Year: 2010

Why Do We Want Uninformed, Unmotivated People To Vote?

Posted on by John Hawkins

In Ridgway Colorado they’re proposing mandatory voting: Residents of this Old West- meets-New Age town can be fined if their fences are too high, they have too many chickens, their dogs aren’t on leashes or their weeds are out of control. Tom Hennessy would like to add not voting to that list. Hennessy, a popular […]

 

Dems Can Run But They Can’t Hide

Posted on by Donald Douglas

The number of polls indicating a November electoral blowout of historic earthquake-tsunami proportions continues to grow. At this morning’s ABC NEWS, “ABC News Poll: Ahead of 2010 Midterm Elections, Incumbent Support Its Lowest Since 1994: More Than Half Say Come November Elections, They’ll Look for Someone New“: A third of registered voters are inclined to […]

 

Obama Tax Pledge Officially Expired 4/27/10

Posted on by William Teach

Remember this? “I can make a firm pledge,” he said in Dover, N.H., on Sept. 12. “Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” He repeatedly vowed […]

 

12 Of The Worst Signs From The Pro-Illegal Immigration Protests

Posted on by John Hawkins

We’ve had a lot of attention focused on the signs of Tea Partiers lately, so, with illegal immigration back in the news, I thought it might be a good time to show you some of:  the:  signs that have been waved around at pro-illegal immigration protests in this country. When you hear the utterly silly […]

 

Dude Who Threatened South Park Lives In Mom’s Basement

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

No, I am not making that up. He really does. Go read for yourself. Bookworm has more about this new, abhorrent precedent we’ve set up in America: There are a couple of points I want to make about this whole embarrassing debacle – embarrassing for Comedy Central, which shows that it’s offensive only when it’s […]

 

Advice To Men From Hollywood Hottie Christina Hendricks

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

This little ditty has been in my browser for a week. Finally getting around to sharing it. Mostly, I just want your thoughts. Christina Hendricks (who is she? I have no idea) has some advice for the menfolk via Ryan Seacrest (American Idol host–see, I do pay attention to some pop culture!). My thoughts next […]

 

So That’s How the “Green Economy” Works

Posted on by Dave Blount

Among the most fundamental laws of the universe is that the more government you have, the more corruption you will have. When human interaction is based on coercion instead of voluntary contracts, the only way to get anything done is to grease the palms of scuttling bureaucratic overlords, who pursue their positions because it’s the […]

 

Robocop Director: Robocop Was an ‘American Jesus’ Because he Kills People

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Andrew Breitbart appeared at an awards ceremony in Chicago on Friday the 16th and one of his remarks was that Hollywood is “40 years into the left injecting bad into America.” To counter the bad, Breitbart urged us all to remind each other what is good in our great nation. As an illustration of Breitbart’s […]

 

Behavioral Science, Behavioral Economics, Social Science, Psychology… How are these ‘Science’? Why Is Obama Using them to Ruin This Nation?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

OK, let me get this straight. The bulk of the “research” that the so-called sciences mentioned in the headline above are done in university labs. There they conduct these “experiments” mostly, not exclusively, but mostly, on grad students and other students willing to go to the lab and take surveys, answer questions, and participate in […]

 

Podcast: John Hawkins & Dan Riehl Smack Down Over The Arizona Immigration Law And RNC Chairman Michael Steele

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Ah, alpha males… Actually, this podcast was fun and informative. There is some honest disagreement all the way around on the above issues. Please listen in here. Also, I do a podcast once a week with Andrew Malcolm of the L.A. Times Top of the Ticket blog. Andrew is a former communications guy for Laura […]

 

I Want To Fire All Government Workers

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

We conservatives are fond of wanting to oust everyone in office and for wanting to “vote the scoundrels out.” But, I’d like to add one more level to the throw-them-out-of-government arena. Let’s fire every government worker from the smallest village receptionist or sewer worker to the staffers of the highest Senator and every menial clerk […]

 

The Media and Conservative Family Members

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

I am continuing to post on parts of Karl Rove’s book, “Courage and Consequence.” As I have said before, politics is a nasty business. Both sides are guilty. But what struck me about recent years is how the liberal media went after regular people, and not the politicians. From Sarah Palin’s children, to Joe The […]

 

Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Those are the languages in which Alabama currently gives its drivers license exams. If you think its nuts for people who can’t read English road signs — I mean, c’mon, Farsi? Thai? in Alabama?: — to get drivers’ licenses, you’re not alone: Requiring Alabama driver’s license tests in English only is a matter of public safety […]

 

New Arizona Law Forces Hard Choices For Illegal Aliens. Bummer

Posted on by William Teach

Yeah, I know, I haven’t done much on globull warming as of late, but, hey, illegal immigration is one of my core political sub-issues below Conservatism. And I do love fixing headlines, especially ones that yammer on about “migrants,” then write this With Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants looming, Guatemalan Samuel Roldan is swapping the […]

 

Want To Keep The GOP On The Straight And Narrow After November?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Increasing Republican numbers in Congress is a prerequisite to getting the country back on the right track, but in of itself, it’s not sufficient to get the job done. Simply put, the GOP needs to be taught a lesson that the Democrats have long since learned: You’ve got to respect and fear your base. In […]

 

Humor Tuesday: Obama Convenes Panel To Find Solutions To The Budget Problems He Helped Create

Posted on by William Teach

You do have to give Obama high chutzpah marks for pulling this stunt, though Seeking to show he is serious about reining in soaring budget deficits, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will kick off the work of a panel he created to try to solve the nation’s fiscal woes. Obama has given the independent, 18-member […]

 

The Problem With Extending Unemployment Insurance Ad Nauseum

Posted on by John Hawkins

Jim Bunning and Tom Coburn have, unsuccessfully, tried to force the Democrats in Congress to pay for extensions of unemployment benefits. This has ultimately failed each time. That’s not because it’s a bad idea;:  it’s because it’s an easily demagogued position. “You don’t want to extend unemployment benefits? That means you have no compassion for […]

 

Five Arguments Republicans Should Use Against Obama’s Immigration Bill

Posted on by John Hawkins

As you may have heard, after more than a year of giving little more than lip service to illegal immigration, the Democrats have suddenly become extremely interested in pushing comprehensive immigration reform. This is quite curious in that the bill almost assuredly cannot pass. A year ago, when I interviewed Roy Beck, head of Numbers […]

 

Stop the Haters: FreedomWorks responds

Posted on by Tabitha Hale

In light of GeicoGate and the recent accusations from the media regarding the violent rhetoric of the conservative movement, I’ve taken the liberty of editing together the voicemails and emails we’ve received as a result of DC Douglas’ call to contact FreedomWorks. Here’s the result. WARNING: This is intense. Violent language is an understatement. I […]

 

New Anti-Administration Billboard in Missouri

Posted on by Duane Lester

I was driving to St. Joseph, Missouri to buy some new windows at Lowe’s, when I noticed this billboard. The billboard is next to an overpass, and it would be dangerous to get a closer picture. It reads: The Current Administration Underestimates The Will of We The People. Vote Them OUT in November. I think […]

 

If Barney Frank Says There’s No Bailout…

Posted on by John Hawkins

Good news, everybody! Barney Frank says that there’s no bailout in the Democrats’ financial reform bailout bill: On MSNBC a few minutes ago, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) criticized Republican claims that the Democrats’ financial reform bill is a “bailout bill,” calling that assertion “triply phony.” “There is the issue that the Republicans tried to say, […]

 

The Sneaky Anti-Semitism Of The Obama Administration

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Go over to The Anchoress and watch the ostensibly offending joke. Then come back. Was it offensive? Text here: “I’d like to begin with a story that I think is true, a Taliban militant gets lost and is wandering around the desert looking for water. He finally arrives at a store run by a Jew […]