Crossposted at Pink Elephant Pundit Abortion talk with Justice Ginsburg. This proved to be a sufficiently chilling conversation. From the NY Times: Q: The case ties together themes of women’s equality and reproductive freedom. The court split those themes apart in Roe v. Wade. Do you see, as part of a future feminist legal wish […]

Byron York reported this morning: A top official of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the government agency that oversees AmeriCorps, has refused to answer questions from congressional investigators about the White House’s role in events surrounding the abrupt firing of inspector general Gerald Walpin. I followed up with a report that CNCS General […]

I know that the last thing you want to hear about right now is Michael Jackson, but now that the Michael Jackson funeral circus is over, I think it’s important that we cut through the celebrity cult crap and look at some hard cold reality. If I hear one more time that Jackson “broke color […]

As part of its blitzkrieg to impose the entire radical left agenda before people figure out what the media has tricked them into voting for, the Obamination regime has been pushing more “hate crime” legislation. Needless to say, this doesn’t count as a hate crime: Akron police say they aren’t ready to call it a […]

Is Barack Obama at the tipping point? Victor Hansen lays out the mystery: We are living in a surreal age of $2 trillion annual deficits, in which we just casually talk about “more stimulus”, “reforming health care”, “fixing education”, “cap-and-trade”, while fighting two wars abroad — all the while “not raising taxes on 95% of […]

In Florida, Marco Rubio fights on–he’s young, he’s conservative, he’s Hispanic, and according to the NRSC, he’s a losing candidate when compared to Charlie Crist, current Governor of Florida. Crist has name recognition, but more than that he has the right friends. The guys in charge, the guys who direct fundraising, the guys who endorse […]

Let’s see, how does this work? The question of the C.I.A.’s candor Nancy Pelosi accused the agency of failing to disclose in a 2002 briefing that it had used waterboarding against a terrorism suspect. Ms. Pelosi said the agency routinely misled Congress, though she later said she intended to fault the Bush administration rather than […]

As leaders in developed countries push to reduce CO2 output, to go along with the .74F reduction in temperature after the century plus rise of about 1.37F, poor and developing nations have a message for the Climahysterics The world’s biggest developing nations, led by China and India, refused Wednesday to commit to specific goals for […]

I think he comes off pretty well.

Those of you who rallied against cap and trade till the bitter end of the House vote: listen up. Rep. Roy Blunt wants to see the same kind of public outcry against the Democrats’ health care agenda. Reps. Roy Blunt, chairman of the Health Care Solutions Group, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, vice-chair of the House […]

First Paul Krugman calls anyone who opposes climate change legislation “traitors against the planet”. We then have Al Gore claiming fighting those who oppose such legislation akin to fighting Nazis. The latest to resort to ad hominem is Henry Waxman, who claims the GOP, and by implication, anyone who is against the nonsense he just […]

Obama and Pelosi like to brag about how this is the most ethical, transparent Congress EVAH!, but that’s far from the truth. Bills aren’t available far enough in advance that Americans can read them before they’re voted on. Obama certainly hasn’t gone over any bill “line by line” to make sure no earmarks make their […]

Anyone who has read my blogs these past 3 years know that I was a BIG McCain supporter long before the primaries. This July 2006 entry at the Houston Chronicle illustrates my early belief in McCain. All through the primaries I blogged and blogged on the man. I attended two fundraisers at River Oaks in […]

At last we know the truth about Sarah Palin’s resignation. A caller to Al Sharpton’s radio show is wise to Saracuda’s involvement in the death of the creepy pervert revered by millions as the King of Pop. Reverend Al seems to regard the theory as plausible: Partial transcript, via The Radio Equalizer: FEMALE CALLER (31:50): […]

Some consider the Community Activist in Chief to be a punk, incapable of showing respect. This notion took firm root when he wouldn’t put his hand on his heart for the National Anthem, back in the days when he sneeringly refused to wear a flag pin: But it turns out BHO can show respect after […]

Camille Paglia wrote a nice piece today about Sarah Palin. Worth reading. It got me to thinking. Especially this part, which I whole-heartedly agree with: What certainly was blameworthy was the chaotic and rushed statement itself. Something so politically consequential needed more careful composition and rehearsal. Why provide more fodder for the vultures and harpies […]

If you live a normal life, or you’re a Congressman or Senator, you haven’t read the Cap-N-Trade bill, but intrepid Jimmie Bise has and what he found was distressing on so many fronts. First the pain for home builders, an already destroyed industry here in the United States. From his latest AIP column: Let me […]

Apparently, Putin and Medvedev just aren’t considered the kinds of dictators, brutal leaders, or far left enough for Obama to kiss their butts. Perhaps the two should have stressed a little more that they have lots of nuclear weapons and the actual means to deliver them? Or Putin could have regailed Obama with some of […]

This is what the New York Times thinks is part of all the news that is fit to print The actress known as Savanna Samson once relished preparing for a role. “I couldn’t wait to get my next script,” she said. There’s no reason to look at them anymore, she said, because her movies now […]

Too long the Left has dominated the “netroots.” Thankfully, however, many are working to change that sad fact. A great event that you all should be aware of is the “RightOnline” Conference (http://rightonline.com/ – August 14 and 15 in Pittsburgh). It’s an opportunity for conservative and libertarian activists to get together and discuss the strategies […]

My latest Pajama’s column discusses abortion. Here’s a snippet: Those at the fringes of the abortion argument wish to make it simple. At the foundation of the ideological debate lies the civil rights of the unborn child versus the civil rights of the woman. Protect the life of the unborn (is it life?), or sacrifice […]

From Anthony Watts: Given the U.S. Senate is about to vote upon the most complex and costly plan to regulate greenhouse gases, while the EPA suppresses earlier versions of the chart shown below from a senior analyst, this should give some pause to those who are rational thinkers. For those that see only dogma, I […]

Everyone agrees that Obama used the new media brilliantly throughout his campaign. The genius of having on the home page of his website a place where one could type in their zip code and be given the location of where they were supposed to vote (ads to click on this page to find your location […]

For anyone who doubts that the environmental movement is completely bananas: Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. Ecoffins USA, based in Montrose, Colo., is selling caskets made of banana sheaves. They take six months to two years to biodegrade. Marketing director Joanna […]

Via Minnesotans for Global Warming: Temperatures have fallen .74°F since the release of The Goracle’s science fiction fraud “An Inconvenient Truth.” In that same time, the level of CO2 in our atmosphere has continued to rise, to the great benefit of the plant life we rely on for food. C02 up, temperatures down: this means […]

It’s no accident that President Barack Obama enjoys press adulation and unicorn coverage. It’s expensive. And best of all, the taxpayer, you, pay for it. Danny Glover has an excellent piece today aptly titled The Cost of Controlling the Press at Accuracy In Media and you need to read the whole thing. Here’s some of […]

Czars. We joke about them, and President Obama’s obsession with them. By most accounts, there are too many. Let’s have an updated look at them. Twenty One and counting. I think. Nothing seems to be definitive. Glenn Beck puts the count at 18, the most recent addition being the Health Choices Czar. Here’s a list: […]

I haven’t blogged obsessively about health care, though I could. I’ve avoided it mainly because it’s my every day life and it’s boring, even to me, and people have short attention spans. Now, it’s time to pay attention. There is one thing you should know, yea two things that should make your decision: One, we […]

CNN interviewed Sarah Palin about her resignation as governor of Alaska, and to me, the interview was very telling. It’s a little long, but check it out: Embedded video from CNN Video Now, I could be reading into this all wrong. But it seems to me that the media and the Left finally won. They […]

My latest interview, this time with Erick, included some interesting information–especially about how the Tea Partiers should proceed. He and Red State have exciting plans for future activist direction. Good stuff. [Oh yeah, all music choices were Erick’s too.] Here’s the information: Download MP3 Melissa’s show can also be found on RFC Radio every Monday […]