Year: 2011

Compassionate conservatism: The sequel?

Posted on by Cal Thomas

During the presidential campaign of 2000, George W. Bush was criticized by some conservatives for calling himself a “compassionate conservative.” Some believed the term to be redundant. Now we’re in the middle of the 2012 presidential campaign and candidate Newt Gingrich has called for a “humane” policy on illegal immigrants. Gingrich wants illegal residents who […]

 

“progressives” Revise History…Again

Posted on by Michael Fell

Thanks to the energy of the Tea Party, the 2010 midterm elections established a mandate for reducing the size and scope of government by way of spending cuts. Evidence of this mandate is readily found in the record number of anti big government Republicans who replaced “progressive” Democrats in the House of Representatives. It’s also […]

 

Frank Rich: Obama’s Just Like JFK Because JFK Was Killed With Hate, or Something

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

It’s hard to believe but Frank Rich’s latest exercise in the fantasist’s art comparing JFK to Obama is a wonder to behold. It really is. One might think it satire if Rich had never been presented as a serious essayist by the New York intelligentsia. If this were to be his first public writing, one […]

 

OWS Misfits, Drug Addicts, Rapists, and Unicorn Riders Go Home for the Holidays

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The anti-western, anti-capitalist group whose advertisement started the Occupy Wall Street movement has told its adherents to go home. The first phase of Occupy is over they said. Time to regroup, network, and try to finally come up with some sort of message besides an amorphous we-hate-whatever chant. Time to finally figure out an agenda […]

 

Union Boss Gets Free State Money for Kid’s College Tuition

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

You might recall in October when it was discovered that a few union bosses had paid off Illinois lawmakers to write a law that allowed union bosses to serve as a substitute teacher for one day in order to qualify them for state pensions for life. Well, apparently one of those union bosses also got […]

 

South African Sunny Vacation Spot Welcomes 11 Thousand!

Posted on by William Teach

Yes, it is that time of the year, where tons of politicians and bureaucrats gather to whine about (Other People) putting out greenhouse gases Over 11 800 delegates from 194 countries have been registered by home affairs to attend the conference. That’s quite a few unnecessary airplane trips. Not quite as much as 2009, though, […]

 

Don’t Get Sick In England On The Weekends (The Future Of Obamacare?)

Posted on by William Teach

I’ve never really understood the Leftist fetish with government being in charge of health care. Perhaps, as some have suggested, it’s simply the Leftists way of avoiding making tough decisions for themselves. Perhaps it is their longing for a big fascistic government (for everyone else). Who knows what goes on inside the head of a […]

 

David Frum To Leave The GOP If Either Huntsman Or Romney Isn’t Nominated?

Posted on by John Hawkins

In what may be the most terrifying threat to Republicans since Helen Thomas said she’d kill herself if Dick Cheney ran for President, David Frum has pulled out the BIG GUNS. Steel yourself, Republicans, because if you choose someone other than Romney or Huntsman, you may not have David Frum to kick around anymore. The […]

 

Entitlement, Not Tax Cuts, Widen the Wealth Gap

Posted on by Michael Barone

What should be done about income inequality? That basic question underlies the arguments hashed out in the supercommittee and promises to be a central issue in the presidential campaign. Supercommittee Democrats argue that income inequality has been increasing and can be at least partially reversed by higher tax rates on high earners. They refused to […]

 

Add Herbicides To Africa’s Rescue Plan

Posted on by Dennis Avery

CHURCHVILLE, VA: Africa is the only continent where food production per capita is falling as its population continues to expand. Three-fourths of Africa’s food is produced on small farms that get radically lower crop yields than its experimental farms. Even if these little farms got adequate fertilizer and high-yield seeds, they still wouldn’t get the […]

 

Demand Kagan Recuse Herself From Obamacare Litigation

Posted on by Dick Morris

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan must recuse herself from deciding on the constitutionality of the Obamacare law, now slated to reach the Supreme Court early next year. She won’t do it without pressure. Please sign our petition demanding her recusal. We’ll send it to your representatives in Congress and to each of the Justices of […]

 

The House Kills the Senate’s $322 Million Climate Service

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last week the House killed a new Senate approved, bureaucratic boondoggle that according to the House Appropriations Committee would have cost taxpayers a minimum of $322 million buckaroos, and good on them for it. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wanted to create a new division to be called the National Climate Service. Similar to […]

 

An Alternative Manifesto For The Durban Environmental Summit

Posted on by Rachel Marsden

Global leaders are set to meet in Durban, South Africa, from November 28th until December 9th, in an attempt to figure out how to continue their global fight against “climate change” when the first Kyoto Protocol commitment period ends in 2012. As someone currently sitting here in the dark with the heat off, perhaps they’d […]

 

Newt Gets Coveted Endorsement By New Hampshire Union Leader

Posted on by William Teach

Chris Wallace stated that this is more of a negative for Mitt Romney than a positive for Newt (Fox News) Former speaker of the U.S. House and current GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has received the coveted endorsement of the highly-influential New Hampshire newspaper “The Manchester New Hampshire Union Leader,” an endorsement Republican rival Mitt […]

 

Kinder, Gentler OWSer Vows to Assassinate Governor

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston A whack nut Occupy Wall Street sympathizer in South Carolina was a bit miffed when Governor Nikki Haley “allowed” the police to begin arresting the dregs at Occupy Columbia. In fact, he was so mad that he took to his Facebook account and threatened to murder the Governor. So much for […]

 

Hey, Margaret Thatcher Supported AGW, So, You Should Too!

Posted on by William Teach

So says Warmist Michael McCarthy over at the UK Independent Nothing namby-pamby about Margaret Thatcher, whatever you may think of her in the round. Nothing wishy-washy, nothing bunny-hugging, nothing lefty about the Iron Lady. And this is what she told the assembled fellows of the Royal Society on 27 September 1988: “For generations, we have […]

 

Washington Post: Hey, Why Is Occupy So Darned Whitebread?

Posted on by William Teach

The Washington Post’s headline is actually Why blacks aren’t embracing Occupy Wall, but, it might as well have asked why the Occupiers are 98.4% pale faces Occupy Wall Street might seem like a movement that would resonate with black Americans. After all, unemployment among African Americans is at 15 percent, vs. almost 8 percent for […]

 

U.S. And Europe threaten their own energy independence

Posted on by Rachel Marsden

Canada’s conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, understands that energy means influence and independence. It would be tough to argue that Canada is on some kind of power trip, and it’s not difficult to understand why the country is interested in establishing oil trade deals that would help its closest ideological allies retain their energy independence. […]

 

Unbelievable: Planned Parenthood Used Thanksgiving Holiday to Push Abortion!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The indefatigable Steven Ertelt reports another outrage from the infanticide fanatics at Planned Parenthood. Apparently Planned Parenthood is advocating that families use the Thanksgiving holiday (and the upcoming Christmas break) as a day to push their ideas on abortion onto friends and family. What could be more heartwarming? Friends and family, good food, and a […]

 

Did Ezra Klein Prove that Journalism Just Another Arm of the Democrat Party?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Fishbowl DC has a startling report that seriously brings into doubt the independence and veracity of the journalistic arts. It seems that the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein appeared as a speaker at a closed door session of a gathering of Senate Democrat Chiefs of Staff last week, a move that, as Betsy Rothstein correctly notes, […]

 

Eat Your Leftovers, Or The World Will Die

Posted on by William Teach

I’m glad the Warmists are around to tell us to eat our leftovers, otherwise, I might have forgotten that the delicious turkey I cooked, along with mashed spuds, stuffing, and apple pie (along with several things people brought that I won’t eat) (Grist) As if turkey pot pie and turkey a la king aren’t enticing […]

 

And Now They Want To Occupy Christmas

Posted on by William Teach

That’s right, the Occupiers have yet another wonderful idea designed to tick people off (The Spec) The yurts are barely dismantled and the tents only just rolled up, but there is already a new movement on the horizon – Occupy Christmas. Canadian magazine Adbusters – which prompted the Occupy Wall Street camp and subsequent set-ups […]

 

The real prison industry

Posted on by Jonah Goldberg

I’ve long thought the notion of a prison-industrial complex to be laughable left-wing nonsense peddled by Marxist goofballs and other passengers in the clown car of academic identity politics. For those who don’t know, the phrase “prison-industrial complex,” or PIC, is a play on the military-industrial complex. The theory behind PIC is that there are […]

 

Rewarding Rotten Ricky Gervais

Posted on by Brent Bozell

The culture of Hollywood has just been beautifully defined by two awards-show decisions. The first one was Brett Ratner being dumped as the director of ABCs Oscars telecast after he said, “rehearsals are for fags.” It wasn’t long before Ratner turned himself in for “negotiations” with the gay, anti-defamation cops about doing PC penance. The […]

 

This Week In Quotes: Nov 18 – Nov 24

Posted on by John Hawkins

For Americans who are unaware of the Democrats’ history of repeatedly reneging on their promises to cut spending in return for tax hikes, the Republicans’ opposition to tax increases does seem crazy. That’s why Republicans need to remind them. — Ann Coulter So when we get to the general election, Mitt Romney will have Jenn […]