Michelle Malkin has an excerpt and link to a Christian Science Monitor story on the “huge Atlanta Tea Party” today. Michelle’s article is “When I grow up I want to be free.†Here’s an excerpt from the CSM story: Many protesters expressed a sense that basic American freedoms of life, liberty, and the pursuit of […]
Don’t miss this post from Andy McCarthy, As long as we’re passing out piles of cash, why not $900M for Hamas? It is breathtaking. The Obama administration is creating foreign policies as disastrous as it’s domestic and economic policies. Various la-la land conservatives and moderates assured us that Obama, despite a career spent in the […]
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Here’s an excerpt from his speech in which he warns other countries about the dangers of Socialism and increased State control over the economy: Esteemed colleagues, one is sorely tempted to make simple and popular […]
(Hat tip: Mark Hemingway) William McGurn nails the mendacity of Barack Obama. Read the following passage from Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope” and compare that to the “bipartisanship” displayed during the passage of Obama’s stimulus bill. The hypocrisy is deafening. In a passage from his 2006 book, “The Audacity of Hope,” he sounds like a […]
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Writing over at NRO’s the Corner, Michael G. Franc (from the Heritage Foundation) details the lesser-known provisions of the Porkulus bill that constitute the real dangers to our liberty and freedom. Read Keeping Our Eyes on the Real Ball: The broad outlines, and few details, of a stimulus have been announced. The headlines focus on […]
From Iowahak, Mathematicians Discover Largest Number: PALO ALTO, CA – An international mathematics research team announced today that they had discovered a new integer that surpasses any previously known value “by a totally mindblowing shitload.” Project director Yujin Xiao of Stanford University said the theoretical number, dubbed a “stimulus,” could lead to breakthroughs in fields […]
President Barack Obama held Town Hall-style Beg-a-Thon in Fort Myers Florida today yesterday. This was a surreal event. It was kind of like The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy and her friends ask for brains, hearts, and a trip back to Kansas. We haven’t watched the entire meeting, but the parts we’ve seen more closely […]
Listen to John Kerry make the point that cutting taxes for individuals and businesses is a bad idea because “there’s no guarantee they’re going to invest their money.” You can’t be trusted to invest or spend your money. Only government can be trusted to “invest” our money responsibly. We’re still glad we switched from Heinz […]
(Hat tip: NRO Corner) From Tom Coburn’s speech on Wednesday, 4 February 2009: We are going in exactly the wrong direction. We ought to be standing on the principles that made this country great. There ought to be a review of every program in the Federal Government that is not effective, that is not efficient, […]
As Mark Steyn pointed out today on the Rush Limbaugh show, Nancy Pelosi is the third in line to the Presidency and is the most powerful woman in the world. Oh, she’s also an idiot. Nancy Pelosi is a moron. Thanks, Michelle, we feel better now. God help us.
Michelle Malkin has the details, Holder confirmed: 75-21: Here are your 19 Bend Over Republicans who voted yes on Holder. Some disappointing names on the list in addition to the usual suspects: Alexander (R-TN) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Chambliss (R-Ga) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl […]
His face had the expression which, these days, was the mark of an honest man: an expression of bewilderment. He was looking at his companion, trying hard — conscientiously, helplessly, hopelessly — to understand. His companion was younger and shorter, a small man with lumpy flesh, with a chest thrust forward and the thin points […]
H.R. 1 leaves the House of Representatives and heads for the Senate. Now the monster moves on to the Senate. Michelle’s rundown on where we are now. If you are a citizen of Georgia, now is the time to write and call our Senators to tell them to oppose the monstrosity headed their way. They […]
The Democrats passed their $1.2 trillion Crap Sandwich, and it’s all theirs: not a single Republican voted for this disaster. Way to go, House Republicans. It’s about time! If only the Senate Republicans could do the same. Now is the time for you to start letting them know. You’re eating this one by yourself, Democrats. […]
Michelle thanks the Senate Conservatives Fund for posting a searchable version of the Senate stimulus bill Generational Theft Act. You can also read the bill here at ReadTheStimulus. They have lots of new charts on the new CBO analysis that gives you an idea of the magnitude of this fiasco. This “bill” is the biggest […]
(Hat tip: Michelle) Listen to Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe’s statement opposing Timothy Geithner’s nomination to Treasury Secretary. Earlier today, Geithner was confirmed; however, Inhofe has a good summary of why that was a mistake. There’s something rotten in Washington.
Are you aware that one Toyota car model, the Camry, outsold the entire fleet of Chryler last year? We’ve already given billions to Chrysler, and now they want more. Read Toyota model outsells Chrysler fleet: DETROIT (AP) — Even by the standards of battered automakers, Chrysler is in dire shape. Its sales in December were […]
Did you know that Tuesday’s “GMAC Bowl” — the lousy game which featured Ball State vs. Tulsa — was sponsored by a company that recently got TARP “Bailout” money? Perhaps it should have been called “Screw the Taxpayers Bowl” or the “FU Bowl”. George Will has the details of this debacle in his article, Your […]