Month: August 2010

E.D. Kain Joins Balloon Juice: ‘Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself’

Posted on by Donald Douglas

Hey, that didn’t take long. E.D. Kain’s found his bone (e.g., “True/Slant Shuts Down – Charles Johnson, E.D. Kain Looking for New Digital Media Bones to Suck Dry“). Turns out the lying freak-blogger’s joined John Cole’s Balloon Juice, and the title of his post is fully apropos: “Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself.” And hey, […]

 

Bitter Half Spends Fortune in Formerly Racist Spain

Posted on by Dave Blount

Gulf states have been crippled economically by the oil leak Obama’s bumbling and intrusive regime made so hard to defend the coast against, and still more by his malevolent ban on off-shore drilling. Although liberal elite types will curl their lips insufferably at the “Redneck Riviera,” there is no shortage of fine hotels on the […]

 

The Era of Obama: Clorox Co. Loses Net Income to Taxes?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In a harbinger of profit statements to come, Clorox Co. — maker of numerous household cleaning products — reports that it’s net income was nearly flat despite a one percent rise in revenue. The reason? Taxes. Clorox Co. says its fourth-quarter net income was nearly flat, even though its revenue rose one percent, because it […]

 

Opposing ‘Net Neutrality’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

While attending RightOnLine in Las Vegas last week we had the opportunity to attend several discussions of the ill advised plans that the Obama administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has for regulating and controlling the Internet. I listened to a panel discussion and a stand alone speech on Net Neutrality and the plans the Obama […]

 

Even The Left Getting Tired of Teachers Unions?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

An interesting article appeared in the Chicago Tribune lamenting the fact that teachers unions are standing in the way of good education for our kids by constantly and in knee-jerk fashion opposing school reform efforts all across the country. Penned by the Tribune’s Leonard Pitts, no arch righty he, the piece scolds teachers unions and […]

 

Missouri: The Show Me State Is Showing Something Good: Proposition C Passes & Slams Obamacare

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

. How much do Missourian voters hate Obamacare? They hate it by a 73% – 27% margin. And even in very liberal St. Louis, 30% of the voters there voted FOR Proposition C. What did proposition C state? From Ballotpedia: Official Ballot Title: Shall the Missouri Statutes be amended to: Deny the government authority to […]

 

Afghanistan War a Mistake?

Posted on by Donald Douglas

“Another of our country’s children, giving his life for our freedom from terrorism. God bless you, soldier, thank you for your ultimate sacrifice. You will never be forgotten.” — From the comments at the Orange County Register. The photo shows U.S. Marine Michael Chang grieving at the memorial for his best friend, Army Sgt. Daniel […]

 

Killing the Nuns Americans Won’t Kill

Posted on by Dave Blount

What a surprise — like so many other criminal aliens who commit crime after crime, Carlos A. Martinelly Montano had already been captured and released by the feds before killing a nun while indulging in the favorite undocumented Democrat pastime of driving drunk: The Virginia man suspected in a drunken-driving crash that killed a Catholic […]

 

9/11 Victory Mosque Moves Forward

Posted on by Dave Blount

Just as Americans have the iconic image of Marines and a sailor raising Old Glory on Iwo Jima, Muslims will soon have an “Islamic center” next to Ground Zero to symbolize and commemorate a historic victory. The controversial Islamic center proposed to be built near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks won a major […]

 

Is The Tea Party Like A Starfish, Like the Apache… Like al Qaeda?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Politico’s Kenneth Vogel has an interesting piece on a book that Tea Party activists are starting to glom onto as an administrative guidebook of sorts. The book, “The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations,” is a book that explains how leaderless organizations work and can be effective. Of late tea partiers […]

 

Impact: United Airlines Flight 175 September 11, 2001

Posted on by Donald Douglas

At Israel Matzav, “Why There Shouldn’t Be a Mosque at Ground Zero.” More on Flight 175 here. RELATED: “‘WE HAVE SOME PLANES’.” BREAKING: Dan Senor, at WSJ, “An Open Letter on the Ground Zero Mosque” (via Memeorandum): Our deeper concern is what effect Cordoba House would have on the families of 9/11 victims, survivors of […]

 

Globull Warming To Increase Mexican Illegal Immigrant Migration To US

Posted on by William Teach

Here’s a fun little study, released last week Climbing temperatures are expected to raise sea levels and increase droughts, floods, heat waves and wildfires. Now, scientists are predicting another consequence of climate change: mass migration to the United States. Between 1.4 million and 6.7 million Mexicans could migrate to the U.S. by 2080 as climate […]