Year: 2011

Petty RI Gov. Bans Talk Radio Appearances for State Workers

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Lincoln Chafee was the bane of conservative talk radio when he was the RINO Senator from Rhode Island. Now that he is a newly minted “independent” and has become the Governor of the Ocean State, Chafee is in a position to take his revenge on the medium. And boy has this petty man used his […]

 

The Violent Fantasies of the Progressive Left

Posted on by Donald Douglas

The problem here isn’t really about “civility” or being nice, it’s about accuracy and not treating your audience like you respect them. — Matthew Yglesias Accuracy? On January 8th Yglesias was among the very first progressives to allege Sarah Palin’s responsibility for the shooting in Tucson. And by now the one thing we know with […]

 

When Even Excitable Charles Blow Thinks The Left Went Nuts With Their Blamestorming…

Posted on by William Teach

…Then most assuredly, they did. Charles calls his op-ed The Tucson Witch Hunt, and he believes the Left was way off base, and, consider, this comes from a super liberal with his head in the sand, who says later in the article I have written about violent rhetoric before, and I’m convinced that it’s poisonous […]

 

Oh, Noes! Climate Change Could Have Helped The Roman Empire Fall!

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, this must have huge implications for Earth’s nations today, because OMG WE’RE ALL GOING TO…..well, something. Alarmists are never quite sure what will actually happen, but, something will, usually involving very specific words like “Might,” “may”, “possibly,” and “could” (via Jammie Wearing Fool) Some House Democrats blamed their defeat in November’s midterm elections partly […]

 

NH Republican Establishment Working Against Tea Party Candidate?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

And so it begins. Now that the 2010 midterms are done and the Tea Party has shown itself to be a real political force, the GOP establishment is making plans to undermine Tea Party power and reassert its own RINO, country club control of the party. It’s happening in New Hampshire, anyway, as it seems […]

 

Model of Deliberative Democracy: Gabrielle Giffords

Posted on by Donald Douglas

During my first few days of the semester this week I was afforded an unusual opportunity to engage in a discussion on “deliberative democracy,” the theme of my textbook, from Joseph Bessette and John Pitney, American Government and Politics: Deliberation, Democracy, and Citizenship. And as announced by the publisher, a key element of the the […]

 

Slate Plays Loose With Facts Over Concealed Carrier’s Arizona Actions

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Contrary to Senator Moynihan’s proclamation, Slate’s William Saletan thinks he’s entitled to his own facts. If not his own facts, then his own version of history at any rate. Anti-Second Amendment Saletan dreamed up his own little set of incidents and actions in order to castigate pro-Second Amendment supporters by claiming that something that didn’t […]

 

Tucson Shooting Survivor Claims Palin, Beck, and Angle ‘Got Their First Target’

Posted on by Donald Douglas

At communist Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now!, “Tucson Shooting Survivor: ‘It Looks Like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the Rest Got Their First Target’.” (Via Memeorandum.) PREVIOUSLY: “Harvard’s Jill Lepore Ties Jared Loughner to Tea Party ‘Constitution Worship’.” CROSS-POSTED from AMERICAN POWER. RELATED: At Politico, “Tucson shooting victim blames Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Sharron Angle,” and […]

 

Union Boss: Yeah We’ll Talk, But Go Our Way or You’re a ‘Human Rights Violator’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As President Obama clucks his tongue at America for “pointing fingers” and “assigning blame” in our political debate, and as his friends on the far left ignore him and point their fingers and assign blame to the Republicans, Tea Partiers, and Sarah Palin, at least one union chief in Detroit is doing his part to […]

 

Crook County Illinois: Fake State Rep Casts Deciding Vote to Raise Our Taxes

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

She didn’t know anything about the bill. She never read it. She hadn’t been given any cheat sheets, facts sheets, talking points, or mass emails on the bill. But in true, corrupt Chicago fashion, she voted “yes” on it just as she was told to do by her corrupt party bosses. Even worse, she was […]

 

Harvard Professor Jill Lepore Links Tucson Massacre to Tea Party ‘Constitution Worship’

Posted on by Donald Douglas

See, “Harvard’s Jill Lepore Ties Jared Loughner to Tea Party ‘Constitution Worship’.” And breaking developments throughout the evening at American Power. RELATED: At The Other McCain, “How to Talk to a Follower of the Zeitgeist Cult (If You Must).”

 

GOP Push To Repeal ObamaCare Will Resume Next Week

Posted on by Sister Toldjah

Via the Washington Post, which reports that it will happen with a so-called ‘more civil tone’ (hat tip): House Republican leaders said Thursday that they will begin their effort to repeal the new health-care law next week, a return to normal legislative business after the shootings in Arizona suspended activity on Capitol Hill. But no […]

 

Spike Lee Declares America to Be the Most Violent Country in History

Posted on by Dave Blount

Never mind the Aztecs with their assembly line human sacrifices. Never mind the Nazis making people into lampshades, Mao’s China stacking up corpses by the tens of millions, or the nightmarish atrocities that occur in hellholes like Rwanda and Sudan. The most violent society in the history of the world is the United States of […]

 

Fish Wrap: Military Needs To Go Green To Save Lives

Posted on by William Teach

And not just anyone a the NY Times, but, a retired Army Brigadier General, Steven M. Anderson, who says we need to Do Something, but, doesn’t really get around to say what we Should Do, just, Do Something Save Energy, Save Our Troops Well, who could disagree with that? Which is why I personally like […]

 

Carolyn McCarthy’s Gun Bill Sneakily Restrictive

Posted on by William Teach

Remember back to the earlier part of the week, when we were discussing what kind of handgun bill would be introduced by Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), she had said she wanted something common sense, that wouldn’t get the NRA in her face. That notion went right out the window with her proposed legislation The fiercest gun-control […]

 

10 Years Of Right Wing News: The Best Columns From The Last Decade

Posted on by John Hawkins

I started Right Wing News back in January of 2001 and as of the first of this year, I’ve been running the page for 10 long years. During that time, I’ve pumped out a lot of great content and I’m going to be posting a little of the “best of” material this month. Today will […]

 

‘I Love You Phillip Morris’ Doesn’t Provide Enough to Love

Posted on by Chris Yogerst

When Hollywood says something is a true story, do you believe it in full? If you do you may be under the age of twelve. If not you have likely seen enough films to realize that filmmakers like to change the truth quite often. Look at The Social Network from earlier this year. While it’s […]

 

Defense Secretary Gates’ Miserable Mission to China

Posted on by Jane Jamison

Defense secretary Bob Gates was visiting China this week for the first time in SIX YEARS, and he is surprised that the Chinese are rolling out: : a fighter jet : that wasn’t expected until 2020??? If you are clueless about something as important as this, Bob, what ELSE don’t you know?: 

 

Liberals’ “Civil Discourse” Calls for Palin’s Assassination

Posted on by Jane Jamison

As we pointed out earlier today, liberals/Democrats/whatEVER have totally ignored THEIR president’s call for “civil discourse” in politics.: : : Some pretty vicious anti-Palin posters were put up in San Francisco:  even before he finished his speech in Tucson.: 

 

9 Year-Old Christina Taylor Green Laid to Rest

Posted on by Donald Douglas

At LAT, “Funeral Held for Christina Green, 9-Year-Old Victim of Tucson Shooting“: The U.S. flag that flew atop the World Trade Center is displayed at the service for Christina Taylor Green, who was born on Sept. 11, 2001. ‘I felt I had to be here to pay my respects,’ says a mourner outside the church. […]

 

Rep. Peter King Attempts to Exploit Tucson Shootings With Nonsensical Gun Restrictions

Posted on by Dave Blount

Not all threats to our liberty come from Democrats. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) has distinguished himself for his strong stand against Islamic terrorism and his open contempt for the New York Times. Yet he lines up behind leftist congresscritters like Carolyn McCarthy and Robert Brady to exploit the Tucson Massacre as yet another opportunity to […]

 

The President’s Speech in Arizona

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

The President’s speech last night on the tragedy in Arizona was very good. He said all the right things. I was pleasantly surprised and grateful. The crowd, on the other hand, was completely inappropriate and wrong. It would be fine to cheer the fact that the Congresswoman who was shot had opened her eyes. We […]

 

Arizona ‘Memorial’: A Most Disquieting Display

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I know John already posted on this last night, but here is a little more on the memorial last night… Last night in Arizona someone planned a memorial service and a pep rally broke out. In a wildly inappropriate display of mirth, rock star adulation, screams from the crowd and raucous applause the purported memorial […]

 

Why, Yes, We Must Cut Our Defense Budget For Globull Warming

Posted on by William Teach

From our buddies at Treehugger Okay, so I just finished writing about how it turns out China leapfrogged us last year to become the world leader in installed wind power. I also derided the media (myself included) for harping on the “China’s going to eat our lunch” narrative until we’re blue in the face. But […]

 

Hit And Run Compares Arizona Rampage To…..Wait, Hit And Run?

Posted on by William Teach

Michael C. Moyhnihan produces a whopper of a tale, with all sorts of paranoid and incorrect blamestorming, hours before Obama told people like him to just stop it. Witness the insanity: The Assassin Who Would Save America from the Extreme Right If political rhetoric can inspire murder, then it follows that those issuing warnings about […]