Author: Melissa Clouthier

Navy Seal Found Innocent Of Roughing Up Terrorist Who Deserved To Be Beat To A Pulp

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One of the three Navy Seals being harassed by the government has been found innocent: A U.S. military jury cleared a Navy SEAL Thursday of failing to prevent the beating of an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding a 2004 attack that killed four American security contractors. The contractors’ burned bodies were dragged through the streets […]

 

Massa To Get Full Probe

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Seriously. Here’s the headline from NPR: House Ethics Panel Announces Full Massa Probe And the contents of the probe are too disgusting to imagine, but here it is: The House ethics panel has announced it is starting a “full and complete” investigation into the actions of lawmakers and staffers related to former Democratic congressman Eric […]

 

Abortion, Again: Do Babies Feel Pain?

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Nebraska heats this topic up again. Embarrassed about being the late-term abortion capital of the United States, Nebraska changed the law: Can an unborn child feel pain? That question will dominate the abortion debate in America for the next several years thanks to Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska. Last week, Heineman signed the Pain Capable […]

 

Why Would Dems Worry About 2012 If Their Policies Are So Popular?

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Remember when Democrats opined that Americans would love health care reform once it passed? Remember how Republicans wondered why in the world Democrats were so content to commit political suicide given the Scott Brown victory? Evidently, all is not well and so incumbent Dems are hoarding cash–not for the impending climate apocalypse–for the impending electoral […]

 

Podcast: MSM Bias Against The Tea Party Movement & A Class-Action Lawsuit Against The Government Over Health Care Reform

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This podcast will make your blood boil and encourage you at the same time. Richard Noyes of the Media Research Center talks about their analysis of media coverage of the Tea Party. In the second half, Van Irion talks about his Congressional race and the Class Action suit to consider Health Care Reform unconstitutional. Interesting […]

 

More Jobless Claims: Obama Administration & Press [But That’s Redundant] Flummoxed By “Unexpected” Economic News

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Okay, I might have made up that last part. It’s true, though, the jobless claims have gone up again. My prediction? They’ll continue to go up for a while, unfortunately. If gas prices inflate (and they will), costs to employers inflate across the board. Makes it tough to hire more people. Here’s the deal: In […]

 

A Shortage Of Doctors: Ya Don’t Say… And The Other Unintended Consequences Of Obamacare

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The Wall Street Journal shares this inevitable news: The new federal health-care law has raised the stakes for hospitals and schools already scrambling to train more doctors. Experts warn there won’t be enough doctors to treat the millions of people newly insured under the law. At current graduation and training rates, the nation could face […]

 

Congress’ Health Care Oversight May Hurt Their Own Coverage?

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Has a group ever more richly deserved this irony? From NRO: In a new report, the Congressional Research Service says the law may have significant unintended consequences for the “personal health insurance coverage” of senators, representatives and their staff members. For example, it says, the law may “remove members of Congress and Congressional staff” from […]

 

Exclusive: Herman Cain, Dark Horse?

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Herman Cain knows how to give a great speech. He was also a delightful man to interview. Mr. Cain sat with Tabitha Hale and me for a few minutes. We had a great conversation on Saturday afternoon of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. He discusses God’s will for his life. He also talks about Republicans […]

 

What Was Wrong At The Southern Republican Leadership Conference?

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What a weird conference. There. I said it. The Tea Party received the biggest cheers. The Republicans bashed their own party. Attendees were optimistic and cheerful. Politicians were purposeful and focused on 2010–a marked shift from the usual perspectives at SRLC which has been a conference that gives voters a first look at potential Presidential […]

 

Arlen Specter: It’s Tough Being A Turncoat

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Arlen Specter’s party switches bites him in the butt. From the Politico: Almost a year after he converted to become a Democrat, Sen. Arlen Specter’s party switch is still a work in progress. Speaking to a group of College Democrats at Penn State University on Tuesday, the Pennsylvania senator suffered an embarrassing slip of the […]

 

Stupack To Retire?

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And, I wonder what big, inside-the-administration job he’d get? Or will he be a lobbyist? Or maybe an Ambassador somewhere? Buried on MSNBC today: *** Stupak to call it quits? With just a few days to go before the end of this recess, House Democrats are cautiously optimistic that they could get through it without […]

 

Net Neutrality Loses In Federal Court: FCC Gets Wings Clipped

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Federal Courts hand the FCC a loss and Comcast a win: A federal appeals court struck down the FCC’s efforts to enforce its “net neutrality” principles, ruling Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority when it issued a 2008 citation against Comcast Corp. for throttling Internet traffic from high-bandwidth file-sharing services. A unanimous […]

 

Obama Flings The First Pitch

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Yes, his pitch was awful: The ESPN announcer says, just now as I watch it, “He should have played catch more as a youngster.” I wonder if he realizes how close to the mark he is, actually. President Obama grew up fatherless. In addition, he lived some of his formative Little League years in a […]

 

RNC Chairman Steele: It’s Partly Racism

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RNC Chairman says the attacks he’s receiving are partly racism and that blacks have a smaller margin of error. I’d say that’s true for some few people, just as it’s true for some small segments who have disliked Obama from the beginning. Mostly though, it’s sore-loserism and establishment-ism and power-ism. You know, those “isms” that […]

 

Blast From The Past: 10 Ways To Keep Your Relationship Smokin’ Hot

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Relationships are difficult. I’m here to help. Here’s some words of wisdom to keep your relationship from turning dull and boring: 1. Keep the mystery alive—Too many people reveal too much too often. Why share where you’re going or what you’re doing or who you’re with. A little doubt keeps things spicy. 2. Call rarely—It’s […]

 

Bad Numbers For Bad Democrats

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Rasmussen’s recent poll should concern Democrats–if they hadn’t already enacted the single most transformational piece of legislation ever knowing full well that the American people hated it. But they made that decision knowing full well that their futures hung in the balance. Or maybe they didn’t care about the future because they had some other […]

 

About Our Southern Border

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Drug wars, corruption, gang violence, murder, kidnappings, torture–it’s all part of Mexican culture these days and it’s getting worse. Why? Well, trouble has been brewing for a very long time. A while back, I wrote about how the border will never get closed because it is like steam from the Mexican teapot. Illegal immigration gets […]

 

McCain Verses Hayworth

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Robert Stacy McCain at the American Spectator (doing great work, by the way, subscribe to their magazine) writes about the Senate primary race in Arizona. A couple money quotes: “Obviously, the gulf between my opponent’s rhetoric and the reality is so great it exceeds the geographic dimensions of our own Grand Canyon,” Hayworth says. “It’s […]

 

Podcast: Redemption and Derision

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The story of enslavement to freedom is inherent in the Judeo-Christian culture. During this week where emancipation–being freed from slave owners and ultimately our own limitations–is a central focus, it was fitting, then, for Iris Blue to join me. She spent months in “the hole” in a Harris County (Houston) jail. She suffered addiction to […]