GOP Votes To Defund EPA On Light Bulb Enforcement

Funny how this news was lost in the shuffle Friday, and I had to go to a British newspaper to find out Republicans claimed to have struck a blow for freedom on Friday when the House of Representatives voted to strip all funding from government programmes promoting energy-saving lightbulbs. The measure, brought as an amendment […]

 




The Conservative Blogger Reaction To Mitch McConnell’s Debt Limit Plan

Some of the establishment Republicans seem to be warm to Mitch McConnell’s utter capitulation on the debt limit, but the reaction from the right side of the blogosphere was predictably savage. The following comments give you a pretty good idea of the sort of comments McConnell’s “plan” was drawing from the Rightroots. I mentioned in […]

 

I’ll Fully Support Mitch McConnell’s Great, New Debt Limit Compromise If He Resigns As Minority Leader As A Sweetener

Never underestimate the Republican Party’s capacity for stupidity, particularly amongst its leadership. No matter how strong their hand is, instinctually they lean towards doing exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time and they have legions of political insiders, consultants, and aides who assure them that they’re geniuses for spouting idiocy like this. Desperate to […]

 




Light Bulb Ban Legislation May Hit House Floor Next Week, Shows Why Gov’t Barely Works

Looks like the GOP is going to attempt to make it so that those evil incandescent light bulbs won’t be banned starting in 2012 House Republicans plan to bring to the floor next week legislation that would water down a provision in a 2007 energy law that requires light bulbs to be more energy efficient. […]

 


Chicago: Two Anti-American Conferences Held on Independence Day

While patriotic Chicagoans attended parades, BBQs and otherwise celebrated our Independence Day holiday — and while Democrats stayed home and brooded — two of the most anti-American ideologies imaginable met to plot their revenge on the USA. Not only did representatives of these two ideologies meet, but they met in the same town, on the […]

 


Michelle Bachmann Is Compassionate: Says She’ll Help Obama Find A Job

She’s a nice lady Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is getting more creative, and apparently more aggressive, in her political attacks against President Barack Obama. On Saturday, the Minnesota congresswoman took fresh jabs at the president. In one instance, Bachmann said she hoped to oust him from his current employment, become president herself — and […]

 


Today’s Bachmann Hit Piece: Her Husband’s Practice Received Medicare Money!

Somehow, this NBC News investigation….we’re still waiting for them to investigate anything regarding 2008 Democrat presidential contender Barack Obama….is supposed to create a big kerfuffle. It’s spread out through many news sources, along with liberal blogs, who are a bit unhinged over it (it would also be nice if the legacy media could spell her […]

 

OMG! BACHMANN REFUSES TO ACCEPT CHRIS WALLACE’S APOLOGY!!!!!1!!!!

Why, yes, liberals and squishy Republicans are breathless, dare I say “hyperventilating”, over this Politico “report” Via POLITICO’s Jennifer Epstein, Michele Bachmann isn’t accepting an apology from Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace for asking her yesterday, “Are you a flake?” OMG, she must be playing the victim card and isn’t classy!!!! She needs to […]

 

A GOP Debt Limit Warning On Taxes

Despite the fact that the Democrats want to actually increase spending right now, the GOP has been earnestly trying to get them to reduce spending in exchange for raising the debt limit. As you can imagine, that’s probably a difficult task that involves hours per day of basic economics, explaining the negatives of just printing […]

 

Media And Squishes Favorite Jon Hunstman Won’t Win Because He’s “Not Angry”

The Politico’s Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei start out in the right direction, but, quickly lose their way: Buzzkill: The problem with Jon Huntsman Hype From afar, it’s easy to get swept up by the hype: Jon Huntsman is accomplished, handsome, smart, and his civility message has appeal beyond the meat-eaters who dominate this early […]

 

VIDEO: A Time for Choosing

“So we have come to a time for choosing,” warned Ronald Reagan in his famous speech nominating Barry Goldwater for President in 1964. It was one of the most important speeches in American history — and remains terrifyingly true today. Millions without jobs. American values under attack. Bailouts, deficits, and debt that threatens the future […]

 


Sirens Of Isolationism

“O Tay Mr Peabody! Set the dial on the Way Back Machine to 1911!” Prob the best descrip of the recent GOP Debatery that CNN King Grunting Guy kept grunting through (yeah – it was kinda gross) “…Mitt Romney sounded not so terribly different from Obama on Afghanistan, with the crucial difference that he wants […]

 

New Open Government and Spending Transparency Reforms Introduced

While the Obama administration plays its games with “czars,” more “boards,” and “committees” to implement government accountability policies, Representative Darrell Issa (R, Calif.) has introduced some measures that would do a far better job to meet those goals. President Obama has touted a “Government Accountability and Transparency Board” (GATB) as well as the Recovery Accountability […]

 

McConnell Wants Terror Suspects Held in Kentucky to be Sent to Gitmo

Why are a pair of foreign terrorists sitting in a jail in Kentucky? That’s what Senate GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to know. He wants them sent to the facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they belong. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Why is the Justice Department doing this? Why expose our heartland […]

 

Illinois Congressmen Help Tip in Big Labor Amendment

On Monday I alerted you all to a jobs-killing, union-favoring amendment being considered in the House of Representatives in Washington, one that needed to be defeated. Unfortunately, the amendment was successful and now, in this dour economy, unions will be able to make matters worse just when we need a shot in the arm. (See

 

NY Times Editorial Board Hated The GOP Debate

Hence, the Republicans on display must have actually done a good job! (Fish Wrap) Monday’s Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire – full of historical error, economic obfuscation, avoidance of hard truths and even outright bigotry – was a feast for connoisseurs of political dysfunction. Desperate to avoid being outflanked on the right, the seven […]

 

Thoughts on the CNN Republican Debate

Well the CNN debate of some of the GOP candidates for president is now in the history books and I thought I’d give my impression of those vying there. Before I do that, I have to comment on John King’s constant guttural vocal tick. It sounded like he had Tourette Syndrome with the grunts and […]

 


Urge Congress to Vote ‘NO’ On Striking $$ Saving Section From Federal Construction Projects Bill

Today there may be a vote on striking a section of H.R. 2055 that will insure that federal construction projects for the military are fairly priced and will save money for the taxpayers. Some representatives want this advantageous section struck out and replaced with a union-favoring provision that will cost the tax payers millions and […]