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Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan is either a few days old or several years old now, depending on whether you’ve been paying attention to him since he first won election. So far, reaction falls into a few basic categories: It’s a horrific (and probably fascist) attack on the elderly, the poor, America, childhood, and rainbows; […]

Hopefully by the time you read this Congress will have reached a deal on the budget. Despite the hyperbole coming from the likes of Harry Reid, the truth is this. The budget was supposed to be passed this past October. The Democrats were fully in charge. But they didn’t pass one because they didn’t want […]

Many are usually surprised to learn that I am against the death penalty. My feeling has always been that it’s difficult to convince society that they should protect the life of the guilty, if they refuse to protect the life of the innocent. The reason I am against the death penalty is purely religious. While […]

Nancy Pelosi is, of course, whining and wringing hands about how the Ryan plan will cause people TO DIE!!!!1111 NancyPelosi: The #GOP Ryan budget is a path to poverty for America’s seniors & children and a road to riches for big oil #GOPvalues Why do evil Republicans hate old people and children? Sigh. Her lines are as old […]

As always, I completely agree with the ever brilliant Mr. Steyn. He wrote the following at National Review in response to the craven and vile response by Senators Reid and Graham to the deadly Afghan riots: I did not think it would be necessary quite so soon to take the same stand in the land […]

On Friday, as many as 20 United Nations staffers were killed in Afghanistan. Reuters reported it this way (emphasis added): (Reuters) – Afghan protesters angered by the burning of a Koran by an obscure U.S. pastor killed up to 20 U.N. staff, beheading two foreigners, when they over-ran a compound in a normally peaceful northern city on Friday in the worst ever attack […]

If you’re not with us, you’re against us! That’s the “new tone” coming from union leaders in Wisconsin. In case you missed it, AFSCME has taken to sending letters to local businesses, containing a thinly veiled threat of boycott if those businesses don’t place a pro-union sign in their windows. Mister Pterodactyl linked the story […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged about them or not. Click the link underneath each if you need a little more explanation. First, one I should have used last week: That’s from our Wisconsin Rules the World collection. Grandpa Steve mocked one up for me: Emphasis on “mocked.” […]

You asked for it, you got it. Open thread, discuss whatever you folks want. Flame wars are just fine!

I think I’ve written about Pot once before my last post, and I got pretty much the same reaction. As you can see in the comments of my last post, a lot of people have been affected by pot. I want to make clear that I don’t endorse pot use in any way except for […]

The other day I had lunch with a friend whose father is in stage four of stomach cancer. He is going through Chemo and she can’t get him to eat. I had just had a conversation about this with my son regarding California’s medical marijuana laws. I asked her if she thought pot would help […]

Who could forget Abu Ghraib? How could you? The news was saturated with the disgusting and sick photographs of soldiers with prisoners. We were shocked and horrified. The media couldn’t get enough. There was practically 24/7 coverage for weeks on end about it. Every aspect of the story was covered in print, online, and the […]

What a strange journey this has been in Libya. We had a window of opportunity to topple Gadhafi. Most Americans supported it. People were asking why we didn’t enforce a no fly zone, or at least do something. But Obama was determined that this not be American driven. He wanted the U.N. on board. That’s […]

The first is with former Sen. Norm Coleman. Next is with Wall Street Journal’s John Fund. Both discuss the integrity of the vote. Hans von Spakovsky, former Dept. of Justice official, discusses voter ID and why it doesn’t suppress the minority vote. This is especially important because that is the left’s meme. Spakovsky discusses how […]

This should make everyone angry. The AP reported that political operatives in the Obama Administration are screening Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and asking for personal information on those making the requests: From the WaPo: The Freedom of Information Act, the main tool forcing the government to be more transparent, is designed to be […]

The True The vote Summit in Houston this weekend was attended by representatives from 27 states that wanted to learn how they can do better in fighting voter fraud. I’ve written about The King Street Patriots and the controversy surrounding them here. These are good people just trying to do the right thing. The voter […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged about them or not. Click the link underneath each if you need a little more explanation. Link: Don Surber. Link: Ed Driscoll. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: No Sheeples Here. Link: Memeorandum. See the pouty baby, above. Link: Shark and Shepherd. Link: Grandpa Steve. […]

Raise your hand if you’re married. Now wonder: what if there was no such thing as a marriage license? Would you still be married? The marriage license: that seemingly insignificant piece of paper you get from and give back to your local county clerk. An afterthought, really. Just a quick couple penstrokes between the ceremony […]

The Texas House voted 101-48 late Wednesday for a bill requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. It’s about dang time. There should be NO controversy with this bill. It’s absurd that it’s taken this long. We have to show our ID to get on a plane or buy a beer. There is […]

The United States does not have a king’s army. President Obama’s unilateral choice to use U.S. military force in Libya is an affront to our Constitution. — Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) When a woman got raped, blame her because she was wearing a skirt too short, she looked the wrong way or she wasn’t home […]

I still can’t get used to the idea of a presidential election campaign in one year, running through its various stages in earlier years. The campaign of 2012 has been going on since the first time our current President’s approval rating hit its history-making down-slide, sometime during the spring of ’09. Perhaps persons like myself […]

I know in my last entry on a consistent Democrat (or Republican) I got a lot of you saying, “Yeah, consistently looney.” But, there is something I admire in people who don’t let party or politics set their belief system. I give you Cindy Sheehan: (emphasis mine) An Open Letter to War Loving (Democratic/Republican) Frauds […]

You can’t always tell who happens to be a budget hawk by how they vote, which is strange for Congress. I mean, they’re whole job is voting, right? Yet, when it comes to hearing what they say and watching what they do, you can notice some distinct departures. Back at the beginning of may, for […]

The idea that we can have a massive government with a lavish social safety net funded almost entirely by wealthy Americans is an enduring fantasy of the Left. It’s part of the reason they resist cutting spending so strongly, it inspires their demonization of successful Americans, and it’s at the core of the economic policies. […]

Can you guess what the “air pollution” is? Well, I’m confident you can, because you know what one of my major blog focuses is The White House is bashing a proposed Senate GOP amendment to small business legislation that would nullify the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gases. “This amendment rolls back the […]