Year: 2010

Our Idiotic Courts: Car Gets Stolen, Then Owner’s Held Liable For Theft, Also Trees Get ‘Rights’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

All too often it is an upside down world in our American court systems. Here we have two more stories that really argues for the word “impeachment” to get far more of a workout in our nation than it currently does. In one case, a woman whose car was stolen is held liable for the […]

 

Wow. We Won. Spending Bill Dead

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

That’s right. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid abandoned efforts to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill and instead extend current funding. He simply didn’t have the votes. The most wonderful thing about this is that the billion dollar funding of Obamacare is gone. The new Congress will have a much easier time defunding it now. […]

 

The 9th Annual Right Wing News Conservative Blog Awards

Posted on by John Hawkins

In order to recognize the excellent work some of our fellow bloggers have been doing, RWN has put together the “9th Annual Right Wing News Conservative Blog Awards.” More than 250 bloggers were invited to vote for their favorite blog in numerous categories and 46 responded. Ace of Spades HQ, Dodgeblogium, Ed Driscoll, The Underground […]

 

The 11 Republicans on the Powerful House Ways and Means Committee

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Veteran fiscal conservative Congressman Peter Roskam (R, IL) has announced the names of the 10 Republicans that are joining him on the House Ways and Means Committee, the powerful committee that has jurisdiction over taxes, trade, and programs such as Social Security and Medicare. Peter Roskam is the Representative for the 6th Illinois Congressional District […]

 

Climate Alarmists Love Solar So Much That They Have To Stop It

Posted on by William Teach

How many times have I mentioned that climate alarmists are continuously talking about the need for alternative energy sources, yet, when push comes to shove, they’ll go and attempt to block any construction of solar, wind and hydrothermal energy plants? They’ll protest, gnash their teeth, file lawsuits, and be general pains in the rear end. […]

 

Snap! Obama’s Making Work Pay Credit Could Hose 13 Million Taxpayers

Posted on by William Teach

See, there really is a good reason to not only read the bill, but understand what the heck is in it, and what it actually does About 13.4 million taxpayers may be getting unexpected tax bills because they were awarded too much money under President Barack Obama’s Making Work Pay tax credit, a government audit […]

 

Illinois to the Elderly: Retire Somewhere Else, Will Ya? Top Ten Worst States to Retire To

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Guess which state is the single worst state to try and retire in? Yup. Illinois. TopRetirements.com, a site that tracks the best values for retirees, recently posted its top ten worst states to retire to and Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois tops the list of the worst. California comes up a close second worst. […]

 

European Court Imposes Abortion on Catholic Ireland

Posted on by Dave Blount

Ireland may want to think twice about taking any bailouts from the EU in light of the European Court’s eagerness to meddle in its domestic affairs: Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortion violates pregnant women’s right to receive proper medical care in life-threatening cases, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday, harshly criticizing Ireland’s long […]

 

(Video) I Was a Guest on NRA Radio’s ‘Cam And Company’ Show

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I was a guest on Cameron Gray’s National Rifle Association radio program “Cam and Company” last night. I was on the program to discuss my article about Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s wrong-headed interpretation of the Second Amendment as one that doesn’t really protect the individual’s right to bear arms. My article under discussion was: […]

 

A Detailed List of Earmarks in The Omnibus Spending Bill

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Pork, pork, pork. It’s enough pork to make a Southside Chicago BBQ joint greasy with envy. Yes, it’s a bacchanalia of pork spending and earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill, for sure, and we now have the database to prove it. Senator Tom Coburn has posted a Google Spreadsheet data base document on line and […]

 

Reid Still Looking to Introduce Forced Unionizing Bill

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As we discussed a few days ago, Senate Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid still intends to push the bill that wold nationalize all police and firefighter unions. The bill is titled the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (S 3391) and would force all local, city, county, and state police and firefighter unions to operate under […]

 

Today’s “Babies Are Bad For Climate Change” Story

Posted on by William Teach

The alarmists just cannot help themselves, including over at Treehugger: Is Birth Control the Cheapest Answer to Climate Change? From overpopulation as the elephant in the room, to the idea that less sex and more TV might be the answer to India’s growing birth rate, overpopulation isn’t exactly a taboo subject here on TreeHugger–but it […]

 

Obamanomics Changes Dynamics Of Letters To Santa

Posted on by William Teach

Old and busted: An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle! New and sad: Kids write Santa this year for basic needs instead of toys Santa Claus and his elves are seeing more heartbreaking letters this year as children cite their parents’ economic troubles in their wish lists. U.S. Postal Service workers who […]

 

December 16, 1773 The Tea Party Was Born in Boston Harbor

Posted on by Jeff Dunetz

Two-hundred and thirty-seven years ago today:  a team of colonists wearing Indian Costumes went on to ships docked in Boston Harbor to show the British that they were sick and tired of oppressive taxes. Two-hundred and thirty-five years later the colonies were now a country, and Americans picked up the mantle of those brave colonists […]

 

What The Illegal Immigration Curse Is Doing To California

Posted on by John Hawkins

Victor Davis Hanson spent three weeks biking around California and he wrote a column about the experience. The column was particularly noteworthy because in it, Hanson reveals that many of the ills that conservatives have feared would come along as a result of illegal immigration, multiculturalism, and the Left’s attacks on America have already come […]

 

Julian Assange and Bradley Manning: Liberal Hypocrisy On Rape And Torture

Posted on by John Hawkins

Whenever I hear liberals talk about Julian Assange and Bradley Manning, I’m reminded of a particular Ann Coulter quote, We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed too. Otherwise they will turn out to be outright traitors. Liberals tend to […]

 

The 25 Best Conservative Columnists Of 2010 (Version 4.0)

Posted on by John Hawkins

25) Ross Douthat 24) Mike Adams 23) Bill O’Reilly 22) Dick Morris and Eileen McGann 21) David Harsanyi 20) Byron York 19) Wes Pruden 18) Tony Blankley 17) Rich Lowry 16) Michael Barone 15) Brent Bozell 14) Robert Samuelson 13) Jeff Jacoby 12) Peggy Noonan 11) Rachel Marsden 10) Walter Williams 9) David Limbaugh 8) […]

 

Michael Moore Defends Julian Assange on ‘Countdown With Keith Olbermann’

Posted on by Donald Douglas

Moore starts blabbering about halfway through the clip, and at 14:00 minutes he claims that the rape allegations against Assange are “a bunch of hooey.” See the reports at Mediaite, “Michael Moore’s Comments on Julian Assange Rape Allegations Spark Outrage,” and “Limbaugh: Liberals Would “Help A Thousand Rapists” To Free “One America-Hater”.” All in the […]

 

Journalist Diversity Committee Declares Term “Illegal Immigrant” to Be “Offensive”

Posted on by Dave Blount

Journalists are advised to update their Newspeak dictionaries at once. Illegal immigrants are no longer to be called “illegal immigrants.” The Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ)’s Diversity Committee has announced that it will be launching a year-long campaign to educate journalists about the hurtfulness of phrases like “illegal immigrant,” which is the term currently preferred […]

 

Governor-elect Nikki Haley on Hannity

Posted on by Donald Douglas

She hasn’t been in the limelight so much. Good to see her. I’m envious for the people of South Carolina, considering California’s election of Jerry Brown to a third term. And pay attention at the clip to how Governor-elect Haley speaks to federalism and states’ prerogatives on health, taxes, and social policy. A woman of […]