Year: 2011

President Abracadabra: “Hey, Here’s Another $500 Million For Manufacturing”

Posted on by William Teach

Following the previous post, we see once again that Obama just doesn’t understand how the private sector works, and thinks he can just blink his eyes and things magically happen President Obama on Friday will announce the launch of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), an initiative that would provide more than $500 million to encourage […]

 

Obama Can’t Even Get Economic Messaging Right

Posted on by William Teach

Hey, when even Carrie Budoff Brown at The Politico can barely find words to support Mr. Obama, things are seriously in the dumps for Team Hopey Changey: President Obama struggles with economic message President Barack Obama isn’t just grasping for ways to jolt the flailing economy. He’s struggling simply to find the right words to […]

 

Manliness Is More Than Obscure Skills

Posted on by John Hawkins

Men today are definitely weaker, less masculine, and more childlike than they used to be in the country. That’s not a good thing for the country or for American women. Still, I’m not sure the definition of masculinity discussed here is entirely on point anymore: They say it’s a man’s world, but Ernest Hemingway wouldn’t […]

 

Big Government Vastly Expands Food Stamps, Prevents Prevention of Fraud

Posted on by Dave Blount

Our rogue government’s approach to food stamps is twofold: 1) vastly increase their use and 2) facilitate the inevitable fraud. Here at least Obama’s disastrous presidency has been a big success: Thanks in part to vigorous federally funded campaigns by nonprofit groups, the government’s AmericaCorps service program, and other organizations urging people to accept government […]

 

Nanny State to Impose Oversized Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels

Posted on by Dave Blount

In an appalling example of its increasing heavy-handedness, the Nanny State will be imposing revolting graphic propaganda images on cigarette packaging starting in October of next year: The new labels must occupy the top half of the front and back of a cigarette pack, and the various images will be accompanied by messages such as […]

 

The psychology of war and warriors

Posted on by Bookworm

Peter Wehner writes about Obama’s decision to draw down troops in Afghanistan, something that (just coincidentally, of course) will take place right before Obama’s reelection bid. Wehner is appalled, and he explains that this gross political calculation isn’t the way it needs to be: I have the advantage of having served a president during wartime. […]

 

Jose Antonio Vargas: From Journalist to Illegal Immigrant and Political Activist

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The newly publicized life-story of award winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas seems to be one of those revelatory stories that tends to confirm some of the worst charges against liberals and the Old Media. The media sees no reason not to break the law, it employs people with political agendas, and all the while refuses […]

 

Obama’s Union-Sold Regulatory Agency Goes Even Further for Unions

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

With one regulatory decision after anther, Obama’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has repeatedly abused its position and lent its powers to come to the material aid of Big Labor. This week we see the NLRB coming to the aid of unions yet again by changing rules to fast track union votes in businesses not […]

 

Dems Plan Proves Medicare Dead by 2024

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Congressman Peter Roskam, House GOP Deputy Majority Whip, got on record the fact that as things stand right now Medicare is dead by 2024. No ifs, ands, or buts, unless a major overhaul of the system is undertaken, Medicare is done in a little more than a decade. Before congress two officials testified that based […]

 

VIDEO: A Time for Choosing

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

“So we have come to a time for choosing,” warned Ronald Reagan in his famous speech nominating Barry Goldwater for President in 1964. It was one of the most important speeches in American history — and remains terrifyingly true today. Millions without jobs. American values under attack. Bailouts, deficits, and debt that threatens the future […]

 

UnAssing AFPAK

Posted on by Courtney Messerschmidt

Jirga! 44’s hello ’bout ‘nnouncing the AFPAK Surge will be scaling down by 10K troops this year enroute to unSurging the force levels had some interesting stuff in it. Kinda. Zooming out of AFPAK (which featured only tiny bite sized bits about Land of the Pure – the PAK part of AFPAK) 44 unveiled a […]

 

Jon Huntsman’s Path To Losing Primaries Goes Through Independents

Posted on by William Teach

Why does Jon Huntsman even matter enough for a post, you ask? Well, he is the Liberal Old Media’s preferred GOP frontrunner and general election nominee. Getting past the issue of Huntsman family donations to Harry Reid, the Politico tells us that Huntsman sees independents as key Jon Huntsman sketched out a path to the […]

 

Interviewing Ann Coulter About Her New Book, “Demonic”

Posted on by John Hawkins

Ann Coulter’s new book is called Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America. I’ve read it, it’s outstanding, and I’d highly recommend that you read it, too. To give you a taste of what it’s like, here’s RWN’s seventh interview with Ann Coulter. Enjoy! In the book, you described Jon Stewart’s audience as “idiots” […]

 

Al Gore: Fertility Management For Thee, But Not For Me

Posted on by John Hawkins

Liberals and Commies, which are basically the same thing at this point, love them some population control. Whether you’re talking Malthus, Paul Ehrlich, Planned Parenthooc, or China’s one child policy, liberals are forevermore yearning to cull the human herd. There’s just something about massive numbers of human beings disappearing into the ether that makes liberal […]

 

Greenie Weenie Alarmists Need Mental Therapy And AA

Posted on by William Teach

Who knew that trying to get Other People to Do Something could be so stressful? Let’s face it: If you care about the environment, you’ve got a lot of reasons to be bummed out. Is the sorry state of the planet dragging you into the dumps? John Fraser, a psychologist, architect, and educator with the […]

 

Obama: Who Needs Victory When We Can Negotiate With The TahleeBahn?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

President Barack Obama came before the American people tonight to unleash his latest campaign speech disguised as a foreign policy address. It was a presentation that even Politico calls “boring and predictable, balanced to please critics,” and one that “did not change the debate about the war.” But, one thing does seem like news. Obama […]

 

Obamunist Bureauweenies Crack Down on Food

Posted on by Dave Blount

In the name of childhood obesity hysteria, the Obama Regime is tightening its control of what we eat: Tony the Tiger, some NASCAR drivers and cookie-selling Girl Scouts will be out of a job unless grocery manufacturers agree to reinvent a vast array of their products to satisfy the Obama administration’s food police. Either retool […]

 

Green Brainwashing Now a High School Graduation Requirement in Maryland

Posted on by Dave Blount

So much for the imaginary wall between Church and State progressives revered until recently. Hyper-liberal Maryland, ranked as having the least personal freedom in the union, will no longer allow anyone to graduate from high school who hasn’t been deemed sufficiently indoctrinated in the cult of Envirofascism, as Curriculum Matters announced yesterday: Today’s vote by […]

 

Homeowners’ Associations Becoming Unavoidable and Quasi-Governmental

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Homeowners’ Associations (“HOAs”) are losing money due to the high numbers of foreclosures and are scrambling to make up for it by assessing additional fees on the remaining homeowners. Banks are taking: longer to foreclose on homes, leaving homes in limbo for months on end with no monthly fees coming in to the HOAs.: 13 percent of […]

 

The Atlantic Magazine’s Lies: Of Breitbarts, Kochs, and RightOnLine

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last weekend Americans For Prosperity once again held its RightOnLine conference, this year in beautiful downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. Consequently, the Atlantic Magazine decided to do a report on what went on at RightOnLine. Unfortunately, the whole thing was filled with opinions stated as fact, misconstructions of facts, and outright lies. Sadly, along with the rest […]

 

Rep. Alcee Hastings (Democrat) Faces Sexual Harassment Charges

Posted on by William Teach

Waiting for the usual liberal women’s groups to demand he resign in 3….2…..2…..2…. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) is being investigated by the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) for allegations that he sexually harassed a female staff member, according to a news report. The investigation stems from a lawsuit filed by the conservative Judicial Watch group […]

 

Gov. Perry and The Texas Dream Act

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

I’m sure Gov. Perry will get some heat from this piece in The Washington Times by Kerry Picket: In the midst of a number of conservatives believing Governor Rick Perry, Texas Republican, is the GOP’s answer to taking on President Barack Obama, squishy aspects of Mr. Perry’s background are being overlooked. As a border state […]