Year: 2011

That Old Recipe for Success

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I wrote this for our monthly newsletter for HHH Consulting, thought I’d share it with everyone… People have made millions on self-help books telling people how to take their first steps down that road to success. Whole aisles in the bookstores are stuffed with the things. 101 Ways to Succeed, if only one! But, really, […]

 

Dear American, You Owe the U.S. Gov’t $31,871

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Thanks to the profligate spending in Washington D.C., each American citizen’s share of the debt is now up to $31, 871, as you can see by the chart below… But that is nothing compared to where it will be in just a few short years. As the chart shows if things continue the way they […]

 

Al-Qaeda Affiliate, not Famine, is Responsible for Somalian Genocide

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Somalia is in the midst of a famine, suffering from the worst drought in 60 years. 29,000 Somali children have died within the past three months, and 100,000 Somalis are expected to die in the next few weeks. The al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab has destroyed the country, taking over much of the southern part of the […]

 

Shocker: Green Jobs Kill Real Jobs And Income

Posted on by William Teach

As we approach the time of Obama’s wishy washy jobs whine, we can surely assume that it will include lots of bloviating for more green jobs. And yet another study shows that the government push for these kills real jobs The UK’s headlong rush into renewable energy —one ignored by the rest of the world […]

 

Quit Your Terrible Job Now! 7 Tips for Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs

Posted on by John Hawkins

“Find something you love to do so much that you’d do it for free and find a way to make it into a career.” — Anonymous I don’t know who came up with that quote, but it changed my life. You see, I’ve always been an ambitious person, but the only thing I knew for […]

 

Has Sarah Palin Worn Out Her GOP Presidential Welcome?

Posted on by William Teach

It’s a good question, and ABC News’ Rick Klein posits that yes, she is wearing out the GOP’s welcome mat If it’s possible to wear out your welcome in politics, you can wear out your welcome mat, too. Sarah Palin’s protracted flirtations with a presidential run took her to Iowa this weekend. She attacked President […]

 

Some Things Shouldn’t Be Shared With Your Facebook Pals: Like When You Commit A Murder

Posted on by John Hawkins

Some things just aren’t meant to be shared with your Facebook friends. Authorities have identified a 24-year-old woman found dead in a southeast Las Vegas apartment after her accused assailant called and told authorities where to find her. The Clark County coroner said Friday that Tiffany Batteate (bah-TEET’) was beaten and stabbed to death. Police […]

 

Could She Keep Her $2 Gas Promise?

Posted on by Dennis Avery

CHURCHVILLE, VA–Michelle Bachmann recently promised that, if elected President, she would get gasoline prices back down to $2 per gallon, She reminded us that gas was $1.79 when President Obama took office. Was this foolish campaign-speak? Probably not. An administration really dedicated to producing more U.S. energy could quickly make lots of progress–and probably encourage […]

 

As long as he’s changing the dialog, let’s hope George Lucas cut out that part where Leia whimpers: “hold me.”

Posted on by TrogloPundit

So George Lucas is re-re-re-releasing the Star Wars saga, this time with even more minor changes. Sheesh. Is it so much to ask to watch these in all their original, melodramatic glory? At least until the remake, which may or may not happen before the third and final trilogy is released? Fans/geeks are annoyed. In […]

 

The Nanny state makes it impossible to raise children — and then takes them away

Posted on by Bookworm

Sometimes the matched sets just write themselves. Both of the articles I’m quoting here are from England. The first in our set is an article saying that town councils across England are being told that they need to reinstate actual playgrounds. The current versions, which are the kid equivalent of a padded room, are creating […]

 

This Week in Automotivators, August 29-September 4

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged them or not. Link: Howard Kurtz. Link: The Wolf Files. Link: Doug Powers. Link: Andrew Malcolm. Link: Don Surber. This one actually needs two links. First, Ann Althouse, and then Patrick Archbold. Link:Trog. Link: Trog. Link: Trog. Previously: This Week in Automotivators, […]

 

Mo Dowd Wonders If Obama Is One And Done

Posted on by William Teach

Virtually every other NY Times columnist is still full of Obama Love, mostly refusing to criticize Mr. Obama. Maureen Dowd, though, seemed to lose patience with him a while ago, and rips him to shreds: One and Done? ONE day during the 2008 campaign, as Barack Obama read the foreboding news of the mounting economic […]

 

Three articles on how to create more jobs and raise productivity: cut regulations

Posted on by Craig Newmark

“Ten Job-Destroying Regulations“. “Labor Rules Thwarting ‘Green Jobs’ Agenda“. (“Looking forward to the impending West Side Story brawl between the Teamsters and the Greensters.”: Heh!) “And Here’s How to Double Productivity“.

 

Why are “close ties” between Libya and the U.S. during the War on Terror such a big surprise?

Posted on by TrogloPundit

The story: Tripoli Files Show CIA Working With Libya The Central Intelligence Agency and Libyan intelligence services developed such a tight relationship during the George W. Bush administration that the U.S. shipped terror suspects to Libya for interrogation and suggested the questions they should be asked, according to documents found in Libya’s External Security agency […]

 

A Krugmaniacal bit of ridiculousness.

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Or maybe I should say: another Krugmaniacal bit of ridiculous. Today, NY Times columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman is bemoaning the Obama administration’s retreat from their new ozone regulations: I’ve actually been avoiding thinking about the latest Obama cave-in, on ozone regulation; these repeated retreats are getting painful to watch. For what it’s worth, […]

 

Warmist (And Government Employee) James Hansen Wants To Arrest Obama And Hillary

Posted on by William Teach

Yes, really. Included in a paper on the official Columbia University server we get (via Tom Nelson) This raises a question: if the Keystone XL pipeline is approved, can we make a citizen’s arrest on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for violating the Security Act? If they were put in the back of a hot […]

 

Obama Uses Weekly Address To Discuss…..Transportation

Posted on by William Teach

Let’s see: he’s planning on giving a non-primetime speech to a joint session of Congress regarding jobs creation next week, one which has already been reduced to being an idea to release a notion of a plan over the next few months (in between campaign fundraisers). We have the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 coming up […]

 

Dominionism Is Left-Wing Birtherism

Posted on by John Hawkins

Not only am I a conservative, I’m a Southern Baptist who started going to church when I was knee-high. Moreover, most of my friends could fairly be called Christian conservatives. That being said, the first time I ever even heard the word “Dominionism” was on a left-wing website that was probably about as hostile to […]

 

Newt Gingrich’s Illinois Fundraiser

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As I sit down to craft this report I just this moment returned from a fundraiser for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich held in a small town called Lake Barrington in the western suburbs of Chicago. It was a nice, congenial scene unfortunately held on one of Chicago’s hottest evenings with temperatures reaching […]

 

Down the Rabbit Hole with Duchess Rebecca

Posted on by rebeccagrunewald

Hey kids, here’s the latest webisode of Down the Rabbit Hole with Duchess Rebecca. My guest, anonymous blogger “Eva McCane” of icouldntmakethisshitup.wordpress.com and I discuss Chaz Bono, legal protection for ugly people, Michele Bachmann’s hair, German hookers and much more! Viewers be warned, naughty language and sex talk ahead: Video streaming by Ustream cross-posted at […]

 

And The Winner Of The Tropical Storm Lee Linked To Globull Warming Competition Is….

Posted on by William Teach

The UK Guardian! Congratulations on your moonbattery for being 1st! Hurricane threat forces BP to shut down Gulf of Mexico platforms Say, Terry Macalister? It’s a Tropical Storm. The current forecasted maximum winds for Lee are 65mph. Nothing to sneeze out, but, short of the barest of hurricanes. Most stories aren’t even bothering to mention […]

 

California Dems Move to Regulate Babysitting Out of Existence

Posted on by Dave Blount

The folks at The Onion may be moonbats, but they come up with some great parody news stories, like the one about the authoritarian do-gooders who run California pushing through a demented law that would effectively outlaw babysitting. Hold on — this is from The Union, not The Onion. The parody is actually real: How […]