Year: 2013

Jerry Brown Says to the Feds, Back Off

Posted on by Debra Saunders

“It is now time to return the control of our prison system to California,” Gov. Jerry Brown declared at a news conference Tuesday morning. Amen to that. Federal lawsuits and federal judges have taken over the state’s prison system. Unelected judges don’t have to worry about paying for what they command. Nor need they worry […]

 

The Second Amendment is NOT About Personal Protection

Posted on by Alex Nobles

September 25, 1789, was the date the Bill of Rights were initially proposed to congress by James Madison. These were ten amendments that would go on to ratify the Constitution. The Bill of Rights are widely misconstrued in purpose. This is by design by our current politicians. Most think that the Bill of Rights are […]

 

Shut it Down

Posted on by Michael Porfido

The Republicans need a new strategy for their upcoming negotiations with President Obama.:  The last round, they had a distinct disadvantage where doing nothing would have led to a terrible consequence, namely everyone’s taxes going up.:  With these negotiations behind us, we no longer have the sun setting on good policy, which requires action for […]

 

NY Dem. Calls Supporter of Opponent ‘N’ Word

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A Democrat candidate for a seat on New York’s Uptown City Council is turning to race baiting as his primary campaign strategy and recently went all in using the “N” word repeatedly to attack a supporter of his opponent. Thomas Lopez-Pierre is running for the Uptown City Council seat being vacated by the term-limited Robert […]

 

Dems Gain Voter ID Edge, Again

Posted on by Matt Vespa

The pendulum in the war between liberals and conservatives continues to swing with Democrats regaining the voter ID edge in the aftermath of the 2012 election. : According to Mike Flynn of Breitbart, he wrote today that this shouldn’t be a surprise. A: new survey by Gallup: shows Democrats regaining their edge in party identification over the GOP. […]

 

Harrisburg Is Sinking

Posted on by Dave Blount

Welcome to Harrisburg. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania demonstrates the future we have to look forward to if we allow the looting spree by our bureaucratic liberal overlords to continue. Harrisburg’s water and sewer system is falling apart. Consequently, A second sinkhole on Fourth Street near Maclay Street in Harrisburg collapsed at around 11 [New Year’s] night, hours […]

 

2012 Was Hottest Year Evah!!!!! For 2% Of The World’s Surface

Posted on by William Teach

Know what this proves? That 2012 was hot in the continental US. What it doesn’t prove is anthropogenic causation. But, hey, it gets all the Warmists out and about spreading awareness as they drive to demonstrations in their fossil fueled vehicles Not Even Close: 2012 Was Hottest Ever in U.S. What they’re forgetting is that […]

 

Mayors Against Illegal Guns Pushes To Demand A Plan

Posted on by William Teach

Did you know that there was a group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns? While they certainly have push, and in some cases enacted, initiatives to go after illegal guns, most seemed to be aimed at putting restrictions on law abiding citizens, rather than going after the criminals who use guns to injure and kill. Because […]

 

Republican Main Street Partnership RINOs Turn Out To Be Just RINORiffic As Conservatives Thought

Posted on by John Hawkins

Despite the positive press this will probably draw from the mainstream media, the good news is that the Republican Main Street Partnership just rendered itself completely irrelevant with this move. Enter former GOP rep and noted Boehner ally Steve LaTourette, who’s going to show those “chuckleheads” in the tea party a thing or two by […]

 

Draconian copyright laws protect special interests

Posted on by John Hawkins

With the swearing in of the: 113th: Congress, the media has been proclaiming the death of the Tea: Party’s influence in Washington. This narrative is certainly not: accurate, though is true that the: establishment: has garnered more sway since: Election Day than it has had after the 2010 elections. One primary example of this: took place in the: Republican Study Committee: (RSC). One of the […]

 

The Blind Sheik and Our Mute President

Posted on by Michelle Malkin

Egypt’s terror-coddling President Mohamed Morsi has repeated his arrogant demand that America free convicted 1993 World Trade Center mastermind Omar Abdel-Rahman. I’d like to report that President Obama repeated his unequivocal rejection of the Muslim Brotherhood leader’s entreaties. But as of this writing, no such public statement or restatement yet exists. That’s right. Obama has […]

 

A Man’s Home Is His Subsidy

Posted on by John Stossel

The Obama administration now proposes to spend millions more on handouts, despite ample evidence of their perverse effects. Shaun Donovan, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, says, “The single most important thing HUD does is provide rental assistance to America’s most vulnerable families — and the Obama administration is proposing bold steps […]

 

Leftist America: Obama Opponents ‘A–Holes’

Posted on by Ben Shapiro

This week’s column is brought to you by the word “a–holes.” It’s one of the left’s favorite words these days, fond as they are of shutting down the debate and casting their political opponents out like lepers. Take, for example, the website Gawker. The website is liberal. And as liberal Obama backers, they feel the […]

 

Fake News: L.A. Cops/Media Tout Rocket Launcher Seizure That Wasn’t

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Chief Charlie Beck and L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa, Dec. 27, 2012 The L.A. Police Department had big news on December 27. They had seized a pair of rocket launchers! This, of course, would have been shocking news if only they really had found “rocket launchers” in the City of Angels. As the L.A. Police Department’s “gun […]

 

Single Mothers: We’ve Got To Stop Calling Good “Bad” To Make People Feel Better

Posted on by John Hawkins

All of us know single mothers and in fact, some of the best moms I personally know are, in my humble opinion, single moms. There’s not enough good things to say about some of the women I know who work extra hours, take extra time, go above to beyond, work, fret, and sweat to make […]

 

A Reasonable Compromise On Gun Control

Posted on by William Teach

Most liberals want gun control. Mostly on people other than themselves, but, I’ll ignore that for the moment. So, I’ll tell you what, in the spirit of compromise, here’s what I’ll offer: Reinstatement of the original 1994 Assault Weapons Ban Ban the manufacture, sale, and transfer of magazines higher than 1o rounds starting the date […]

 

Continuing Fallout From the Unconscionable Irresponsibility of the Journal News

Posted on by Dave Blount

Yet another pernicious consequence of Gannett’s odious Journal News attempting to persecute gun owners by putting up an interactive map that gives their names and addresses: Rockland County [New York] Sheriff Louis Falco, who spoke at a news conference flanked by other county officials, said the Journal News’ decision to post an online map of […]

 

Surprise! Iran Thrilled By Chuck Hagel Nomination

Posted on by William Teach

A Secretary of Defense who’s soft on Iran and an Israel hater would match his boss (CBS News) Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it is hopeful the appointment of former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon would improve relations between Tehran and the U.S. Asked about Hagel’s nomination, ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said […]

 

Gabby Giffords Pushes Gun Control, Launches Anti-Gun Group

Posted on by William Teach

On one hand, you can’t blame her. On the other hand, she’s using her experience to attempt to infringe on Constitutional rights (USA Today) In response to a horrific series of shootings that has sown terror in our communities, victimized tens of thousands of Americans, and left one of its own bleeding and near death […]