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5 Signs Of American Decadence

“In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.” — Cal Thomas You’ve undoubtedly heard the old wives’ tale about frogs […]

Time Is Running Out for Single-Term Moonbat Messiah

Remember when Obama boastfully proclaimed that his loot & waste policies would turn the economy around within three years? Obama told TV titan Matt Lauer during a Feb. 1, 2009, MSNBC interview that he would be “held accountable” to improve the economy by the American public and, “If I don’t have this done in three […]

Michele Bachmann Builds A Porn Star Lead In Iowa

Wait, what? Well, that’s a new one, comparing Bachmann to a porn star. Of course, in reality, someone forgot to fix that portion of the story, and failed to replace the xxx with the actual numbers According to the new IowaRepublican.com poll, Bachmann has built a four point lead over Romney, 25-21. Former Gov. Tim […]

My 25 Fave 140 Character Thoughts For June

* Diet soda “makes you fat” for the same reason anti-depressants “cause” suicide. Hint: Correlation isn’t causation. * You don’t find yourself so much as you create yourself. * If there are enough people who’ll buy anything, then you can be sure that eventually someone will come along and sell it * The merit of […]

Look to the Future, Comrades!

The Statist can never look at history, or at human experience, or their own record of failure. Thus, the Statist must paint a Utopian vision of the future. Delivered on March 1, 1920 at the First All-Russia Congress of Workers, Vladimir Lenin concluded his keynote speech with the following promise. We have now concentrated all […]

This Week in Automotivators, July 4-10

Just a few extra stories I may or may not have blogged about over the past week, plus a chance to link to a few blogs I may or may not have had the chance to link. Click above each picture for more background. Except this one – this one shouldn’t need a link. Click […]

NY Times Thinks Economy Runs Thanks To Government

I’m not quite sure which is more delusional and clueless: Team Obama or the NY Times (anonymous) editorial board: The Worst Time To Slow The Economy It was not surprising to hear the Republican presidential candidates repeat their tiresome claim that excessive government spending and borrowing were behind Friday’s terrible unemployment report. It was depressing […]

“Millionaires and Billionaires”

The committee calls Thomas Edison to testify. Please swear him in. Mr. Edison, describe for the committee the nature of your “light bulb” invention. Distinguished representatives and guests, while the idea of electric lighting is not a new one, neither had it been a practical matter until we produced our new incandescent light bulb. It […]

This Week In Quotes: July 1 – July 8

I want you to know, as president of the United States, I look forward to creating real jobs for both the Treasury secretary and the president of the United States. — Michele Bachmann And don’t any of you, by the way, any of you guys vote Republican. I’m not supposed to say, this isn’t political. […]

Memo For File CXXXX

Don’t ask me how, but while we were on the road for the holiday doing our bit to emit carbon and shove the price of gas upward, we were given occasion to talk about “The Mode.” You know, the women-mode…the one where you have to do something all over again, because she’s just let you […]