Author: Melissa Clouthier

Does anyone love John McCain besides his family and Joe Lieberman and certain segments of the press? I’ve pondered before that moderates get no love because they tend to piss everyone off–kinda like countries claiming to be neutral. Pick a side and stay on it. McCain claims to transcend politics, to be motivated to do […]

Over four hundred Texas children have been parted from their parents, the second mothers, their third mothers and their cousins who may also be their sisters and brothers. Good luck to the authorities trying to figure it all out. The case is a colossal mess. What to do? Reading excerpts from a former Fundamentalist Church […]

It’s a deceiving headline, but hey! Why not emulate the MSM. It works for them. I’m struggling here folks. It is absolutely gorgeous outside and I’ve got to post something. The Obama debacle is sucking the oxygen out of the blogosphere at the moment. I’m guessing that Obama is counting on the fact that inbred, […]

Amanda Marcotte is at it again, and by “it” I mean illustrating why feminists hurt themselves when it comes to abortion. Statements like this are so repulsive to the average person: I appreciate the idea that visibility is critical to getting people to understand that women who get abortions or rape victims–two groups dehumanized and […]

Econ teacher in Ferris Bueller: In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone? Anyone?… the Great Depression, passed the… Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?… raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. […]

Well, folks, I’m going to depart from politics for a moment. For my blog readers, that’s not a surprise. Lately, all I’ve been doing is departing from politics. For John’s readers, if you haven’t visited my blog, it will be a little different. The church bells ring behind me as I sit on my friend’s […]

I just wanted to be the first to predict that he’s over. It was a good run while it lasted. ***** Of course, as my brother said, he’s running against Hillary Clinton, so anyone is going to be in that race ’til the end. Cross-posted at Dr. Melissa Clouthier where we’re talking about Sea World […]

Friday, I asked a question about Brett Favre’s public melt-down during his retirement announcement press conference. See video here. Did Favre’s tears indicate a feminization of the culture? I took a poll of my readers, and while not scientific, over 60% of them believed it wasn’t a big deal at all that Favre cried crocodile […]

The day of doom is upon Hillary Clinton. Here in Texas, her strength is in doubt. If I’m to believe the local news reports, Obama’s messianic message (not) taps a deep well here and he has solid support in the cities. I’m not thinking about March 5 right now. It almost doesn’t matter. Clinton and […]

When John McCain received the typical media treatment that conservatives receive, the conservatives responded with typical conservative outrage, John Hawkins among them. The New York Times may continue to lead the charge to take down the “conservative” candidate, but everyone knows that John McCain is no conservative. The media’s bias shines through. It’s not conservatives […]

Will the 2008 election boil down to one thing? According to Frank Rich, this election won’t be about ideas or policy or platforms, it will be about brown, young and new versus white, old and used up. He says: Even by the low standards of his party, Mr. McCain has underperformed at reaching millennials in […]

I had this whole lame post written–you know how bad writing is an absolute struggle. I essentially wasted two hours on McCain-Huckabee analysis. Consensus: They both suck. Bottom line: McCain is the nominee. There might be two readers here for whom John McCain is their dream candidate. For the rest, the question before us is: […]

In honor of my friend Jay, I pick the Giants to win by 3, 24-21. He loves the Giants. He deserves a miracle. P.S. Tom Brady annoys me, but he is a machine. Plus, I think he’s faking the ankle sprain. Psyche! Cross-posted at Dr. Melissa Clouthier.

John McCain can’t help himself. I was watching the post-South Carolina interview on Fox where Sean Hannity threw McCain softballs. McCain still balked. (I’m not the only one noticing this. It was glaring.) On immigration, he “knows what to do because I’m from a border state”. He said that he understood that people wanted border […]

I want Fred Thompson to win the Republican nomination. (Did you hear he’s surging in South Carolina?) And it’s not just that the other candidates stink for various and sundry reasons–which I’ll run through momentarily–or that he’s the best of the worst or something. I want Fred for his own reasons. Let’s run through the […]

Every four years, America takes personal stock and rechecks the direction of the country. Americans look at themselves, they look at their family, friends and neighbors, they look at society and they look at the world. What they see usually isn’t good. Since George Washington took office until now, America has looked like an unmitigated […]

Why do we care about the Middle East? When people ask me that question, it still shocks me. Do they really not get it? Maybe with the murder of Benazar Bhutto of Pakistan, we need a reminder why it is in America’s, in the world’s best interest, to care about this sandy, forsaken landscape half-way […]

I say “Not” to Huckabee, but my opinion seems to be out of fashion with a chunk of Christian conservatives. A few days ago, I said that Huckabee reminds me of Jimmy Carter: Jimmy Carter wore his folksy, unforgiving morality on his sleeve disguised as Christianity when it was just a method to intimidate people […]

Can identity politics get any more ridiculous? In trying to establish cred with minorities, civil rights leader Andrew Young says what could be nominated for the most ridiculous quote this electoral season: In a media interview posted online, Young also quipped that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has her husband behind her, and that […]

If the Mall today, and the Apple store specifically, was any indication, the economy is going to boom at the end of 2007. Consumers are in a spending mood. I’m no economist and this is anecdotal, of course. I’m just wondering if everyone from economists to political analysts to well, Americans in general, haven’t had […]

Tis the season to be wheezin’ so I thought it might be helpful to talk personal hygiene. 40% of men regularly don’t wash their hands after using public restrooms. That is just plain vile. For information about how to get out of public restrooms clean, read here. (It’s more challenging that you’d think.) It might […]

First, Happy Thanksgiving week everyone! MaxedOutMama, a favorite blogger of mine not only for her economic insights which are excellent and often prophetic but also for her social commentary, wrote a humdinger of a post that you should all know about and read. She discusses a woman’s role in the church. Has the church become […]

You know how everyone intuitively understands that the death penalty stops some (not all) criminals? Among friends, I’ve had discussions where people wonder why anyone would commit a murder in Texas. Criminals seem absolutely terrified of being extradited to Texas for good reason. In Texas, they get killed, good and dead. You know how all […]

You know how everyone intuitively understands that the death penalty stops some (not all) criminals? Among friends, I’ve had discussions where people wonder why anyone would commit a murder in Texas. Criminals seem absolutely terrified of being extradited to Texas for good reason. In Texas, they get killed, good and dead. You know how all […]

Science faces discrimination these days. That is the scientists daring to publish ideas supported by research but not conforming to political correctness is discriminated against. If the science doesn’t bend to preconceived notions or is somehow uncomfortable, scientists and other thinkers simply ignore it or worse, demean it. The academic environment has become so politically […]

Because of contractual obligations, I am missing the best football game of the season. At least Houston is winning. And I notice that John doesn’t have a sports category. What is wrong with him? And don’t tell me he only blogs politics. I saw Michael Vick’s name here once. Cross posted at Dr. Melissa Clouthier.

How much does voice matter? “Voice matters — it’s what sells,” says John Daly, a University of Texas communications professor who has written a book about persuasion. University of California at Los Angeles psychology professor Albert Mehrabian even claims to have quantified how important a voice is. When we are deciding whether we like the […]

Am I the only one who is just not digging the Presidential contenders of any political stripe? I’ve tried to analyze the ennui and it comes down to a couple things, maybe a little bit of each: 1. All the contenders seem like “C” students who are overachieving. 2. None of the contenders are all […]

I think there’s a misunderstanding about Europe and the Muslim immigrants, some of whom are currently burning cars in the Netherlands after a Moroccan youth got shot for knifing two police officers. Europe doesn’t claim to or even hope to integrate “the other”. They condescend to and separate “the other”. Europe is closer in ideals […]

If all the Democrat Senators, Congressmen, Presidential Candidates and KosKids sound alike, here’s a clue: They are alike. Exactly. How much alike? Well, let’s see. For an example, Democrat Senators vote together this much: 97.8% – Dick Durbin (D-IL) 97.1% – Ben Cardin (D-MD) 97.1% – Daniel Inouye (D-HI) 97.1% – Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) 97.0% […]