Year: 2011

Petty, Radical Obama Blasts GOP for Smallness and Extremism

Posted on by David Limbaugh

It’s clear that Obama’s re-election strategy is to demonize conservatives and his Republican opponents as extremists, “small,” intolerant and morally deficient. That’s a safer course, I suppose, than running on his miserable record. Playing to his gay and lesbian audience, Obama took out his broad brush and smeared all the GOP presidential candidates in a […]

 

The ‘Hunger’ Hoax

Posted on by Thomas Sowell

Twenty years ago, hysteria swept through the media over “hunger in America.” Dan Rather opened a CBS Evening News broadcast in 1991 declaring, “one in eight American children is going hungry tonight.” Newsweek, the Associated Press and the Boston Globe repeated this statistic, and many others joined the media chorus, with or without that unsubstantiated […]

 

Stopping Obama’s ‘Pay Their Fair Share’ Shenanigans

Posted on by Chuck Norris

The White House’s buzz words for the propaganda campaign to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and corporations are “pay their fair share.” But is President Barack Obama’s pitch reflecting honest economic inequity or more dishonest spin from his bag of duck-‘n’-weave political manipulations? This year alone, nearly every member and minion of this administration […]

 

Alabama Shows the Best Way to Limit Illegal Immigration

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Tougher than Arizona’s, Alabama’s new immigration law is a perfect example of the best way to put limits on illegal immigration. Sadly these are laws being forced upon the states to implement instead of coming from the federal government, but regardless they are effective in limiting illegals. The Mobile Press-Register has a story sort of […]

 

Yet Another Taxpayer Subsidized “Green” Energy Company In Trouble

Posted on by William Teach

But, they just wanted to heal the planet, save it from evil mankind, which is killing the planet with trace amounts of a gas necessary for life! And, shockingly, the NY Times covers it: A U.S.-Backed Geothermal Plant in Nevada Struggles In a remote desert spot in northern Nevada, there is a geothermal plant run […]

 

New Tone Watch: Brad Miller (D-NC) Says Liberals Should Get Angry

Posted on by William Teach

Let’s start with a setup to add context (WRAL) Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Raleigh and Durham on Sunday to show solidarity with an ongoing protest against corporate greed and social inequality on Wall Street. So, commies gathered on Sunday? People who aren’t smart enough and aren’t willing to do the hard work to […]

 

Russia’s Arctic Embrace: Cold War Reloaded

Posted on by Rachel Marsden

In September 2010, Germany’s Der Spiegel explained that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a “soft spot for the Arctic,” with Putin saying Russia “will put huge amounts of money into environmental protection” and is “planning to do a serious spring cleaning of our Arctic territories.” He was up there petting polar bears to drive […]

 

This Week in Automotivators, September 26-October 2

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Click the links to see the stories that inspired the automotivator art. Link: Pundette. Link: The Cinch Review. Please note that we at The Trog take a decidedly moderate view toward RINO-dom, as explained here. Link: The Other McCain. Link: Gateway Pundit. Link: Althouse. Link: Weasel Zippers. Link: Charlie Sykes. I’d be remiss if I […]

 

Super Peaceful Wall Street Protest Sees 700 Arrested

Posted on by William Teach

It’s amazing. The Occupy Wall Street protest is just like one of those gatherings by the TEA Party. Remember when hundreds were arrested at Glenn Beck’s 8/28 gathering? And the big march on Washington? The tax day protest? Oh, wait, there weren’t? But, still, you know it is only the TEA Party that’s violent and […]

 

“The Supernova Closest to Earth–A Glowing Ring 6 Trillion Miles in Diameter”

Posted on by Craig Newmark

A couple of supernova facts I didn’t know: Dr. Richard Mushotzky of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, derived a figure of 1 billion supernovae per year, or 30 supernovae per second in the observable Universe! Dr. Richard Mushotzky of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, derived a figure of 1 billion supernovae per year, […]

 

AP Says Michelle ‘O’ Just Happened to be Shopping at Target? Riiiiight!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

AP photographer Charles Dharapak is ballyhooing a photo he claims to have just happened to snap of First Lady Michelle Obama shopping at an Alexandria, Virginia Target department store. But come on. Does anyone believe that an AP photographer just by chance happened to spot the First Lady shopping at Target and just happened to […]

 

Their Arab brothers should fund Palestinian Hamasistan, not us

Posted on by Chris Wysocki

Gee, it’s about time. The United States Congress has blocked nearly $200m in aid for the Palestinians, threatening projects such as food aid, health care, and support for efforts to build a functioning state. Yeah, because only the United States can fund “food aid” and “health care” for terrorist monsters! Hamas has plenty of Arab […]

 

Hey, all you “Occupy Wall Street” protesters: that’s really considerate of you

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Those “Occupy Wall Street” protesters – the ones who’ve been camping out in New York’s financial district because they don’t have jobs and can’t afford video games – are being incredibly helpful: NEW YORK (Reuters) – Protesters who have camped out near Wall Street for two weeks marched on Friday on police headquarters in Manhattan […]

 

How’s That Constitutional Rule Working Out?

Posted on by Brian Garst

When the new Congress took office, they instituted a rule requiring newly introduced legislation to cite Constitutional authority. So what has been the result? Not surprisingly, a significant number fail to properly identify specific Constitutional authority for legislative action. Research by the Republican Study Committee found that: 3 bills cite only the Preamble to the […]

 

Team Obama Considers Suing More States Over Illegal Immigration

Posted on by William Teach

Of course, they aren’t planning legal challenges over sanctuary cities and failures to enforce the law, no, they may sue over tough illegal immigration laws (Fox News) After suing Arizona and Alabama over their strict immigration laws, the Obama administration is seriously weighing whether to legally challenge similar measures in four other states. “To the […]

 

Voters Aren’t Buying Obama’s “Bad Luck” Meme

Posted on by William Teach

ATM’s, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, European debt, Arab spring, you name it, the voters aren’t buying blaming it (Fox News) Most American voters blame bad leadership for the condition of the economy, and think Democrats and Republicans alike have hurt more than helped the situation. That’s according to a Fox News poll released Friday. President Obama […]

 

“Google And The Antitrust Case Against Antitrust”

Posted on by Craig Newmark

Fine piece by Wayne Crews on dopey antitrust pursuit of high-tech companies, particularly Google. Furthermore, Google appears vulnerable, because the characteristics of searches to be conducted on tomorrow’s Internet will not entirely resemble today’s. You can drive a big Google Earth van through the hole to be opened up by future search-technology opportunities. Even if […]

 

George Washington Said to Avoid ‘Entangling Alliances’… Or Did He?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I have been interested these days to hear the left citing George Washington, the father of our country, to support their ideas against the GOP and their hope that Obama will pull out of the Middle East. Specifically they have been citing Washington’s farewell address where he supposedly warned Americans against getting involved with foreign […]

 

New Low for PETA

Posted on by Dave Blount

Among the most terrifying beasts are those that live in the sea, as a Longboat Key, Florida resident learned recently: Charles Wickersham, 21, was bitten by an apparent shark while he was spearfishing several miles off the coast of Anna Maria Island. Wickersham remains in intensive care after the apparent shark attack. But moonbats found […]

 

High School Teacher Forbids Saying “Bless You”

Posted on by Dave Blount

Putting the government in charge of education means putting people like this Northern California nutcase in charge of teaching your kids: Steve Cuckovich [has] banned saying “bless you” in his high school health class in Vacaville. He even knocked 25 points from one student’s grade for saying the phrase in class. Cuckoovich provides this explanation: […]

 

Shocker! ACLU Decries Targeted Killing Of al-Awlaki

Posted on by William Teach

I thought this deserved a stand-alone post rather than an adder to the previous post on al-Awlaki (ACLU Statement) U.S. airstrikes in Yemen today killed Anwar Al-Aulaqi, an American citizen who has never been charged with any crime. ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jameel Jaffer said, “The targeted killing program violates both U.S. and international law. […]

 

Obameconomy: 90% Say It Stinks

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, this is Bush’s fault. Or the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Iraq. Afghanistan. Republicans. America has “gotten a little soft.” Bad luck. European debt. Greece. The Arab Spring. Bo ate his plan. (CNN) Three years after a financial crisis pushed the country deep into recession, an overwhelming number of Americans – 90% – say […]

 

Good News! Al Qaeda Leader Anwar Al-Awlaki Reported Killed, Realizes Only Male Virgins Left In Paradise

Posted on by William Teach

The good news tag is not meant to be it’s usual sarcasm (CBS News) Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born radical Islamic preacher who rose to the highest level of al Qaeda’s franchise in Yemen, has been killed. Al-Awlaki, born in New Mexico, has been linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) attempted bombing of […]

 

Thought Of The Day: The Future Of Taxes In America

Posted on by John Hawkins

Here’s what most people don’t get about taxes Eventually, the Lefties will probably get their way on taxes and they’ll get their new tax on corporate jets, raise the highest income tax bracket by 2-3 more points, tax a higher percentage of the “rich’s” income on Social Security, they’ll kill the Bush tax cut, and […]