Year: 2011

Obama Was Israiled: Killing bin Laden Was Not Foreign Policy Experience For Prez

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On Friday Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu schooled President Obama — who is clearly out of his depth — on Middle East diplomacy. This would not have been necessary if Obama had not tried to turn decades of American foreign policy on its ear, if he had not turned against our only real Mid East […]

 

Suddenly, Citing The Willie Horton Ad Is Not Raaaaacist…

Posted on by William Teach

…when attempting to use it against the GOP: GOP governors could face pardon issue in 2012 campaign It’s still early in the presidential race, so the opposition research dumps haven’t really begun. But when the skeletons in the closets of 2012 GOP hopefuls begin to be revealed, the unique shape of the field–which will almost […]

 

In their defense, I haven’t released a spending plan yet, either.

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Maybe I should, though. My spending plan would make Paul Ryan’s look downright moderate. Give the libs something else to shoot at for a while, and take some of the pressure off him. You think Ryan’s pushing old folks off the pier? Once they see my plan, they’ll get up out of those chairs and […]

 

Gov. Quinn to Sign Illinois Firearm Owner’s Privacy Bill

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Well, accidental Governor Pat Quinn is finally doing something right. He has pledged to sign HB3500, a bill that will keep confidential and away from the eyes of anti-gun activists and the Old Media alike the personal information of registered firearm owners in Illinois. The Illinois Senate passed the bill 42 to 1 overturning a […]

 

Racebaiter Chicago Priest Reinstated By Spineless Cardinal

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Father Michael Pfleger, one of the most hateful and divisive priests on the American Catholic scene, has been temporarily given back his position as pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church on Chicago’s South Side by Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George. In a new statement posted on the website of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Father Pfleger apologizes […]

 

How’d Obama’s Little Middle East Speech Go Over In Syria?

Posted on by William Teach

I hate to do back to back posts on El Presidente, however, he started it with his soaring, grandiose opus of a thousand different ideals, which was meant to tell the Muslim World and Middle East how to act. How’s that working out? Defying a stern warning from President Obama, Syrian forces opened fire on […]

 

Recent College Grads Have Lost That Hopey Changey Feeling

Posted on by William Teach

They seem a bit upset that The One hasn’t given them all unicorns and free electric Masaratis Recent college grads sour on Obama, surveys say A very large proportion of recent university graduates have soured on President Barack Obama, and many will vote GOP or stay at home in the 2012 election, according to two […]

 

Olive Stone Whitewashes Imperial Japanese in Front of Their Victims

Posted on by Dave Blount

Oliver Stone doesn’t love only communists. Any enemy of America can earn his affection — even the demonic Imperial Japanese. In Singapore, which knows a little on that topic, Stone revealed that he is working on a 10-part defamation of America to be called The Untold History of the United States. In the series, which […]

 

NASA’s New Mission: Left-Wing Propaganda Targeting Children

Posted on by Dave Blount

What does NASA do with our money now that Obama has pulled the plug on space exploration? Its new primary mission is to help Muslims feel good about themselves for their imaginary technological accomplishments, but another important objective is to brainwash gullible children with anti-human leftist ideology: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Web […]

 

Sen. Dick Durbin Caused ‘Gang of 6’ Talks to Fall Apart

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

From a gang of six to a gang of Dicks, Durbin torpedoes compromise once again The “gang of six” is a group of senators who had taken it upon themselves to come to some sort of agreement over the competing budget ideas between Republicans and Democrats. It was hoped that these six senators could find […]

 

YouTube Launches New Congressional Townhall Channel

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

This week Youtube launched a new channel it is calling the “Youtube Townhall,” a new channel where members of congress are seen in short videos discussing the issues of the day. Republican Senators Alexander, McCain, Moran, Lugar, Sessions, Isakson, and Hutchison have already uploaded videos to the channel and more are on the way. Republican […]

 

ABC News Takes All The Fun Out Of The CDC’s Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on by William Teach

By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about the fun and light hearted CDC blog post about preparing for the zombie apocalypse. It is Zombie Awareness Month (which I totally forgot to blog about after they emailed me that link. Sorry!), after all. Here’s how Kim Carollo of ABC News treats it Will Budget Cuts Leave […]

 

How’d Obama’s Speech Do In Arab World?

Posted on by William Teach

We know how it was received in Israel and by Israeli supporters: both are pretty ticked off. Liberals tended to cheer the appearance of Obama supporting the Palestinians, because Liberals tend to support the violent actions of anyone attempting to kill Israeli civilians. But, what of the Arabs? How does “wariness and apathy” grab you? […]

 

Q&A Friday #106: How Do We Appeal To More Independent Voters?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Question: After 2.5 years of Obama, conservatism seems to have plateaued, and in some cases (Ohio, and WI) we are seeing some push back on the right’s agenda. Do you see any opportunities to make more progress to appeal to voters about the freedom loving principles upon which the country was founded? Or should we […]

 

Q&A Friday #106: Who Blew It Worse? Herman Cain Or Tim Pawlenty?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Question: Which is worse: -Tim Pawlenty embracing cap n trade, then re-examining the issue, backing away from it, and admitting that it was a wrongheaded and stupid idea. -Herman Cain embracing TARP, and standing by that decision to this day. — President Friedman Answer: In all fairness to Herman Cain, his spin is that he […]

 

Q&A Friday #106: Are We Failing To Educate Boys?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Question: A civic organization I belong to recently gave out our annual scholarship to a senior at our local high school. We had 22 applications from females, and one from a male. The high school’s student body government is completely made up of girls. At my daughter’s academic awards ceremony this week, they passed out […]

 

Q&A Friday #106: Under What Conditions Do You See A Primary Challenger Emerging From The Democratic Party

Posted on by John Hawkins

Question: Under what conditions do you see a primary challenger emerging from the Democratic Party? — Martin Hale Answer: If you’re talking about a Kucinich type protest candidate mounting a futile challenge, that might not take much. The Left is unrealistic, impossible to please, and who knows what sort of “last straw” could convince a […]

 

The Right Way to Get Raped (A Guest Post for the Ladies by Ben Stein)

Posted on by Jenn Q. Public

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by Ben Stein. Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu. Like the distinguished public servant Dominique Strauss-Kahn, I am a friend to all women, even the ones who didn’t fully appreciate my American Spectator column on the scurrilous charges filed […]

 

A Teleconference With Jeff Sessions

Posted on by John Hawkins

Right off of his vote to filibuster Goodwin Liu (And, yes, he was stopped), Jeff Sessions hopped into a new media teleconference. Here are my notes, not quotes, from the teleconference. Opening statement It has been 750 days since Congress passed a budget. We have never faced a more predictable economic crisis than the debt […]

 

George Soros Is Spending Fortune to Drive News Media Further Left

Posted on by Dave Blount

If you think the journalism establishment is left-wing now, wait until the seeds sinister ultra-left financier George Soros has been planting begin to flower. Since 2003, Soros has spent more than $48 million funding media properties, including the infrastructure of news — journalism schools, investigative journalism and even industry organizations. And that number is an […]

 

Next on Liberal Agenda: Taking Voting Rights From Seniors

Posted on by Dave Blount

Many seniors have figured out that ObamaCare will mean power-drunk statists condemning them to death because it isn’t financially sensible for Big Government to spend money keeping people alive who are mostly done paying taxes. This is likely to hurt the Democrat Party with a growing sector of the population. But as with all problems […]

 

Children’s Book Publisher Collapses to Radical Environmentalist Pressure

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Extremist environmentalists have won yet another victory for propagandizing our children in schools by forcing Scholastic Books to junk a proposed energy-themed classroom education packet that treated the subject in a more even handed mode in favor of a program that only pushes extremist enviro policies. Yes, once again, the hard-core, anti-capitalist left has won […]

 

Tax Dollars Going to a 350-Pound Guy in Calf Who Pretends He’s a Diaper-Wearing Baby

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Here is the waste and fraud that your tax dollars are put to, America. Senator Tom Coburn has alerted the nation to a 30-year-old man in California named Stanley Thornton, Jr., who is paid by Social Security to lay about his house and pretend he is a baby replete with diapers, baby bottles for nourishment […]

 

Grist Wonders If Belief In The Climate Change (Hoax) Is Kiss Of Death For GOP Candidates

Posted on by William Teach

And their poster child for this is John Huntsman, who is known mostly for the media and Democrats saying he would be a formidable Obama opponent, while most Conservatives say “other than working for Obama, who the hell is he?” Is climate sanity the kiss of death for Republican presidential candidates? Even after backing away […]