Year: 2011

Santorum Iowa Ad: ‘No Surrender’

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has published a full-page ad in Iowa newspapers in which the former Pennsylvania senator vows to “protect America’s moral foundation.” The new ad, clearly aimed at social conservatives who are a key GOP constituency in the Hawkeye State, is timed to coincide with Santorum’s three-day “Faith, Family and Freedom” tour […]

 

Verdict for America: Solutions for our Most Pressing Problems

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Bill Ponath, an attorney and long-time pro tem judge, has written the definitive up-to-date and eye-opening book on the most critical issues facing the U.S. Written so anyone will understand, but not so basic as to bore the experienced politico, he analyzes eight issues thoroughly and recommends insightful common sense solutions. At one point the […]

 

Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing

Posted on by Michael Fell

It’s easy to assume that practically everyone is familiar with the tale of the wolf in sheep’s clothing.:  That legendary children’s tale about a dishonest, self serving individual (the wolf) who intentionally misrepresents himself (wears sheep’s clothing) in order to prey upon the unsuspecting.:  This long told, centuries old story clearly intends to pass a […]

 

Obama Appointed Ambassador Says Israel At Fault for Muslim Anti-Semitism

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Since he ascended from nothing to the office of President of the United States, Obama has shown a disdain for most of our western allies that borders on hatred. But he’s reserved his most backhanded treatment to Israel. It isn’t just what he’s done to show Israel that he has no use for them, but […]

 

ObamaCare Bomb To End Private Insurers Exploded The Other Day

Posted on by William Teach

An interesting article over at Forbes from December 2nd, which highlights one of the interesting parts of Obamacare, one that was debated back during the time Obamacare was being pushed over economic policy, but has since been forgotten as people focus on the individual mandate. The article writer, Rick Unger, starts out by telling us […]

 

Making It In The Political Blogosphere: The World’s Top Political Bloggers Share The Secrets To Success

Posted on by John Hawkins

A while back, I was interviewed for a book called Making it in the Political Blogosphere. The book was just released last month and it features interviews with “twenty of the world’s top political bloggers” including Jim Hoft, Arianna Huffington, Lew Rockwell, Matthew Yglesias, Nick Gillespie, and Kevin Drum. It’s an excellent book for anyone […]

 

Newt Keeps Pitching the America of His Imagination

Posted on by Michael Barone

Here are a couple of things to keep in mind about Newt Gingrich, as he leads in polls for the Republican presidential nomination nationally and in Iowa and South Carolina, and may be threatening Mitt Romney’s lead in New Hampshire. One is that he is an autodidact. A second is that he has incredible perseverance. […]

 

Hell’s Door vs. the Incandescent Light Bulb

Posted on by Doug Ross

In the middle of the Karakoum (Turkmenistan) desert, close to the tiny nomadic village of Darvaza, there is a crater about 100 meters in diameter and more than 25 meters deep. It is called “Hell’s Door”. Inside this well, a fire has been burning for more than 40 years. A Soviet prospecting mission began here […]

 

Can One Want to Follow Even An Imperfect Constitution?

Posted on by Brian Garst

Politico reporter Reid Epstein is vexed by Republican presidential candidates who promote constitutional fidelity, but yet also call for amending the document: To hear the Republican presidential candidates tell it, the U.S. Constitution is the guiding light of democracy, a bedrock document so perfect and precise that it shouldn’t be challenged, interpreted or besmirched by […]

 

‘Historian’ Gets Mouthy At Congressional Hearing

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I meant to get to this last week, but “historian” Douglas Brinkley is so forgettable as a writer that it all slipped my mind. But, it’s a slow news day, so let’s take a look at the temper tantrum this hack threw when he visited the House Natural Resources Committee on Nov. 22, shall we? […]

 

Rick Santorum Criticizes Newt Gingrich on ABC’s ‘This Week’

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Current Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich has put social issues in “the back of the bus,” his GOP rival Rick Santorum said Sunday in an appearance on ABC’s This Week. Asked by host Christianne Amanapour about Gingrich’s stand on “social values,” Santorum said: “I think Newt has consistently put those in, let’s say, the back […]

 

This Week in Automotivators, November 28-December 4

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Click the links for more info. Link: Trog. Link: Roger Pielke and Bret Stephens. Link: Sean Hackbarth. Link: Pundette. Please click the link and understand that I am NOT calling Cain a drip. UPDATE – I obviously planned this one before Cain decided to suspend his campaign, but it still works. Link: Bill Teach. Link: […]

 

Bummer: Some LA Occupiers Feel Traumatized, May Seek Therapy

Posted on by William Teach

This isn’t quite as fun as the number of liberals who needed therapy for PEST (post election selection trauma) after Bush beat Waffles Kerry in the 2004 election, what with all the ones who couldn’t get out of bed for days, couldn’t work, and/or went to see professional mental health workers who were just as […]

 

The Next WikiLeaks Bombshells?

Posted on by Rachel Marsden

This week, WikiLeaks has begun time-releasing documents related to the global private intelligence industry. What exactly is this field, and what do you, as a citizen, need to know about it? So far, the published open-source documents are limited to TECHNINT, or technical intelligence, detailing equipment allegedly created by Western companies and used by governments […]

 

Yowzah, I scored big bucks from the Ticketmaster class action lawsuit!

Posted on by Chris Wysocki

Today must be my lucky day. In my email was an Official Notice, from some lawyers I’d never heard of, announcing with great fanfare the favorable settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought on my behalf against Ticketmaster. Apparently it’s a Real Thing, because it made the news. Anyway, I’m entitled to some coupons! For a […]

 

Occupy Richmond sides with Richmond Tea Party’s complaint

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Well that’s interesting: The Richmond Tea Party has found an unlikely ally in its fight against a City Hall tax audit: the Occupy movement. Despite any ideological differences, Occupy Richmond has come out in support of the local chapter of the conservative Tea Party movement, which has accused city officials of a double standard in […]

 

The payroll tax cut, and why my feelings on it are somewhat less mixed than they were before.

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Via Jazz Shaw, and as you’re probably already aware, the Senate rejected two measures on the 2-point payroll tax cut on Thursday: The Senate late Thursday rejected competing partisan visions for extending a temporary tax break that benefits virtually every American worker, clearing the way for more serious negotiations over how to cover the cost […]

 

VIDEO Remy: Missing You – The Incandescent Light Bulb Song

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Ode to the light bulb. You know. The one in its arrogance and un-Constitutional overreach that the creeps in Washington decided we are no longer “allowed” to have? Yeah that one. There is no better example of why we need to be tearing down the power of government than this light bulb ban. None. It […]

 

CNN Soft Peddles ‘Occupy’ Lawbreaking, Asks if Police Have ‘Sympathy’ With Occupiers

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On November 30, CNN’s T. J. Holmes gave us a great example of how the Old Media is soft peddling the law breaking going on at the Occupy events in order to make these events seem far less dangerous and illicit than they are. Like many in the Old Media, Holmes seems desperate to give […]

 

HuffPo Warmist Says We Should Declare A War On The Weather

Posted on by William Teach

These people are really silly. Dr. Gary Ginsburg at the Huffington Post Message to Durban: Declare War on Climate Change Yeah. Right. And, as shown by the Greenie Pig article yesterday, the minute the Warmists are inconvenienced, they stop trying to reduce their carbon footprint. The Wars on Drugs and Poverty in the 1960s were […]

 

Huntsman Campaign On Trump Debate – “lol, no thanks, getting the popcorn ready”

Posted on by William Teach

One often has to wonder what goes through the head of Jon Huntsman. This was the guy the media dubbed as the only Republican who could beat Obama, and that Team Obama was scared to death of him running. A supposedly strong Conservative who went to work for the Obama administration. He announces his campaign […]

 

Two pieces addressed to Occupy Wall Street

Posted on by Craig Newmark

“Memo to the Occupy protesters: here are ten things we evil capitalists really think“. Chatting to some Occupy protesters this morning, I was struck by how wide of the mark were the beliefs they attributed to me as a Right-winger. In the interests of deeper understanding, here are ten things which — trust me — […]

 

What Liberals in America Can Really Learn From China

Posted on by John Hawkins

Far left-wing union flack Andy Stern thinks he’s seen the future in China and naturally, since he’s a liberal, it has inspired him to want to readopt all the failed liberal policies that are dragging us down in this country. The conservative-preferred, free-market fundamentalist, shareholder-only model — so successful in the 20th century — is […]