Debra Heine

In response to FLOTUS Interruptus: Michelle Obama Announces Best Picture Winner: I had a family commitment tonight that went a little long, so I ended up missing the Oscars. In case you missed it – like me – here’s the

In response to Reagan’s 11th Commandment is FUBAR:  First of all, if Republicans were obligated to adhere to this ‘commandment,’ what would become of the primary elections? Ronald Reagan himself broke this approach of not speaking ill of afellow Republican

In response to Conservative infighting and the Eleventh Commandment: There is a difference between informed, careful criticism and “speakingill” of someone – for example, by calling them “crazy, stupid, anddangerous.”  Particularly when the ill speaking serves to shore up amajor

Some Navy SEAL friends of  Ty Woods and Glen Doherty are in the process of producing a film to memorialize the pair’s valor. It was due to their heroism that the CIA was able to get up to 30 Americans

In response to Hollywood Blockbusters and the Holy Season of Lent: It’s too hard for me decide what movie is my all time favorite, but A Man For All Seasons is very high up on my list. Lent is a

In response to Obama: Cuts that Hurt the Economy are GOP’s Raison D’etre: Listen again to what he said: “My sense is that their basic view is that nothing is important enough to raise taxes on wealthy individuals….or corporations and

In response to Obama: Cuts that Hurt the Economy are GOP’s Raison D’etre:  Several outlets are noting Obama’s comments on Al Sharpton’s radio show, but the Free Beacon was kind enough to put it on You Tube… (Trying to wrap

In response to Toure: Abortion Saved My Life but Defending Yourself Against Crime is Just Silly: The common denominator in both of Toure’s  “divergent opinions”  – his embrace of abortion on demand, and his opposition to guns for self defense,

In response to Chuck Hagel not exactly a Republican, for a while now: I’m telling you, Rush nailed it back in 2002:  “It’s almost like Peter Sellers in that movie. Oh, what was the name of that movie? He played…

In response to Toure’s Abortion ‘Blessing’ Still Has Me Rattled:   Whenever I see the man now or hear his name, it all comes back — howhe manipulated our language in such a wicked way to make it sound asthough

In response to Chuck Schumer: Chuck Hagel Didn’t Know That Jews Had Been Subject to Discrimination and Suspicions About Their Loyalty, and When I So Informed Him, He Nearly Cried: Rush Limbaugh did a funny bit on Hagel a few

Joining Obama in pressuring Republicans to cave (again) on taxes,  John Kerry, in his very first appearance as Secretary of State, said the greatest challengeto U.S. foreign policy is not emerging China or Middle East instability.It’s Congress. In prepared remarks

In response to Nice Scoop Politico: I have so much admiration for John Sexton and John Hayward for wading through that BS. I got through maybe two paragraphs, earlier today, and had to stop because it was making my head

In response to White House: We’re pushing Hagel through:  Steve Clemons of the Atlantic reports that a White House source has declared that President Obama will push Hagel through… Last Thursday, The Washington Free Beacon reported on a contemporaneous account

In response to Sequester Will Force Obama’s Hand on Entitlements Says…The White House: Sequester was always intended to apply pressure to both parties. Thatwas the whole point. The goal–according to the same White House FactSheet–was to force a deal that

In response to Religious respect watch: …last weekend “Saturday Night Live” gave us a laugh-riot skit called “Djesus Uncrossed,” in which the Lamb of God pulled out guns and began blowing away Romans in a orgy of graphic violence and

In response to Tiger Beat: Our Corps of Celebrity Journalists Calls Out “Did You Beat Tiger [Woods]?” to Bieberish Heartthrob POTUS: The Obama paparazzi aka MSM also sulked about not having access to POTUS: The White House has prohibited media

In response to Thousands Expected To March Against The Keystone Pipeline in DC Sunday.: As promised, thousands of environmental activists showed up in DC, Sunday, to march to the White House inopposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. Here, courtesy of

In response to Rubio Rakes in $100k+ for the Sip Heard ‘Round the Beltway: Marco Rubio has managed “WaterGate” very skillfully indeed. What the left-wing media tried to turn into an inexcusable  “career-killing” gaffe, Rubio parlayed into a political triumph,

In response to About that Bipartisan Dorner Fan Club:  The article attempts to make the case that the #teamDorner phenomenon isspread across the aisle, “Dorner is now hailed as a kind of folk heroby some on the Chomsky-esqueleft and the

 And this puts the President in a tight spot, because he has other powerful allies who are strongly in favor of the pipeline. Byron York of The Washington Examiner explains: A brief moment on Wednesday showed why President Obama can’t

In response to Naomi Wolf, Author of “Vagina: A Biography,” In Talks with Al Jazeera: (With apologies to something called Suzi Parker who writes something called “She The People” at something called “The Washington Post”….)   “Naomi Wolf’s plan to

In response to What the NYT got wrong on Republican tech: While there’s something to be said for better use of technology and messaging on the Republican side, I don’t want to see us copying the Democrats’ cynical tactics. I

In response to CNN: Water Carriers: Seriously? The media tried to make an issue out of how the Romney family traveled with their pet dog on vacations thirty years ago and that flopped. You know why? Because Obama ATE a

In response to “Good Hate” Goes Unnoticed in Sweden, Just as it Does Here: John, your post reminded me of the profoundly flawed reasoning behind MSNBC’s  Krystal Ball’s recent  defense of Obama’s drone policy. She dismissed the notion of liberal