Category: Liberals

I’m waiting for liberals to make their own 47 percent comment on guns

Posted on by Matt Vespa

In the wake of the Newtown shootings, the left is clamoring for more gun control. : They want to ban assault weapons — which is liberal speak for scary guns — and do something about high-capacity magazines because they incentivize us to be mean, vicious, and violent. : However, as John Fund noted in National Review, it’s […]

 

Abject union thuggery

Posted on by Matt Vespa

We’ve all seen the video of the Lansing, Michigan union protests. : They’re mad that Gov. Rick Snyder passed a right-to-work law, which would curtail the power unions have in the state. : It’s Wisconsin reloaded. : However, the level of thuggery and violence has reached a whole new level. : Union supporters thought that they could really make […]

 

A second shooting was stopped on the same day as Newtown tragedy

Posted on by Matt Vespa

While a horrific tragedy occurred in Newtown, CT, a similar event was stopped in Oklahoma. : Sammie Eaglebear Chavez, who is only 18, plotted an attack on his high school in Bartlesville, according to Fox News. An arrest affidavit says Chavez tried to convince other students to help him lure students into the auditorium, chain the […]

 

Libs Immediately Politicize Conn. School Shooting

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In their practice of “never letting a serious crises go to waste,” liberals didn’t even wait for the full story to be reported before using today’s shooting at a Connecticut school for political reasons. CNN talk show host and British citizen Piers Morgan immediately took to his Twitter account to inject politics into the criminal […]

 

Success: Ted Turner Declares Wars ‘Over With’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In his best Fukuyama-like fashion, CNN founder Ted Turner has pronounced the end of war. Not only that, but he implies that the U.S. is the stupid country for refusing to abide by his prognosticating powers. During a December 13 broadcast of CNN’s Newsroom, Turner made the sweeping pronouncement about the end of war assuring […]

 

David Frum: 2nd Amendment Supporters ‘Enable Shootings’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Like all of us, David Frum of The Daily Beast was angered by the shootings in a Connecticut Grade School today. He was also angered by those 2nd Amendment supporters Tweeting him about the incident saying that he “won’t accept lectures” from “those who enable the shootings in the first place.” Frum’s despair and anger […]

 

Repeat after me: gun control isn’t the answer

Posted on by Matt Vespa

The tragedy in Newton, CT should shake us all to our very core. : Of the 26 who were killed yesterday, 20 of them were children. It’s evil. : It’s grotesque. : And I’m sure many mothers and fathers were holding their children a little tighter last night. : Sadly, for twenty families, that will no longer be possible. […]

 

Media Ignores Union Violence: Flashback to Palin’s 2008 ‘Target’ Outrage

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As unions again run amuck, this time in Michigan, the Old Media establishment has steadfastly refused to report on the union’s violence, not to mention the “violent rhetoric” coming from their advocates. But this is in stark contrast to the Summer of 2011 when the Old Media was hot to condemn the supposed “violent rhetoric” […]

 

Hip/hop artist and his legion of morons spew hate at Michelle Malkin

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Here we go again. Conservative blogger and Twitchy founder Michelle Malkin has reaped a whirlwind of hate tweets from fans of hip/hop artist The Game. : It’s due to the cover art of his new album Jesus Piece, which features a depiction of Christ that some consider blasphemous. : Malkin had a post about it on her […]

 

MSNBC: An Unprofessional Excuse for the News

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The violence that unions perpetrated in Michigan as the state legislature passed its new right-to-work legislation was hailed by lawless Democrats and union supporters alike showing that neither unions nor Democrats are much interested in morality of legality, but the incident also revealed yet another perfect example of how illegitimate MSNBC is as a source […]

 

Violent, Racist Union Thugs Destroy Hot Dog Cart

Posted on by William Teach

This is apparently OK with the Legacy Media, since the violent, racist union thugs funnel money to and vote Democrat (The Blaze) A man running a local hot dog stand in Michigan’s state capital was among those attacked by protesters of the state’s “Right to Work” legislation while he served food in a tent that […]

 

Weekly Standard’s Kristol Throws Up Hands, GOP Should ‘Acquiesce’ to Obama

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston William Kristol, Editor of the Weekly Standard, seems to have decided that retreat is the way forward for the Republican Party. In a new editorial that approaches a meltdown, the Fox commentator and consummate Washington insider essentially advised the GOP to just throw in the towel on these fiscal cliff talks […]

 

The Lonely Position of Neutral

Posted on by Matt Vespa

I hate raising taxes. : I find high tax rates immoral. : However, we lost the election. : An increase in revenue is inevitable. : What’s perverse about this whole episode is that if we fall off the cliff — Democrats will get everything they want. They’ll get their tax increases, their revenue, and defense cuts. : They would complete […]

 

In Treatment

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Yes, Republicans are in treatment after their catastrophic loss last November. : We kept our majority in the House due to gerrymandering, and we lost two seats in the Senate. : Romney’s loss was bad, but our inability to gain seats in the Senate was ignominious. : Democrats were tasked with defending twenty-three senate seats, and twelve of […]

 

Welfare State Advocate Spews Inaccuracies on PBS NewsHour

Posted on by Matt Vespa

The PBS NewHour has yet to invite a hard core conservative on the program to talk about the fiscal cliff.:  Last week, they had NYT’s columnist, left-wing economist, and Obama cheerleader — Paul Krugman to detail his view. : Then, they had Sen. Bob Corker ( R-TN), but the December 6 broadcast was the most interesting. […]

 

Liberals Really Upset That Obama’s Considering *GULP* Enforcing Federal Drug Laws

Posted on by William Teach

As I’ve written multiple times, I really couldn’t care less one way or the other about marijuana: I don’t smoke it, have no plans to smoke it, and, really, it is a much less dangerous drug than alcohol. I’d prefer they not smoke it in public, a contact high is not in my daily plans. […]

 

Six Degrees of Grover Norquist

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Grover Norquist is evil. Grover Norquist is an impediment to good governance. We’ve all heard the pundits detail — ad nauseum — about how the founder of Americans for Tax Reform is a pernicious force within our political discourse. However, what’s depraved about this whole episode in Norquist bashing, which I’m sure he’s thoroughly enjoying, […]

 

Crazy Liberals Force Cancellation Of School Charity Christmas Concert

Posted on by William Teach

Remember, there is no war on Christmas. It doesn’t exist. Liberals keep telling us this. It’s supposed to be a fiction created by Fox, excuse me, Faux News (Daily Caller) The Hawaii Department of Education canceled a beloved annual Christmas concert by the Moanalua High School orchestra only four days before the event, following legal […]

 

CNN’s Piers Morgan Tweets Attack on Second Amendment

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

British citizen and low-rated TV host Piers Morgan of CNN sided with sportscaster Bob Costas in an attack on the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by coming to Costas’ support in a Tweet on Monday. “Quite incredible that Bob Costas makes an impassioned plea for less handguns,” Morgan Tweeted, “and Americans go crazy with […]

 

Speaker Boehner — What Are You Doing Up There?

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Is it revenge of the squishy Republicans? : It sure isn’t the reaffirmation of conservatism within the Republican Party. : On December 4, Matthew Boyle at Breitbart: reported: that the House GOP had begun purging conservatives from various committees. : In a time when Republicans need strong, principled conservatives to thwart the aggressive expansion of the state under Obama, Speaker […]

 

Anna Wintour to be a U.S. Ambassador? ‘Ludicrous’!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

News broke today that President Obama is considering offering the position of the next U.S. Ambassadorship to Great Britain to Anna Wintour, the editor of fashion magazine Vogue. This caused at least one Brit to call the whole idea “ludicrous.” Indeed, the offer seems incomprehensible. To offer the ambassadorship to one of our most important […]

 

Spielberg’s Lincoln Isn’t Pro-Obama

Posted on by Matt Vespa

As most people, I went and saw Lincoln.:  I’m no fan of biopics, but this one was rather good. In fact, it was excellent.:  Daniel Day-Lewis will probably win another Academy Award for Best Actor, and it was not a pro-Obama film.:  Many conservatives feared that the movie would be allegorical about the 44th president.:  […]

 

AP’s False Claim That ‘Some’ Democrats Open to Entitlement Cuts

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In a November 28 article, the Associated Press tried to give cover to Democrats by insisting that they are somehow divided over cuts in entitlements to help solve the “fiscal cliff” problem. But the truth is, Democrats are united against these cuts, not divided. In its piece headlined, “It’s Not Just Taxes: Benefit Cuts Divide […]

 

Obama, GOP Throw Their Dogs In The Ring

Posted on by Matt Vespa

I’m sure a lot of you exuded similar reactions to the president’s laughable fiscal proposal to prevent the nation from going over the cliff. : He asked for $50 billion in additional stimulus and $1.6 trillion in tax hikes “as part of any ‘fiscal cliff’ deal,”: according to CNBC. : In all: The plan calls for $1.6 trillion […]

 

Media Ignores Obama Admin’s Effort to Define ‘Poverty’ Upward

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Mickey Kaus has alerted readers to a change in the way the federal government figures the poverty line and that new way so alters the formula that we will never be able to show any improvement in rates of poverty going foward. Worse, the new formula stops measuring strict want and instead measures a more […]

 

Washington Post: “Know Who Benefits From Charitable Giving? Only The Rich”

Posted on by William Teach

Fred Hiatt, the editorial page editor of the Washington Post, goes on a bit of a rant Paying for charitable giving …At first blush, it seems to make policy sense, too. The rich fabric of America’s civic life, from Boy Scouts to community orchestras to soup kitchens, is the envy of the world. Its diversity […]

 

Bob Costas Goes On Anti-Gun Rant During Sunday Night Football

Posted on by William Teach

Liberals just can’t help themselves (Daily Caller) During halftime of NBC’s coverage of the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Dallas Cowboys, NBC Sports analyst Bob Costas made a plea for gun control during his weekly commentary on “Sunday Night Football.” Responding to the weekend murder-suicide by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, Costas relied on a […]

 

The Lies The SEIU Tells Its Members

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

This week the SEIU sent out an email to its members hoping to drum up some hate against the fast food chain Wendy’s. The email not only had one outright lie, it was also a sad example of how stupid unions think their members really are. The email starts out as if it is from […]

 

Sen. Orrin Hatch: Obama Fiscal Proposal ‘Classic Bait and Switch’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Senator Orrin Hatch (R, Utah) delivered the GOP weekly address and it was a damn good one. He pulled no punches and laid it out straight that Obama lied when he ran for re-election and perpetrated a “classic bait and switch” maneuver. What ever you think of Mr. Hatch or the GOP, he spoke truth […]

 

AP Quits Use of Islamophobia/Homophobia in Reporting

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

We often take after the fine folks at the Associated Press for biased “reporting.” But as we criticize when warranted so should we praise when warranted and the AP has done something praiseworthy by telling its correspondents to stop using “Islamophobia” and “homophobia” in their reporting. On November 26, Politico reported that the AP made […]