Afternoon Open Thread: Civil War Edition
Today marks the 150th Anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter. For both good and bad, America would be forever changed.
Today marks the 150th Anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter. For both good and bad, America would be forever changed.
Today, in 2006, Gov. Mitt Romney signed into law RomneyCare, his health care ‘reform’ plan. It provided the foundation for ObamaCare. Romney drew from the guidance of the ‘conservative’ Heritage Foundation to enact an individual mandate, backed by the power
This week, President Barack Obama will take a break from his golf game to address the nation on his plans to trim the budget deficit. Fiscal conservatism is the new black, it seems. We’re guessing his cuts won’t be as
Today, in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” was first published.
Today, in 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee finally woke up to reality and surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. U.S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. His vanity would claim no more lives.
From Associated Press: Perilously close to a government shutdown, congressional leaders reached agreement with the White House late Friday night on a deal to cut tens of billions of dollars in federal spending and avert the closure. House Speaker John
GOP Candidate David Prosser is now ahead by 7,000 votes. Epic public sector union fail!
Donald Trump for President may be for real. Is Obama fired?
Today, in 1917, the United States declared war against Germany. It wouldn’t be the only time.
Big Labor has focused buckets of money and manpower on defeating WI Supreme Court Justice David Prosser. They certainly have the advantage. Stay tuned for updates throughout the night. Election results here. Update: With almost half the vote in, Prosser
From Fox Nation: Fired NPR CEO Vivian Schiller spoke Tuesday at the Paley Center for Media in New York and lashed out at the videographers who exposed the bigotry in her organization, calling the undercover sting an “abomination.” She admitted
From The Wall Street Journal: Our budget, which we call The Path to Prosperity, is very different. For starters, it cuts $6.2 trillion in spending from the president’s budget over the next 10 years, reduces the debt as a percentage
Today, in 1933, FDR signed an Executive Order prohibiting the private ownership of gold. Worse, the order directed private citizens to turn their gold over to the federal government.
Today, in 1949, NATO was founded. With the Libya operation, we may soon be able to mark the day of its end. It went out with a whimper.
It hasn’t gone quite as well as one would have hoped. We face the real prospect of the West losing, in fact.
From AFP: An upcoming book about Google claims that Eric Schmidt, who is to step down next week as chief executive, once asked for information about a political donation he made to be removed from the Internet giant’s search engine,
April is Jazz Appreciation Month. (Anyone who says anything positive about Kenny G risks getting banned from commenting. We’re serious.)
Barack Obama is the greatest President in the history of history.
Today, in 1945, Anne Frank was exterminated by the Nazis. The war would be over in just a couple months.
Today, in 1867, the U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for $7 million. The media at the time called it “Seward’s Folly,” after the Secretary of State who negotiated the deal. Seems like a good investment to us.
Today, in 1886, Dr. John Pemberton brewed his first batch of Coca-Cola. Take a pause to refresh.
From The Washington Examiner: Media Matters, the George Soros-backed legion of liberal agit-prop shock troops based in the nation’s capital, has declared war on Fox News, and in the process quite possibly stepped across the line of legality. David Brock,
Today, in 1969, President Dwight D. Eisenhower died.
Fascinating profile of Charles and David Koch in The Weekly Standard: A few years ago Richard Fink told Charles and David [Koch] to prepare for the worst. The brothers were raising their political profile, Fink said, and that would come
Yesterday, 100s of thousands of trade unionists, leftists and anarchists protested in London against proposed budget cuts. It, of course, turned violent. (Although, it seems to us that anarchists protesting government budget cuts is kinda missing the whole point of
John Stossel to Al Pires, lead attorney in the Pigford settlement: “How do you know they’re farmers?” Answer: [long pause] “They fill out the forms… We HOPE they tell the truth.” [youtube L6xQLS33z1c nolink] More at Stossel’s blog: Want to
From The Hill: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released a report that said taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues and that these taxes could be used to
From Reboot Congress: MORE (Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment) and other leftists held meetings in 2010 to plan their strategy for squatting on properties in the St. Louis area. The video above introduces some of their leaders. A future
Contrary to what you’ve heard, we do have troops on the ground in our unconstitutional action in Libya.
From CNN Politics: CNN has exclusively learned that Rep. Michele Bachmann will form a presidential exploratory committee. The Minnesota Republican plans to file papers for the committee in early June, with an announcement likely around that same time. But a
In the wake of the unconstitutional action in Libya, NATO is fracturing. What the Cold War couldn’t accomplish, Obama has achieved. Hope and Change!
Today, in 1775, Patrick Henry delivered his “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech. He really meant it.
From Business Insider: [Former SEIU Official Stephen] Lerner said that unions and community organizations are, for all intents and purposes, dead. The only way to achieve their goals, therefore–the redistribution of wealth and the return of “$17 trillion” stolen from
So, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill ‘forgot’ to pay property taxes on her private jet. (There are at least three things wrong with that sentence.) But, her ‘oversight’ in ‘forgetting’ about a $300,000 tax bill is just the latest example of
Today, in 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. It was a direct tax on the American colonies and set in motion a chain of events leading to revolution.
Today is Bridget’s birthday. Oh, and we’re at war again. Talk among yourselves.
From Reuters: House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Sunday called on President Barack Obama to explain the U.S. mission in Libya and how his administration intends to achieve its goals. “The president is the commander-in-chief. But the administration has
President Barack Obama, having campaigned on ending wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has instead decided to start a third war in Libya. Hope and Change.
Today, in 2003, President George W. Bush ordered the start of the invasion of Iraq. We may or may not be entering another military engagement overseas.
From The Telegraph: MPs of all political colours paid tribute to David Cameron’s role in securing the United Nations resolution on Libya. They talked glowingly of Mr Cameron’s “breathtaking courage,” and his “superb leadership.” Even those who admitted they had