Don’t Hurt Me September 15, 2012 New York Times – President Obama has petitioned a Virginia Superior Court judge to issue a restraining order against Fox News contributor Brit Hume prior to tonight’s Presidential debate at James Madison University. Obama
Consider these two dueling headlines in today’s ClimateWire and their sub-heads (subscription required), as helpful reminders of how absurd U.S. energy politics have become (and why no one points to Europe any more as our ‘green energy’ model). More important,
Nancy Pelosi, press conference, September 7, 2006: [E]ven if [Osama bin Laden] is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. He has done more damage the longer he has been out there. But, in fact, the damage that he
Let’s face it – if the Republican Party doesn’t figure out a way to gain minority voters, it will become the permanent minority by 2050. That’s when white Americans will account for only 46 percent of the U.S. population. Last
“In recent injury/product liability news, the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit against the FDA alleging it failed to regulate toxic substances in certain consumer products.” Thus began the latest manufactured consumer crisis illustrating the powerful union between
Late last week, the U.S. House passed a Joint Resolution disapproving of the FCC’s Net Neutrality regulations, which were issued by the agency late last December. Such a Resolution through the Congressional Review Act (CRA) works to nullify actions by
There was a lot of discussion in the media this week about using our soldiers as a “political football.” After we learned that a White House draft guidance targeted the pay of our service men and women as a way
Here’s a fascinating display of Chicago’s Hometown Dissent. This clip of Louis Farrakhan verbally spanking President Obama climaxes with a truth no one on earth could disagree with: Dissatisfaction in America has reached the boiling point! Obviously, according to the
Inside the Obama administration, a debate is raging. In the face of the uprisings in the Middle East, Barack Obama has opted to sit on his hands. He has a talent for that. Robert Gates, who is extremely wary –
One of my many frustrations of working in Washington is dealing with perpetual-motion-machine assertions. The classic example is Keynesian economics, which is based on the notion that you magically create additional economic activity by having the government spend money instead
They screamed, they begged, cajoled but everyone called them liars. Ever since the outline of the Obamacare began to be circulated people pointed out that the $500 billion dollars of Medicare savings were being double counted in the cost estimates.
Simply priceless to watch WI Democrat Gordon Hintz have this meltdown on the Assembly floor. Take away his anger and you’d think he was talking about the Obamacare bill that was rammed down our throats this time last year. But,
Missouri House Republican Steve Tilley dove to cover questions of his judgment this week by blasting members of the grassroots organization that kept his party on life support while his establishment clique spent us into oblivion during the Bush years.
“I think this is a group of people who don’t want to see black people receive a dime” — John W. Boyd, Jr., leader of the National Black Farmers Association. I’ve been a blogger at The Huffington Post for several
As the White House and Nancy Pelosi, pundits and celebrities all condemned “violent rhetoric” and “Hitler references” that they claimed came from conservative and Tea Party protesters, they all seem to turn away from the overwhelming number of hateful, Hitler
Despite the media firestorm over her military travel abuses, Nancy Pelosi continued to use the United States Air Force as her own personal travel agency right up until her final days as House Speaker according to documents we uncovered from
In the State of the Union speech, President Obama called for numerous “investments.” Most Americans, especially fiscally conservative tea partiers, fully realize “investments” translates from DemocratSpeak to English as “spending.” In his speech, the President called for additional deficit spending
House Republicans lived up to their promise to vote on repeal of ObamaCare and for that we are grateful. But the roadblocks to enactment of the measure are great. From the filibuster to a presidential veto, the bill has long
It was as if someone was trying to send me a message. It seemed as though every radio talk show, every commentary, each political debate during the past twenty-four hours centered on the issue of individual power vs. collectivism in
It’s no shock that liberal darling and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman doesn’t like the GOP or its plan to repeal President Obama’s health control law. However, in his Sunday column he felt it necessary to not only call
The leftwing Daily Kos on June 25, 2008, called for putting a “bull’s-eye” on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ district. The Kos called it a “target” list that included Mrs. Giffords, who now fights for her life after an attempted assassination on
Samuel Adams, writing in a letter to James Warren in February of 1779, said, “If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved.” Our nation needs to heed these words and continue to remain informed
George Will in today’s Washington Post: Now we have explainers. They came into vogue with the murder of President Kennedy. They explained why the “real” culprit was not a self-described Marxist who had moved to Moscow, then returned to support
Quite an unbelievable exchange took place today in Boehner’s press conference. Can you imagine if we saw this press with Nancy Pelosi? [youtube 7jgI7d8TKxQ nolink] The press is pounding the drum that the repeal will fail in the Senate, almost
Remember, spin, people, spin. Think: WWNYTD? (What Would the New York Times Do?) The best will be posted below in an update. *UPDATE: You guys are getting really good at this. And the winners: First: DouglasBender: NYT: “Renowned and beloved
