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I am continuing to post on parts of Karl Rove’s book, “Courage and Consequence.” As I have said before, politics is a nasty business. Both sides are guilty. But what struck me about recent years is how the liberal media went after regular people, and not the politicians. From Sarah Palin’s children, to Joe The […]

In light of GeicoGate and the recent accusations from the media regarding the violent rhetoric of the conservative movement, I’ve taken the liberty of editing together the voicemails and emails we’ve received as a result of DC Douglas’ call to contact FreedomWorks. Here’s the result. WARNING: This is intense. Violent language is an understatement. I […]

I was driving to St. Joseph, Missouri to buy some new windows at Lowe’s, when I noticed this billboard. The billboard is next to an overpass, and it would be dangerous to get a closer picture. It reads: The Current Administration Underestimates The Will of We The People. Vote Them OUT in November. I think […]

At LAT, “With little money to spend, Chuck DeVore puts his faith in his message: Running third in a three-way race for the GOP’s U.S. Senate nomination, he is a strict “tea party” conservative.” As usual, the piece is one of those balloon poppers LAT‘s so famous for. Note especially the quote from political scientist […]

As you have probably heard, Arizona’s Governor has signed a tough new law targeting illegal immigrants. Both sides have done their usual barking from the far side of their political agendas. We are sick of it. I find myself agreeing in part with a liberal columnist for The Arizona Republic: From one side, we heard […]

I finally got to finish Karl Rove’s book “Courage and Consequence.” What I would like to do is run through a couple of the false narratives the left has always pushed about Karl Rove. The first, and perhaps the most vicious, is the story that Karl Rove was behind the pushpolling against McCain in South […]

The dude’s banned at the University of Wyoming, and you gotta love these “security threats” : Attorneys cite security threats as the only reason for the University of Wyoming barring University of Illinois-Chicago Professor Dr. William Ayers, according to court documents filed in federal court for UW and UW President Tom Buchanan on Saturday. Four […]

From NASA on Flickr (full-size is here, and be sure to cruise around a bit while visiting there … incredible stuff): Also at The Big Picture: The most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth created to date. Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land […]

Did anybody else know that November 5th is “widely known” as “Guy Fawkes Night?” Those are Benen’s words. “Widely known.” Guy Fawkes was a British wannabe terrorist. He planned to blow up Parliament, but was arrested before he could bring the plot off. Much more recently — and much more relevant to Western cultural references […]

My all-new Talk Radio Watch column is now up at WND! Enjoy lots of FREE audio and webcam clips from Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and many others. (Kathy Shaidle blogs at FiveFeetOfFury.com, now in its 10th year.)

At CNN, “Sources: Votes lacking for immigration push in Congress” (via Memeorandum). No surprise there: Also, at Gateway Pundit, “Obama Strikes Out with GOP Senators on Immigration — Lindsey Graham Stands Alone.” Cross-posted from American Power.

John Hawkins has a roundup at RWN, “The 10 Best Tea Party Signs So Far.” But not included are a some of my favorites from American Power… For example, from Irvine April 15, 2010: See the rest at American Power …

Because recent history kind of indicates that you don’t. The story: an insurance company called WellPoint appears to be canceling health insurance policies when women covered by those policies are diagnosed with breast cancer. Whether it’s true or not, I don’t know. If it’s true, holy crap how stupid. Seriously: this is exactly the kind […]

Actually, no. It’s more like Clark Kent accidentally left a piece of red cape sticking out where his shirt was supposed to be tucked in. A colleague and I were working over a piece of code…and I don’t know who brought it up, but somehow the birth certificate thing surfaced. That’s a year and a […]

Kerry: Three Big Oil Companies Likely to Back Climate Bill When Sens. John Kerry, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman release their climate bill on Monday, they expect to have the backing of three of the five major oil companies, Mother Jones has learned. In a conference call with a coalition of progressive business leaders on […]

To avoid ruining anyone’s Friday afternoon, I’ll limit myself to the first two paragraphs of the “why can’t everyone be as mature as I am” whine-fest that is David Brooks’ latest. Those of you with weak stomachs: consider yourselves cautioned. It begins: In these columns I try to give voice to a philosophy you might […]

Check Boston Globe for a report, “‘South Park’ vs. Revolution Muslim.” And Ann Althouse, “Comedy Central cowers in the face of a murder threat/warning against “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker.” (Via Memeorandum.) And at Gay Patriot: Those in our media élites have been taught to see “the other” as the victim of […]

I commented on my Facebook page earlier today that I enjoy a good debate. Here’s the problem. Often, an argument with a liberal results in their use of hyperbole, emotion and the creation of a logic vacuum. Let me give you an example of how logic and facts have no place in a liberal argument. […]

The government has no business using taxpayer money to prevent foreclosures in the first place. As Jeb Hensarling has said, We must remember that 93.6% of households rent, own free and clear, or are current on their mortgages…Programs…that force the responsible majority to subsidize the irresponsible minority should be rejected. That brings us to Obama’s […]

The post is really about delegitimizing the tea parties, and especially a recent South Carolina Tax Day Tea Party. As one website put it: Tea party activists in South Carolina apparently didn’t receive the memo to tone down their incendiary rhetoric, in the wake of death threats and violent acts waged against U.S. lawmakers. A […]

I noticed in many of my comments that there are those on the left that seem to believe that it was Republicans that fought against regulation before our financial crisis. Nothing could be further from the truth. So let’s let the Wall Street Journal takes us on a walk down memory lane (emphasis mine). One […]

I long ago dumped my subscription to Newsweek. But I had my van serviced over the weekend, and the car dealership had a stack of recent volumes of the magazine. I saw this report from Evan Thomas and Eve Conant earlier, while out at Barnes and Noble last week; and then Glenn Beck smacked down […]

Saturday night I was a party with my friends, all of whom happened to be of a different political persuasion than I. One in particular, who works for the Democratic Party, decided to announce that the Tea Party movement is full of racists. Umm, no. With half a glass of wine (thank God that was […]

More from the Oceanside Tax Day Tea Party: These babes are totally hip on this dude (not): More photos from Oceanside at Left Coast Rebel. BONUS: “Geithner Praises ‘Positive Side’ of Tea Parties.” Actually, he’s just mostly digging the conservative hotties! (Via Memeorandum.) Cross-posted from American Power.

Stormbringer: Truly this is the Greatest Country in the World. Don’t Let Freedom Slip Away By Kitty Werthmann : I believe that I am an eyewitness to history. I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history. We elected him by a landslide – 98% of the vote…I’ve […]

You never wrestle with a pig, because you both get dirty and the pig likes it. It’s good advice that has endured throughout the ages. I have always appreciated it (although some among those who’ve known me the longest, may call this into question). It’s a reminder that we are not all the same, we’re […]

Americans must be protected, lest our feelings be hurt. Our tender, tender feelings, and our lightly-held core beliefs. Or, at least, you’d think that: A federal court in Wisconsin decided Thursday that the country’s National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional because it calls on citizens to take part in religious activity. U.S. District Court Judge […]

From Rebecca Noah Poynter, at The Best Defense, “Michelle Obama and Military Spouses: Here’s Why We’re Frustrated and Angry“: I’m a military wife. We don’t mind that America doesn’t know the 685,000 of us. We learned during that first deployment years ago that there are times in the middle of the night when there is […]

It’s Rush, “Obama Mocks American People, Demands a Thank You for His Work“: Plus, from Reason, “Bill Clinton: Tim McVeigh Hated the Guv’mint Too” (via Memeorandum). Cross-posted from American Power.