February 2010
198 posts
Free Parking is a Threat to the Planet, at Least... →
[bookmark] Here we go again “As goes California, so goes the rest of the country”, gosh I hope not. Another idiotic, asinine environmentalist proposal, and this one by California state…
Feds claim authority to regulate in-state commerce →
[news] The federal government is claiming in court documents demanding the dismissal of a gun-law challenge in Montana the authority to regulate intrastate commerce under the…
White House to paint grim fiscal picture →
[news] he White House will predict a record budget deficit in the current fiscal year and more big shortfalls for the next decade in its upcoming budget proposal, a congressional source…
U.S. expanding missile defenses in Gulf →
[news] The United States has expanded land- and sea-based missile defense systems in and around the Gulf to counter what it sees as Iran’s growing missile threat, U.S. officials said….
Chip Reid Still Ravin' on Baltimore: Obama 'Really... →
[news] CBS White House correspondent Chip Reid took his Friday night cheering routine for Barack Obama’s “command performance” at the GOP meeting in Baltimore and repeated it on Sunday’s…
Crisis-pregnancy centers to be gagged? →
[news] Two hot-button issues – abortion and free speech – are clashing in Washington state, as lawmakers attempt to regulate what is said in crisis pregnancy centers. About 250 people…
'Iran will deliver telling blow to global powers... →
[news] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the nation will deliver a harsh blow to the “global arrogance” on this year’s anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. “The Islamic Revolution opened a…
January 2010
141 posts
Brown: 'Humbled' by White House Talk, But... →
[news] Senator-elect Scott Brown’s stunning victory for the Massachusetts Senate seat once held by Ted Kennedy has many Republicans hoping he’ll make a White House bid. When Barbara…
CBS Hails Obama’s ‘Command... →
[news] “Tonight, the President takes on his Republican opponents face to face and fact by fact,” Katie Couric teased at the top of Friday’s CBS Evening News in setting up an…
Michael Moore: Capitalism Must Be Eliminated →
[news] The leftist U.K. Guardian newspaper is celebrating an economics lecture from mockumentary filmmaker Michael Moore. The headline: “Capitalism is evil…you have to eliminate it”…
Glenn Beck Is 'Really' The Most Watched Cable News... →
[news] Is Glenn Beck the most watched cable news host on television today? According to Steve Krakauer he is. Although Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity typically have higher ratings than…
Media Worried Corruption In North Carolina Might... →
[news] This is a fight against Democrat corruption that North Carolina Republicans have been fighting for years. This type of reporting is part of the problem of getting rid of it….
Campaign finance: a 'reform' wisely struck down →
[news] Last week’s Supreme Court decision that substantially deregulates political speech has provoked an edifying torrent of hyperbole. Critics’ dismay reveals their conviction: Speech…
The Economy: We Are So Screwed →
[news] “Our immersion in the details of crises that have arisen over the past eight centuries and in data on them has led us to conclude that the most commonly repeated and most…
Citizens United vs FEC - Syllabus →
[bookmark] This is a .pdf file. I urge every to read Justice Scalia’s concurring opinion. It begins on page 79 in the syllabus linked here.
UN Climate chief was told of false glacier claims... →
[news] The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learedt….
Video Interview: Crisis and Command with John Yoo:... →
[video] From Uncommon Knowledge on National Review Online John Yoo describes how the idea of interrogation has evolved since George W. Bush left office.
Video Interview: Crisis and Command with John Yoo:... →
[video] Frpm Uncommon Knowledge on National Review Online Try KSM in an ordinary federal court in New York City? John Yoo calls this a “bonanza” for al-Qaeda.
Video Interview: Crisis and Command with John Yoo:... →
[video] From Uncommon Knowledge on National Review Online John Yoo discusses his book Crisis and Command with Peter Robinson.
Video Interview: Crisis and Command with John Yoo:... →
[video] From Uncommon Knowledge on National Review Online John Yoo discusses the two Georges of Crisis and Command, George Washington and George W. Bush, and comments on the war powers…
Video Interview: Crisis and Command with John Yoo:... →
[video] From Uncommon Knowledge on National Review Online John Yoo comments on the case against John Yoo.
Has Obama become bored with being president? →
[news] This is about the time Barack Obama becomes bored with his job. He’s in his second year as president, and he’s discovered that even with all the powers of office, he can’t do…
California Senate approves single-payer health... →
[news] Apparently, not everyone got the memo the California is on the brink of bankruptcy. The California Senate approved creating a government-run health care system for the nation’s…
Why Is Senator Kirk Still Voting on Legislation? →
[news] The Senate has voted on three pieces of legislation today that required 60 votes–to raise the debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion, to reduce the deficit by establishing five-year…
First Amendment 451: How one man irked Obama and... →
[news] David Bossie irritates President Obama. Bossie did not get the usual upturned chin or expletive-riddled call from Rahm Emanuel this week after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of…
Can Obama get any other Democrats elected? →
[news] Barack Obama built a powerful campaign organization and got himself to the White House. Now, as head of the Democratic Party, he’s expected to get other Democrats into office,…
Taxpayers pay $101,000 for Pelosi's in-flight... →
[news] It reads like a dream order for some wild frat party: Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Cr&me,…
Did Former Constitutional Law Prof. Obama Confuse... →
[news] “We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal…” GatewayPundit: Um, wrong founding…
Corporation Runs For Maryland Congressional Seat →
[news] Last week, “all five of the [Supreme] Court’s conservatives joined together…to invalidate a sixty-three year-old ban on corporate money in federal elections,” a move that Rep….
Pelosi would back spending freeze if it also... →
[news] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested Thursday morning she could support a version of the president’s proposed spending freeze that included defense spending. Pelosi…
White House orders Justice Department to look for... →
[news] White House officials have told the Justice Department to consider other venues for the 9/11 terror trial that was to be held in lower Manhattan, the Daily News has learned. The…
Jeff Gorell for Assembly California 37 →
[bookmark] Jeff Gorell is running for State Assembly in the 37th District, California when Audra Strickland is termed out in 2010. It is imperative that we elect Jeff to the Assembly.
Every Senate Democrat voted to raise debt limit to... →
[news] Every Senate Democrat voted to raise the debt limit to $14.3 trillion. The vote was 60-40 on straight partisan lines. Let me repeat that — and let it be repeated loudly and often:…
SEC Votes for Corporate Disclosure of Climate... →
[news] Political feuding over global warming reached the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday when commissioners, divided on party lines, voted to encourage companies to disclose…
Obama's answer for America: more of me →
[news] There’s a story of an exhausted tenor at La Scala who, facing repeated cries of “Encore,” responded that he couldn’t go on. A man rose in the audience to say, “You’ll keep singing…
UK: Barack Obama is in denial →
[news] Barack Obama is in trouble. His signature health care reform has been doomed by the Democrats losing their Senate super-majority. He needs to reconnect with ordinary Americans,…
Zero Private-Sector Jobs Created In Past 11 Years →
[news] It’s been pretty widely discussed that the past decade was a lost one for job creation. But focusing on private payrolls alone would also wipe out nearly all of the employment…
FACT CHECK: Obama and a toothless commission →
[news] President Barack Obama told Americans the bipartisan deficit commission he will appoint won’t just be “one of those Washington gimmicks.” Left unspoken in that assurance was the…
$1.5 Trillion Ways to Cut the Deficit →
[news] Don’t you feel that if you hear another rant about the deficit, about reckless spending, about the Supersize-me government, without policy ideas to fix this mess, that your head…
Understanding Obamaspeak: President Obama’s... →
[news] In advance of the president’s State of the Union address, here is a list of Obama’s favorite linguistic flourishes — and an explanation of just what he means when he uses them……
Samuel Alito to Obama: "That's absolutely not... →
[video] footed this embeddable vid from the awesome tubefoot: Justice Grimaces As Obama Criticizes Court
Obama Drinking Game - Associated Content -... →
[news] Introducing the “unprecedented” Obama Drinking Game
The World According to George Stephanopoulos:... →
[news] There’s no question that the economy and jobs will be the top focus of the speech tonight. The White House expects tonight’s proposals to jumpstart job creation – something of…
Shepard Fairey to face criminal investigation in... →
[news] A judge in New York revealed today that artist Shepard Fairey is facing a criminal investigation in connection with his admitted misconduct in the ongoing legal case with the…
Wealth envy in UK: Children of middle-class... →
[news] Coming soon to an America near you: Reason #73,459 for home schooling your children. Only pupils eligible for free school meals because their parents are on benefits are able to…
In Interview with Diane Sawyer, President Obama... →
[bookmark] “I think your question points out to a legitimate mistake that I made during the course of the year,” the president said, “and that is that we had to make so many decisions…
Signs of waste? $1 million in stimulus funds used... →
[news] A state senator from Ohio says his state is spending $1 million on road signs to advertise the use of stimulus money for road projects. In other words, the state is using your…
Democrats Now See ‘No Rush’ on Health... →
[bookmark] WASHINGTON — With no clear path forward on major health care legislation, Democratic leaders in Congress effectively slammed the brakes on President Obama’s top domestic…
132: The Number of Times Obama Refers to Himself... →
[news] “I’ve got a very short commute;” “I can’t always visit people directly;” “I break out;” “I saw;” “I knew it would be unpopular;” “I ran for this office;” “I had no illusions;” “I…
Obama: 'I didn't sign off on those shady health... →
[news] Mary Katharine Ham notes that President Obama tells ABC: “Let’s just clarify. I didn’t make a bunch of deals [on health care]. … There is a legislative process that is taking…