Year: 2010

Vote Coming Thursday To Strip EPA Of Greenhouse Gases Authority

Posted on by William Teach

Some good news in the War Against Globull Warming Idiocy Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski vowed Tuesday to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to impose new limits on the emission of greenhouse gases. The Senate on Thursday is expected vote on a “resolution of disapproval” by Murkowski that would prevent the EPA from […]

 

College Feminists Protest Fashion Spread as “Aryan”

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Your college dollars at work, parents! At Ohio University, the cuckoo pants is in full swing. Ohio University has a student-run magazine called Backdrop Magazine. They decided to have a little fashion spread in their Spring issue. No big whoop, right? Wrong: Enter OU hyperfeminist Bethany Francis.:  Francis is a theater production major, and apparently, […]

 

A Switch in Time? John McCain Takes Harder Line on Illegal Immigration

Posted on by Donald Douglas

Arizona Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth held a fundraising barbeque on June 5th at the Arizona State Capitol. The event followed the “Phoenix Rising” rally. Folks were just starting to check in as I was heading out. Hayworth is the author of Whatever It Takes: Illegal Immigration, Border Security and the War on Terror (a timely […]

 

Latest Lefty Palin Meme: Did She Get A Boob Job?

Posted on by William Teach

Proof once again that Palin scares the mule fritters out of the Left, starring Wonkette, consistently known for being the Star Magazine of the blogosphere We got a political news tip on our Facebook page from Wonkette operative “Laura,” and it goes like this: “Sarah Palin 12/09 no boobs http://bit.ly/bmQtPJ #Sarah Palin today, Instant boobage! […]

 

Leftists Cheerfully Defend Helen Thomas’ Anti-Semitism

Posted on by Donald Douglas

I guess for radical leftists context is supposed to inoculate Helen Thomas from her own anti-Semitic vitriol. See John Cole, “You Got Played“: Clearly, this woman is evil beyond words. The way she smiled at those Jewish kids while giving them friendly advice to enter careers in journalism so they can have fulfilling lives of […]

 

Obama Tries Tough Guy Act on for Size.

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Today, President Obama decided to try to inherit something else from Bush: a spine and fortitude. However, in true incompetent Obama form, he failed, as always. Via Allahpundit: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Obama cannot pull off that whole cowboy image. Hey, remember when being a cowboy was […]

 

MSNBC: Kids Don’t Need Fathers

Posted on by Dave Blount

Father’s Day is coming up a week from Sunday. MSNBC has begun to honor it already — by proclaiming that fathers are needed only for their sperm: Being raised by a same-sex couple is no hindrance to healthy psychological development, researchers say as the first generation of children conceived by lesbians through donor insemination is […]

 

Documentary Exposes Teachers’ Unions and Their War on Blacks

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

This looks fantastic. “The Lottery.” Truth will win. via Examiner.com: An upsetting new documentary explores the indignities that inner-city blacks and Latinos must endure to get even a distant chance at quality education for their children in a perversely corrupt system as teachers’ unions rape, pillage and plunder failing public schools for Democrat power. It’s […]

 

Stupid Liberals & The Economics They Don’t Get

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Oh, the mirth! A liberal on Twitter was talking about the “progressive approach to fiscal responsibility.” Oh I laughed out loud, I did. And when I did, I was chided about President Bush’s fiscal irresponsibility. You know what? Fiscal conservatives didn’t like big spending then, either. So anyway, turns out that liberals are stupid when […]

 

Just One More Post About Putting Helen Thomas Out To Pasture

Posted on by John Hawkins

Commentary on Helen Thomas being put out to pasture has not been in short supply on RWN. Here’s Warner Todd Huston, Melissa Clouthier, Kathleen McKinley & Donald Douglas all discussing Dame Helen’s dismissal here at RWN. However, since it’s still a hot topic and since I have a slightly different take on it, I wanted […]

 

Ill. Congressman Hare: Puffing Military Record and Intimidating Voters

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Congressman Phil Hare (IL, 17th District) is the perfect example of the sort of congressman no one should want. He’s arrogant. He’s dismissive. He’s self-important. He’s easy to anger. And worst of all he has disdain for his own voters. The man is simply a creep. In April we had video of this arrogant cuss […]

 

‘Party of the People’ Hides from Them

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Remember those hoary days of yesteryear, those days when Democrats puffed themselves up as “the party of the people,” of that “party of the common man”? Flash forward to 2010 and we find that those stalwart homespun congressmen, born of the people have set a policy to avoid those “people,” the voters, at all costs. […]

 

We Need Less Partisanship? Bah, We Need MORE of it!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last weekend I attended a townhall meeting held by my congressman. During the question and answer period one theme came to the fore that is all too common in America today. That theme was that we need less “partisanship” in Washington D.C., there is too much choosing of sides, too much party politics. Blah, blah, […]

 

Uh Oh: Progressives Are Going To Take Matters Into Their Own Hands

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

It’s challenging to fathom what more progressives want for America, but they’re not satisfied. They want MORE. They want more government, bigger government and they want President Obama to be an out and proud progressive. I’m not surprised that they’re not happy. These are the folks who make their stock in trade victimhood. As long […]

 

The New York Times: Wouldn’t The World Be Better Off If The Human Race Went Extinct?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Influential left-wing wacko Peter Singer, who has previously argued in favor of : infanticide and bestiality, has been allowed to write a column for the New York Times. In a saner world : that would make news, but there are so many lunatics, freaks, and monsters who’ve edged into the mainstream on the Left that people barely […]

 

Insurance Company The First Victim Of ObamaCare

Posted on by William Teach

Sadly, expect more and more of this, which goes right along with what the ObamaCare supporters and legislators actually want A Virginia-based insurance company says “considerable uncertainties” created by the Democrats’ health care overhaul will force it to close its doors by the end of the year. The firm, nHealth, appears to be the first […]

 

Seven Reasons Why Israel Will Never Get a Fair Shake

Posted on by John Hawkins

“Never again.” It’s what the world said after the Holocaust. Fast forward sixty five years and the only thing standing between seven million Jews in Israel and a 2nd Holocaust is their ability to fight for their own survival and the increasingly inconsistent support of the United States. It doesn’t matter that Israel is a […]

 

Survey Shows That On Economics, Those On The Left Are Idiots

Posted on by William Teach

Yes, I know, you’re shocked. How could this be? Over at the Wall Street Journal, Daniel Klein tells us why Liberals/Progressives are not smarter than a 5th grader Who is better informed about the policy choices facing the country–liberals, conservatives or libertarians? According to a Zogby International survey that I write about in the May […]

 

Are There Other Reasons for Obama to End the Whaling Ban?

Posted on by SusanAnne Hiller

Both the Left and Right are outraged at the latest broken campaign promise from Barack Obama is his support to lift the 26-year ban on commercial whaling that was put in place by, wait for it, Ronald Reagan. : From the HuffPo piece: The IWC proposal would actually reward the whaling abuses of Japan, Norway, and […]

 

New Film, ‘The Lottery’: Unions Destroying American Education

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A new documentary film is debuting this week entitled, “The Lottery.” The film highlights the ever failing public education system we have in America today and how our children’s future is being seriously harmed by greedy, uncaring teachers unions. As the trailer says, these unions are protecting failure in our schools… From the website:

 

American Conservative Organizations Yell: Keep out Kagen!

Posted on by Heather Bachman

: :  Tomorrow, Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) along with Young Americas Foundation and other conservative political organizations will be joining together to contact their Senators against Obama’s current Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagen. : : : : : : : :  Citing factors such as her actions against the military’s right to be on campuses, her Princeton thesis lamenting the decline of […]

 

Helen Thomas: The End

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Since I wrote and submitted my piece on Helen Thomas comparing the firestorm of condemnation that occurred immediately after entertainer Don Imus made his race-tinged comments about the Rutgers basketball players to the relative kid gloves with which Helen Thomas is being handled over her outrageous anti-Israeli comments a few new things have occurred in […]

 

Helen Thomas Retires Three Decades Too Late

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

What an ignominious ending to a career for Helen Thomas. From the Hill: Helen Thomas announced Monday that “she is retiring, effective immediately,” according to a statement from Hearst newspapers. Her decision comes after her controversial remarks about Israel hit the blogosphere. She later apologized for her comments, saying she “deeply regretted” making them. White […]

 

Hot Conservative Men And The Men Who Could Have Been

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Well, there’s one way to get a male’s attention: make sure he doesn’t make the Top Twenty Hottest Conservative guys (in case you guys think you don’t want to see that nonsense, I would suggest that you look at the judges). I have received direct messages, emails and got regaled by the bitter Matt Lewis […]

 

Flotillas and The End of Helen Thomas

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

If you are a political blog reader, you couldn’t have missed veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas’ remarks about Jews and Israel. A rabbi video taped Helen saying that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and ‘ go home” to Germany and Poland. On Friday Helen apologized for her remarks. She didn’t show […]

 

Helen Thomas Announces Retirement

Posted on by Donald Douglas

TigerHawk compares Helen Thomas to Al Campanis, suggesting the former’s comments were even more odious. But like Campanis after Ted Koppel’s interview, she’s on the way out now, “Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas retires following controversial remarks.” Check also Ed Morrissey, “White House blasts absent Thomas in today’s briefing?.” Ed’s got some of the […]