Year: 2009

There’s been a lot of talk lately, mainly amongst left wing hypocrites and Beltway conservative uptight types about how the right has supposedly engaged in “rampant, uncontrolled hate speech” since Barack Obama has been elected. Will they start examining their own backyard now that one of their most prominent spokespeople, Frank Rich, has taken the […]

Shocker, eh? Two bank branches in Logan Circle sustained more than $110,000 in damage before dawn yesterday when at least 15 people dressed in black used bricks, hammers and sticks to smash windows, smearing red paint symbols that denounced the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, police said. Compare this to the TEA Parties, […]

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that Barack Obama is damaging America more than any other president in its history. Here are ten of the biggest ways Obama is destroying America. 1. He’s running up crushing federal debt at a level unprecedented in American history. We are talking trillions upon trillions of dollars […]

I’m sure I’m misreading something here. Help me out. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, husband and wife team Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom discuss a case coming up to the Supreme Court, Ricci v DeStefano. The issue is a simple one: The issue in Ricci was simply stated by Judge José Cabranes, dissenting from […]

Paul Begala wrote an article at HuffPo contending that, following WWII, Americans executed Japanese as war criminals for water-boarding. While I’m certainly willing to concede that water-based tortures numbered amongst the myriad tortures the Japanese used against POWs, it is absolutely ridiculous to believe that these Japanese soldiers were executed because of the water tortures. […]

Since John asked me to post at RightWingNews on Saturdays, I have tended to pick my posts geared toward a broader conservatives audience rather than those which address gay issues. Today, I’m changing that policy and posting a piece on gay marriage. Of late, I have been impressed by the number of conservative bloggers discussing […]

For a great refutation of the various left-wing attempts to discredit the Tea Parties protesting ever-increasing government spending and tax hikes which are concomitants of such spending, just take a gander at Frank Cagle’s piece, Wallace, Perot demonstrated anger’s impact on political process. In fact, I recommend you do as I’ve done and print it […]

The most wonderful thing an adventure movie can ever do — other than make sure the good guy wins — is to offer a fleshed-out psych profile of the BigBad, or, even better, of The Dragon. Tombstone would’ve been a better movie if it spent a few more minutes doing this. But the few seconds […]

Hugh Hewitt’s new book slams the Fair Tax. I find Hugh wrong about 25% of the time, and this might be one of those times… Rush Limbaugh on Monday’s third hour: if Obama isn’t responsible for the Bay of Pigs, since he was only three months old when it happened – that means the rest […]

USA Today says the public sees Obama’s first 100 days as a “strong opening”. But when you get in the number of the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, it’s not quite as strong an opening as you might expect: Now, 56% say he has done an “excellent” or “good” job as president vs. 20% who rate him […]

Human to human transmission of swine flu causes alarm via Reuters: A strain of flu never seen before has killed as many as 61 people in Mexico and has spread into the United States, where eight people have been infected but recovered, health officials said on Friday. Mexico’s government said at least 16 people have […]

I wrote about this yesterday. Today I decided to do a quick video. Please rate on YouTube.

HR45 [aka the Blair Holt bill] is such a blatant attack on the Second Amendment, you would think it must be a hoax. But Snopes assures us otherwise: In a nutshell, the Blair Holt bill would: • Prohibit possession of any handguns or any semiautomatic firearms that can accept detachable ammunition-feeding devices (excluding antiques) by […]

In case there was any doubt whose side our current rulers are on in the long dispute between America and Iran’s terrorist mullahcracy, the Obamination Administration has moved to squash a lawsuit against the Islamic regime by Americans who were taken hostage the last time we let a complete moonbat in the White House. The […]

Doesn’t look good for the home team folks. The demographic and geographic changes mean that Republicans will have to reach a more diverse, more female, more young, more fickle populace. Alex Castellanos says,”‘We’re anti-government’ doesn’t work anymore. Conservatives don’t mind government, they just like self-government.” Individual liberty IS the common good. When people individually follow […]

I’m a fan of Craigslist for two reasons: First off, from a personal perspective, it’s free and it works. I’ve sold and promoted things on Craigslist and I know other people who have, too — and in my experience, it works just as well as a classified ad, but doesn’t cost anything. You’ve got love […]

What’s going on in Pakistan right now has the potential to be one of the most significant developments in world history. The always shaky Pakistani government is teetering more precariously by the day and a motley collection of Taliban, Al-Qaeda thugs, random terrorist groups, and tribesmen are moving ever closer to getting their hands on […]

Here are five blogs that I like. Give ’em a look! BitsBlog Conservatism Today Marathon Pundit Paul Ibrahim Power Line Bloggers, post links to five blogs you like and encourage your readers to take a look — and, yes, I came up with the idea of adapting this from Twitter and bringing it into the […]

One of the things about having Obama as president and all the wacky people he has surrounded himself with is that there is always something to write about. Sometimes way too much. It becomes all Obama all the time, at least for my part, as he and his admin are stuck on stupid, and countries […]

That was the cry during Bush’s time in office, correct? Anything that happened, no matter that it might have started prior to January 20, 2001, happened on Bush’s watch. September 11th, a date that will live as a missing day in liberal’s minds, such as they are, was plotted, planned, and implemented prior to Bush […]

DHS has identified retired military, right-wing extremists to monitor; exhuming George Washington to make sure he’s dead. — BOTeleprompter How oppressive must a leader be before we determine that he has not merited a hug by the democratic standard-bearer of the free world, the president of the United States? — Shmuley Boteach Methinks an appropriate […]

“From this arises an argument: whether it is better to be loved than feared. I reply that one should like to be both one and the other; but since it is difficult to join them together, it is much safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.” […]

One of the oddities of my career in the blogosphere is that, even though I’m a hard-boiled Protestant, my writings on cultural issues have earned me legions of Catholic admirers . . . . My ancestors were Ulster Scots and Covenanters, and respect for the sacrifices they made to defend their independent faith requires me […]

We’re known here at this blog for being adamant about denouncing plans which appease terrorists. It’s a absolute no-win situation for the appeaser. Pakistan is now in the middle of learning that hard lesson: Pakistan’s strategy of trying to appease Taliban militants is showing signs of backfiring, as extremists move within 60 miles of the […]

I was hoping the Tea Parties would bring media attention toward Barack Obama’s fiscal irresponsibility. That lasted about a day, didn’t it? Now, it appears the Democrats have turned full circle and diverted their efforts toward “investigating” torture. This is clearly being done to remove the heat from the 500,000 “angry radicals” on tax day. […]

As executive of King County, Washington, Ron Sims was at the center of scandal after scandal. So naturally, Barack Obama nominated Sims for Deputy Secretary of HUD. Given the abundant evidence that Sims is either corrupt or incompetent (or possibly both), what does the senior Republican have to say to the nominee at his confirmation […]

I’m in Los Angeles at the Hyatt Hotel where the Heritage Foundation gathered thought leaders from across the country to learn and share information. Grover Norquist’s think tank Americans for Tax Reform sponsored me here and two chairs away from me, Adam Radman, ATR’s Communications Director sits. The main ballroom is filled with conservatives from […]

Last week former Congressman and presidential candidate Tom Tancredo attempted to speak at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill on the illegal alien crisis. He was prevented by moonbats who stormed the stage. This week former Congressman Virgil Goode gave it a try. The result: [S]ix people were charged with disorderly conduct, arrested […]

The New York Times is appalled: after only two days, Apple’s App Store acknowledged public outrage by removing an iPhone application called “Baby Shaker,” which entails shaking an image of a baby until it dies. Screeches the Gray Lady’s Saul Hansell: I’m troubled by the way Apple caved into pressure here. … The last thing […]

I hope there’s such a thing as better late than never, because I thought I’d recap last Wednesday’s Tax Day Tea Party held in New York City’s City Hall. A week later, anyone who cared enough to attend a “tea party” should stay involved in order to ensure that the day’s events are not quickly […]