Stand Up, Speak Out, Fight Back!
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The governor of Oregon, John Kitzhaber, announced last week that he would not allow any more executions in his state during his time in office. Kitzhaber, a Democrat, gave five reasons for his decision. My response follows each one. 1. “I refuse to be part of this compromised and inequitable system any longer.” This has […]
To understand the Republican presidential race, grasp first that the party is one of ideas. One is born into the Democratic Party. If you are black or Latino or poor or gay or become a single mother, your partisan identity is often spoken for. But you become a member of the Republican Party by agreeing […]
During the presidential campaign of 2000, George W. Bush was criticized by some conservatives for calling himself a “compassionate conservative.” Some believed the term to be redundant. Now we’re in the middle of the 2012 presidential campaign and candidate Newt Gingrich has called for a “humane” policy on illegal immigrants. Gingrich wants illegal residents who […]
Thanks to the energy of the Tea Party, the 2010 midterm elections established a mandate for reducing the size and scope of government by way of spending cuts. Evidence of this mandate is readily found in the record number of anti big government Republicans who replaced “progressive” Democrats in the House of Representatives. It’s also […]
It’s hard to believe but Frank Rich’s latest exercise in the fantasist’s art comparing JFK to Obama is a wonder to behold. It really is. One might think it satire if Rich had never been presented as a serious essayist by the New York intelligentsia. If this were to be his first public writing, one […]
The anti-western, anti-capitalist group whose advertisement started the Occupy Wall Street movement has told its adherents to go home. The first phase of Occupy is over they said. Time to regroup, network, and try to finally come up with some sort of message besides an amorphous we-hate-whatever chant. Time to finally figure out an agenda […]
You might recall in October when it was discovered that a few union bosses had paid off Illinois lawmakers to write a law that allowed union bosses to serve as a substitute teacher for one day in order to qualify them for state pensions for life. Well, apparently one of those union bosses also got […]
Yes, it is that time of the year, where tons of politicians and bureaucrats gather to whine about (Other People) putting out greenhouse gases Over 11 800 delegates from 194 countries have been registered by home affairs to attend the conference. That’s quite a few unnecessary airplane trips. Not quite as much as 2009, though, […]
I’ve never really understood the Leftist fetish with government being in charge of health care. Perhaps, as some have suggested, it’s simply the Leftists way of avoiding making tough decisions for themselves. Perhaps it is their longing for a big fascistic government (for everyone else). Who knows what goes on inside the head of a […]
In what may be the most terrifying threat to Republicans since Helen Thomas said she’d kill herself if Dick Cheney ran for President, David Frum has pulled out the BIG GUNS. Steel yourself, Republicans, because if you choose someone other than Romney or Huntsman, you may not have David Frum to kick around anymore. The […]
What should be done about income inequality? That basic question underlies the arguments hashed out in the supercommittee and promises to be a central issue in the presidential campaign. Supercommittee Democrats argue that income inequality has been increasing and can be at least partially reversed by higher tax rates on high earners. They refused to […]
CHURCHVILLE, VA: Africa is the only continent where food production per capita is falling as its population continues to expand. Three-fourths of Africa’s food is produced on small farms that get radically lower crop yields than its experimental farms. Even if these little farms got adequate fertilizer and high-yield seeds, they still wouldn’t get the […]
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan must recuse herself from deciding on the constitutionality of the Obamacare law, now slated to reach the Supreme Court early next year. She won’t do it without pressure. Please sign our petition demanding her recusal. We’ll send it to your representatives in Congress and to each of the Justices of […]
Last week the House killed a new Senate approved, bureaucratic boondoggle that according to the House Appropriations Committee would have cost taxpayers a minimum of $322 million buckaroos, and good on them for it. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wanted to create a new division to be called the National Climate Service. Similar to […]
Global leaders are set to meet in Durban, South Africa, from November 28th until December 9th, in an attempt to figure out how to continue their global fight against “climate change” when the first Kyoto Protocol commitment period ends in 2012. As someone currently sitting here in the dark with the heat off, perhaps they’d […]
Chris Wallace stated that this is more of a negative for Mitt Romney than a positive for Newt (Fox News) Former speaker of the U.S. House and current GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has received the coveted endorsement of the highly-influential New Hampshire newspaper “The Manchester New Hampshire Union Leader,” an endorsement Republican rival Mitt […]
No, not the Energizer bunny. The: Voyager spacecraft.
“This slideshow is filled with images of: vanity plates so geeky: that they prompted someone else to take a picture and post it on Flickr.”
-By Warner Todd Huston A whack nut Occupy Wall Street sympathizer in South Carolina was a bit miffed when Governor Nikki Haley “allowed” the police to begin arresting the dregs at Occupy Columbia. In fact, he was so mad that he took to his Facebook account and threatened to murder the Governor. So much for […]
So says Warmist Michael McCarthy over at the UK Independent Nothing namby-pamby about Margaret Thatcher, whatever you may think of her in the round. Nothing wishy-washy, nothing bunny-hugging, nothing lefty about the Iron Lady. And this is what she told the assembled fellows of the Royal Society on 27 September 1988: “For generations, we have […]
The Washington Post’s headline is actually Why blacks aren’t embracing Occupy Wall, but, it might as well have asked why the Occupiers are 98.4% pale faces Occupy Wall Street might seem like a movement that would resonate with black Americans. After all, unemployment among African Americans is at 15 percent, vs. almost 8 percent for […]
“43 million light years away from Earth, NGC 4151, named by astronomers, Eye of Sauron, after the all-seeing symbol of evil in The Lord Of The Rings, is one of the nearest galaxies to Earth to contain an: actively-growing black hole.” Here’s a tip: you want to stay far, far away from an “actively-growing” black hole.
“Getting high in Venice [CA] beach.” I gotta agree: “The Westside is the Bestside!” Link via: Metafilter.
Canada’s conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, understands that energy means influence and independence. It would be tough to argue that Canada is on some kind of power trip, and it’s not difficult to understand why the country is interested in establishing oil trade deals that would help its closest ideological allies retain their energy independence. […]
The indefatigable Steven Ertelt reports another outrage from the infanticide fanatics at Planned Parenthood. Apparently Planned Parenthood is advocating that families use the Thanksgiving holiday (and the upcoming Christmas break) as a day to push their ideas on abortion onto friends and family. What could be more heartwarming? Friends and family, good food, and a […]
Fishbowl DC has a startling report that seriously brings into doubt the independence and veracity of the journalistic arts. It seems that the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein appeared as a speaker at a closed door session of a gathering of Senate Democrat Chiefs of Staff last week, a move that, as Betsy Rothstein correctly notes, […]
Have at it, folks. Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving?
I’m glad the Warmists are around to tell us to eat our leftovers, otherwise, I might have forgotten that the delicious turkey I cooked, along with mashed spuds, stuffing, and apple pie (along with several things people brought that I won’t eat) (Grist) As if turkey pot pie and turkey a la king aren’t enticing […]
That’s right, the Occupiers have yet another wonderful idea designed to tick people off (The Spec) The yurts are barely dismantled and the tents only just rolled up, but there is already a new movement on the horizon – Occupy Christmas. Canadian magazine Adbusters – which prompted the Occupy Wall Street camp and subsequent set-ups […]
I’ve long thought the notion of a prison-industrial complex to be laughable left-wing nonsense peddled by Marxist goofballs and other passengers in the clown car of academic identity politics. For those who don’t know, the phrase “prison-industrial complex,” or PIC, is a play on the military-industrial complex. The theory behind PIC is that there are […]