Year: 2011

American Regulatory Overload Courtesy Of Mark Steyn

Posted on by John Hawkins

Mark Steyn’s new book After America: Get Ready for Armageddon is one of the best books I’ve read in years — and I read a lot of books. My interview with Steyn will FINALLY be ready to go tomorrow and next week, I’ll put out a “best of” selection of quotes from the book, which […]

 

The Environmental Fifth Column

Posted on by Doug Ross

The Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (or EPA) is controlled by left-wing ideologues who are using their positions to damage nearly every industry in America. That is their intention. That is their goal. Consider the recent actions of the EPA and its related bureaucracies, who ostensibly act with the consent of the American people to […]

 

Death by Amnesty

Posted on by Dave Blount

Here‘s what Barack Hussein Obama’s ham-fisted de facto amnesty decree means to normal Americans: A man charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter is an illegal alien who only a few weeks ago was arrested on another alcohol-related charge, officials say. Roberto Castillo, 19, remained in the Washington County [Texas] jail [Monday] morning under $2 […]

 

Obama’s EPA Imposes Cap & Trade

Posted on by Dave Blount

Remember Cap & Trade? Obama promised to use it to make energy costs “skyrocket” — with predictable effects on the entire economy. From before his catastrophic election: “…under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket … even regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad, […]

 

Obama’s Newest Way To Let Unions Avoid Disclosure Rules

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Obama and his union-sold Department of Labor has spent the last three years trying every legal trick, and some merely arrogant ones, to help unions get away with criminal behavior. Obama has especially been working to get his union patrons out of having to declare their financial information to the government like businesses have to. […]

 

Joe Biden OK With Murdering Chinese Babies

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

We are faced with a difficult dilemma concerning Vice President Joe Biden’s outrageous comments about China’s one-child policy delivered in China this week. On one hand we must either believe Joe Biden is a compete idiot, or on the other understand that he is OK with the fact that Chinese officials forced women to late […]

 

After Khadaffy Quickie

Posted on by Courtney Messerschmidt

Götterdämmerung! As the world’s longest ruling despotry crashes in a mini orgy of undisciplined rowdiness, firefights with searches for the Amazonian Guard and their “Lil Poppa” – it’s time to get real. : Real fast. And that means (all together luv!):  Boots on the ground. Libya’s especial weapon caches need to be captured, controlled or sweetly […]

 

Which GOP Candidate Can Win the Latino Vote?

Posted on by Bettina Inclan and John Hawkins

On paper, the field of GOP presidential candidates is a unique sort, especially in the context of “Latino issues.” Of the Republicans currently declared for president, we have four candidates hailing from states with high Latino populations (over 10%), two are border-state governors, one is married to a Mexican-American, another launched a conservative Latino news […]

 

HuffPo: Earthquakes Are A Good Anology For Climate Change (Hoax)

Posted on by William Teach

So far, very few alarmists have chimed in to blame globull warming for the Virginia earthquake which made Obama miss a few putts. I’ve caught a few Tweets, but, that is about it. Give them a few days. Though, the alarmists are using the earthquake as a way to beat up the use of nuclear […]

 

If Black Unemployment Is Being Caused By Racism…

Posted on by John Hawkins

According to Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), black unemployment is being caused by racism. “When you look at African American males, 40% of them are unemployed, those under 30 years of age. I understand exactly the entire nation must be involved in this recovery but the black community is experiencing a great recession. That’s what we’re […]

 

The Tea Party Can Go to Hell? Thank God for the Tea Party

Posted on by John Hawkins

As far as I’m concerned — the Tea Party can go straight to hell. — Maxine Waters The Tea Party can go straight to hell? Americans should say a prayer of thanks for the Tea Party. We have a 14 trillion dollar debt, 100 trillion dollars in unfunded Medicare/Social Security liabilities, and we’re on pace […]

 

Thought Of The Day: “Reprimitivizing” Americans

Posted on by John Hawkins

We think of ourselves as so much more advanced than previous generations of Americans because of the few things we do better. Why, we’re not racist like those people! We have fancier gadgets to play with! True. But, the average American 50 years ago was more industrious, independent, religious, mannered, and had a far better […]

 

$1.2 Trillion in Secret Loans to Wall Street Crony Capitalists

Posted on by Dave Blount

Ask yourself if this is the sort of thing you ever expected to see happen in America: Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s unprecedented effort to keep the economy from plunging into depression included lending banks and other companies as much as $1.2 trillion of public money, about the same amount U.S. homeowners currently owe on […]

 

My Own Advice To National Media Coming Back To Texas

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

Kyrie O’Connor, deputy managing editor for features at the Houston Chronicle has some advice for out-of-state reporters suddenly returning to Texas. It’s good advice. I don’t quibble with a bit of it, in fact the line about secession (#5) was hilarious. But I would like to add my own bit of advice to the national […]

 

No Spark: The Unanswered Questions of the Chevy Volt

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Every time we turn around these days President Obama is touting the idea that the “future” of America lies in green energy and one of those greenie ideas is an Obama favorite: electric cars. Not to let him down, Government Motors has obliged by pushing the Chevy Volt as the car of the future. But […]

 

Interesting: A Movie About The Philippine Insurrection (1899 – 1902)

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Let’s hope this isn’t just another bad Hollyweird attempt to be “relevant” about today’s issues by garbling history and imposing modern sensibilities on people that have been dead for a hundred years. Most Americans have no clue that we fought a vicious 4-year war in the Philippines at the end of the Spanish-American War (1899 […]

 

Australia’s Tony Abbott Accused Of “Climate Change Racism”

Posted on by William Teach

Today’s unhinged climate alarmist moment comes courtesy of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Federal Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of having a racist climate change policy. Mr Abbott has warned that Australian businesses buying carbon permits under an emissions trading scheme could be conned by unscrupulous international traders. Because there […]

 

Somehow The Possible Success In Libya Is Bad For The GOP

Posted on by William Teach

It’s an interesting dichotomy: there was bipartisan condemnation against the actions against Libya, for a multitude of reasons, such as wondering why we were getting involved when it had no national security implications, that it seemed to be a means to keep oil flowing into France and Britain from Libya, and Obama’s failure to consult […]

 

Killing Gaddafi Isn’t The End, It’s Just The End Of The Beginning

Posted on by John Hawkins

But here’s what (Obama) may not have taken into consideration: The perception trap. We’re involved in Libya and Obama will ultimately be judged not just around the world, but here in the United States, on how it turns out. So, despite the fact that the best thing Obama could do at this point would be […]

 

7 Reasons Why Liberals Are Incapable of Understanding The World

Posted on by John Hawkins

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil. – Charles Krauthammer Even liberals who’ve accomplished a lot in their lives and have high IQs often say things on a regular basis that are stunningly, profoundly stupid and at odds […]

 

Boehner Vs. Biden On The Value Of Human Life

Posted on by John Hawkins

Our Vice-President is quoted as saying this about China’s forced sterilization and forced abortions which are justified under its monstrous one child policy. Your policy has been one which I fully understand – I’m not second-guessing – of one child per family. — Joe Biden John Boehner had this to say about Biden’s comments. “I’m […]

 

Congressman Elijah Cummings: Blacks Need To Know Obama Feels Their Pain, Obama Needs To Know Blacks Want Him To Bypass Congress, Dictate Laws

Posted on by Pat Dollard

“Work alone”, as Cummings says below, means dictate laws via executive order and illegal powers granted to federal agencies, ala the amnesty fiat. Politico: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said Sunday that the African-American community is feeling “totally frustrated” by the country’s sour economic situation. “We are totally frustrated, and they need to know that the […]

 

Obama Attends Cocktail Party At Home Of Wealthy Harvard Militant Marxist Black Panther Mentor

Posted on by Pat Dollard

Charles Ogletree was a black panther. He is also the lawyer of Henry Louis Gates, the racist Harvard professor who’s racism caused the beer summit. Ogletree’s daughter Rashida was recently hired into Holder’s Justice Department as a lawyer. Ogletree is still a militant leftist and is still called on by the Obamas for advice. OAK […]