Author: Melissa Clouthier

Is Larry Summers Doing For America What He Did For Harvard?

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Bloomberg is reporting this troubling information: As vanishing credit spurred the government-led rescue of dozens of financial institutions, Harvard was so strapped for cash that it asked Massachusetts for fast-track approval to borrow $2.5 billion. Almost $500 million was used within days to exit agreements known as interest-rate swaps that Harvard had entered to finance […]

 

Passing Obamacare Will Hurt Democrats, Not Passing Obamacare Will Hurt Democrats–UPDATED

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The Democrats did it to themselves. Not unlike President Bush’s insistence on pushing Amnesty to the fore, the Democrats have self-immolated on the pyre of health care. It didn’t have to be this way. The Dems could have gone for bipartisan reform….and they still could, but they are damaged, no matter. They wanted to push […]

 

Why Is The Governator In Copenhagen When His State’s Economy Is In The Crapper? And, “Saracuda Tougher Than Schwarzenegger”

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Politics Daily’s Matt Lewis baits the lefties at MSNBC: Should President Obama be over in Copenhagen? If his goal is an empty, symbolic gesture, yes. If he cares about America, no. It doesn’t serve America’s interests to negotiate with 3rd world thugs and pretend that giving these regimes money will make the climate better. The […]

 

Climategate: So The Raw Data WAS Manipulated

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Latest charge: The CRU cooked data from Russia, specifically and especially Siberia.Absolutely shocking: They specifically state that lack of measurement is not the cause. If they claim the full set of Russian data does NOT support global warming, imagine how different the bright red dot over Russia would look. Again the accusation is completely believable, […]

 

Podcast: Why Are Milblogs Going Silent? What Is Going On With Healthcare? Hope For Dateless Men

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John Hawkins of Right Wing News and Blake Powers, aka Laughing Wolf of Black Five and Laughing Wolf join me to discuss the plight of bloggers in the military, PTSD, the health care debacle and why Democrats are in big trouble with it and ….hope for men who want a woman. Download MP3 To subscribe […]

 

Gitmo To Chicago

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For your consideration: Alexander Statement on Proposal to Relocate Gitmo Detainees to American Soil WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following statement on the administration’s proposal to move detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States: “Congress made it very clear to the administration that […]

 

Maybe I’ve Had It Wrong All Along: I Shoulda Been A Guy Blogger

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Is a woman an “Uncle Tom” if she writes under a male pseudonym? What if she gets paid more and seemingly more respect by doing so? Also, would a woman write differently if she “wrote like a man”. If I didn’t have the cultural pressures, would I write differently? More forceful, more tough, maybe? Here’s […]

 

You Know, Had Democrats Used The Republican Health Care Reforms, Almost Everyone Would Be Happy–UPDATED

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At the moment, it looks like no health care bill will pass. It’s a debacle from top to bottom and no one wants to be hung with this noose. President Obama is the biggest loser. Which is why he is doing this. Had the Democrats pushed a real reform plan such as the Republicans had […]

 

Sarah Palin Has Rehabbed Her Image: Now What?

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If you haven’t seen Sarah Palin’s Conan appearance, watch it here, now: After watching, you’ll see why Legal Insurrection’s William Jacobson says this: Palin thus took on the pervasive liberal and Democratic caricature of Palin, and did so in a humorous and sympathetic way. Palin was allowed to fight mockery with mockery. Touché. Palin’s appearance […]

 

I Think This Is What Going To Hell In A Handbasket Looks Like

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I just received this email from a reader: Dr. Clouthier, I’ve got my own conservative-leaning site but I keep yours close at hand everyday. Thank you, first off, for being so vigilant. That being said, I’m sorry to have to ask so bluntly, but is this Kevin Jennings thing real? I think I’m in shock. […]

 

Sarah Palin Hits ‘Em Where It Hurts–Updated: Jon Stewart Feels Frum’s Pain

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Could there be anything worse for President Barack Obama than his nemesis agreeing with him? I don’t think so. From CNN: Sarah Palin had some rare praise Thursday for President Obama after the president delivered his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo. But the former Republican vice presidential nominee added that she would like […]

 

Teddy Kennedy From The Grave: Medicare As A Path To Single Payer

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Are you starting to breath easier because it looks like the Public Option is toast? Don’t. The guys from Verum Serum explain: Earlier today I referred to the Senate compromise plan as “RahmCare”, given a similar proposal that the President’s Chief-of-Staff made at a congressional healthcare forum in 2007. But it turns out this isn’t […]

 

Podcast: Climategate Made Simple

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The Climategate controversy is complex. This podcast makes it simple. Charles Martin, a scientist himself, walks me through all the parts and pieces of this story. He is also aggregating all information around the controversy for Pajamas Media. Go there to learn more. Download MP3 To subscribe on iTunes, just click here! When Melissa isn’t […]

 

Obama’s Bound To Disappoint Someone: An Ignoble Nobel

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Headline I wrote yesterday, but didn’t have time to finish the post yesterday. Seems I was prescient: The Norwegians aren’t happy. The King isn’t happy. Any American who actually believes in achievement as a measure of success isn’t happy. The peacenik left isn’t happy. Is anyone happy?

 

Oh, No You Can’t: Kids Deprived Voucher-Supported Education Obama’s Kids Enjoy

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Education good enough for thee, but not for me: U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says no more low-income, mostly minority children will get taxpayer-funded scholarships to attend private or parochial schools in the District of Columbia. Duncan told CNSNews.com that school vouchers are “not the solution” to fixing D.C.’s failing public schools. Duncan made the […]

 

Harry Reid, Health Care, And Being Owned

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If an American citizen wants the comfort of guaranteed care, he will have to pay a steep price. Freedom and slavery is a continuum–with indentured servitude, heavy taxation and other crimps in economic style falling in between the absolute ideals. One could argue that the health care legislation being proposed by Harry Reid et al. […]

 

A Liberal Lawyer Asks: Is It Okay For Me To Discriminate Against Conservatives?

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Sigh. That was the question posed in yesterday’s popular Ethicist column, in the New York Times. Here’s the question that a reader posed to columnist Randy Cohen: While interviewing law students for jobs as paid summer interns and full-time associates for my firm, I noticed several had résumés listing their activities in the Federalist Society. […]

 

How The Left Went Wrong By Not Getting It Right About Sarah Palin

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Sarah Palin turns out to not be the mindless, soulless creature the left painted her to be during the 2008 election season. The liberal press, the leftist bloggers, and the activists who hate Sarah Palin succeeded in turning Sarah Palin into a cartoon during the election cycle and many people were inclined to believe them. […]

 

Podcast: Ali Akbar Talks Political Strategies From Texans To Palin

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Health care debating, governor to president making and Sarah Palin hating all get discussed in this fast hour. You can find Ali Akbar here. 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.

 

Max Baucus Uses His Position To Take Care Of His Girlfriend: Will The Left Remain Silent?

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Just substitute, say, Senator Coburn [I picked Coburn because he has been a strong voice on health care] for Senator Baucus: In nominating his girlfriend for the job of U.S. attorney, Montana Sen. Max Baucus didn’t disclose the relationship to the White House, Montana’s other senator or a local attorney tapped to review potential candidates, […]

 

Climategate: Global Warming & Ridiculing The Ridiculous

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How seriously is Copenhagen going to be when no one believes that global warming is really happening? Not too seriously. Iowahawk captures the spirit: Narrator This is the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom, home of one of the largest nesting populations of climate scientists in Europe. Gentle ant’s-eye scene of idyllic campus […]

 

Another Terrorist Dry Run: Part II Interview With Witness Dr. Keith Robinson — UPDATED

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Yesterday, I shared the account given by Tedd Petruna about Air Tran Flight 297 from Atlanta to Houston Hobby. Today, I interviewed Dr. Keith Robinson, Corps Commander of the Houston Regional Community Chaplain Corps, as he actually took the flight, with the Arab men after Tedd and many other passengers got off the plane, once […]

 

Podcast: President Obama’s Afghanistan, Views From Left And Right

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President Obama gave an Afghanistan speech that made few people happy. The liberal Tommy Christopher and the conservative Caleb Howe join me to discuss President Obama’s Afghanistan speech. They also discuss “things men should not say”. Download MP3 To subscribe on iTunes, just click here! When Melissa isn’t on the radio, you can find her […]

 

John Brodniak: The Sob Story That Isn’t

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What do liberals do when they lack substance or lose the argument on the merits? They resort to the Compelling Life (or in this case dying) Story. It’s like the world is one long After-School Special to leftists–all weeping tears and make-it-better-actions by government. The only problem is that these stories are often bogus. Michelle […]