The Heritage Foundation’s Rea Hederman and Brian Riedl break down the numbers on “stimulus” spending and jobs. Stimulus Success: At Only $533,000 per Job: The Associated Press is touting an estimate posted on the federal government’s Recovery.org website that $16 billion in stimulus contract spending has created or saved 30,000 jobs. So using the White […]
(Hat tips: Michelle Malkin) Whoops. Stanford University professor Stephen Schneider used to be an advocate for Global Cooling until he decided that Global Warming was actually the real bogeyman. He appeared on video for an upcoming film, but then the brave stalwarts of truth and science at Stanford decided to pull permission to show the […]
Mark Sheppard’s latest article, UN Climate Reports: They Lie, debunks — yet again — the whole lie behind the infamous “Hockey Stick graph” which conveniently ignores the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age. The public’s belief in manmade climate change doesn’t hang on its grasp of geophysics or thermodynamics. Technical explanations of positive […]
Paul at powerline has a great piece on the hypocrisy and stupidity of NY Times columnist Tom Friedman’s latest column. “Why Tom Friedman should have followed his alleged instincts” starts with an excerpt from Pete Wehner: I’ve written before about the importance of civility in public discourse and the need for what has been called […]
John Stewart on the ACORN Pimp-Gate. Finally, someone — a fake journalist — is calling the MSM on it’s complete incompetence in being scooped by a 20 and a 25-year old on a $3000 budget. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Kenneth Kumpel — loving husband, father, firefighter, cook and all-around Renaissance man. Kenneth Kumpel — A Passion for Living What makes a beautiful life? I’ve always believed the surest sign is a person who loves to live and loves his life. Kenneth Kumpel was such a man. Spend any time reading about Kenneth Kumpel, and […]
Not so thrilled about ObamaCare? If you’ve attended one of the many town hall meetings to discuss this issue with your Representative, well, you’re un-American according to Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer. ‘Un-American’ attacks can’t derail health care debate’ By Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer: In the meantime, as members of Congress spend time at […]
The “public plan” is not about choice — it is about eliminating private insurance companies so that there is a single-payer system, the Imperial Federal government of the United States. It’s been designed that way from scratch.
(Hat tip: Michelle Malkin) See the true nature of ACORN activists — intimidation, disdain for freedom of speech and protest, and thug tactics reminiscent of the New Black Panther Party which intimidated voters this past election. Welcome to the thugocracy. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” — John F. Kennedy
Remember the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bill to bail out the banks? Well, as it turns out, the Treasury Department has not exactly been forthcoming about the final bill. So says Neil Barofsky, the inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Watchdog: Financial Bailout Support Could Reach $23.7 Trillion: The total […]
Well, it only took the first 16 pages of the House’s Health Care bill to kill private insurance. Read this article at Investor’s Business Daily, It’s Not An Option: Congress: It didn’t take long to run into an “uh-oh” moment when reading the House’s “health care for all Americans” bill. Right there on Page 16 […]
Remember last year when Iran was caught red-handed photoshopping missiles? Well, now they’re at it again, this time photoshopping “supporters” into pro-Ahmadinejad rallies. That’s some support you’ve got their, Ahmadinejad. From Ahmadinejad’s Millions of Photoshopped Supporters: (Click on the image for a larger version)
Don’t miss George Will’s column, “Have We Got a Deal For You”. The article touches on the fact that the sickly “Government Motors” will now have an unfair advantage over a healthy Ford. One other point to consider is that Ford’s very employees — members of the UAW — are now owner-partners with the government […]
Hugh Hewitt has an article, “Stopping Government Motors”, that is so thorough I really don’t have anything to add. You really should read the entire piece. Here’s an excerpt: Almost everyone grasps immediately the deep unfairness to Ford and even the offshore carmakers that now compete against the massive subsidies of the federal government. How […]
Read Neal’s latest political posts at Liberty Waning. *** Jonah Goldberg has a piece today on Obama’s “empathy” criterion in choosing Sonia Sotomayor to replace outgoing Supreme Court Justice David Souter on the nation’s highest court. Check out “Empathy vs. Impartiality” to see what Obama really means when he emphasizes “empathy”: But Obama has something […]
Lorraine, France. 10,489 of our military dead. No, Mr. President, we do not apologize. We will never forget.
Rush Limbaugh read this letter on the air today, and it is just unbelievable. My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne, Florida. My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second […]
This is an excellent visualization of how quickly, and by how much, the National Debt has grown. But the real message is how Obama’s spending is unprecedented, even compared to George W. Bush’s fiscal irresponsibility.
Don’t miss “How ObamaCare Will Affect Your Doctor” in today’s Wall Street Journal. The author, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, starts with the widely-accepted notion that Obama’s “public option” will cause millions to move from private insurance into the government plan which will eventually reduce doctor’s incomes. At the heart of President Barack Obama’s health-care plan is […]
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