Year: 2011

Rachel Maddow’s Reason For Being Duped by Satire Website: It’s Conservatives Fault

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Remember when you were a kid and you got caught doing something you shouldn’t have been doing? Remember when you were confronted with your wrong doing that your first response was to blame everyone else? Well, that is very common for a child… or for a liberal, apparently. At least it is for MSNBC’s left-wing […]

 

Head Of NC DOT Wants Citizen Investigated For Speaking Up

Posted on by William Teach

From my hometown of Raleigh, NC, we learn that dissent is a means to a criminal investigation David N. Cox says he was merely exercising his right to petition the government, but a state Department of Transportation official has raised allegations that Cox committed a misdemeanor: practicing engineering without a license. Cox and his North […]

 

Blamestorming And Butt Covering Begins Over Egypt

Posted on by William Teach

Showing that politicians, especially Democrat politicians, are more interested in laying blaming on others than….well, really, that is what they are interested in: point the finger at others over Egypt The debate over who “lost” Egypt seems to have begun. Critics are openly questioning the quality of information and analysis given to President Barack Obama […]

 

Q&A Friday #104: A Short Evaluation Of Each Of The GOP’s Potential 2012 Contenders

Posted on by John Hawkins

Of the existing GOP field – if you discount the polls and take a good, long, honest look at the field – which candidate seems to be the most viable for 2012? My own opinion (though not necessarily who I’d really like to see): Mitch Daniels or Tim Pawlenty. — Scott You’ve been pretty quiet […]

 

Q&A Friday #104: Have You Considered Running For Office

Posted on by John Hawkins

“Have you considered running for office?” — David Stone The short answer: No. The longer answer: As a general rule, bloggers, columnists, and talk radio hosts shouldn’t run for office. We’ve all said too many things that can be used against us in political campaigns. Setting that aside, even if I were guaranteed to win, […]

 

Q&A Friday #104: Should We Cut Veterans’ Benefits And Health Care Now?

Posted on by John Hawkins

My submission for Q&A Friday: The Army Times recently ran a story about Michelle Bachman’s proposal to cut spending, including making substantial cuts in Veterans’ benefits. (The story is linked here for reference: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/01/military-michele-bachmann-veterans-budget-cuts-012811w/ Naturally, many Veterans and current service members do not like this idea. Do you think this is a wise move, fiscally […]

 

Q&A Friday #104: Are There DINOs At The National Level?

Posted on by John Hawkins

RINOs are a fact of life, but have there ever been any DINOs at the national level? — duken008 Sure, there have. In fact, they used to be pretty common in the South. There were plenty of “Yellow Dog” Democrats who were generally conservative, but voted Democrat because that’s how their family had been voting […]

 

Q&A Friday #104: What About The Kindle & Other E-Readers?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Do you own a Kindle or other e-reader? What’s your take on the technology? — Francis Cazayoux To be honest, I’ve never really understood the appeal of the Kindle. Granted, you can get books cheaper on it — $9.99 or less. But, it costs $189 so you’d have to buy a lot of books to […]

 

Q&A Friday #104: Revoking Statehood For Bankrupt States?

Posted on by John Hawkins

For my question, what is your take on the idea of revoking statehood for any state that declares bankruptcy? Good idea? Bad idea? I live in Illinois and I think I’m willing to take one for the team if it means Dick Durbin would be out of a job. — Mike Hickman First off, let […]

 

Defining our terms when we speak about Egypt

Posted on by Bookworm

A lot of people keep talking about a desire for a “democratic” Egypt. I hate to say it but, with the word “democratic” as the starting point, that’s not a very useful discussion. The dictionary definition of a “democracy” is as follows: government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power […]

 

Detroit’s City Council Still Raking It In

Posted on by Dave Blount

Even with Detroit in ruins, and nature reclaiming the abandoned wasteland that was once a great city, the Dems who destroyed it continue to make out like the bandits they are: Detroit’s City Council is one of the most expensive in the nation, according to a survey released Wednesday of the nation’s largest cities. Detroit […]

 

First Obamacare Waivers Now EPA Rules Waivers

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Obama Administration is quickly becoming the most corrupt administration in American history. Recently we reported about the mounting number of waivers that Obama is giving his union pals and union supporters so that they can get away from having to suffer under his Obamacare law and now the president’s jobs-killing greenhouse gas rules levied […]

 

Globull Warming Could Lead To More Golf Days In Niagara Falls Area..And This Is Bad?

Posted on by William Teach

For a place that is freaking cold and snow in the dead of winter ….. say, why does it snow so darned much in Niagara when the water and air are very cold? ……. you’d think more warm days would be something people would look forward to. Not in Climate Alarmist World NIAGARA FALLS — […]

 

The Somali Pirates And The Bizarro-World Ethics Of Modern Warfare

Posted on by John Hawkins

Guess who’s back? It’s not Slim Shady, it’s the Somali Pirates and they’re new and improved! Now, their piracy comes complete with torture: Pirates operating off the coast of Somalia have begun to use aggressive new tactics including torture against captives, according to the commander of the European Union naval force. Captured sailors now face […]

 

Senate’s Repeal Healthcare Vote Failure Further Makes Lie to Term ‘Conservative Democrat’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Newly minted West Virginia Senator, Democrat Joe Manchin, ran for office denigrating Obama’s take over of our national healthcare system with his Obamacare law. Tonight he and other so-called “conservative Democrats” in the Senate got a chance to prove that they were, indeed, as conservative as they claimed to be by voting to repeal Obamacare. […]

 

Ecofascist Teacher Makes Example of Six-Year-Old

Posted on by Dave Blount

To instill eco-obedience, our moonbat rulers have to start young, before we're capable of realizing that their rules are arbitrary and meaningless, serving only as an excuse to exercise coercion for the sake of coercion. For example: A couple in Laval, Que. has sparked a fierce debate over how far schools should go to teach […]

 

Valerie Jarrett Orders High-Ranking Officer to Fetch Her More Wine

Posted on by Dave Blount

Like Shrillary barking at Secret Service agents to fetch her luggage, teleprompter programmer Valerie Jarrett let slip the effete and useless liberal elite’s attitude toward our proud military Monday at the Alfalfa Club, according to the Daily Caller: Jarrett was seated at the head table along with several other big-name politicians and a handful of […]

 

Romney: Nope, I’m NOT Apologizing for Romneycare!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

After all these years in politics, Mitt Romney has finally found something he isn’t going to flip flop on — so far, anyway. Romney recently started a tour to kick off the release of his latest book and when asked if he was sorry he ever signed his name on the Massachusetts healthcare law derided […]

 

British Police Afraid of Local Kids, Soon to Come to the USA?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A British police chief has prohibited his own officers from patrolling a local park after dark because he and his fellows are afraid of the punks and trouble makers that infest the place at night. Thanks to a self-destructive and blind obeisance to PCism Britain has truly become an asylum run by the inmates. But […]

 

Senate Republicans Call for Vote on a Repeal of Obamacare for Wednesday

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R, KY) announced on Tuesday that he intends to bring to the floor a vote to repeal Obamacare on Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid certainly does not want this vote to occur but even so it is highly doubtful that McConnell can get the 60 votes needed to sustain […]

 

Egypt Protests Turn Violent While Obama Gives Nebulous Call For Something

Posted on by William Teach

Along the more simply news line, we learn from the NY Times Thousands of demonstrators for and against President Hosni Mubarak, some on horses and camels, fought running battles in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Wednesday, despite a call from Egypt’s powerful military for the president’s opponents to “restore normal life.” Those battles are still going […]

 

Goracle Pops His Head Up, Declares Cold And Snow All Part Of AGW

Posted on by William Teach

From Gore’s man cave, which features multiple computer monitors, a TV he’s not watching, lots of electronics he isn’t using but are turned on, and lots of paper from the killing of trees, Gore has an answer to Bill O’Reilly Last week on his show Bill O’Reilly asked, “Why has southern New York turned into […]