Author: Melissa Clouthier

According to ABC News, Stratfor, and Doug Ross, yes. From Doug Ross: A disturbing aspect of the attack is that Muhammad had been brought to the FBI’s attention months ago, according to ABC News. But U.S. counterterror teams may have been intentionally prevented from investigating radicalized converts to Islam: Several weeks ago, STRATFOR heard from […]

Vice President Dick Cheney threw the whole intolerance meme on its ear with his very progressive stance regarding same-sex marriage. In contrast, President Obama, the progressive’s objet desire, holds very, very, very traditional views. Marriage is, says Barack Obama, between one man and one woman. Why don’t gay people get mad at the President? It’s […]

Is there a simple solution to our complex economic problems? I don’t know, but I see parallels to the complexity of the human body and the United States economy: The biggest problem with the current financial mess the United States faces is that it’s not simple. The United States economy, the slow, crawling, sprawling recession, […]

I didn’t want to write about this topic. At. All. It’s absolute insanity. And it’s personal. The procedure that Dr. George Tiller became expert at is absolutely gruesome and he was an “expert” over sixty thousand times. That is a medium sized city of people who died being pulled limb from limb or by chemical […]

My friend Stephen Kruiser has a strange case of Tourette’s Syndrome. Every time the news gets too anti-Obama-heavy, he yells, “DELTOIDS!” That’s the press’ mantra to sooth themselves in tough Obama times….a nice, puffy piece about Michelle Obama’s striking physique. But think about it, this woman is a lawyer and a mother. How lame must […]

Are you guys sick of the topic yet? Well, here’s where I agree with President Barack Obama, it’s happening this year or never. I’m voting for never. The reason why there is so much emphasis on getting this done is because should the economy pick up and people start being employed again, the fear and […]

President Obama is spending lots of his time reaching out to the Muslims of the world, but has assured Israel he’s their buddy. Do you believe him? I don’t. And here’s evidence that President Obama is paying lip service to Israel. From the World Tribune: The Obama administration has blocked Israel’s request for advanced U.S.-origin […]

Well, in the scheme of scheming back-door dealing, this is small taters, yet the story is indicative of how the President rolls. And he rolls with style, my friends. Yesterday, he spent hob-knobbing with the hoi-paloi in Beverly Hills, California. And here we have his digs in Las Vegas. A few questions via the LA […]

The impulse is to say Soto-may-er. But that wouldn’t be correct. The proper pronunciation is Soto-may-YOUR and with a opening of the mouth to get the proper fullness and roll of the tongue. Sigh. Remember when people Americanized their names? Partly, it made their names easier to say. Mostly, people just wanted to be American. […]

I’ve been thinking about the root cause of this bail-out mess and the changes in our American culture. My column at AIP today sums up my thinking about things: America, in general, and our government in particular, has been consuming more calories than it can afford and grown fat, and rather than cut back, has […]

Some things are so predictable. Like, when the economy is in the crapper and people don’t work, there’s less tax revenue: Federal tax revenue plunged $138 billion, or 34%, in April vs. a year ago — the biggest April drop since 1981, a study released Tuesday by the American Institute for Economic Research says. When […]

So the Supreme Court of California upheld a law thus reinforcing the will of the people and that’s noteworthy only because the court has made such a consistent practice of making laws rather than interpreting them. There will be lawsuits. There will be outrage. I don’t care. So President Obama was utterly predictable and picked […]

Forget the little children. The little children coming to the White House don’t vote, can’t give money and really, after you’ve had one kiddie photo-op you’ve had them all, so they can’t make you even look that great. President Barack Obama dissed a bunch of crying Kindergartners: Paty Stine said the White House staff should […]

Who is the new “titular head” of the Republican party? Rush Limbaugh announced this week that he was stepping down as the “titular head” of the Republican Party. He passed the torch to General Colin Powell. The passing of the titular torch was symbolic. Whereas the old titular head is a conservative talk show host […]

Don’t you just want the President to shut his never-ending, pretentious, blathering yapper? Everyone says he’s a great speaker. Really? The man bores me absolutely to tears. He reminds me of my insufferable, cranky and addled Histology teacher from college. Holy crap, cell biology was more interesting than this mitochondrial exhausting man. Look it up. […]

Over spend, take in too little income. You have two choices: Cut spending or increase income. Since California doesn’t want to increase income, the choice is to cut spending or go bankrupt. Here’s a thought: How about cutting spending? I know. I know. It’s so obvious, it might just work. Or, you could go bankrupt […]

What is the response to the economic devastation wrought by Cap-n-Trade, that the Democrats know will come? Welfare, of course! Here’s what’s buried inside the bill: Title IV, Subtitle B, Part 2, Section 426, of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which states; An eligible worker (specifically, workers who lose their jobs […]

For a couple weeks, and about six shows so far, I’ve been doing a radio show on RFCradio.com called the Right Doctor. Tonight, Republican National Committee New Media Director, Todd Herman will join me as my guest for the full hour from 10 p.m. EST to 11 p.m. EST. We talk about the direction he’s […]

I’m amusing myself with headlines today. On the one hand, old, white Republican males are happy. On the other hand, young, white, blue-collar (read Republican?) males are being hammered by this recession/depression. So, if the life arc of a white male is pondered, it looks like this: There’s the angry, young man phase. There’s the […]

If America is going to be Europe Lite and turn into a socialist country, soft, cushy, lacking innovation and miserably haughty, I think America needs to decide how “nice” is going to look. The idea is create a society free of hardship rather than a free society. So what will that mean? Over at the […]

Andrew Breitbart fessed up in a way only someone in New Media fesses up: fully, completely, and on the editorial page of a rather progressive Old Media paper, the Washington Times. I won’t reiterate his shame here. You can read it for yourself. Anyone who writes for a living makes mistakes. Some fall into the […]

I’m not saying that John Hawkins is the leader of the Tea Party movement because I write for his blog and I’m trying to score brownie points. I’m not saying that John Hawkins is the leader of the Tea Party movement because he says so and because he says so it makes it so. I’m […]

The Boomers spawned and their progeny distilled their pot-tootin’, free-lovin’ parents’ belief system to this: community, environment, activism. This from a Detroit News editorial: In the 2010 off-year election, half of millennials will be eligible to vote, representing about a fifth of the overall electorate. By 2012, 60 percent will be eligible to vote, and […]

Roger Simon met Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and says, “I was in the presence of pure Evil.” Roger’s analysis of coming face to face with evil is compelling. Please go read the whole thing. After you come back, I’ll have some thoughts that were triggered by his piece. I met evil once. She was in the form […]

The biggest generation is about to be the biggest retired generation. Do you think a generation nicknamed the “Me Generation” will suddenly become the generous generation? No. The market lost value so the Boomers lost their retirements. They were overmortgaged just as their health declined (it was a shock that they were getting older). Let’s […]

My latest American Issues Project column delves into the American psyche. I think the overspending spree that both individual Americans and then the banks and ultimately the Fed partook in the last few years can be traced back to the 9/11 attacks. I’m interested in what you guys think about my theorizing. Here’s a bit […]

Hi guys! A couple months ago, the Republican National Committee asked the grassroots for feedback to help the GOP get going the right direction with the use of technology. People responded via Facebook, Ning groups, and blogs. Maybe you thought your feedback didn’t matter. Well, as with all things transitional, it often takes extra effort […]

The moderates are feeling persecuted, marginalized, reviled and yes, put-upon. They also tend to inhabit the ranks of writers and journalists–you know, balanced, seeing all sides and generally talking around a topic. Because of their professional affiliation, those on the right get to hear their tortured logic and navel gazing ad nauseum. In response to […]

Nothing like a fulminating Senator to bring out murderous impulses and the desire to openly mock: H/T Brutally Honest

That is the mantra of the Left. Over and over and over broken record style they say it droning like the mindless borg they are. Yep, Republicans who once could be counted on to be fiscally responsible turned out to be big, greedy, disgusting hogs when they were in power. And now, President Barack Obama […]