I haven’t seen so many lies, misconstructions, affectations, and guffaw-invoking absurdities in a single editorial in a major American newspaper for a very long time. In fact I thought it wasn’t possible to see so much foolishness in such a small space without satire being the ultimate goal. In the L.A. Times, however, Anne Lamott […]

That’s what Nick Gillespie at Reason hopes the death of Ted Kennedy signals. Gillespie says that when all the lionizing of Kennedy is said and done, a little perusal of what he has been responsible for during his tenure is called for. And, while doing that, we should ponder the effect on our national culture […]

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Still more socialized medicine horror stories from Britain: One million NHS patients have been the victims of appalling care in hospitals across Britain, according to a major report released today. […The report] disclosed a horrifying catalogue of elderly people left in pain, in soiled bed clothes, denied adequate food and drink, and suffering from repeatedly […]

Yesterday at John McCain’s town hall in Phoenix, a moonbat stood up and announced that some things are so important that they must be turned over to the government — namely, healthcare. A wiser person would have said that some things are so important that they must be kept away from the government at all […]

The press has been curiously uninterested in Afghanistan of late. Actually, perhaps it’s not so curious. The domestic agenda has moved to the forefront, the President they support seems uninterested in what’s happening, and bad news could complicate things for the Democrats. However, the situation in Afghanistan seems to be becoming increasingly perilous. Pakistan is […]

It’s been out for a while but, I want to draw attention to Bill Whittles video just in case you haven’t seen it: Because President Obama reduced himself to an icon and a slogan, he became everything to everyone. Now, that he’s been in the job a while and decisions must be made, he risks […]

Uh oh: Contrary to the insistence of Pentagon officials this week that they are not rating the work of reporters covering U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Stars and Stripes has obtained documents that prove that reporters’ coverage is being graded as “positive,” “neutral” or “negative.” Moreover, the documents — recent confidential profiles of the work of […]

Remember the crass politicization of Paul Wellstone’s funeral? Well, the incredibly tone deaf Democrats appear poised to repeat it on a national scale with Ted Kennedy: Democrats are hoping that the memory of Sen. Ted Kennedy will revive the Democratic Party’s flagging push for health care reform. “You’ve heard of ‘win one for the Gipper’? […]

* Dems already want to abort babies. Now they want to pull the plug on Grandma, too. At least they’re now consistent. * Under Obamacare, the hope will be that you get a life saving operation. The change will be that it’s not available. * Why wouldn’t the GOP shut down the Senate if Dems […]

Today’s theme is brought to you by the word “consequences.” When dealing with Democrats/liberals/progressives, there are always consequences, the majority of which were never considered when calling for and/or implementing legislation/plans. Another case in point (h/t Blogs For Victory) The Cash For Clunkers program is adding to the activity at treasurers’ offices all around South […]

Simply shocking that there would be consequences, eh? More forests, deserts and grasslands in the U.S. will be used to produce energy under a proposal to cap greenhouse gases, an unintended consequence of efforts to fight global warming, according to a Nature Conservancy report. A bill that boosts energy from wind turbines and biofuels will […]

The contempt and condescension of the left toward regular citizens has never shown itself more fully than these past weeks during the healthcare reform debates. Any person, from any party, who disagrees with Obama on socialized medicine, has been vilified by liberal politicians and their allies in the media, thus providing continuous examples of Average […]

Tonight I am blogging from an evening with the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund sponsored by the Illinois Policy Institute a conservative, economic policy group out of Cook County, Illinois. We are meeting in the sumptuous legal library at the Five Star Center at the top of 190 S. LaSalle Ave., Chicago with a commanding […]

It appears at least some plan too. Dr. Alfred Bonati, who heads the American Society of Medical Doctors, says he plans to say “no” to accepting patients under a government run plan and, according to a poll he cites, so do an awful lot of other physicians: Perhaps this is why a nationwide, nonpartisan poll […]

Inglourious Bastards might be Quentin Tarantino’s best movie so far. As expected, it’s full of gruesome violence, gratuitous splattering blood, and revenge fantasies. For the subject, it’s all to the good: Nazis die. Tarantino has some messages for everyone though and they aren’t politically correct. First the trailer. Here are some of the lessons from […]

Senator Kennedy’s incomparable contributions to American foreign policy, for example, might inspire gasping astonishment to those who have been unaware of the memorable behind-the-scenes role the Massachusetts Democrat played in the Cold War. Today, of all days, Americans should lay aside partisanship and ideology to pay resepctful remembrance to a Democrat who did so much […]

Obamunists’ clever handiwork. Obamunists have taken the staged phoniness that characterizes their movement a little too far by vandalizing the Democrat HQ in Denver in an attempt to help the mainstream media paint opponents of socialized medicine as violent fanatics. One of two people suspected of shattering 11 windows Tuesday morning at the state Democratic […]

If America does succumb to socialized medicine, no one can say we weren’t warned about what it would be like. The latest from Britain: Thousands of women are having to give birth outside maternity wards because of a lack of midwives and hospital beds. The lives of mothers and babies are being put at risk […]

I like Mark Sanford. Despite his affair, I think he’s a probably more of a decent guy than the average politician (Of course, that’s a little like calling a woman the cleanest prostitute in the brothel). In any case, Sanford certainly doesn’t appear to be a serial philanderer like Bill Clinton or a Larry Craig […]

I can’t say much nice, so I won’t say much of anything–except to acknowledge that the man lived, died, served his constituents, and was rewarded and acknowledged for that service. Life is short. And we are all but a blink. Wealth, privilege, connections, power cannot give a person eternal life. They cannot give a person […]

In an effort to placate the Left, Barack Obama’s administration is going to legally target the CIA for its interrogations of terrorists. This encourages America’s enemies and puts our country at greater risk because it sends a message to the CIA: Keep your head down or you might be targeted with a politically motivated prosecution […]

Ted Kennedy passed away last night and although I may not have agreed with Kennedy on much of anything, I was sorry to hear that he had died. I’m also sorry that Kennedy, like so many other people these days, is having his passing used as a mere political football. After someone shakes off their […]

Senator Kennedy has passed on Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77. The man known as the “liberal lion of the Senate” had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived longer with the disease than […]

Yep, you read that right. In many states car buyers that turned in their “clunkers” for up to $4,500 off the cost of a new car are finding out that they have to pay state sales tax on the $4,500 too. And still others just might find out next year that they’ll have to pay […]

Obama has accused opponents of abortion of “fabrication” when they say that Obamacare provides federal funds for abortions. He’s calling them liars despite the fact that FactCheck.org basically sides with abortion opponents claiming that the president’s polices will fund abortion. So, who’s fabricating now, Mr. Obama? On August 19, Obama made the assertion that federal […]

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The sad case of “Trig Truthers” — the wacko conspiracy theorists who insist that Gov. Sarah Palin did not give birth to her fifth son, Trig — would be a senseless tragedy if we did not learn the valuable lesson this episode teaches. In reflecting on this situation earlier today, I observed: What is most […]

Quite frankly, it would have been nice to see some of this same talk while Bush was President and the Left, included the elected Congress Critters, were going pure, utter barking moonbat A “furious” Rep. Peter King, the hawkish, maverick Long Island Republican, blasted a “disgraceful” Eric Holder for opening an investigation of CIA interrogators […]