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 […]

 

The Tea Party Movement, Tea Party Nation & Judson Phillips: A Round-Up

Well, this is the big weekend. I’m seeing tweets coming from the gathering. Nothing splashy yet–just lots of pictures of a very up-scale hotel. Luke Obrien of AOLNews has a fascinating exposé on Phillips. Here’s a snippet: Phillips’ big idea was a social network for conservatives. It would eventually be called Tea Party Nation. In […]

 


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. […]

 

If You Had Hours Or A Few Days To Live, Would You Want To Know?

I’m reading this article on a cat who leaps into your bed at the old folks home and he has got solid death instincts. He only becomes your companion when you’re on your way to permanent sleep: Dr Dosa first publicised Oscar’s gift in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2007. […]

 



Abnormal Psychology Exists: You Are A Woman If You Give Birth. Period.

Woman who wants to be an ugly man will be giving birth. This time in Britain: Congratulations, it’s a boy – who will give birth next month. Two proud papas are expecting a baby boy in February, London’s Daily Mail reports, in what will be the world’s second known case of birth by a “pregnant […]

 

Stories You Should Know: What You Missed Over The Weekend

Supposedly the news cycle ebbs over the weekend. Not this weekend. And there wasn’t even football. Here are some stories I wanted to share: U.N. Global Warming science was based on a college dissertation. No, I am not making this up. SNL had a hilarious skit, for once, about Scott Brown’s effect on the Dems. […]

 



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 […]

 

Barack Obama Didn’t Even Wait Two Days To Be Two Faced

Remember when President Obama ripped lobbyists in the State of the Union Speech? Well, a day later The Hill reports: A day after bashing lobbyists, President Barack Obama’s administration has invited K Street insiders to join private briefings on a range of topics addressed in Wednesday’s State of the Union. The Treasury Department on Thursday […]

 

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 […]

 


Live Blogging – Tweeting – U-Streaming (I hope) The SOTU With A Twist Of Lime

We watch so you don’t have to, but I strongly encourage drinking with us and commenting here. Also, if we can make it work, Tab Hale will be doing a simulcast and for sure live blogging on Right Wing News. She’s a braver soul, so if we make this video stuff work, it will be […]

 

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 […]

 

German Homeschooling Familly Granted Asylum In The United States

This German family has been persecuted for a long time: The long wait is over for a German family that immigrated to Morristown in search of the freedom to homeschool their five children. A U.S. immigration judge granted political asylum to the family Tuesday afternoon in Memphis. The decision clears the way for Uwe Romeike, […]

 

President Obama Prefers To Be A One-Term President Or Something

Yes, he said it: “I’d rather be a really good one term president, than a mediocre two term president.” Uh huh. Those are our only two choices? How about a mediocre one term president, ‘cuz that’s the way it seems to be going. Check out the video. You can tell he’s pained when he says […]

 

Podcast 82: Leon Wolf And Nathan Wurtzel On Football, SOTU, And More..

Melissa welcomes Nathan and Leon to the show to discuss a little football and of course, politics. Download MP3 To subscribe on iTunes, just click here! When Melissa isn’t on the radio, you can find her at melissaclouthier.com and on Twitter. Her username is MelissaTweets.

 

Conservatives Pushing Back: Illinois, Florida and California

This will be a good year for not just Republican gains, but for conservative gains. Consider Marco Rubio in Florida: Marco Rubio, who began last year as a total unknown, has pulled ahead of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist in the Florida Senate Republican primary for the first time, in a new Quinnipiac poll released today. […]

 

The Last Refuge Of A Miserable Democrat: Call The Voters Stupid

Joe Klein illustrates the anger coming from the left. The Democrats are imploding. The voters are frustrated. The horizon doesn’t look better for the libs. Who’s to blame? Not the Democrats. Never them. It’s YOUR fault, says Joe Klein in his post titled Too Dumb To Thrive: It is very difficult to have a democracy […]

 

Wrap-Up: Governor Rick Perry’s Blogger Summit In Austin, Texas

Texas Governor Rick Perry hosted a blogger meet-up in Austin, Texas this last weekend. Friday night, twenty of us met up at the gun range with the Governor. He showed fellow bloggers Kathleen McKinley and Robbie Cooper and me how to shoot his laser-guided, tiny Ruger LCP .380. It was a nice, light little gun, […]

 


Podcast 81: Scott Brown, Health Care, Liberal Angst with John Hawkins

Oops! Forgot to post this earlier. John was right… and yes, I was too pessimistic. I was scared of placing too high of hopes on this race, just in case we lost. John Hawkins joins Melissa to discuss the election in Massachusetts and what it means to health care reform and the democratic party in […]

 

Christiane Amanpour Gets Tortured With Enhanced Truth From Marc Theissen

One of the more interesting parts of the Scott Brown campaign was his defense of enhanced interrogation techniques. The Massachusetts voters approve of them, and him. Says Andy McCarthy: It was health care that nationalized the special election for what we now know is the people’s Senate seat. But it was national security that put […]

 

Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams On Government Pay

Why are Federal and State workers getting pay raises when the private sector has lost 7 million jobs? Michael Williams, the Texas Railroad Commissioner refused to take a $45,000/year raise and refused wage increases for his state employees. He says, “we should all be in this together.” Kay Bailey Hutcheson has said that she’d step […]

 

John Edwards Admits Rielle Hunter’s Kid “Quinn” Is His, News Media Shocked!

So John Edwards is the baby’s father. Shocking! Not. From Fox: In a statement released to NBC News, Edwards said, “I am Quinn’s father. … It was wrong for me ever to deny she was my daughter and hopefully one day, when she understands, she will forgive me.” Friends of the family said that Edwards […]

 

President Obama’s Very Bad No Good Horrible Year

Let’s a list of the sadness: Stimulus Freddie And Fanny Olympics Government Motors Copenhagen Climategate Crotchbomber Economy And Creigh Deeds, John Corzine and now, Coakley. It’s been a sad year. Not all of it has been in his control, but a huge part of it has been directly under President Obama’s control. And now President […]