Press Release From Tennessee Tea Party Coaltion

Just In: Tennessee Tea Party Coalition Open Press Conference Nashville, TN — (February 5, 2010) In response to the recent announcement of the Ensuring Liberty PAC from the Tea Party Nation National Convention, the Tennessee Tea Party Coalition (TNTPC) would like to make clear that the tea party movement within the state of Tennessee is […]

 


Web Surfers Have More Depression

Hmmmmm…… A “dark side” to the internet suggests a strong link between time spent surfing the web and depression, say psychologists. British scientists found that the longer people spent online, the less likely they were to be happy. A small group of the worst affected individuals were both depressed and addicted. But it was not […]

 

Joblessness: Bad News Is Unexpected News

When bad things happen during the Obama administration it’s always so “unexpected”. The latest round of unexpectedly unexpected news was in the jobs arena. The AP reports: WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce. […]

 


Obama: No More Mr. Nice Guy?

Well, he was nice to the world tyrants (still is–note the silence on the hangings in Iran). He’s not so hip on America. But meeting with the Dalai Lama is symbolic, I guess, of some new toughness. Meh. On Friday the Obama administration signed off on a $6.4 billion (:£4 billion) arms package for Taiwan. […]

 

Scott Brown Knows How To Message

know you guys hate videos (well, RWN people do), but I’m including it here because it’s so illustrative of good political speak. The CNN interviewer asks Brown, “Can you accept a more scaled down version of the health care bill?” Now, keep in mind that Brown was elected at “the 41st vote” against health care […]

 



Liberals Hate Texas’ Success

From the Texas GOP. I expect more of this as Lib states fail and conservative states thrive (or at least, do better.): AUSTIN – The Democratic left is opening up several online fronts from which they will attack the Texas record this election year. Posing as non-partisan civic watchdogs, their aim is to produce material […]

 


Firedog Lake: Why Should Republicans Change A Winning Strategy For Obama?

Why, indeed? Unless you’re Newt Gingrich, but that’s another political story. Jon Walker says: So, when Obama asks Republicans to be bipartisan, he is asking them to make a very bad personal, political, and professional choice. Working with Democrats would require Republicans to give up a working political strategy. It would increase the chance that […]

 


President Obama Calls Out The Supreme Court And The Military #SOTU

President Obama indulged himself multiple times throughout his speech. Two indulgences actually elicited outraged and/or stony reaction from those he targeted. First, the Supreme Court. President Obama opined about the separation of powers and then he launched. Here’s how Allah characterizes it : When you hear the president of the United States demagoging the First […]

 



John and Elizabeth Edwards Legally Split Today

Buried today in the news of the State of the Union and the Apple iPad this: Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who admitted last week that he fathered a child with a videographer, separated Wednesday from his wife, Elizabeth, according to a source close to her. Edwards, 56, denied he was the infant’s father […]

 

President Obama Is Out Of Touch

Remember when President Bush I was shocked about the technology to check out at the grocery store? [Update: That story, reader Mark Urbin points out, was a myth. See Snopes.] Remember when the press made hay over Senator John McCain’s ignorance about email? They’re out of touch! screamed the headlines. Well, the Out Of Touch […]