Author: Melissa Clouthier

After visiting Michigan, my home state, this last summer, I wrote an emotional post expressing my grief at how the state has declined. It is still difficult to contemplate, because the place is so dear to me. You can understand why, then, this article from the Detroit News was difficult to read. Here’s the facts. […]

I’m not going to tell you what my my decision is, but I want to know your opinion. I would bring my kids to the Tea Party: Yes No    pollcode.com free polls

Are the Tea Parties actually discouraging Republican elected officials? Currently, Republican Congressmen and Senators are sticking together and voting against the horrendous Obama spending package. And yet, there is significant animus toward our elected Republican leadership. My co-blogger John Hawkins believes we should reinforce Republican politicians when they stick to core principles. I agree. And […]

On the same day I had a Twitter conversation with Jane Hamsher, who is absolutely convinced that a nefarious plot by shadowy right-leaning organizations backs the Tea Party movement, I received this email from the actual people doing the Houston organization: Anyone having any meetings the next two days? Would like to stop by and […]

The Tea Parties are coming up and many of us, myself included, whose activism has been limited to voting and blogging are getting involved now locally. Twitter and Facebook have been good resources for networking and keeping up on how things are going. Still, many working people are too busy for that, but this new […]

Ed Morrissey says this about Bristol Palin’s unfortunate choice in baby daddy: In fact, I think a lot of people miss the point with Levi. Both sides seem to have forgotten that these are very young people who obviously have little experience in interpersonal relationships. The Left forgot that during the election when they pilloried […]

A year ago, my co-blogger John Hawkins asked me to write at Right Wing News. I’m an independent person. I have my own blog. I like the freedom to write what I want to write. Still, John has a bigger audience and I believe the future is going to be consolidation. United, conservative writers and […]

There have been all sorts of articles written about Helicopter Parents and now, there’s a new trend called “slow parenting“. Slow parenting is just as the name implies–yank your kids out of activities and slow down. There is competing evidence, like came from Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers that kids do better with more activities and […]

For eight years, Americans have been given a steady media diet about how America would receive help from Europe if only George W. Bush would have been less cowboy and more diplomat. So now, America has President Barack Obama who is all hat and no cattle, and European policy is still selfish, short-sighted and really, […]

I don’t pay attention to Lefty blogs…mostly, because they’re havens of psychologically imbalanced emotionalism. For more psychological dissecting of the Left, read Dr. Pat Santy of Dr. Sanity fame. There is one key psychological concept every conservative should know because the Left is in this perpetual state. It’s called projection. Or, in Kindergarten speak “when […]

Yes, young, black Republicans exist. I think of a scripture, and I’m going to paraphrase it here, “The fields are black with harvest, if only there were enough workers.” The Black and Hispanic communities are naturally conservative. Voters, enough to swing elections, are waiting to hear and be convinced of the conservative message. That the […]

I’m trying to imagine how bad Barack Obama’s anniversary presents to Michelle must be. Last year, she got a signed Audacity of Hope. Lucky her! I’m joking, of course. I don’t know what gift exchanges go like in the Obama household, but if President Obama’s gifts to heads of state indicate anything, it’s not good […]

Remember this touching MoveOn.org advertisement, now new and improved by Redstate? Remember when the deficit caused Democrats heartburn? They even had the nerve to act concerned while they controlled Congress for the last two years of Bush’s administration and increased spending themselves. Now, Barack Obama enslaves his kids’ generation with multiple trillions in debt and […]

It’s looking more likely that Ashley Biden was set up, but fully enjoyed snorting some cocaine. The Deceiver (via Instapundit) says this story reminds them of the Rielle Hunter media blackout and imagines that were the story about Bristol Palin, we wouldn’t hear the end of it (something John Hawkins noted when the story broke […]

There’s some discussion about this clip where Christopher Hitchens intellectually eviscerates Mos Def on Bill Maher’s excreable TV show. Some see a case of racism. Says James Joyner: While I agree entirely that this is an absurd pairing, it’s most definitely not a racist one. Sandefur has apparently never seen “Real Time with Bill Maher.” […]

Here’s my latest offering: Far from decisively acting to close Guantanamo down, the Obama administration has dithered over the closing of the prison. Not hearing too much from the left about that. I guess they’re busy collecting signatures supporting the biggest deficit hike in history. Why isn’t Guantanamo already closed? Seems simple enough….oh, wait.

Angie Harmon doesn’t like being labeled a racist because she disagrees with President Barack Obama: “Here’s my problem with this, I’m just going to come out and say it. If I have anything to say against Obama it’s not because I’m a racist, it’s because I don’t like what he’s doing as President and anybody […]

On the same day I read (via Instapundit) that British boys are keeping themselves stupid so as not to get their dumb asses kicked by even dumber, and ostensibly bigger and stronger, bullies, I read that girls are checking out porn, giving boyfriends a show via webcam and sending naked pictures of themselves to the […]

Here’s an excerpt: If animals are people and fish are kittens, then the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are genocidal tyrants. Once in PETA’s death clutch, few animals escape. In Virginia, PETA takes the notion of killing with kindness literally: only seven animals found a home out of the 2,216 it cared for […]

This weekend, Sudhir Venkatesh editorializing in the New York Times wondered where the uprising is: Before blogs and radio call-in shows, people joined forces and turned to the streets as their most effective means of expression; a unified, angry crowd was often sufficient to win concessions from employers and governments. And so most rebellions of […]

For the last eight years, the Left labeled George W. Bush evil. I found this amusing since many doing the lecturing viewed any judgment or condemnation of nearly anything to be unacceptable, as only a post-modernist can. Radical Islam? Not evil. Using human shields? Not evil. Saddam Hussein? Not evil. The Axis of Evil? Not […]

Women have marched toward equality and besides being deprived of male gonads, mostly have it in modern America. So a post caught my attention last night about Justin Timberlake. The title of the post was, “How Can Justin Timberlake Still Objectify Black Women And Get Away With It“. Hmmm… The song and music video in […]

Still fluish, and trying to sleep while I can, I’m late to the party. I watched Obama’s snore-fest press conference. Here are my impressions: 1. The Press was not as servile as in times past. No, they are no where near the sneering contempt levels that President Bush enjoyed right out of the gate, but […]

I’m thinking about the overture Barack Obama made to the “Islamic Republic of Iran” two days after theses same leaders killed dissident blogger Omid-Reza Mirsayafi. Rather than condemn an evil regime, he affirmed them. Meanwhile, those fighting for freedom languish and die: Whether Mirsayafi’s death cows or emboldens Iran’s dissident bloggers remains to be seen. […]

In order to have a true populist revolt, a person must define the enemy. Throughout the campaign, President Barack Obama did just that by saying that people owning small businesses making more than $250,000 are rich. (The actual number he’s using is $200,000 for individuals.) $250,000 is very subjective. $250,000 here in Texas is a […]

President Barack Obama wrote former French president Jacques Chirac a letter saying that he looks forward working with him over the next four years. Meanwhile, the actual President, Nicolas Sarkozy, the French press and and the French people are offended. Gateway Pundit has the story. My question: What exactly will Obama and Chirac work on […]

I have a special needs child. He looks like you’d imagine a special needs child looks when he throws a ball. He looks like you’d imagine a special needs child looks when he catches a ball. He looks like you’d imagine a special needs child looks when he runs. He looks like you’d imagine a […]

I can’t believe that Rachel Lucas hasn’t smacked this English bottom, but since she’s hasn’t and is instead focusing on Obama’s military aspirations, I will (smack the English, fat bottom). Americans are fat and unhappy these days, but in Britain, that gets you government help: The family from Blackburn claim :£22,508 a year in benefits, […]

I have sent men flowers and received [faked?] gratitude every time. Men, would you like to receive flowers? Caveat: They are manly, not frilly, not girlie, not feminine flowers. I am a man and receiving flowers is cool: Agree Disagree    pollcode.com free polls

Across the nation, conservatives and those who worry about the fiscal nonsense, gather at Tea Parties to protest the government. They are small so far, but more people are attending and collectively, they’re making an impact, though the Media ignores them. What value do these gatherings have? Neil Boortz thinks not much: Not trying to […]