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Solyndra Republicans, Why the GOP Cannot be Trusted

On Friday, July 20, Politico reported that GOP leadership in the House beat back an attempt by recalcitrant members of their own caucus to continue to quietly support the sort of pork spending that gave us Solyndra in the first place. House GOP leadership has been beating the Democrats up for the pure wasteful spending […]

NY Daily News Blames Romney, Obama, And NRA

If you thought some of the other typical calls for gun control post-tragedy were irresponsible, this one takes the cake from the NY Daily News’ Editorial Board Blood on hands of Obama, Mitt and NRA! The police chief in Aurora, Colo., said he is confident that massacre gunman James Holmes acted alone. The police chief […]

Two good government stories

I am–with I believe ample justification–critical of many of the actions and activities of governments. But here are two small rays of sunshine. “LA schools superintendent shakes up district“. Doing what he thinks is right has put him in some unusual positions, such as siding with plaintiffs who successfully sued the district over closely protected […]

Who Bruised City Hall’s Tender Arm?

In January, prosecutors would not believe Eliana Lopez when she said her husband, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, did not hurt her when he bruised her arm during a Dec. 31 argument on the dubious grounds that as a battered woman, she was effectively brainwashed to rationalize the abuse. In July, as Mayor Ed Lee […]

Good Grief: Win A Chance To Have Obama In Your “Holiday Card”

First we had the gift registry, attempting to raise cash. That went over like a fart during a wedding ceremony. He’s tried to raise money off his birthday parties, Michelle’s, you name it. Then there’s this (via The Lonely Conservative from iOwnTheWorld) (Photo from iOwnTheWorld) Looking for a new holiday card picture? Enter now for […]

New Taxes You’re Going To Pay To Fund Obamacare

Henry Blodget, writing for businessinsider.com,:  shares some:  valuable information that will come in handy:  when debating with “progressive” useful idiots whether obama”care”tax is really a tax or not. “Here are some of the new taxes you’re going to have to pay to pay for Obamacare: -A 3.8% surtax on “investment income” when your adjusted gross […]

New Romney Ad Bashes Obama On “You Didn’t Build It”

This is one that should be on TV from now till election day…..that is, until (NMP) Obama says something else off script that exposes exactly who he is (via Instapundit) James Taranto explains Obama’s resentment in an article worth the read, and also notes Meanwhile, @BarackObama tweets a quote attributed to somebody identified only as […]

Is This James Holmes’ Facebook Page?

The name of the killer in the Denver massacre is James Holmes, a white male aged 24. Is this his Facebook page*? The name there is James Holmes and he lives in Denver. However, he graduated from high school in 2008, which would most likely make him 22 instead of 24. His profile also seems […]

The Batman Massacre In Colorado

This is one hell of a thing to wake up to… A gunman opened fire early Friday at a suburban Denver movie theater on the opening night of the latest Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises,” killing 14 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said. ….”Witnesses tell us he released some sort of […]

Are Machines Going To Put Us All Out Of Jobs? Well, Not All Of Us…Yet

Over at Forbes, there is: speculation from Andrew McAfee that in the future, it’ll be the humans who become obsolete instead of the machines. To articulate the core of his argument, McAfee draws from the concept of exponential growth patterns. The numbers at the beginning of any exponential curve (1+2+4+8+16….etc) are easy to comprehend. It isn’t […]

This Week In Quotes 7/13/2012 – 7/19/2012

Consider this: the U.S. economy has created 2.6 million jobs since June 2009. In the same period, 3.1 million workers have signed up for disability benefits. Back in 1992 there was one person on disability benefits for every 36 people in employment. Now the ratio is 1 to 16. Unemployment is being concealed–and rendered permanent–in […]

The 20 Best Quotes From Ayn Rand

20) “Ask yourself why totalitarian dictatorships find it necessary to pour money and effort into propaganda for their own helpless, chained, gagged slaves, who have no means of protest or defense. The answer is that even the humblest peasant or the lowest savage would rise in blind rebellion, were he to realize that he is […]

Trashing Achievements

There was a time, within living memory, when the achievements of others were not only admired but were often taken as an inspiration for imitation of the same qualities that had served these achievers well, even if we were not in the same field of endeavor and were not expecting to achieve on the same […]

TSA: Training Sky-bound Illegal Aliens

When it comes to soldiers, breast-feeding moms, toddlers and grannies, the Transportation Security Administration is not just hands-on, it’s hands-all-over. But when it comes to illegal alien pilot trainees, our homeland security bureaucracy’s policy is still stuck in pre-9/11 mode: Hands off, blinders on. This week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on […]

Co-sponsoring your success

“If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. … If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. […]

Has Obama Awakened Mitt’s Inner Sleeping Giant?

Someone recently asked me what campaign advice I would give Mitt Romney if I were in his inner circle. Let me respond. First, let me say that though I have been concerned that Romney has not been aggressive enough to date, we have begun to see a different side of him in the past few […]

Bain Attacks Fail to Shake Up Presidential Race

Over the past few weeks, President Obama and his campaign team have launched a furious attack on Mitt Romney’s record as head of Bain Capital, a highly successful venture capital firm. There is clear evidence that the attacks have had some impact. Forty-one percent of voters now see Romney’s record in the private sector primarily […]

If You Drive A Car, They’ll Tax the Street

Drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area may be subject to a brand new tax. : Besides being tracked by your GPS, drivers will be “taxed per miles driven — a scenario which is part of a proposed long-range study aimed at finding ways to reduce traffic and pollution, while also raising revenues.: Members of the Metropolitan […]

Obama Did Build This…

  To no one’s surprise, Obama treated his donors well after the 2008 election. : He may not have built a small business that employed people, but he’s sure good at building a culture of corruption that ends in more folks being sent to the unemployment line. :  However, for a candidate who campaigned as a […]