Empty Seats Abound At Olympics: Maybe Mitt Romney Was Kinda Correct

Hey, remember a few days ago when Romney said this? “There are a few things that were disconcerting, the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging. Because there are three parts that makes Games successful. “Number […]

 

100 Days Left Till General Election

It’s crunch time….once the summer is really over (Washington Post) There are 100 days left in what, at times, has seemed like an endless presidential election. And these are the bewildered sounds of the Undecided American, trying to decide. “I know Obama says he has put people back to work, and I don’t dispute that,” […]

 

Philly Mafia Plans Resolution Against Chick-fil-a

Did I write “mafia”? I meant the Philadelphia city council, which, like many other political leaders in big liberal cities, is acting in a manner reminiscent of organized crime, declaring that a privately owned company must change its behavior in order to operate in those cities, which is a tactic similar to what organized crime […]

 

Cook Medical Scraps Expansion Plans Over ObamaCare Medical Tax

The Democrats who wrote, passed, and support the “American Care Act” probably thought that companies would just roll over and willingly pay a higher tax rate for their medical devices. Alas, the Real World has intruded on the Dem fantasies of collecting more tax money to spread around to their campaign contributors and voters (Fox […]

 


Boehner Dares Obama To Make Gun Control Recommendations

A double shot from the Washington Post this morning, which says that House leaders open to gun law debate ….The comments echoed the sentiments of lawmakers and the president’s own aides, who said this week that Obama is unlikely to push for new gun legislation because of strong opposition in Congress. But House Speaker John […]

 

Liberal World: “You Didn’t Build That” And “It Worked” Are “Ambiguous”

It’s rather cute how the media continues to prostitute itself for Team Obama. Deluded and absurd would also be words we could use. Oh, look, here’s the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake: Context be damned: Obama’s ‘It worked’ quote should work for Republicans Context is dead. Long live context. For the second time in two weeks, […]

 

“New” Obama Ad: “It’s a scary time to be a woman”

Apparently, “it’s a scary time to be a woman” because Romney might want to reduce the amounts of abortions because some people are irresponsible when having sex The Washington Post’s Rachel Weiner calls this a new add, though I’ve seen it run a few times here in North Carolina. I even mentioned this in a […]

 

Democrat Senate Passes Tax Bill To Stick It To Job Creators

Interestingly, if they really cared about the middle class, they’d call for a reduction in taxes on those making less than $200k individual/$250 joint (Washington Post) The Senate on Wednesday narrowly approved a plan to preserve tax cuts for the middle class while letting them expire for the wealthy, a powerful if largely symbolic victory […]

 

Obama Brings Up Gun Control, Wants Others To Do The Work

We’ve learned many things about (NMP) Obama during his 3 1/2 years in office: one of them is that he loves to make pronouncements about something needing to be done, but he’s rarely willing to do the hard work himself, instead, outsourcing the job to others, whether they want to or not. Obviously, doing the […]

 

97% Of Greenland Ice Sheet Melts: Everybody Panic!!!!! (Every 150 Years)

Via a Memeorandum pull, the Guardian, along with many mouth breathing moonbats, are screaming about doom and gloom Greenland ice sheet melted at unprecedented rate during July We’re doomed. Or something The Greenland ice sheet melted at a faster rate this month than at any other time in recorded history, with virtually the entire ice […]

 

Washington Post: “A Romney presidency would be illegitimate”

Why? Because some states require voters to provide legitimate identification that shows that “hey, I’m me!” It’s not like we need ID for practically everything. It’s not like Democrats have called for even more draconian registration and identification to purchase a handgun. Do you want to purchase certain cold medicines? More than likely, you will […]

 

Oops: Lisa Jackson’s EPA Shows Heat Waves In 1930’s Worse

Remember the 1930’s? CO2 was well below 3500ppm. There weren’t a lot of cars on the road. Air travel was tiny. There were no DVRs, iPhones, tablets, and ice makers in refrigerators. In recent weeks, we’ve had many unhinged Warmists (who refuse to embrace the carbon neutral lifestyle themselves) pontificate over a heat wave. Yet, […]

 

Thin Skinned President Whines About Having His “Vision Distorted”

Someone needs to put on their big boy and big girl pants, because, actually, we know what Obama’s vision is. We’ve been forced to live with it for 3 7/12’s years (The Hill) President Obama slammed his opponent Mitt Romney on Monday night, accusing the presumptive GOP nominee of trying to “distort my vision.” The […]

 

Hill Poll: Most Find Obama To Blame For Crummy Economy

The Blame Bush rhetoric has gotten old and stale (The Hill) Two-thirds of likely voters say the weak economy is Washington’s fault, and more blame President Obama than anybody else, according to a new poll for The Hill. It found that 66 percent believe paltry job growth and slow economic recovery is the result of […]

 



NY Daily News Blames Romney, Obama, And NRA

If you thought some of the other typical calls for gun control post-tragedy were irresponsible, this one takes the cake from the NY Daily News’ Editorial Board Blood on hands of Obama, Mitt and NRA! The police chief in Aurora, Colo., said he is confident that massacre gunman James Holmes acted alone. The police chief […]

 

Good Grief: Win A Chance To Have Obama In Your “Holiday Card”

First we had the gift registry, attempting to raise cash. That went over like a fart during a wedding ceremony. He’s tried to raise money off his birthday parties, Michelle’s, you name it. Then there’s this (via The Lonely Conservative from iOwnTheWorld) (Photo from iOwnTheWorld) Looking for a new holiday card picture? Enter now for […]

 

Shockingly, The NY Times Is Chock Full Of Calls For Gun Control

I’m wondering if any New Yorker could pop on down to the NY Times building and see if the guards in the reception area are still armed. Anyhow, since the Fish Wrap of Record is so utterly against guns, they will refuse to call those people called “police officers” who carry evil guns. Because they […]

 

Chick-Fil-A President Causes Liberal Apoplexy After Saying Company Supports Traditional Marriage

On the bright side, this could mean that there will be no more unhinged liberals in Chick-Fil-A’s stinking the stores up (The Blaze) The president of the popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A has ignited a social media firestorm after saying his company opposes gay marriage. “Guilty as charged,” Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press when […]

 

New Romney Ad Bashes Obama On “You Didn’t Build It”

This is one that should be on TV from now till election day…..that is, until (NMP) Obama says something else off script that exposes exactly who he is (via Instapundit) James Taranto explains Obama’s resentment in an article worth the read, and also notes Meanwhile, @BarackObama tweets a quote attributed to somebody identified only as […]

 

Obama’s Got A Lot On His Plate, Too Much To Meet With Jobs Council

Laughtastic copy from Wonderkid Jay Carney (RCP) REPORTER: On the Jobs Council, obviously they’ve reported to haven’t met formally or publicly for six months. Why is exactly is that? CARNEY: Look, the president solicits and receives input and advice from members of his Jobs Council and others about economic initiatives all the time. And I […]

 

Another Victim Of Lawfare: Senator Kelly Ayotte

We know all about what hard core lefties like Neal Rauhauser, Brett Kimberlin, and their associates have done in order to shut down free speech and intimidate (to put it mildly) people with other political points of view. Folks like R.S. McCain and Bob Belvedere have done great work to expose the use of lawfare […]

 

Surprise! UNC Student Health Insurance Doubles In Two Years

Can anyone guess why? (WRAL) The University of North Carolina system requires all students to have health insurance coverage, but the cost of a plan the system offers has more than doubled in two years. The insurance requirement started in 2010, and about one-third of students on the system’s 16 university campuses buy their policy […]

 

D.C. Cabbies Upset Over New Regulations Which Raise Costs

Who would have thought that increased regulations and business burdens could cause costs to rise? Weird, huh? (Washington Post) Some D.C. taxis, passengers complain, are old, rickety, hot and smelly; the cabbies don’t take credit cards; they’re illegally choosy about whom they pick up, and they pay more attention to their phone calls than to […]

 

GOP Effectively Kills Law Of The Sea Treaty

My question is, why aren’t all GOP Senators against this boondoggle? We know why Democrats love it: it puts quite a bit of American sovereignty in the hands of the United Nations as well as other issues (Daily Caller) With 34 Republican senators now opposing a United Nations effort to regulate international waters, the Law […]

 

Obama Discusses Vision For Second Term: A Lot Of Spending

No one should be particularly shocked. It’s all he knows, especially since it’s not his money (via Erika Johnsen from Townhall) Of course, he uses the word “invest” as a euphemism for spending boodles of Someone Else’s cash. Money we don’t have. On projects that have so far failed. He wants “investments” in more failed […]

 

Team Romney To Hit Obama On Crony Capitalism

It started Sunday with Ed Gillespie hitting Obama And the Washington Post picks the story up Trying to shift the presidential campaign narrative away from his personal finances and tenure at Bain Capital, Republican Mitt Romney will launch a fresh assault this week accusing President Obama of political cronyism at the expense of middle-class workers. […]

 

People Still Think Obama’s Signature Legislation, ObamaCare, Is Terrible Legislation

Nancy Pelosi said we had to pass the bill to know what’s in it. Democrats did just that, by offering bribes and using cheap parliamentary tricks, despite massive outcry over the legislation, and now that we know what’s in it, it hasn’t gotten more popular. People are not resigned to accepting it. And the polls […]