Author: Melissa Clouthier

Your avatar on Twitter and your picture on Facebook matter. People make judgments based on the image they see. Here are some common weird things people do: 1. You & a buddy: I have a new friend on Twitter. In his tiny avatar picture, he’s leaning against another guy. Finally, I asked him if the […]

Bush Derangement Syndrome seems like a head cold compared to the Palin Hatred. Palin Hatred is like a full-blown mental swine flu. I fear it may be a slate clearer for the Democratic Party. Perhaps the Left could take this Sarah-free moment and consider the power their loathing, and the underlying fear, gives Sarah Palin. […]

Only question: Do Americans want America remade? In this weeks American Issues Project column I talk about the choice before America: While this is very much about Barack Obama personally–his whole life was made for this moment when he would be in the position where he could “remake America”–it’s even more about the American people. […]

This episode I talk about the Gates Affair, the Democrats and health care, Sarah Palin and Steve Schippert joins me to discuss what’s really happening in Iran. Should Israel bomb Iran and what would be the consequences? We also talk about what we teach our young people about rising out of poverty and overcoming difficulty. […]

The Birther issue serves one important purpose: if the whole of the Right can be painted as conspiratorial nutters, then the Left doesn’t have to defend or explain very unpopular policies like Cap-n-Trade, Card Check and Health Care. It is, in short, a diversion. When you got no game, play dirty. That’s the Left’s mantra […]

I had a friend call all the Czars the President’s job’s program. Indeed. Today, Michelle Malkin’s new book Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies hits and it will be a must-read and dovetails nicely into the news of the day. In the meantime, check out this comprehensive list […]

Evidently, the term “Government Run Health Care” doesn’t poll so well. I know it’s the only term I use for the health care debate because “Obamacare” sounds snipey and non-descriptive. So this is what is being reported by Human Events’ Connie Hair: Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), the secretary of the House Republican Conference and a […]

Evidently, the President’s remarks about the Henry Gates arrest are the media’s fault. A Fox News reporter spoke off-camera with press Secretary Robert Gibbs who felt the media blew up the remarks about the arrest: Says Patrick Hynes, “So the cops are stupid and it’s all the media’s fault. Got it.” [Video courtesy Patrick.] And […]

Republicans remember how the last election was made into a referendum on President George W. Bush. It looks like the same thing might happen with President Obama. Far from the uniter he campaigned on being, his words and deeds while delivered in a measured way, have proven to be very divisive:

Hi guys, Dan Riehl of Riehl World View and my co-blogger John Hawkins join me. We discuss the news of the day. The third segment might be interesting to those who wonder about the future of the Right online. Why don’t we have a Kos on the Right? That question and more gets answered there. […]

In the 1960’s, the popular surgery was to remove tonsils (sometimes, as in my mom’s case, it was even necessary). In the 1970’s, the popular surgery was to have perfectly functioning ovaries and uteri removed. In the 1980’s, the popular surgery was to have a knee “scoped”. And, at one time, bloodletting and frontal lobotomies […]

Lynn Sweet’s question about the Henry Gate’s arrest (white officers arrested a black Harvard scholar breaking into his own home) at the press conference seemed coordinated and purposeful and at first glance, strange. The press conference was regarding nationalized health care, why would a reporter talk about the Henry Gate’s arrest? As Yuri says over […]

Overall impression: I agree with Krauthammer: President Obama talked for an hour about selling a program that will save money, make government more efficient and better, only the evil rich will be soaked, etc. As Krauthammer said, “None of the questions nicked him.” Well, maybe the transparency one, but that wasn’t really about the specifics […]

Who really cares about a pudgy Surgeon General? Remember K. Everett Koop? He was lovable in his Little House On The Prairie, old timey Doctor sort of way. Was he the Supreme Master of Fitness? Uh, no. But that wasn’t his job. His job, if a Surgeon General, even has a real job, was to […]

How powerful is the press in creating the narrative around President Obama? His poll numbers have slipped and I’m wondering if their full court press can rescue him. Can shiny, happy, soft-focused coverage for a huge government health care plan change the poll numbers? Will President Obama’s cajoling, reasoned, pleading tones work on the American […]

In my American Issues Project Column today, I talk about President Obama and the Democrats he leads, prods, cajoles, browbeats, and blackmails into submission and their collective disrespect for the American taxpayer: Have you seen any of those shows that follow up on lottery winners? You know, the ones where the people had been down […]

David Brooks flaps his jaws again and this time, he’s going after his beloved, well-spoken Barack Obama for falling into the same trap as Republican president George W. Bush, except, I don’t see the parallel. At all. Here’s Brooks: It’s not that interesting to watch the Democrats lose touch with America. That’s because the plotline […]

Yes, I talk about it all through my feverish, ranty haze. I have some sort of virus that has me rolling through fever and cold sweats. A downside to having kids is catching every single kid illness that comes along. Bloggers mentioned in this podcast: Ace of Spades, Robert Stacy McCain, Michelle Malkin and AllahPundit. […]

While President Obama vacationed and spent time overseas with the G8, his poll numbers went down at home. I recall how President Obama’s poll numbers dipped when he gave his World Presidency speech in Germany. What I’m wondering now is whether the press will be able to bump his poll numbers. The economy is objectively […]

Here’s the thing about liberal special interest groups: They are like the terminator. If one cell or piece of metal still exists, if the whole idea isn’t utterly destroyed, the machine will be back and angrier than before. That’s where Big Labor is about Card Check and the onerous Binding Arbitration. The Labor Unions will […]

It is important to note that the AMA (American Medical Association) does not represent all doctors. In fact, many doctors belong to other organizations more suited to their specialty. One such organization the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, does NOT endorse President Obama’s health care plan. In fact, many members of this organization prefer […]

How immediate is immediately? Four months later…… AJ Strata: And what little stimulus money that has been spent (more on that at the end) has gone to keeping government bureaucrats in their cozy little jobs doing much of nothing. The private sector (where the vast majority of us work) is the one taking the pounding […]

Head count. Reducing head count is the quick and dirty way for companies to cut costs because employee salaries make up the biggest percentage of overhead in most businesses. So, when other costs go way up, when the economy is too weak to support raising prices, what’s a businessperson to do? He must, to stay […]

Why can’t all minorities understand that white liberals know what’s good for them? Why do they have to get all uppity and think differently? Further, why would a black man want to rely on facts instead of his empathy? Bad minority via Ed Morrissey who says, “I just love it when white politicians set themselves […]

There are two ways a company can make more money: increase fees or cut overhead. Overhead, for government run insurance would be….well, YOU. So, the way to cut overhead would to make it so you go to the doctor less, get less time with the doctor, and the doctor will get paid less. All in […]

Some people DO get somethin’ for nothin’ and those people are costing the people who actually work a lot of money. In California and Michigan, the governments are deep in debt and losing workers by the thousands (and therefore, tax revenue). California is consuming 1/3 of U.S. welfare dollars and has only 12% of the […]

How far behind Venezuela does America lag in the populist, socialist, state-run “solution” to the perceived injustice and unfairness of our formerly great capitalistic state? In this podcast, I interview my brother who is in Venezuela doing business and how the people there perceive the changes. The subjects of Sotomayor’s intelligence, the NRSC Toomey endorsement, […]

Is there a more pathetic creature than a liberal white male bathed in the identity-politics undermining his own credibility by damning white males? Exhibit “A”: Craig Crawford. It makes sense for Maureen Dowd to hide behind her persecuted vagina, but why would a man do the same thing? Why would one middle-aged white man deride […]

Enough time has passed now and enough damage done, that the long-term effects of plastic surgery, especially facial plastic surgery, can be observed on the forever young faces of Hollywood, and, as it turns out, porn celebrities. In nearly all cases, the results are nothing short of horrific. [The link to Stacy McCain’s porn star […]

The Leftist ideology descends quickly into intellectual madness. Meddling with the average person’s life, making choices for them because they’re too stupid to make choices for themselves, devolves into believing that some people are so stupid and worthless that they shouldn’t be born. The earth is better off without some people. And then, in a […]