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In the United States, we’ve been seeing some efforts by the Marxist Obama administration to nationalize the auto industry and health care, too. This is what communists favor as the alternative to the free-market system. It makes sense, then, to look at how well the nationalization of assets, especially those owned by private companies, works […]
Given the Democrats’ history, would you take the chance? The story: Cardinal Timothy Dolan offered to give the prayer at the Democratic National Convention, but has been turned down: WASHINGTON – President Obama turned down a chance to have Timothy Cardinal Dolan deliver a prayer at the Democratic National Convention after Dolan told Democrats he […]
Anyone who is surprised, raise your hand (Fox News) A new report by the Family Research Council and the Liberty Institute claims that there’s been a rising pattern of hostility toward Christians in America over the past decade. The 140-page “Survey of Religious Hostility in America,” prepared by the Liberty Institute and the Family Research […]
Obviously, this must be the fault of George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Republicans, international issues, tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and ATMs. Nothing is ever the fault of Obama’s pathetic, uninformed, far left policies based on imaginary economic notions (Washington Post) Many workers are nervous about their livelihoods despite the economic recovery – and for good reason, it […]
Eight-minute video by AEI president Arthur Brooks. (Send the link to your Liberal friends! Or, more importantly, to those undecided swing voters.) Personally, I think moral cases for free enterprise are nice but unnecessary. I think the material propserity and personal freedom engendered by free enterprise is more than sufficient. “From the time of Pericles […]
“. . .: home of the: National Radiation Map, depicting: environmental radiation levels: across the USA, updated: in real time: every minute.: This is the first web site where the average citizen (or anyone in the world) can see: what radiation levels are: anywhere in the USA: at any time.”
Yesterday, I did a HuffPostLive segment on the Future of the Republican Party. This one was a little different than previous segments, in that you had a liberal host and a liberal guest (both of whom pretended to be independents) and 4 conservatives guests including my buddy Kira Davis. You can watch the whole segment, […]
If it were a private insurance company… There are two tiers of men with advanced prostate cancer in Ontario: Those who get access to a remarkable drug through private insurance, and those who get a death sentence. That latter group is also known as: people relying on gummint health care. The grim news is often […]
Each party convention usually produces a bounce in the polls of 6-10 points, though they often cancel each other out. But this year, there will be a difference. The Republicans will gain much more from their convention than the Democrats will from theirs. This year, there will be no offsetting bounces; the advantage will be […]
Interesting that in an email centric world, the United States Postal Service continues to push the importance of direct mail: —: “Direct mail creates a one-on-one connection that’s hard for other media channels to match,” says Tom Foti, manager, Direct Mail and Periodicals for USPS. “The average household receives only two pieces of direct mail a day […]
For those who support the institutionalized “progressive” left’s or Ron Paul’s positions on foreign policy, consider these perspectives expressed in an article posted August 24, 2012 on pravda.ru: “With the beginning of the Islamic awakening movement in the Middle East, the United States and its allies in the region, fearing the increasing waves of anti-American […]
In this day of mounting threats to our freedoms it is time to reinvigorate our Bill of Rights and so Senator John Kyl (R, AZ) has introduced S. 3493, The Free Press Act. This bill aims to prevent nuisance lawsuits meant only to quash freedom of speech, to stop the intimidation of journalists, bloggers, and […]
Although like most people, I don’t follow or care about professional cycling, I know who Lance Armstrong is. I’d have to know if I’ve heard about cycling because HE IS cycling. Unfortunately, despite all of his amazing accomplishments, he spent his entire career being dogged by claims of doping. There have been rumors and accusations, […]
In case you hadn’t noticed, I rarely ever post national polls, because in my mind they mean very little when it comes to the presidential election. Yes, they can give a snapshot of the mood of the nation, but, while we may know the D/R/I samples, we do not know what states these people represent, […]
Romney just released his detailed energy plan Thursday morning, a 21 page plan that outlines how America can strive for energy independence. Fortunately, Politico is there to attempt to shoot it down just a few hours after it was released, offering four roadblocks Energy experts say Mitt Romney’s goal to achieve North American energy independence […]
1) Obama took 700 billion dollars out of the Medicare program and put it into his wildly unpopular health care program. This is despite the fact that even Obama has admitted, Medicare in particular will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program no matter how much taxes go […]
The recession officially ended all the way back in 2009.: Yet… Household income is down sharply since the recession ended three years ago, according to a report released Thursday, providing another sign of the stubborn weakness of the economic recovery. From June 2009 to June 2012, inflation-adjusted median household income fell 4.8 percent, to $50,964, according […]
No matter how loudly the American people shout about illegal immigration, thegovernment never seems to listen. Ten officers and agents for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) including ICE Agents Union President Chris Crane, today filed a lawsuit against Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton challenging […]
Mike Huckabee built up so much indy cred with Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day and he’sthrowing it all away on Todd Akin. The Party’s leaders have for reasons that aren’t rational, left [Akin] behind on the political battlefield, wounded and bleeding, a casualty of his self-inflicted, but not intentional wound. In a Party that supposedly stands […]
Breaking news: The Fishwrap of Record has finally discovered that the Obama administration gives its Chicago corporate pals special access to power and regulatory favoritism. On Thursday, The Not-So-New York Times published an A1 story titled “Ties to Obama Aided in Access for Big Utility.” Everyone, put on your shocked faces! “With energy an increasingly […]
Todd Akin’s idiocy appears to be infectious. The evil genius of the Missouri congressman’s comments is that they lend themselves to such broad interpretations — and misinterpretations. By now his remarks are familiar, but just in case … Akin told a local TV interviewer: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from […]
When Republicans formally nominate Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan next week, the race against President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will be officially underway. Yet while the two teams represent different ideological views, different upbringings, different faith backgrounds and different experiences, neither of them has yet inspired any confidence among voters. Just 32 percent […]
Count on the United Nations yet again to be fools. : The Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is attending the nonaligned movement’s annual meeting next week, to be held in: Iran. : What a public relations victory for: Iran: — absurd and asinine behavior by the UN as usual. Continued kudos to: Jay Sekulow: and the ACLJ who are working with: Israel: todefend: Israel: and pressure President […]
Obama-pushing former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has at last revealed when Obama will stop blaming George W. Bush for every ill of our day. Never! At least that is what she told attendees at an Obama rally in Highlands Ranch, Colorado this week. Albright was speaking to a small audience of Obama supporters and […]
According to Gateway Pundit, the Cook Report labeled Akin “unelectable,” clearing the way for a second term for Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill. : Pundit wrote: In four days Cook Political has moved the Missouri Senate race from: “solid Republican”: to“toss up”: to: “likely Democrat”: to: “unelectable”. Cook Political: Report has declared Todd Akin “unelectable” and moved the 2012 U.S. senate race in Missouri […]
The American labor market showed few signs of new life in the latest jobs report.: : First time filings for unemployment benefits rose again last week to a one-month high.: Claims rose for a second week, by 4,000 for the period ended Aug. 18.: After economists had predicted 365,000 new claims, the number climbed to 372,000. […]
MSNBC’s Chuck Todd thinks Mitt Romney is to blame for the Akin meltdown. : Yes, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and the entire Republican Party is responsible for what Mr. Akin said about ‘legitimate rape.’ : It’s definitely not the media’s fault. : That’s “a chicken and egg conversation,” which Todd had with Laura Ingraham on her radio show […]
They just can’t help themselves, and really don’t think about what they are saying/writing. Here’s NRDC’s Kelly Henderson going a bit bat guano insane (via Climate Depot) Global Climate Change: A 24 year Snapshot In 1988 (the year I was born) James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, testified before the […]
Gee, Team Obama being rude and doing things differently? Who’d have guessed? Last go around, Obama broke precedent, and his promise, and refused to take the public funding for the general election. This go around (The Hill) Bucking protocol, President Obama and the Democrats are planning a full-scale assault on Republicans next week during their […]