Leftists happy even when they run everything and get what they want? John Hawkins and I talk about that and much more on this podcast: Download MP3 To subscribe on iTunes, just click here! When Melissa isn’t on the radio, you can find her at melissaclouthier.com and on Twitter. Her username is MelissaTweets.

Still more socialized medicine horror stories from Britain: One million NHS patients have been the victims of appalling care in hospitals across Britain, according to a major report released today. […The report] disclosed a horrifying catalogue of elderly people left in pain, in soiled bed clothes, denied adequate food and drink, and suffering from repeatedly […]

Yesterday at John McCain’s town hall in Phoenix, a moonbat stood up and announced that some things are so important that they must be turned over to the government — namely, healthcare. A wiser person would have said that some things are so important that they must be kept away from the government at all […]

The press has been curiously uninterested in Afghanistan of late. Actually, perhaps it’s not so curious. The domestic agenda has moved to the forefront, the President they support seems uninterested in what’s happening, and bad news could complicate things for the Democrats. However, the situation in Afghanistan seems to be becoming increasingly perilous. Pakistan is […]

It’s been out for a while but, I want to draw attention to Bill Whittles video just in case you haven’t seen it: Because President Obama reduced himself to an icon and a slogan, he became everything to everyone. Now, that he’s been in the job a while and decisions must be made, he risks […]

Uh oh: Contrary to the insistence of Pentagon officials this week that they are not rating the work of reporters covering U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Stars and Stripes has obtained documents that prove that reporters’ coverage is being graded as “positive,” “neutral” or “negative.” Moreover, the documents — recent confidential profiles of the work of […]

Remember the crass politicization of Paul Wellstone’s funeral? Well, the incredibly tone deaf Democrats appear poised to repeat it on a national scale with Ted Kennedy: Democrats are hoping that the memory of Sen. Ted Kennedy will revive the Democratic Party’s flagging push for health care reform. “You’ve heard of ‘win one for the Gipper’? […]

* Dems already want to abort babies. Now they want to pull the plug on Grandma, too. At least they’re now consistent. * Under Obamacare, the hope will be that you get a life saving operation. The change will be that it’s not available. * Why wouldn’t the GOP shut down the Senate if Dems […]

Today’s theme is brought to you by the word “consequences.” When dealing with Democrats/liberals/progressives, there are always consequences, the majority of which were never considered when calling for and/or implementing legislation/plans. Another case in point (h/t Blogs For Victory) The Cash For Clunkers program is adding to the activity at treasurers’ offices all around South […]

Simply shocking that there would be consequences, eh? More forests, deserts and grasslands in the U.S. will be used to produce energy under a proposal to cap greenhouse gases, an unintended consequence of efforts to fight global warming, according to a Nature Conservancy report. A bill that boosts energy from wind turbines and biofuels will […]

The contempt and condescension of the left toward regular citizens has never shown itself more fully than these past weeks during the healthcare reform debates. Any person, from any party, who disagrees with Obama on socialized medicine, has been vilified by liberal politicians and their allies in the media, thus providing continuous examples of Average […]

Tonight I am blogging from an evening with the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund sponsored by the Illinois Policy Institute a conservative, economic policy group out of Cook County, Illinois. We are meeting in the sumptuous legal library at the Five Star Center at the top of 190 S. LaSalle Ave., Chicago with a commanding […]

It appears at least some plan too. Dr. Alfred Bonati, who heads the American Society of Medical Doctors, says he plans to say “no” to accepting patients under a government run plan and, according to a poll he cites, so do an awful lot of other physicians: Perhaps this is why a nationwide, nonpartisan poll […]

Inglourious Bastards might be Quentin Tarantino’s best movie so far. As expected, it’s full of gruesome violence, gratuitous splattering blood, and revenge fantasies. For the subject, it’s all to the good: Nazis die. Tarantino has some messages for everyone though and they aren’t politically correct. First the trailer. Here are some of the lessons from […]

Senator Kennedy’s incomparable contributions to American foreign policy, for example, might inspire gasping astonishment to those who have been unaware of the memorable behind-the-scenes role the Massachusetts Democrat played in the Cold War. Today, of all days, Americans should lay aside partisanship and ideology to pay resepctful remembrance to a Democrat who did so much […]