Must-See Videos and Readings for the Fourth
(Read all posts from Katie Favazza)
Happy birthday, America! I've got a few Fourth-related items--mostly videos--worth sharing today: It's a couple days old now, but it bears repeating: Karl Rove's column this week is essential reading. Read this snippet, and you'll want to know what happens: "I'm a pretty good orthopedic surgeon. When my younger son is deployed to Iraq next March, I would like to...
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North Korea celebrates the Fourth of July
(Read all posts from Cassy Fiano)
By shooting off seven ballistic missiles this morning. North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. The launches, which came two days after North Korea fired what were believed to be four short-range cruise missiles,...
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Conservative Grapevine Promo / Right Wing Video Promo
July 3, 2009
Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you'll find links like:
Cassy Fiano: Meghan McCain idiocy of the day
Cracked: 5 corporate promotions that ended in predictable disaster
Retro Comedy: The 15 creepiest vintage ads of all time
Egotastic!: Denise Richards in a bikini
Also, you'll want to see these vids on Right Wing Video,
Hilariously Confused Dog
An Outstanding Anti-Barbara Boxer Ad: Barbara Boxer Meets Dr. Evil
Trailer for Noboru Iguchi's RoboGeisha! (Dude, this is just...you just have to see it to believe it)
Right Wing Radio Week in Review: June 29 - July 3, 2009
(Read all posts from Kathy Shaidle)
Lots of talk radio hosts were on vacation this week, due to the Independence Day holiday. That means “best of” shows and guest hosts. Tammy Bruce (who has a superb new website, by the way) sat in for Laura Ingraham, for example (bringing to the show a blend of Ingraham's familiar candor with a much more agreeable speaking voice.)...
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4 Republican Senators to Watch on Health Care
(Read all posts from Katie Favazza)
Democrats in the Senate want their health care reform enacted as soon as possible. If these four Republicans go the way of the Ds--and that's not an impossible scenario--the intrusive government takeover of the health care industry may happen before the August recess. The only way we can take action and attempt to have an impact on the decision of...
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Unless you're at the TeaParty and sweating in the sun, you've heard that Sarah Palin resigned good three weeks from now, from her post as Alaska Governor. Why? No one knows. Oh, there's speculation. I myself wondered if it was because of health concerns. It could be as simple as she's the Brangelina of politics and it's a freaking circus....
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Obligatory Sarah Palin Resigns Post
(Read all posts from William Teach)
Just got back from the pool, have watched what was going on on Twitter and the 'Net on ye olde iPhone. Both John and Cassy have posts up, but, I want to add my 2 1/3 cents in In a stunning announcement, Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday morning she will resign her office in a few weeks. Speculation has swirled...
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Why Is Sarah Palin Resigning As Governor? I Think It's 1 Of These 4 Reasons...
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
On my first day of vacation and this story breaks. Wow. Well, I had to do at least one post on this. Couldn't help it. When I first heard Sarah Palin wasn't running again in 2010, I thought she was just clearing the way to run for President in 2012. There's just no way she could have run for President...
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SHOCKING: Palin is resigning as governor!
(Read all posts from Cassy Fiano)
Sarah Palin just held a live press conference from Wasilla, AK stating that she is resigning her post as governor. WOW. Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her Wasilla home Friday morning. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be inaugurated at the Governor's Picnic at the end of the...
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Paul Krugman needs to stop advocating policies that will destroy this Country. He even wants another stimulus....
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A letter from 1776 to remind us what the Fourth is really about
(Read all posts from Cassy Fiano)
Over two hundred years ago, a group of patriots who believed in freedom and equality for all risked execution for treason in order to build a nation on the principles they believed in. This was culminated in a Declaration of Independence being signed on July 4, 1776. And 233 years ago today, a man who would one day become president...
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Crossposted at Pink Elephant Pundit I feel like a lot of this week was spent recovering from the events of last week. However, July kicked off with it's own share of drama. Monday brought us the new Duke pedophile case. You know, the one you've really only heard about on Righty blogs. From WRAL: On Monday, according to the affidavit,...
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I thought it would be helpful before the Tea Parties to think a bit about what there is to achieve through these shindigs. Here are some rules to help us keep the big picture in mind: 1. Network: This is a time to get to know people and find a way to work together. Showing up, waving a sign, and...
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Under Obama Regime, America Now Backs Tyranny Against Liberty
(Read all posts from Van Helsing)
Possibly the most shameful and heartbreaking aspect of the Obama presidency is that until it is finally over, America — which has sacrificed so much blood around the world in defense of liberty — is now on the side of tyranny. When Hugo Chavez wannabe Manuel Zelaya tried to set himself up as a socialist dictator in Honduras, he was...
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Disney Accused of Promoting Heteronormativity
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Disney is in for it now. It's been accused by academics of failing to promote sexual perversion in its movies for children: Researchers at the University of Michigan have concluded that the love stories told in classic Disney and other G-rated children's films — such as the Little Mermaid — are partially to blame for the pervasiveness of what they...
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"O.K., Thursday's jobs report settles it. We're going to need a bigger stimulus." -- Economist Paul Krugman of the New York Times (hat tip: Conservative Grapevine) "One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists of establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has...
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I cannot tell you how happy it made me when Jenny Sanford did not stand up next to her cheating pathetic husband, Gov. Mark Sanford, when he had his press conference admitting to his tawdry affair. If your husband loses his job, has a disease, or has succumbed to early hair loss, then yes......stand by your man. If he has...
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All Of A Sudden, The Left "Loves" Christianity
(Read all posts from William Teach)
Get a load of this claptrap Randy Brinson, a conservative political consultant in Alabama, has been fielding anxious calls for weeks from business interests across the South. Their concern is massive ad blitz on Christian and country-music stations across 10 states. The ads, funded by a left-leaning coalition, urge support for congressional legislation to curb greenhouse-gas emissions -- by framing...
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What Say To A $200 Rise In Your Power Bill?
(Read all posts from William Teach)
Just remember what Obama said: Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. And, that is exactly what someone in the know thinks will happen Imagine your power bill going up by $200 a month. Progress Energy spokesman Mike Hughes said Thursday that it's a possibility under President Barack Obama's energy plan that narrowly...
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I'm going on vacation, starting today, and I won't be returning until Monday the 13th. I do this a couple of times a year to recharge my batteries -- but, of course, the show must go on. So, I have arranged for an outstanding group of guest bloggers to fill in for me at my blogs (Total number of people...
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Busting Medicare's "Low Administrative Cost" Myth
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One of the favorite arguments of the government health care crowd is the supposed Medicare low overhead argument - i.e. Medicare is more efficient than private insurance because its overhead is so much lower than private administrative costs. It goes like this: But the administration of Medicare is a miracle of low overhead and a model, despite all the fraud...
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Right Doctor Podcast: John Hawkins, Tabitha Hale & I, Oh My!
(Read all posts from Melissa Clouthier)
We discuss everything from President Obama's comfort with Marxists to Mark Sanford and Governor Palin's chances in 2012. Download my show for your travels! You'll love it, I promise or your money back! Download MP3 Melissa's show can also be found on RFC Radio every Monday and Wednesday night at 10:00 pm Eastern. To subscribe on iTunes, just click here!...
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On Health Care: Talking Points Memo Is Out of Touch with Reality
(Read all posts from Katie Favazza)
I have to admit that I laughed out loud when I saw the title of a Talking Points Memo blog post, On Health Care: GOP is Out of Touch with Reality. Day in and day out, I'm flooded with emails, policy papers, Tweets, Facebook posts, new websites, text messages--all devoted to research and committed to stopping Congress' plans to usher...
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Obama Will Raise Taxes on Everyone, and the Sun will Rise Tomorrow
(Read all posts from Devil's Advocate)
Barack Obama promised during his campaign that he would cut taxes for middle-income taxpayers while increasing rates only for persons with family incomes above $250,000, or with individual incomes above $200,000. We all remember the mantra that he would "cut taxes for 95% of Americans." Well, as any moderately observant person recognized one year ago, it turns out now that...
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If You're Going To A Tea Party...
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
I know from previously polling RWN's readers that roughly 60% of you went to the last round of tea parties and I wouldn't be surprised if the numbers were higher this time around. Well, for those of you who are going, I have a favor to ask. I've never done a fundraiser, I haven't had a wish list button on...
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Our progressive friends have gotten off to an early start celebrating the Fourth of July. In normally civilized Far North Dallas: When Ed Jordan hung two flags from his front porch, one for his country and one for the Marine Corps he once served in, he thought no one would take issue with his gesture to honor the troops during...
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Jim Inhofe: Cap and Tax Is Dead, Despite Clown
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Our current government is so historically awful that it's tempting to fantasize about tarring, feathering, and running each and every member of Congress out of the District of Criminals on a rail. But there are few who don't deserve it. A prime example is Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), who has been denouncing global warming as a hoax since the days...
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Operation Save Teh Kittehs Part 4: The Cutening
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
All the feral kittehs I have captured are now ready to be adopted out to a new home. So, if you live in between Myrtle Beach, SC and Wilmington, NC -- and you want a kitten, now is the time to get in touch with me. I may also be able to get a kitteh to you if you live...
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Card Check, Cap-n-Trade and Government Run Health Care together create the Trifecta of Doom. Layer these inane policies on top of a suffering and quite nearly destroyed economy and America will be decimated economically for a very long time--maybe forever. And yet, the Democrats, like good little socialists, march on toward destruction paying no heed to the reality in front...
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This Week In Quotes: June 26 - July 1
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
(Normally, this would run tomorrow, but I'm going to be on vacation tomorrow and all of next week, so it's now or never) John Boehner on the Cap and Trade bill Based on her lifetime of experience working as a firefighter, Ginsburg said: "Relying heavily on written tests to select fire officers is a questionable practice, to say the least."...
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Since no assumption of a soul or journalistic integrity has been made, it's not surprising that the Washington Post would sell access to the Media-Obama power-broker axis. Mike Allen of the Politico breaks the story: The offer -- which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters -- is a new sign of the lengths to...
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Love Letters From Birthers, Part 2: The Mormon Conspiracy
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
I really didn't intend to write anything else about the wild eyed stuff I've been getting from birthers, but you know, plans, mice, men...you get the idea. Sometimes an email comes along that's so hilariously off-the-wall, you just have to post it. Such an email has been sent to me. Here's an excerpt from an email sent by one Marilyn...
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Obama Goes After Companies That Hire Illegals
(Read all posts from William Teach)
Alternate title "Something Which I Agree With Obama On" The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the country Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun notifying businesses of plans to audit their I-9 forms -- employment eligibility documents that employers fill...
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The 10 Most Watched Videos At Right Wing Video For June
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
From Right Wing Video: 10) 7 year old autistic girl nails the national anthem (I got chills listening to this) 9) Cheerleader Catfight 8) Hot Model Falls Off Catwalk Into Pool Hot Model Falls Off Catwalk Into Pool - Watch more Funny Videos 7) Greatest freak out ever (Really, it is) 6) Hot Women Test Bras on a Roller Coaster...
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Helen Thomas Browbeats Robert Gibbs Over Transparency
(Read all posts from William Teach)
Gotta give the old girl her props: she may be a serious far lefty and virulent Bush hater, but, it seems she has had quite enough of the way the Obama administration handles the press Following a testy exchange during today's (Wednesday) briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not...
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UPDATED: St. Louis Small Business Protests Rep. Russ Carnahan's Cap and Trade Vote
(Read all posts from Katie Favazza)
Kudos to the folks of McArthur's Bakery in St. Louis for telling Rep. Russ Carnahan what they think about his vote on cap and trade: DSM, a Missouri blogger I met at the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference, got the video and has the scoop: McArthur's Bakery on Lemay Ferry Road, exercised their freedom of speech to protest Rep. Russ Carnahan's...
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CBO, Deficits, Entitlements and the Future
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One more time into the breach. The CBO has issued a warning to Congress about entitlement spending. Again. Here's a key paragraph: Almost all of the projected growth in federal spending other than interest payments on the debt comes from growth in spending on the three largest entitlement programs--Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Most of you know that Medicare and...
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Doing The Right Doctor Show At 10 PM EST
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
I'm doing the Right Doctor Show at RFC Radio. It's me, Melissa Clouthier and Tabitha Hale talking about...not sure really. We talked for 2 hours and they're going to cut it down to an hour. ---- At 8:07 PM EST, I'm going to be on the Jaz McKay show. Click here to listen. --- Today, I'm doing the Ed Morrissey...
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I know this isn't on Fox News every two minutes, but yes this is going to be huge. http://www.marchforliberty.org/ http://www.teapartyday.com/...
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Targeting Audiences: What Would This Ad Accomplish?
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
Over at Riehl World View, Dan Riehl says, The Our Country Deserves Better PAC has put together a new anti-Obama ad. I imagine they're looking to raise money to air it. The thing that struck me was that, because you know where something labeled an anti-Obama ad is eventually going, it sort of makes you cringe early on. You'll likely...
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Following California Over the Edge
(Read all posts from Van Helsing)
Healthcare isn't the only area where progressive California offers us a preview of our Obamunist future. The Land of Fruits and Nuts also shows us where his energy policies will lead: While promoting his new cap-and-trade energy tax bill, which passed the U.S. House last week, President Obama revealed in a White House address on Monday his model for the...
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California Offers ObamaCare Preview
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California continues to blaze a trail into our glorious socialist future: A Superior Court judge in Sacramento County has rejected arguments that pending budget cuts to eliminate adult Medi-Cal dental benefits offered by low-income community and rural clinics violated federal law. Judge Timothy Frawley, in a ruling made public Wednesday, said the Legislature was within its rights when it voted...
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Whether it's smacking down 9/11 conspiracy theories, the North American Union, or the Birthers, the freaks really come out at night when you start poking holes in their theories. In all fairness to the Birthers, I understand that there are intelligent people of good will, who simply don't see eye to eye with me on whether Obama was born in...
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The Top 25 Most Clicked Links From Conservative Grapevine For June
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
Here are the top 25 most clicked links on Conservative Grapevine for June: 25) Dumb Little Man: 12 tricks your brain is playing on you 24) Manofest: The 10 hottest NBA finals Wives and girlfriends of all time 23) Jalopnik: Ten highly-suggestive automotive print ads that probably wouldn't fly today 22) COED Magazine: Stevie Lynn Clark bikini pics 21) Right...
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McCain Staff Leakers, Whomever You Are, Are Scum, Should Be Outed, And Should Never Get Another Job
(Read all posts from Melissa Clouthier)
It speaks ill of John McCain that his former aids continue to bash Sarah Palin. It speaks ill of John McCain that he did not vociferously and ardently defend his running mate as she did him, post election. I have a reminder to the geniuses at the McCain camp: YOU LOST. BADLY. Now, there's all sorts of explanations as...
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Over at the Miami Herald, an opinion piece on what happened in Honduras that Obama, Hillary, the United Nations, and the Organization of American States should read before making pronouncements The greatest tourist attraction in Central America has always been politics. Diplomats stop by every few years, take a couple of snapshots of what's going on at the presidential palace,...
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Excitable Andy Still Pushing Trig Twooferism
(Read all posts from William Teach)
Are there any adults at The Atlantic who can put a stop to this? Apparently not, as that is a question that has been asked since Andrew Sullivan started in on the whole "Trig is really Bristol Palin's daughter, not Sarah's," malarky. And it contines on yet again. It's certainly not as bad as Trithersim, and not as fun as...
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Energy Policy & Robert Byrd: What's Old Is New Again
(Read all posts from Melissa Clouthier)
Don Surber found a gem. Evidently a 30-year old article from the Washington Post resurfaced and got printed either accidentally or on-purpose. President Carter and President Obama's name could be interchanged and then there's the part about coal: Byrd said he agreed with a plan by Finance Committee Chairman Russell B. Long (D-La.) to whip a bill through the Senate...
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4 Ways To Cut Health Care Costs Without Obama's Reforms
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My latest column at American Issues Project is now live. It's called 4 Ways To Cut Health Care Costs Without Obama's Reforms. Here's an excerpt from the column, The American people generally like the care they're getting in our health care system, but they're unhappy about the cost. This leads to a conundrum because the government plan being discussed leaves...
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Or Maybe Women Just Dig Different Kinds Of Dudes
(Read all posts from Melissa Clouthier)
When I did my post picking the hottest conservative guys, my criteria was simple: Were they datable? Now, many people saw the list and wondered at my choices. There was no "type". Some guys were blond and blue eyed. Some guys were square-jawed. Some were scruffy. Some were baby-faced. Some were choir-boy innocent looking. They were all hot in their...
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Krugman Endorses "Carbon Tariff"
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Paul Krugman came out today for "border adjustments" (tariffs) on goods from countries who aren't participating in economy killing CO2 emissions control taxation. His argument: If you only impose restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from domestic sources, you give consumers no incentive to avoid purchasing products that cause emissions in other countries; as a result, you have an inefficient outcome...
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What Jesse Jackson & 19th Century Slave Owners Have In Common
(Read all posts from John Hawkins)
One of the most bizarre and short sighted arguments that has risen in modern times features black Americans, who were once enslaved in this country and only make up 14% of the population, arguing that it's okay to discriminate against people based on race. Jesse Jackson makes this argument in an attack on the Supreme Court's ruling in Ricci v....
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