Category: Democrats

Virginia Challenge of Obamacare Wins One in Court

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson refused to dismiss Virginia’s lawsuit against Obamacare, today, allowing the suit against the federal government to continue on to the next stage. The federal government sought a dismissal of the suit that challenges the Constitutionality of the part of Obamacare that requires every citizen to buy healthcare insurance. In his […]

 

Good News: Big Money to be Made in Illinois. Bad news: it’s in Government

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

(Just like in nearly every state, the only people getting rich are those working for government…) With recent revelations that the city manager of the small, mostly low-income Hispanic community of Bell, California makes nearly $800,000 a year and that its police chief makes almost $500,000 yearly, the spotlight might be leveled at city employees […]

 

After a Year in Office, Biden Says Afghan War Policy Still Developing

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Vice President Joe Biden wants everyone to just calm down. He says that it’s “much too premature” to judge the Obama administration’s efforts in Afghanistan. Apparently, after a year of focusing on “the right war,” America is still waiting for the Obama administration to “develop” its policies there. But one thing seems sure, the Obama […]

 

No Bias Zone: ‘Journalist’ Calls Tea Parties ‘Right-Wing Bloodfeasts’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

One of my early blogging assignments was the media bias beat over at Newsbusters, so I became particularly attuned to picking up on how the Old Media toes that “unbiased” journalistic line. Unfortunately, in sometimes subtle ways their rhetoric is geared to smear Republicans in any way possible. Here is a perfect example. Last week […]

 

Schwarzenegger Again Orders Furloughs for State Workers

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

California has been ground zero in the war between over paid state employees unions and government budgetary concerns and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has leveled yet another salvo in that battle by again ordering more furloughs for state workers. After ending the previous program to furlough 200,000 state workers the Governor has introduced a scaled back […]

 

Daily Kos Editor Says Global Warming Skeptics Should Commit Suicide

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

This is how the left treats those with whom they disagree, folks. Daily Kos contributing editor and Examiner.com writer Steven Andrew has suggested that anyone that disagrees with the globaloney of global warming should commit suicide in a “Soylent Green world.” In his examiner column headlined, “Studies Show Dramatic Decrease in Plankton,” Andrew made what […]

 

Chuck Todd: Embarrassed By JournoList or Not?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Today two stories have recently appeared reporting NBC Political Director Chuck Todd’s reaction to the revelations of the JournoList, that website were avowed left-wing journalists congregated to talk about their profession and plot to foster a left-wing agenda in their work in the media. Todd was reported to have found the JournoList revelations to be […]

 

SEIU Attacking Fellow Union for Concessions

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Engineers and Architects Association, a 48,000 member public employees union in L.A., has come under attack from the politically active Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for having the civic sense to realize that the high times of ever rising pay at the taxpayer’s expense is coming to an end. In a deal about to […]

 

ACORN Whistleblower Anita MonCrief’s New Venture: EmergingCorruption.com

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief, the brave young woman whose conscience wouldn’t allow her to cover for ACORN’s criminal activity while she was in its employ, has started a new venture. A website dedicated to rooting out government corruption called www.EmergingCorruption.com was launched last weekend headed by Anita and a cadre of writers and researchers (myself […]

 

Filling The Swamp: Has Charlie Rangel Cut A Deal? (Updated: Or Not)

Posted on by William Teach

So much for transparency, responsibility, upholding the law, draining the swamp, and the “most ethical Congress EVAH!” CBS NY is reporting: Reports: Rangel Cuts Deal, Avoids Trial New York Congressman Charles Rangel has reportedly cut a deal to admit to ethical wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial. Harlem friends of Rangel tell CBS […]

 

BREAKING: Sherrod Says She’ll Sue Andrew Breitbart

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

New Media mogul Andrew Breitbart faces a lawsuit from former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod over his posting of video of the woman in a seemingly racist outburst at an NAACP meeting. Sherrod made the announcement at the San Diego convention of the National Association of Black Journalists on Thursday, July 29. Isn’t it a bit […]

 

A Tale of Two Anti-Semitic Rants: Oliver Stone’s Not So Bad, Mel Gibson’s Horrible

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Some of you may recall that early in the morning of July 28 of 2006 actor Mel Gibson was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Los Angeles, California. During that arrest, it was reported that Gibson was alleged to have launched into a brief but vehement denunciation of Jews that were “responsible for all […]

 

Now Congress Is Fighting Over Sports Teams

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In one of those “it’s gotten so bad that…” stories, McClatchy’s James Rosen reported today that Congress is so rife with partisan warfare that they can no longer even agree to sign onto each other’s harmless resolutions that celebrate sports teams for one success or another. “The once-routine resolutions honoring hometown squads or stars sailed […]

 

Fake Michigan Tea Party Acting Spoiler for Republicans?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Back in May I posted a report on what seemed to be a fake tea party group circulating petitions in the state of Michigan to get themselves recognized as an official political party. The group circulating the petition, Progressive Campaigns, Inc., had long-time connections to the Michigan Democrat Party and at that time no one […]

 

SEC: No More Transparency For Me

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Just passing along the latest example of rank hypocrisy from the Democrats. The SEC will not have to disclose their business to the American people. Dustin Prial of Fox News reports: So much for transparency. Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply […]

 

Media Matters Dishonestly Spins Anti-Fox Message Over Sherrod Firing

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

You really have to hand it to Media Matters for America. I mean, they deserve an Olympic Gold Medal for the gymnastics that they evince while spinning the news to the extreme left-wing of the political spectrum. This whole Fox-didn’t-push-Sherrod story is a perfect example. Eric “Boomarwrong” Boehlert is shamelessly spinning the story of the […]

 

Bought and Paid For Gov. Finds Doing Right Thing Hard

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The unions in New York have the idea that they own state government. It’s not too easy to deny their claim seeing as how unions (all of them) have been paying the bills and filling the pockets of ruling Democrats for decades now. But Accidental Governor of New York David Paterson is finding himself in […]

 

Video: Dan Juneau On Impact of Oil Moratorium on Citizens of Louisiana

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Here is a very interesting interview with Dan Juneau, President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI). LABI is a combination of the state chamber of commerce and the state manufactures organization and represents the business interests of the state. There are 35,000 members, companies of all sizes in the Pelican State. Juneau […]

 

Reid’s Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act Only Does The Last

Posted on by William Teach

So, looks like Dingy Harry has introduced his Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act.You can read the draft text here. To begin with The Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Accountability Act would ensure that BP pays to clean up its mess. Second, it would invest in Home Star, a bipartisan energy efficiency program […]

 

Obama’s Weak Foreign Policy Shows Again

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Barack Obama once again shows his fecklessness and weakness in foreign policy with a decision by the State Department to allow the Palestinian Mission in Washington D.C. to fly the flag of its non-existent country. Recently the flag of the Palestinian Authority was authorized for display by the State Dept. even though there is no […]

 

Video: Jindal Calls Obama’s Actions in Gulf a ‘War’ on Louisiana

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Governor Bobby Jindal gives a speech at the Rally For Economic Survival in Lafayette, Louisiana. Over 11,000 people gathered at the Cajun Dome to protest what they say is an assault on Louisiana’s economy by President Barack Obama. “The fact that the federal government can’t do its job shouldn’t cost thousands of Louisianans OUR jobs.”