Year: 2012

No, Left-Wingers, the ‘Founders’ Did NOT Approve of Mandates or Obamacare

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Every few weeks leftist supporters of Obamacare will float the “fact” that our founders passed the first “national healthcare law” claiming that this supports Obamacare. The truth is, though, the history they claim supports them doesn’t in any way prove that the founders would approve of mandates in general or Obamacare in particular. This failed […]

 

The Obama Administration Is Trying To Have It Both Ways on Bank Bailouts

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

When the Obama administration is not even fooling the most liberal of magazines, you know they have a problem: The Obama administration wants Americans to realize what a good job they and the Bush administration did saving the economy from a second Great Depression. But they’d prefer not to make this case directly. They want […]

 

My Speech At The April 14, 2012 Myrtle Beach Tea Party

Posted on by John Hawkins

They had another Myrtle Beach Tea Party last Saturday and I was one of the people giving a short speech. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a much smaller event than usual. Most of the Tea Parties I’ve been to in Myrtle Beach have been in the 300-500 people range. This one was probably more […]

 

David Axelrod Endorses Mitt Romney

Posted on by William Teach

Mitt already has the endorsements of people like George H.W. Bush, Marco Rubio, Jan Brewer, Darrel Issa, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Jeb Bush, Jeff Foxworthy, and Cindy Crawford, among many, many others. And now he has the all important Obama adviser endorsement (via Twitchy) “The choice in this election is between an economy that produces […]

 

The Top 10 Suggested #ObamaBookTitles From Twitter

Posted on by John Hawkins

Me: The Greatest Generation of One#ObamaBookTitles — Meow Inc (@TPGee) April 16, 2012 The Unbearable Lightness of Resume #ObamaBookTitles — John Wehrle (@jwehrle) April 16, 2012 Not Without My Tax-Hike #ObamaBookTitles — D. Jason Fleming (@deejf) April 16, 2012 No More Great Expectations#ObamaBookTitles — MaryK (@Mkber5) April 16, 2012 The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective […]

 

Dueling Tax Plans: GOP Small Business Tax Break Vs. Buffett Rule

Posted on by William Teach

One party pushes class warfare while the other pushes for job creation (Politico) With the glare of the public spotlight trained on Tax Day, Congress is readying for a political fight with dueling tax votes this week that will define each party’s priorities in this election year. In one corner are Republicans, who are touting […]

 

The Fiscal Insanity Of Paul Krugman Or Alternately, Why Paul Krugman Is One Of The Most Contemptible People In Politics

Posted on by John Hawkins

Paul Krugman seems to spend most of his time these days yowling for higher spending EVERYWHERE. If you listen to Krugman, you’d think every economic problem America and Europe have is a result of not spending enough money. Krugman’s thinking is loosely based on Keynesian economic theories that don’t work now and have never worked […]

 

Real Racism

Posted on by Derek Hunter

Yes, this is about race and racism. But no, it’s not about the Trayvon Martin case and how the media is pimping it. It’s not even about the equally tragic black-on-white crimes some push to expose media bias in the Martin case. I don’t subscribe to the “Yeah, sure, but what about this!” game some […]

 

Arrogant Democrats Think They Have Role to ‘Protect’ Titanic Wreck Site

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Titanic sunk 100 years ago this year. The great ship went down in international waters as a vessel of British registry. When it went down the United States was barely a presence on the international stage. Yet now, 100 years later, American Democrats imagine they have the duty and power to control what will […]

 

This Week in Automotivators, April 9-15

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Click the links! Link: The Looking Spoon. I was going to do something about the Fed and inflation and how dollar bills won’t be worth enough for anything else soon, but it just took too much explanation. Link: All American Blogger. Link: Wyblog. Link: Marathon Pundit. I also couldn’t resist: More: Link: Moe Lane. Link: […]

 

Obama Pre-Surrenders On Immigration Reform, May Try Next Year

Posted on by William Teach

It’d be hard work to try this year, but, it’s easy work to say he’ll try it if re-elected (Univision News) Addressing the sensitive topic of immigration reform, Obama blamed Republicans for the lack of progress on reform legislation and pledged he would “try” to bring up the issue in the first year of a […]

 

Darwin Vs. Free Markets

Posted on by Dennis Avery

CHURCHVILLE, VA–President Obama says the Republicans want to throw everyone under the wheels of a Darwinian “survival of the fittest” machine. He says the dog-eat-dog of the free market will be bad for blacks, Latinos, women, and the handicapped. He’s got it exactly backward. Peaceful competition in free markets is the alternative to Darwinism! Darwin […]

 

Welcome to Chip Rosenthal’s Nightmare: Unicom Systems Inc. vs. Chip Rosenthal

Posted on by John Hawkins

Last week I ran across one of the most blatant cases of reverse domain name hijacking that I’d ever seen. What is “reverse domain name hijacking?” According to ICANN’s “Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy” it is… “…using the Policy in bad faith to attempt to deprive a registered domain-name holder of a domain name.” […]

 

New Silicon Graffiti Video: March Madness

Posted on by Ed Driscoll

Hey, is this mic working? Is the camera on? At last — we’re back with our first Silicon Graffiti after a long hiatus, with a whirlwind look at some of the lowlights President Obama and the left suffered in March: Seven Days in March: The brutal week for Obama, the worst of his presidency. ObamaCare […]

 

Salon: Why Worry About Obama and Guns, America?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

When Barack Obama first won the White House, gun sales soared because supporters of the Constitution rightfully understood that Barack Obama is a gun-banner at heart. They feared he’d attack their Constitutional rights and begin a long trail of legislation or regulatory efforts to ban guns. Everyone has been surprised — including Obama’s own supporters […]

 

Madison, Wisconsin, city council thanks Occupy Madison, asks if they’ve got a spare joint around anyplace.

Posted on by TrogloPundit

What? No, I most certainly did not mean to imply any sort of drug, or drug paraphernalia. Joint. Y’know, as in place. Oh, let’s just start at the beginning: According to Madison-area blogger Dave Blaska, the police have been called to the Occupy site 80 times in the 150 days it has been active; more […]

 

WEAC: well at least our blatant and hypocritical partisanship is for the children!

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Got this in my inbox today: a comparison of how Wisconsin schools fared in past years vs. this year, and a comparison of what WEAC – the state teacher’s union – said about those past years vs. this year. FYI: those past years, there was a Democrat in office. A Case Study: WEAC Then and […]

 

RWN’s Favorite Ann Coulter Quotes

Posted on by John Hawkins

As Ann Coulter’s book “Slander” has rocketed up the charts she’s become the new darling of the right. The fact that she’s drop dead gorgeous, is seemingly on TV every night, and absolutely drives liberals up a wall doesn’t hurt either. Here are some of RWN’s favorite Coulter quotes… Big Government / Democrats Democrats are […]

 

Australia Looks To Ban Free Speech On Climate Change (Hoax)

Posted on by William Teach

Considering that the Queensland Labor Party was wiped out to the point that they aren’t even recognized as an actual political party in the last election due their globull warming legislation, one would think that someone would say “this is a bad idea.” However, as we’ve seen again and again, “climate change” is not about […]

 

Oops: Obama Pays Lower Tax Rate Than His Secretary

Posted on by William Teach

One would think that after all Obama’s whining about the Buffett rule and class war, Obama would make sure that he paid a higher net tax rate than his secretary (ABC News) President Obama today released his 2011 federal income tax, with he and his wife reporting an adjusted gross income of $789,674. The Obamas […]

 

Why Liberals Are the New Squares

Posted on by Roger Simon

I was amused to read Maureen Dowd’s recent column titled “State of Cool” in The New York Times, calling Hillary Clinton “cool,” because I was about to write just the opposite — not just about Hillary, but about her (and my) whole generation of liberal-progressive-whatevers. They are anything but cool. They are the New Squares. […]

 

Mind-Numbing Protests, Meet Pepper Spray

Posted on by Debra Saunders

You have to really work at it to get arrested at a University of California campus protest. University administrators look at protest as part of the education process — and they frequently issue memos stating how much they agree with left-wing causes. Administrators don’t want campus police to arrest students — especially students who attend […]

 

Ouch! Decade of Obamacare Will Cost $1,160 billion

Posted on by Michael Barone

How much will Obamacare — call it the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if you like — cost over the next 10 years? More than you’ve been led to believe, reports Charles Blahous of George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. To be specific, he projects it will add $1,160 billion to net federal spending over […]