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A popular, longtime Doctor from central Illinois has been sidelined by employer Springfield-based Memorial Health System because he has not become proficient with the electronic medical records system, named EPIC Systems, that they purchased and implemented. Patients are so incensed that they’ve started a Facebook page as well as a blog to rally to his […]
One of the favorite memes of these Occupy-Whatever events is that the “top 1%” is made up of those evil, rich bankers and Wall Street tycoons. This, they feel is why they need to “occupy Wall Street” in the first place, right? Wrong again. Like most left-wing memes, this one is also horribly wrong. It […]
Morons at Occupy Wall Street have no clue what socialism is. But they advocate it. Here we have a video of a man that was actually born in the USSR and suffered under that oppressive, socialist system confronting the clueless idiots of Occupy-Whatever. This is the fantasy land that these Occupy idiots live in. It’s […]
Liberals tolerance rears its ugly head yet again, as the Occupy Morons decide they don’t like ex-cons when they join up (NY Post) Newly sprung ex-cons and vagrants rousted from other parks are crashing the Occupy Wall Street protest, where gourmet meals are free and boozy, drug:fueled parties are on tap, the movement’s leaders griped […]
The head cheerleader of the Statism movement was on a tear (weird word) as he took money from those same evil people that the Occupy morons hate (ABC News) At a million-dollar San Francisco fundraiser today, President Obama warned his recession-battered supporters that if he loses the 2012 election it could herald a new, painful […]
Ann Althouse came across a member of the Occupy Wisconsin freeloaders with a rather bizarre interpretation of the American Dream. Associated Students of Madison member Justin Bloesch said “What we were told … is that if we work hard, if we stay honest, if we shine by our merit then this society will take care […]
My pal Ericka Andersen has up a “confessions” post called The Sorry I’m Not Sorry Post. I liked the concept, so I decided to do my own version — Sorry, but I’m not sorry that I support our civilized Israeli friends who want nothing more than peace over violent Palestinian savages who want nothing more […]
Last fall, before the midterm shellacking, Vice President Joe Biden admonished rank-and-file Democratic voters to “stop whining.” Uncle Tough Guy should practice what he screeches. The 2012 campaign has barely begun, but Biden’s thin skin makes a spring roll wrapper look impenetrable. Biden’s office is now calling for an official investigation of a young editor […]
National Public Radio continues to define itself in every way as a taxpayer-funded nest of leftism. NPR couldn’t just supportively report on the Occupy Wall Street protests. A fire-breathing spokeswoman for the “Occupy D.C.” protests against capitalism was also an NPR host. From late 2000 to early 2002, Lisa Simeone was an NPR anchor for […]
“Imagine there’s no countries,” John Lennon warbled in his inane song “Imagine.” “It isn’t hard to do / Nothing to kill or die for … Imagine all the people / Living life in peace / You may say that I’m a dreamer / But I’m not the only one / I hope someday you’ll join […]
“No one should miscalculate America’s resolve and commitment to helping support the Iraqi democracy. — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, October 23, 2011 “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ” — George Orwell, May 1945 “We are all capable […]
For years, American education from kindergarten through high school has been a virtual government monopoly. Conventional wisdom is that government must run the schools. But government monopolies don’t do anything well. They fail because they have no real competition. Yet competition is what gives us better phones, movies, cars — everything that’s good. If governments […]
Liberals often fail to understand the fault lines that run through the Republican Party. But when those lines mirror those in their own party, you’d think they’d get it. Even as President Obama rakes in $35,000 per couple at lavish fundraisers — not to mention having relied on Goldman Sachs to be his largest single […]
Because it’s the U.S. Army’s Energy Awareness Month, it may be a good time to remind President Obama of oil’s importance to economic security, and the role that wartime leadership and image play in getting your hands on it post-victory. He can’t just quietly outsource and downplay war because it’s icky, then call dibs on […]
Have you noticed that any person who exhibits any skepticism about global warming alarmism will, sooner or later, be called a Luddite? “Are you a Luddite, a troglodyte? Are you a part of ‘The Planet of the Apes’ that doesn’t want science? Where would you place yourself in this argument?” newscaster and anti-simian Chris Matthews […]
All Work And No Foreplay My husband and I are entrepreneurs, developing a new product. We’re both working long hours. He’s miserable because he has no time for his art (painting), and our sex life is in shambles. There isn’t a lot of blame or anger. We simply go about our entire days with little […]
And so it ends. The United States is leaving Iraq. I’m solidly in the camp that sees this as a strategic blunder. Iraqi democracy is fragile and Iran’s desire to undermine it is strong. Also, announcing our withdrawal is a weird way to respond to a foiled Iranian plot to commit an act of war […]
Many years ago, Abraham Lincoln said that most of us are about as happy as we make up our minds to be. Somewhat more recent studies done by David Meyers of Hope College in Holland, Mich., and Ed Dyner of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, indicate that happy people have four things in common: […]
The current White House occupant is spending taxpayer money (again) flying around the country going to fundraisers (again) extrapolating on his 2012 re-election strategy to blame Republicans for the failure of policies implemented by himself, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi (again).: Now he’s going around a “do nothing Congress” (see the U.S. Senate, controlled by […]
On November 8, Ohioans will go to the polls to vote on a series of ballot initiatives, among them Issue 2. A yes vote will support Governor Kasich’s collective bargaining reform (SB 5) to become law. A no vote would return power to the bloated, thieving unions to do hat they have always done: steal […]
Barack Obama made a big show in 2008 of attacking evil Washington lobbyists. He campaigned on “change we could believe in” and aimed one of those things to believe in at eliminating lobbyists from Washington. But, it’s just another lie from Obama, in the end. Obama cruised into office with the claim that he’d have […]
Mark Block is Herman Cain’s chief of staff for the insurgent campaign for president that has surprised everyone with its success. Block is featured in a new Cain campaign ad at the tail end of which he is seen cooly taking a drag off his cigarette. This has caused campaign watchers to go ape. First, […]
It’s the Most Transparent Administration Ever! Or so we were told it would be. Until Team Obama realized that people would actually request information, such as White House visitor logs, details on half billion dollar political payback loans, and programs that walk guns into Mexico to drug dealers and gang lords which end up killing […]
Better late than never. Skipping the preamble and heading to the meat (Wall Street Journal) On Tuesday I will announce my “Cut, Balance and Grow” plan to scrap the current tax code, lower and simplify tax rates, cut spending and balance the federal budget, reform entitlements, and grow jobs and economic opportunity. The plan starts […]
Conservatives like Herman Cain. I like Herman Cain. His poll numbers are great. His 9-9-9 plan has drawn a lot of attention. He’s now raising money at a great clip. He doesn’t have quite as many staffers as he needs yet, but given the enthusiasm he’s generating and the money he has coming in, he […]
Last night, I was talking to an intelligent, conservative woman who apparently reads my posts (which, of course, is firm evidence that she’s an intelligent, conservative woman). She noted that it is depressing to read what I had to say about the deficit because she said my conclusion seemed to be that America is going […]
Occupy Wall Street is a lot like Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. It’s so vague that everyone sees what he wants to see in the protests. Some people hate the bailouts, others want free stuff, some are mad about jobs being shipped overseas, others are old hippies hoping for a sixties’ revival and that’s before you […]
Back in the 1920s, the intelligentsia on both sides of the Atlantic were loudly protesting the execution of political radicals Sacco and Vanzetti, after what they claimed was an unfair trial. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote to his young leftist friend Harold Laski, pointing out that there were “a thousand-fold worse cases” involving […]
Despite high unemployment, continued bad news across fiscal America and a presidency that has lacked luster and restorative productivity, Barack Obama’s stats continue to rival his top GOP challengers. And let’s not forget that he still has the mainstream media hypnotically backing him or that his campaign machine hasn’t even unleashed its billion dollars, according […]
President Obama couldn’t have chosen a more fitting slogan than “We can’t wait” to promote his latest legislative elixir for our ailing economy. What could be cleverer than to employ double meaning in aid of doublespeak? CBS News reports that Obama will use the phrase to sell his jobs bill and to justify his plan […]