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 […]

 

Why The Health Care Bill Is Scary

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Senate Republicans have had health care plans. They also have the only two medical doctors in the Senate. The docs discuss why the health care bill is “scary”: The bill is here. Dr. Coburn says in his Wall Street Journal op-ed: I recently suggested that seniors will die sooner if Congress actually implements the Medicare […]

 

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, […]

 

Tiger Woods Comes Down To Earth

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Salacious. The topic has produced obscene interest. Different theories are put forth: Yes, Americans like to see achievers fail. Yes, people are petty, small and voyeuristic. Yes, it’s a relief for some people to focus on the travails of others rather than their own miserable existence. I think Tiger counted on Americans being just this […]

 

President Barack Obama Is In Charge

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The downside of being large and in charge is the in charge part. Well, the downside of being large and in charge when things go ill, is the in charge part. Otherwise, being in charge is totally fun. When it comes to health care, things bode ill. It’s getting less fun to be in charge. […]

 

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 […]

 

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 […]

 

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 […]

 

NYT: Black People Are Different

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A different section of the New York Times for Christmas presents for black people? Do the black people read that in the “special” section of the bus, too? From Mary Katherine Hamm: The gospel cruise is perhaps my favorite offering. Is Michael Scott now editing the New York Times? Actually, some of the gifts are […]

 

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 […]

 

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. […]

 

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, […]

 

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 […]

 

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 […]