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Would You Be Shocked That “Climate Funds” Have Been Abused?

Would you be further shocked that the Huffington Post exposes the abuse? If the World Bank and an Indian power utility have their way, the Rampur hydropower project in Northern India will increase global CO2 emissions by 15 million tons, at a cost of $164 million to unsuspecting energy consumers in Sweden. The project is […]

President 39% Sees Massive Pessimism On Economy

Hey, remember when the media would spend hours talking about Bush when his approval rating dropped a bit? Anyhow According to this McClatchy-Marist Poll, the president’s approval rating is at 39% among registered voters nationally, an all-time low for Mr. Obama. For the first time a majority – 52% – disapproves of the job he […]

5 Thoughts About What Intelligence Means In An Age Of Specialization

There’s a lot of talk about anti-intellectualism and intelligence in politics and much of it, like these comments from Kathleen Parker, manages to miss the point. Are Republicans stupid? This seems to be the question du jour. Chris Matthews entertained this idea with guests recently, pointing to several Republican presidential candidates as evidence. How else […]

Tony Bennett: America Caused 9/11

Tony Bennett, who used to sing something or another about 200 years ago had this to say about 9/11. But who are the terrorists? Are we the terrorists or are they the terrorists? Two wrongs don’t make a right. They flew the plane in, but we caused it. Because we were bombing them and they […]

EPA Declares Hay to Be a Pollutant

The totalitarian fist of the EPA is tightening not only around industry and energy production. Our green rulers have learned from Stalin that the real key to power is choking off food. That’s why the malignant agency has declared hay a pollutant: A recent report from R-CALF USA, an advocacy group for American cattle producers, […]

Obama Burns Bridges to Mexico With Fast & Furious

Now that Barack Hussein Obama is President, all the world loves us, just as liberals promised. But don’t tell that to the allies he has knifed in the back, like Britain, Israel, Poland, and Honduras — or to our next door neighbor to the south, which is understandably enraged that our federal government has been […]

A TRAIN Act to Stop a Train Wreck?

The Obama Administration’s environmental policy is a hot mess. It’s like someone sent a copy of the kids version of 50 Simple Things You Can Do To Save the Earth to a bunch of college professors in an English lit department and let them figure out how to best implement simple policy using all of […]

Good News! Cost Of CFLs To Skyrocket

This one’s a few days old, but, puts a bit of knowledge into the legislating people into CFLs unintended consequences In the name of fighting pollution, China has sent the price of compact fluorescent light bulbs soaring in the United States. By closing or nationalizing dozens of the producers of rare earth metals – which […]

Sssshhhh: Obama’s Deficit Plan Will Tax More Than The Evil Rich

Anyone who thinks this is anything more than a raise taxes on everyone plan is deluded, and his liberal cheerleaders will suddenly realize that the old Democrat axiom “do you get a paycheck? You’re rich” is in play It’s not just millionaires who’d pay more under President Obama’s latest plan to combat the deficit. Air […]

Obama Vs. Joe Arpaio’s “Cold Case Posse”

Joe Arpaio would probably be better served by steering clear of this silliness. Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told WND he has assigned a five-member “Cold Case Posse” to investigate the authenticity of Barack Obama’s birth certificate. The decision, he says, is simply a matter of doing his duty …But in the past few […]

Welfare Rap

A minimally talented rapper who’s way, way too excited about having an Electronic Benefits Card has done a braggy video called “MY EBT” about all the great stuff he can buy with other people’s money. The video has apparently been out since Apr 23, 2011, but somehow or another Drudge got wind of it. YOUTUBE […]

How To Fix Our Illegal Immigration Problem In 5 Steps

Illegal immigration has become a heads-we-win / tails-you-lose proposition in this country. If the supporters of amnesty and open borders could get that codified into law, they would. Since they can’t, they support comprehensive illegal immigration reform, with the idea being that the amnesty will occur, but they’ll stall and slow-walk the security measures into […]

Atheist Calls for Eradication of Christianity

Al Stefanelli, Georgia State Director of American Atheists, Inc. — the same outfit that has been raising a stink about a cross at Ground Zero — helpfully explains why it’s okay for militantly devout atheists to be such bigots. When they use our leftist courts to suppress Christianity, they are only being intolerant of intolerance: […]

Obama Continues to Funnel Our Money Into ACORN

Obama’s alma mater ACORN is dead, you say? Not hardly — the Moonbat Messiah is still stuffing its coffers with our money: An affiliate of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) received another $300,000 in taxpayer funding in early August, The Daily Caller has learned. President Barack Obama’s Department of Housing and […]

Let’s Call It ‘The American Class Warfare Package’

So, Obama’s new plan is the old plan. He hasn’t changed his tune since he told Joe The Plumber that we need to “spread the wealth around.” From the AP: President Barack Obama called for $1.5 trillion in new taxes Monday, part of a total 10-year deficit reduction package totaling more than $3 trillion. Obama […]

A Report: Herman Cain and Rick Santorum In Myrtle Beach

On Saturday morning at 8 AM, Herman Cain rolled into Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It was a little hard to get an exact crowd count since there were people eating breakfast in the restaurant, too, but I’d estimate there were about 100 people there. Not too shabby for Myrtle Beach at that time of day. […]