Stand Up, Speak Out, Fight Back!
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The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are demanding “people before profits” — as if profit motivation were the source of mankind’s troubles — when it’s often the absence of profit motivation that’s the true villain. First, let’s get both the definition and magnitude of profits out of the way. Profits represent the residual claim earned by […]
Last week, The New York Times published an opinion piece by Karl W. Giberson and Randall J. Stephens, a physics professor and history professor at Eastern Nazarene College, respectively. The authors take evangelicals to task for being anti-intellectual, anti-reason and anti-science. Their evidence: — Evangelicals doubt man-made global warming, — Evangelicals believe that gays can […]
“Another one bites the dust And another one gone, and another one gone Another one bites the dust.” — Queen Forgive me if I don’t join the State Department, American officials and world leaders in their euphoric Hallelujah Chorus celebrating the demise of Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi. Oh, I’m happy he’s dead, but I have as […]
The Occupy movement continues to stumble across the country, prompting MTV reality show buzz : and, according to high-ranking NYC police officials, a 154% increase in city-wide shootings thanks to the protest’s draw on law enforcement resources. : It has also attracted various celebrity visitors and endorsements, from the dubious:: Roseanne Barr — to the obvious: Michael […]
The left-wing media’s newest attack on Rick Perry is an attempt to make him into a “birther” — one of those folks that think Barack Obama is not a natural born American, a requirement to become our president. This new attack, though, is almost Clintonian in its careful avoidance of the truth. The main attack […]
Like the rest of the large cities in the US, Chicago is currently suffering with small pockets of Occupy protesters and their ever-present signs. And like every other big city these signs are often misspelled, sometimes profane, commonly anti-capitalist, occasionally anti-Semitic, almost always anti-American, not to mention merely ignorant of the facts. But one thing […]
Yes, the Occupy movement has FINALLY arrived even here in Myrtle Beach, SC. This week-end, I headed out to the general assembly meeting to see what I could see. To begin with, although it was smaller than the Tea Party rallies (about 100 people were there), it had roughly the same composition. It was mostly […]
Let’s, for a minute, as an intellectual exercise, say that the recession was the fault of George W. Bush, Republicans during Bush’s 2 terms, and Reagan’s tax cuts. Why can’t the Smartest Man In The World:® fix it? (The Hill) More than two-thirds of voters say the United States is declining, and a clear majority […]
This may very well be the first unhinged Alarmist story for the upcoming winter season that pushes the idiotic notion that when it’s warmer it is snowier and colder. I guess it must have been really, really warm during the last Ice Age For Minnesotans who might be welcoming global warming, Bob Henson has a […]
We’ve long seen this same attitude from Liberals all over: they are quick to call for higher taxes, quick to call for redistribution of wealth, but, that’s on Everyone Else. For themselves, they tend to want to hold on to what is theirs and not share (NY Post) Even in Zuccotti Park, greed is good. […]
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Gavin Newsom’s wife is doing another tedious documentary called Miss Representation about how tough women have it. There was a fluff piece about the documentary in the Daily Beast called “Does the Media Hate Women?” and here’s the small part in the article that stood out for me. Juxtaposing images of cat-fighting reality television stars […]
Religious faith is a source of strength in many people’s lives. But religious faith when taken too far can prove ludicrous — or disastrous. On Oct. 22, 1844, thousand of Millerites, having sold all their possessions, climbed to the top of hills in Upstate New York to await the return of Jesus and the end […]
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 […]
Click the links under each picture if you need a little more explanation. Link: me. And just in case you think I’m egotistical enough to present myself as a fine example of leadership…well, yeah. You got me there. I am egotistical enough. But still, you should click the link, because there’s more to it than […]
Kinda makes that 7+ months of “days not weeks” bombing all worth it, eh? (via Hot Air Headlines) (AP) …(transitional government leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil) laid out a vision for the post-Gadhafi future with an Islamist tint, saying Islamic Sharia law would be the “basic source” of legislation and existing laws that contradict the teachings of […]
What else are we supposed to call them? These far left wing morons are more intent on the process of protesting than actually attempting to affect any sort of meaningful change. They aren’t accomplishing anything, and are turning people against their supposed cause. Hence, you get (Chicago Tribune) Chicago police arrested about 130 Occupy Chicago […]
Megan McArdle makes short work–again!–of something that didn’t cause it: repeal of Glass-Steagall. The Economist briefly review two books that persuasively argue that a totally out-of-control Fannie Mae was a key cause.
Not that it’s hard to do, but Roger Kimball deftly smacks down some of OWS’s dopey fanboys.
Phil Kerpen is the vice president for policy at Americans for Prosperity. This week, I had an opportunity to do a short interview with Phil about his new book, Democracy Denied: How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America – and How to Stop Him. What follows is the edited transcript […]
Chicago’s RebelPundit came across some of those nice Occupy Chicago folks wishing good thoughts for all the kind participants at the protest… they kindly wished that Israel be destroyed. Worse, one of the guys these Occupy-Whatevers allowed to speak is a suspected funder of Middle Eastern terrorists. Just like the left, eh? Haters, racists, and […]
All is not hunky dory within the Charlotte Occupiers group. Perhaps they just don’t have enough drums? (CBS Charlotte) “Occupy Charlotte” protesters have carried out an official coup within the group. Thomas Shope, 47, credited with helping to organize “Occupy Charlotte,” was exiled from the group for claiming leadership. A YouTube video broadcasts the group’s […]
There are actually many companies out there that may become little Solyndras, companies that were given smaller amounts of Stimulus money and have failed/look to fail. And let’s not forget the billions of taxpayer dollars just given to even more “green” companies at the end of September, companies which, like most of the rest, will […]
Five excellent points by Michael Tanner. The last two are especially important: we can’t solve our fiscal problems by taxing the rich and closing corporate loopholes and we can’t solve the problems by cutting “waste, fraud, and abuse” either. (But it would help.)
To paraphrase Emerson, “Deliciousness is its own excuse for being.”
The most effective move in electoral politics is to rebut an opponent’s charges and show how they are misrepresentations and falsehoods. Media guru Tony Schwartz once said, “Everyone likes a fighter, but nobody likes a dirty fighter.” Negatives have their place in every campaign. But when one of them is an obvious stretch, twisting facts […]
Religious faith is a source of strength in many people’s lives. But religious faith when taken too far can prove ludicrous — or disastrous. On Oct. 22, 1844, thousand of Millerites, having sold all their possessions, climbed to the top of hills in Upstate New York to await the return of Jesus and the end […]
There has been a lot of talk comparing and contrasting the Tea Partiers and these Occupy-Whatever people. But in Georgia we can see a stark difference. Tea Partiers are law-abiding citizens while the Occupy Atlantans are law breakers. Sadly, Capitol Police in Atlanta have sided with the Occupiers and against Tea Partiers. At the very […]
A Southern Illinois newspaper reports what should be an ominous warning for Obama occurring in Illinois, his homestate. His margin of victory is narrowing in the one state that everyone assumes he should have in the bag. In 2008 Obama won his homestate by 25 points against John McCain. That is landslide proportions, for sure. […]
I said that when it came to open threads on Friday, I would skip them if John did a Q&A Friday, so, this is not really an open thread where you can talk about whatever you like. I also told Stan I would pick on him, but, since this really is not an Opinion thread […]