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Post Solyndra, Obama Stands By Throwing Money Down The Green Drain

Posted on September 1, 2011 by William Teach

Yesterday, we learned that solar panel maker Solyndra, recipient of $535 million in Department of Energy loans via the Stimulus act, was closing shop, laying off 1,100 workers, and filing for Chapter 11 (there are also rumors that they are going to send part of their business to China, but, I can’t find confirmation on […]

Rep. Peter Roskam Starts Ball Rolling On Regulation Scale Back

Posted on September 1, 2011September 1, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

I spent most of the day on Aug 30 sort of embeded with Congressman Peter Roskam, Republican of the Illinois 6th District and Chief Deputy Whip in Washington, as he toured his district talking to local businesses. The whirlwind tour of businesses in Roskam’s district — topped with a presser in downtown Chicago — was […]

Infant Tyro: Obama’s One-Upmanship of GOP Debates Clearly a Power Play

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston President Obama wants to give us his jobs plan. Yeah, three years after he got elected saying he was all about jobs. It isn’t the speech that is important, here, though — he won’t say anything new or important in it. It is the fact that he’s trying to bury the […]

Illinois Ranks Bottom of States With Worst Government Unions Accountability

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston A new study finds that Illinois ranks at the bottom of states with the worst climate of government union accountability in the nation. The Land of Lincoln ranks 47th in the nation of out of control, unaccountable government unions says the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s new “Big Labor vs. Taxpayers Index.” The […]

How’s Switching NASA’s Mission From Exploring Space To Muslim Outreach Going?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by John Hawkins

When I became the NASA administrator – or before I became the NASA administrator – he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to […]

Warren Buffet Tax Shirker and Hypocrite

Posted on August 30, 2011August 30, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Why is it that every time we meet yet another socialist-loving, left-winger he ends up being an utter hypocrite? This time it’s tax-whiner — and now known tax shirker — Warren Buffet, the investment giant that has been telling anyone that will listen that “the rich” don’t pay enough in taxes. Well, apparently, he’s right, […]

Obama’s Illegal Alien Uncle Busted for Drunk Driving, Hits Police Car, Media Silent

Posted on August 29, 2011August 29, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Kerry Picket had an interesting report in the Washington Times on the 28th. Apparently President Obama’s uncle Omar, an illegal alien living in Massachusetts, was arrested for drunk driving after smashing into a police car in Framingham. Picket also reports that the 67-year-old uncle Omar tried to, or at least wanted to, call the White […]

CBS’ Norah O’Donnell: Dan Rather Was One of ‘The Very Best Journalists in American History’

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

The latest issue of Capitol File magazine has a glowing feature on CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Norah O’Donnell. In it she claims that past journalists that have filled the role of chief White House correspondent for a major network have been “legendary” and “the very best” in the field. Of this “very best” […]

You Need ID in D.C. to Get Sandbags for Irene, But No ID to Vote?

Posted on August 28, 2011August 28, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

My friend over at Alexa Shrugged (www.alexashrugged.com A great blog you should visit) made a hilarious observation about what is going on in Washington D.C. during preparations for the oncoming hurricane named Irene. On her Twitter feed Alexa joked about a story on Fox about D.C. residents being told where and how to get sandbags […]

Obama: The Kingpin of Broken Promises

Posted on August 27, 2011August 27, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Well, let’s get the ball rolling on another broken promise from The One, Barack Hussein Obama, shall we? I mean, every time we think we are done chronicling his broken promises we have to do a reset. He’s had so many gutter balls on this that it is hard to keep them straight. His record […]

Idiot Ohio Congressman Bans, Confiscates Devices at Townhall

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

I go after the left all the time for opposing free speech and for doing its best to shut down citizens, especially at townhall events. Well here is an example of a Republican doing the same thing. His actions are those I’d instantly condemn were it a left-wing Democrat (but I repeat myself) perpetrating it. […]

From My Facebook Feed: What Caused the D.C. Earthquake?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Here are some of the jokes that appeared on my FaceBook Page about what caused the earthquake in the Virginia/Washington D.C. area the other day. I started the ball rolling with this: Wait, is it true that the DC quake was triggered by someone dropping a copy of the Obamacare bill?? My friend Matt added: […]

American Regulatory Overload Courtesy Of Mark Steyn

Posted on August 25, 2011August 25, 2011 by John Hawkins

Mark Steyn’s new book After America: Get Ready for Armageddon is one of the best books I’ve read in years — and I read a lot of books. My interview with Steyn will FINALLY be ready to go tomorrow and next week, I’ll put out a “best of” selection of quotes from the book, which […]

Obama’s Newest Way To Let Unions Avoid Disclosure Rules

Posted on August 24, 2011August 24, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Obama and his union-sold Department of Labor has spent the last three years trying every legal trick, and some merely arrogant ones, to help unions get away with criminal behavior. Obama has especially been working to get his union patrons out of having to declare their financial information to the government like businesses have to. […]

Joe Biden OK With Murdering Chinese Babies

Posted on August 24, 2011August 25, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

We are faced with a difficult dilemma concerning Vice President Joe Biden’s outrageous comments about China’s one-child policy delivered in China this week. On one hand we must either believe Joe Biden is a compete idiot, or on the other understand that he is OK with the fact that Chinese officials forced women to late […]

No Spark: The Unanswered Questions of the Chevy Volt

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Every time we turn around these days President Obama is touting the idea that the “future” of America lies in green energy and one of those greenie ideas is an Obama favorite: electric cars. Not to let him down, Government Motors has obliged by pushing the Chevy Volt as the car of the future. But […]

Time Mag Movie Review: G.W.Bush and Rick Perry Just Like Blood Thirsty Conan The Barbarian

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Did you know that Texas Governor Rick Perry and President George W. Bush are just like the fictional, prehistoric, sword-wielding, mass murderer, Conan the Barbarian? Well Time Magazine entertainment reporter Richard Corliss is here to inform you all about it in his review of the new action movie released this week based on the Robert […]

Get Ready for A Laugh Riot New Obama Movie: ‘Porkulus II, The Next Fail’

Posted on August 22, 2011August 22, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

That’s right, folks, if you thought Porkulus one was a laugh a minute, get ready for “Porkulus II: The Next Fail,” a new flick coming soon from Obama/Alinsky/Marx productions. If you thought the last Porkulus was a failure wait till you see the next one. Click image to see larger version Yes, all your favorites […]

Union Astroturf Pretends Like Tea Partiers to Attack GOP

Posted on August 21, 2011August 23, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

The Hill has an interesting, if not a bit slanted, report about the faux grassroots efforts of unions and left-wing advocates to pretend they are somehow just like the Tea Party by attacking the town hall meetings of various GOP congressman across the country this Summer. The Hill dutifully reports without complaint the union’s claims […]

Obamas Travel Like South American Dictators

Posted on August 20, 2011August 20, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Presidente Obama es muy importante. He must be. He travels like a South American Dictator instead of a president of a democratic nation. Sacrifice is so for the little people, ya know? Let’s take his latest of his many, many vacations. His loverly wife, Michelle, had the government fly her via helicopter and a government […]

$20 Million for 14 Green Make-Work Jobs

Posted on August 19, 2011August 22, 2011 by Dave Blount

Excellent news for our progressive rulers: unlike anthropogenic global warming, green jobs have been proven to actually exist. Seattle has created 14 of them, at a cost to taxpayers of a measly $20 million: Last year, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced the city had won a coveted $20 million federal grant to invest in weatherization. […]

Court: Obama White House MUST Make Visitor Logs Public (Who Yelled About Bush’s ‘Secrets’)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

After running on the claim that he’d make presidential records more available and after criticizing George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney for “secret meetings” in the White House because visitor logs were kept from public view, the Obama administration continued the Bush era practice of keeping White House visitor logs secret. Now a court […]

Big Donor to Democrats Appointed to Obamacare Policy Panel

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

We’ve seen it over and over with the Obama administration. All one need do to become a “czar” or get a plum appointment to yet another Obama regulatory board is to donate big money to Obama’s campaigns specifically or the Democrats in general. Now it’s happened again. The Washington Examiner’s Lachlan Markay reports that Judith […]

Obama Blames Job Loss on Technology, Internet and Efficiency

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

During his Midwest Misery Tour, President Obama was back to blaming technology, the Internet, and ATMs again for America’s job loss. At a stop in Atkinson, Illinois Obama spoke about the need for education at an agricultural company named Wyffels Hybrids, Inc. He said that America is no longer a place where you can just […]

New York Times Columnist Attacks Perry With Twitter, Gives Biden/ Demos A Pass

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

As if we needed another example of the utter hypocrisy of the Old Media, we get New York Times screed-maker Binyamin Appelbaum who used his Twitter feed to smear Gov. Rick Perry over his Bernanke comments while giving V.P. Joe “Tea Partiers are Terrorists” Biden a complete pass. Once again, Twitter catches the unhinged left […]

Obamacare Far, Far Worse Than Imagined

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

The Congressional Budget Office has said that only about 7% of employers will drop their own company-offered plans and enter the new government plans that Obamacare will feature when the crap hits the fan in 2014. This small percentage, though is likely untrue. More likely it will be somewhere around 30% — or higher — […]

Another Example of How the NYTimes Warps Truth

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

This weekend The New York Times, the fishwrap of record, had yet another one of its left-wing excuses for political analysis, this one about rumors of how Team Obama intends to carry on its continuing re-election campaign on matters economic. The piece is so chock full of bias that you don’t even have to get […]

Another Favored Obama Green Business Goes Bankrupt

Posted on August 16, 2011August 18, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

It seems that the surest way to go bankrupt is to have President Barack Obama use your business as some sort of example of the wonders of his administration and we have yet one more example of that in Evergreen Solar, Inc., the heavily taxpayer funded business that has now closed its doors. In April […]

CNN/Krugman: A Space Alien Attack Will Save Us (Disses FDR, Wants a Fake War?)

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

CNNs Fareed Zakaria and The New York Times’ Paul Krugman have solved our economic problems. They’ve decided that a space alien attack will save us. Aside from the guffaw factor of space aliens, there was so much wrong with this CNN segment that we must lay them out for discussion. First on the clip is […]

Mark Levin: Ron Paul Not A Conservative, Not The Tea Party Founder

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

From our friend, Pat Dollard: Mark Levin tells us that Ron Paul is neither a conservative nor is he a founder of the Tea Party movement. (Mark Levin can be heard here in Chicago evenings, 6PM to 9 PM on WLS AM 890). Back on May 14 I also said that Ron Paul is not […]