Author: Melissa Clouthier

Did that grab your attention? It did mine. Maybe this, from Big Hollywood will, too: According to my Secret Service case agent, this was the first time anyone accused of possessing the Supernote went to trial. In the past, those caught entered guilty pleas. Liu, a Taiwanese national, decided to take his chances with the […]

UPDATED: Yesterday, I wrote about this. Today, Reuters is confirming the concern. President Obama plans to release terrorists into the United States population. Yes, you read that right. It’s worse than you think: “For those who are in that second category, who can be released, there are a variety of options that we have. Among […]

How does Barack Obama increase your taxes without obviously increasing your taxes? He taxes the lucky Americans who have health care, that’s how. He also makes veterans pay for their own care (more here, here, here and here). What I want to concentrate on today, though, is how the vast majority of Americans will be […]

I was sent the following article by someone who remembered my April Fools post about what men need to do to keep their relationship hot. That article set off the most bizarre set of circumstances. People believed I was serious. Men sent me adoring letters and thanked me for sharing the truth. It was amusing […]

Oh, to have a Democrat Senator’s luck! Cross-posted at MelissaClouthier.com

Turns out talk of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” is another form of Leftist projection. Have you ever heard of Townhouse? This is news to me: Townhouse is a closed by-invitation-only liberal listserv begun by blogger and Democratic campaign consultant Matt Stoller [hmmm….no mention of Stoller’s participation in Townhouse on his Wiki or bio, -ed.]. Participants […]

Have you read up on Iceland’s implosion? The whole nation, roughly 300,000 highly educated, inter-related people who still believe in elves, plunged into economic chaos by the same means as Wall Street. I have read, and tried to understand, what happened in Iceland. It is such a spectacular flame out of such an interesting little […]

So David Broder pronounces the “Obama honeymoon over”: I think the shift began when Obama moved beyond the stimulus bill to his speech to the joint session of Congress and his budget message. For the first time, the full extent of his ambitions for 2009 became clear — not just stopping and reversing the steep […]

Maxine Waters scandal….Democrats sure are rich! Know Thine Enemy: Socialists Beheadings are so silly! This just in: The World Is NOT In Fact Ending At This Present Moment. All Crisis Talk Was Just For My Own Amusement….Oh, And It Was Politically Useful. And It Was Fun! Enforcing the Country of Birth Proof clause…a new bill. […]

…there’s no place to go but down. Looks like President Obama is coming into the land of mere mortals, not that the press would portray him that way: A detailed examination of presidential popularity after 50 days on the job similarly demonstrates a substantial drop in presidential approval relative to other elected presidents in the […]

Most people who make it to adulthood have been hurt or harmed by another human being. Some have been hurt by the very one who should defend and protect them like parents, teachers, ministers. That’s a horrible sort of betrayal. And yet, most people don’t make a list, add to it yearly and finally, load […]

I’d like to thank Houston Chronicle editors Dwight Silverman and Will Radcliff for inviting me and a bunch of other featured bloggers to observe the editorial process at The Chron and also for some pizza and a bull session afterwards. You can see who all attended at John Kuglar’s page. Back in college, I worked […]

Forget taking away worker rights, forget silencing opposition, forget all the money that will pour into Democratic coffers, ….yes, for all those reasons the legislation that Democrats are trying to pass are wrong. Card check is dangerous because it’s a way to remove economic competition. If every big company, in every state can be coerced […]

I watched this video yesterday and got sick to my stomach. You can watch the whole thing, too, to get an idea of what is being taught at say, Harvard University. Professor Lani Guinier, at the State of the Black Union jams so many false premises and wrong-headed thinking in 10 minutes that it’s impressive. […]

Here’s an excerpt of my latest Pajamas column titled “Much Ado About Obama and Embryonic Stem Cells”: In a move that shocked no one, President Barack Obama reversed President George W. Bush’s executive order to ban government-funded human embryonic stem cell [ESC] research on new embryonic stem cell strains. This decision has caused many to […]

It seems fairly obvious to me that one of President Barack Obama’s strategies for getting elected and now, presiding, is to overwhelm people with the sheer volume and scope of policy “change.” With huge, monumental pieces of legislation passing at a steady clip, people have little time to understand and digest the content, and to […]

Here’s how you pull a Three-Brigade Monte: President Obama promised to drawdown Iraqi troops. He was going to pull out a brigade from Iraq. So, he does–he withdraws the troops from Iraq and puts them in Afghanistan. That means there are less troops in Iraq and more in Afghanistan, right? Well, not exactly. Then, the […]

So, last week Drudge puts up a link to a story about two different women teachers having sex with a 13 year old boy student unbeknown to one another. Nice. Why can’t crazy women just be strippers and prostitutes? Now, they’re foisting their antisocial behavior on children. A couple thoughts: 1. Yes, society is degrading. […]

We can hope. Michelle Malkin notes the tightening of belts everywhere (except Congress and the White House): Team Obama’s image experts, perhaps hung over from all the Camelot-recreating Wednesday cocktail parties that are now a signature of the new administration, have fallen down on the job. The man who scolded Americans for wasting energy and […]

Sometimes, a reader expresses things so beautifully, I feel compelled to share: I’m sixty-four, long-married, retired, and heartsick about my adopted country. I came from England as a boy. If I hadn’t been brought here by my American flyboy old man and my Brit mum I would have come over eventually anyway, I’m certain. As […]

As irked as I am with the DC smarty-pants set (Frum, Brooks, Parker), I get where they’re coming from. They inadvertently hit on a truth, because they themselves reflect the new truth: Americans are now, more than ever, influenced by the superficial and emotional, the form and the packaging. The smarty-pants set loved Obama because […]

So Senators using Twitter are giving constituents a peak behind conference doors. Evidently, it’s unpleasant. Not surprising. A room full of politicians….anyway. Here’s the kerfluffle as reported by AirCongress: The Arizona Republican posted his first anti-pork list under the Twitter name @SenJohnMcCain late last week, calling attention to projects like $650,000 for beaver management and […]

From the Republican Study Committee: Deficit Spending With Democrats Feb. 13, 2008 – The first “stimulus” bill, H.R. 5140, became law, putting checks in the mail. Democrat Response: 215 House Democrats (93%) voted to add $124.4 billion to the deficit (CBO). Senator Obama did not show up to vote. July 30, 2008 – H.R. 3221 […]

I have written on manliness before since I dig manly men and find the softening male culture…well, boring if nothing else. Men and women are made different and their differences make life interesting. The sexual revolution resulted in a boring world where men are metrosexuals–all pointy-toed shoes and manicures, and women are butch she-beasts. In […]

I heard a woman over the weekend say,”I’ve always clung to my religion. Now I cling to my guns, too.” Clearly, she’s not alone in her gun (and ammo) clinging. Says Confederate Yankee: Many people are buying significant amounts of ammunition for their personal supply, from thousands to tens of thousands of rounds each, to […]

Tom Delay introduces Ann Coulter. She is loved here. The general feeling among bloggers seems mixed. I’ve heard more than once that the criticism of Ann Coulter is that she says offensive things that serve her but don’t serve the conservative movement. I find myself defending Ann over and over–primarily on free speech grounds and […]

I didn’t expect conservatives at a conservative political get together to bash Bush, but that’s what’s happened in more than one venue. James Joyner of Outside the Beltway feels that in order to define the future, that the Republicans need to define the past. He noted that Clinton won by being a New Democrat. Hearing […]

If anyone wondered what America would look like by following the French socialist model they’re getting to find out with President Obama. Newt Gingrich believes that President Obama is doing the public a favor by clearly defining the argument. What kind of economy do Americans want? Newt said,”Our opponents count on two things: One, we’re […]