Year: 2010

Kagan: I Wish I Believed The Republicans Would Actually Filibuster

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

I wish I could believe Senator Coburn represented the majority of the Republicans in the Senate. I wish I could believe it, but I don’t: On ABC/Washington Post’s “Top Line” today, Coburn ratcheted up his critique of Kagan, saying she hasn’t been as forthcoming about her views as she should be, and questioning her interpretation […]

 

Democrat Alan Dershowitz endorses Republican Joel Pollak–Rebuking Democrats

Posted on by SusanAnne Hiller

Original post at 73wire.com Via YouTube–Alan Dershowitz crossed party lines and endorsed Republican Joel Pollak: rebuking the Obama agenda and fellow Democrat Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois of all places.:  I have to admit, this is impressive from Dershowitz as he clearly recognizes the dire straits this country is in and he makes it known.:  If […]

 

The Mysterious Disappearance of Ann Coulter

Posted on by Jenn Q. Public

Originally posted at David Horowitz’s NewsReal __ The American Prospect didn’t get much attention for breaking a huge story earlier this month: the mysterious disappearance of Ann Coulter. Few of us realized she was missing, but luckily crack detective Paul Waldman was on the case.:  The Media Matters alum was determined to find an answer […]

 

Alexa’s Top 5 Must Reads 6/30/10

Posted on by Alexa Shrugged

Why Obamanomics Has Failed WSJ The president, his friends and advisers talk endlessly about the circumstances they inherited as a way of avoiding responsibility for the 18 months for which they are responsible. But they want new stimulus measures–which is convincing evidence that they too recognize that the earlier measures failed. EXACTLY! Instead of blaming […]

 

Is Epistemic Closure A Problem? Not So Much….

Posted on by John Hawkins

The term “epistemic closure” has been tossed around in conservative circles more than a few times over the last year. If you’re wondering what “epistemic closure” means, it’s basically just a fancy term for being close-minded. The people using this term almost inevitably turn out to be liberals or moderates who are catching flack from […]

 

“Eat Shit and Die, ‘Blue Commie Texan’”

Posted on by Donald Douglas

I can’t recommend Melanie Phillips’ new book enough: The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power. Those of us on the side of right are endlessly smacking down the upside-down destroyers of America. Phillips writes that the radical left possesses an “infallible” sense of certainty through which no amount of […]

 

Empowerment: Women Now Choose Objectification Over ‘Creepy’ Breastfeeding

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Originally posted at NewsReal: You’ve come a long way, baby. But make sure you keep babies off my “fun bags.” Or so says Kathryn Blundell, editor at the parenting magazine, Mother &:  Baby. Under the headline “I formula fed. So what?”, Kathryn Blundell says in this month’s Mother & Baby that she bottlefed her child […]

 

Moonbats Are Painting Andes White to Please Gaia

Posted on by Dave Blount

Since the imaginary global warming crisis is absurd, efforts to combat it must also be absurd. Fortunately, moonbats have the ideal mindset to come up with appropriate solutions — such as painting the Andes white: By painting the mountains, Eduardo Gold hopes to replicate the effect of Andean glaciers, which reflect back sunlight and hence […]

 

Obama May Be Turning Jews Against Democrats

Posted on by Dave Blount

Some good may actually come of the catastrophic farce known as the Obama Administration — provided Jews learn from it to stop shooting themselves in the foot by supporting Democrats. McLaughlin & Associates, a national polling company, recently released the “National Survey of Jewish Voters” which reported that while Jewish voters favored Obama 78 percent […]

 

Most Ethical White House EVAH Forgets to Mention $40K Payout

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Back in the hoary days of the Obama transition Obamaniacs and other sycophants were rushing to the microphones to tell us all that we voters had just hired the most ethical White House ever. Why, White House transition team co-chair John Podesta even claimed that Obama was instituting the “strictest ethics rules ever applied” as […]

 

Another Journo Turned Politico Turned Journo Again

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Well we’ve got a case of another journalist that turned into a political operative that now wants to go back to being a journalist. And would you be surprised that the journo/politico/journo redux is a Democrat? I would hope you wouldn’t because the right leaning journo to politico hardly ever happens (though it has been […]

 

7 Things Every Blogger Should Know How To Do (Besides Write)

Posted on by John Hawkins

#1) Network: Blogging IS NOT just a good old boys club, but that doesn’t mean networking doesn’t help. If someone is deciding whether to link your article or a similar article, liking you may mean you get the nod. Is someone more likely to link you because they met you at CPAC? Absolutely. If someone […]

 

Guantanamo Prison Will Stay Open

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

Coming as no surprise to conservatives, it doesn’t look likely that Pres. Obama will close Gitmo: WASHINGTON — Stymied by political opposition and focused on competing priorities, the Obama administration has sidelined efforts to close the Guantánamo prison, making it unlikely that President Obama will fulfill his promise to close it before his term ends […]

 

Kathleen Parker: “Say, Obama Is Kinda Feminine, Isn’t He?”

Posted on by William Teach

I generally avoid mentioning Chatty Kathy Parker, as I do most of the other fake Conservatives (see John Hawkins’ latest article on David Frum for more on these types of weenies). Yet, this article is fasinating in her opinion of PeBO, starting with the headline Obama: Our first female president If Bill Clinton was our […]

 

Kerry-Lieberman Energy And “Jobs” Bill Is A Jobs Killer

Posted on by William Teach

Remember this little nugget from John Kerry back on June 6th on ABC’s “This Week”? “Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group … shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon.” Uh huh. PolitiFact […]

 

Where’s the aftermath report?: Housing Scandal Falling by Wayside While others See Continuous Daylight

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: : : : : : : : : :  Let’s face it: we are nation that loves scandal. With TMZ growing by the second and “trash magazines” such as the National Enquirer seeing no downfall from the supposed death of the print publication, it’s eminent that we love to gasp at the woes of society.:  : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :  The only problem with this is it […]

 

Right Wing News vs. David Frum, Little Green Footballs, Media Matters, & Excitable Andy!

Posted on by John Hawkins

On Monday, I smacked David Frum around on RWN, partially for being David Frum, but mostly for complaining about being denied a spot in the Blogads Conservative Hive. David Frum did fire back, but honestly, just between you, me, and all the other people who will read this today, I initially wasn’t planning to respond […]

 

Daily Kos & Research 2000: A Marriage Made In Bias Heaven

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

So, these two self-absorbed, narcissistic “in crowd” people hook up, get married and together, they have a smugly satisfying good run. People looking from the outside thought, honey, I don’t think he’s what he’s advertising. But you know what they say about love…. And then, shock! He’s a creep. Everyone else saw it, well, those […]

 

Elena Kagan Writes The Partial Birth Abortion Language For The American College Of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: FILIBUSTER HER, UPDATED

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

I knew science was political. And I knew political types like to monkey with science. But this action by Elena Kagan should disqualify her from the Supreme Court. In addition, the ACOG should be abandoned by science-minded doctors. Here’s the story: It seems that the most important statement in the famous position paper of the […]

 

Oops! Perhaps Marc Ambinder Can Provide Some Facts For His Own Agitprop

Posted on by William Teach

I caught this little bit of Obama propaganda through ye olde Twitter, via Doug Mataconis at Outside The Beltway. Headline from Marc: Agitprop Alert: The Jones Act And The Oil Spill (ps: those who are serving a far, far left agenda should probably not be throwing around words like “agitprop“). Here is his central point […]

 

Day 70: Obama Finally Accepts Foreign Aid for Oil Spill

Posted on by SusanAnne Hiller

Well, it’s about time.: :  With a hurricane forming in the Gulf, oil washing up along the shorelines along the Gulf states, and major damage already done to the coast and industries, Obama finally has accepted foreign help: The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil […]

 

Worst Teachers Rewarded by Unions, New Teachers Abandoned

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last week the Chicago Tribune published an editorial detailing the biggest reason why unions as they have operated in the U.S. for decades are an illegitimate venture. The Trib published a plea to new Chicago teachers union chief Karen Lewis not to protect the bad teachers under her charge and to help the younger teachers […]

 

The Obama Tax Hike Exemption Card (Pic)

Posted on by John Hawkins

Now this:  card from Americans for Tax Reform is fun : work, You may have noticed that President Obama has broken his central campaign promise — a “firm pledge” that Americans making less than $250,000 would not see “any form of tax increase.” He first broke this pledge sixteen days into his presidency when he signed […]

 

The High Cost of Other People Living Beyond Their Means

Posted on by Dave Blount

At least we’ve learned our lesson, and the Fanny/Freddy debacle that caused the economy to collapse in 2008 has been put behind us… Say, what’s that jutting up out of the ocean just ahead? For American taxpayers, now on the hook for some $145 billion in housing losses connected to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac […]