Month: November 2009

No One Remembers Barack Obama From Columbia

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

An email is going around with this as the content: NOBODY REMEMBERS OBAMA AT COLUMBIA Looking for evidence of Obama’s past, Fox News contacted 400 Columbia University students from the period when Obama claims to have been there, but none remembered him. Wayne Allyn Root was, like Obama, a political science major at Columbia who […]

 

In Defense Of Mike Huckabee: The Maurice Clemmons Clemency

Posted on by John Hawkins

Mike Huckabee apparently should have erred more on the side of caution in dispensing pardons when he was governor of Arkansas. He pardoned rapist Wayne DuMond, who then later raped another woman. Now, it looks like he’s done it again — well, sort of. Maurice Clemmons, the lunatic who murdered four policemen, was given clemency […]

 

Cindy Shehag Still Spreading Patriotic Cheer

Posted on by Dave Blount

Cindy Sheehan was the darling of the liberal media establishment, before it dumped her for its new love, Barack Hussein Obama. But she’s still out there promoting the progressive agenda. Here she displays her respect for a veteran: This sordid scene occurred at Travis Air Force Base on Saturday. Videotape of the incident shows that […]

 

Chairman Zero Falls Flat With Arabs

Posted on by Dave Blount

Of all the annoying bumper sticker bleats that Obamunists subject us to, the most absurd is their cherished notion that letting a sophomoric community activist moonbat play president will “restore America’s standing in the world.” America’s standing didn’t need restoration, although it will before this tragic farce is over with. But everyone likes us now, […]

 

Obama Knew The Crashers? He Met Them Before

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

In case you missed it this weekend… Is there more to this story? The Anchoress thinks so. Gateway Pundit has more details about how the Crashers are buddies with Obama’s buddy terrorist-loving Rashid Khalidi. Anyway, American Power has more. I just wanted you guys to know that there might be more story behind the fame-grabbing […]

 

“You’ve Come A Long Way, Maybe”

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

Leslie Sanchez, a Republican strategist and former advisor to President George Bush, has written a timely book about politics and the American woman. In “You’ve Come A Long Way, Maybe,” she takes a hard non partisan look at three woman in particular. Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, and Hillary Clinton. It is fascinating to compare such […]

 

Obama: King of All Statists

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Almost 40% of William Howard Taft’s cabinet officials were from the private sector. Ike had nearly 60% of his appointees sporting private sector experience. Reagan had about 55% and George W. Bush about 53%. Even FDR and Truman had half their cabinet officials with private sector experience. And Obama? Less than 10%. That means that […]

 

Michael Moore Asks If Obama Has Drunk The Bush Kool Aid

Posted on by William Teach

This is going to leave a mark. Of course, Obama listens to no one but Obama and his political advisers, clueless all (found during a venture into the fever swamps of the DU) Monday, November 30th, 2009 Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West […]

 

Andrew Sullivan Begins The Week Doing Another Sarah Palin Gynecological Exam

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Andrew Sullivan, is, in a word, tedious: I’ve emailed Bellow asking him about the fact-checking process for “Going Rogue.” Getting an on-the-record confirmation that, for example, Harper Collins reviewed the medical records proving Palin’s multiple medical stories (including corrected hospital records by her own account) would be a useful piece of information. Since it appears […]

 

Now A Climahysteric Org. Wants Doctors To Discuss AGW With Patients

Posted on by William Teach

The road AGW is traveling down has taken a turn from Silly Lane (worse acne, alligators in the Thames, collapse of gingerbread houses) to Stupidity Rd. The Climate and Health Council, a collaboration of worldwide health organisations including the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal Society of Medicine, believes […]

 

The Lameness of Adam Lambert

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Let’s face it, he’s boring — which my latest column at The American Spectator is certainly not: At some point, reasonable people might expect an end to these épater les bourgeoisie gestures, as the bourgeoisie have long since ceased to be shocked by such routine public exhibitions. . . . More than four decades have […]

 

The Best Quotes From Eric Hoffer’s “The True Believer.”

Posted on by John Hawkins

Back in 1951, Eric Hoffer wrote a brilliant book called The True Believer. From the intro, here’s what it’s designed to explain: “This book deals with some of the peculiarities common to all mass movements, be they religious movements, social revolutions, or national movements. It does not maintain that all movements are identical, but that […]

 

Secret Service Interviews Tareq and Michaele Salahi: Comprehensive White House Security Review Expected Soon

Posted on by Donald Douglas

There are two MSM reports out tonight, and in print newspapers in the morning. From the New York Times, “Secret Service Interviews Gate-Crashers“: As part of a broadening inquiry into presidential security, Secret Service agents have interviewed the Virginia couple who sneaked into a White House state dinner last week, a senior federal official involved […]

 

Bringing new meaning to sleazy

Posted on by Ron Coleman

This advertising campaign is, well, bad. Very, very bad. There is a certain irony, though, you know. The defense representation being offered here is in fact completely legitimate — n0t only to sleazeballs, slime and creeps, who are constitutionally entitled to their defense (just not by me), but to people involved in all sorts of […]

 

Global Warming: Faith, Reason and the Temple Cult of Scientism

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Devastating revelations about the bogus science of the climate-change fanatics inspired me Saturday to reflect on the Temple Cult of Scientism: The High Priests perform their statistical rituals and the cultists genuflect reverently before their idol, Science. Today’s latest news — that the original data which generated the global-warming thesis were long ago destroyed — […]

 

Those DVD ‘Special Features’ Rarely that Special

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

For some lighter fare today… When DVDs first began to contain those now ubiquitous special features, those mini documentaries, series of interviews, or behind the scenes shoots, it seemed like such an exciting idea, especially for film buffs (or series fans). But now that they have become fairly common and now that I’ve seen a […]

 

ClimateGate: CRU Agrees To Publish All The Data. That They Haven’t Thrown Away

Posted on by William Teach

Yesterday, the “scientists” involved in ClimateGate made an important announcement Leading British scientists at the University of East Anglia, who were accused of manipulating climate change data – dubbed Climategate – have agreed to publish their figures in full. In a statement welcomed by climate change sceptics, the university said it would make all the […]

 

Role of ACLU Decisive in Moving KSM Trial to New York

Posted on by John Stephenson

Originally written for PJM: Crossposted from STACLU: Eric Holder called his decision to try the suspected plotters of 9/11 in New York City “the toughest decision I’ve had to make as attorney general.” It was unarguably the most controversial one. In my opinion, it was also the stupidest one. The decision has rightly received plenty […]

 

ACLU Protecting The Right to Flip Off Cops for $40K from Taxpayers

Posted on by John Stephenson

Crossposted from STACLU: I really just wanted an excuse to use the photo above: Hackbart says that he was attempting to parallel park in April 2006 when he used his middle finger “to express his frustration” at a driver who pulled behind him and blocked his entry into the space. Upon hearing a voice instruct […]

 

Pumping Celebrity, White House Publishes Dinner-Crasher Pics on Flickr: Yet, Tareq and Michaele Security Breach a Major Blow to Obama Administration

Posted on by Donald Douglas

The mainstream press is right to note the major implications of Tuesday night’s security breach at the White House state dinner. For example, today’s Los Angeles Times reports, “State Dinner Crashers Met President Obama“: The Secret Service says it’s ‘deeply concerned and embarrassed.’ The agency is looking into how such a security breach happened at […]

 

Why Conservatives Have Trouble Getting Elected

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The reasons that I could never get elected to any government position is the same reason why conservatives have a tough time getting elected and, if they end up elected, can’t govern in this era of the ill-educated voter. First I’ll lay out my main principles… Leave me alone Stop taxing me Shove your regulations […]

 

International Reporting of Climategate has Been Terrific, Not Ours

Posted on by Alex Nobles

Americans do many things incredibly well. We are on top of the world in many ways. Our lack of real reporting is astounding. Our media is in cahoots with our government in a much greater way than any other advanced country. It as if we were living in china the way misinformation gets onto the […]

 

Climate Alarmists Point Out AGW Is About Politics And Junk Science

Posted on by William Teach

Dr. Judith Curry, a climate scientist at Georgia Tech, pens a letter, originally publish at Climate Progress, and now at the NY Times. Let’s take a peek, shall we? An open letter to graduate students and young scientists in fields related to climate research: Based upon feedback that I’ve received from graduate students at Georgia […]

 

Well you’ve obviously never been in an argument with my wife, then.

Posted on by TrogloPundit

“I don’t believe in the no-win scenario.” Captain James T. Kirk Who should conservatives be: Captain Kirk or John Galt? Duane Lester’s asking that question over at All American Blogger. James T. Kirk — the brash young Starfleet officer who became a brash old Starfleet officer who refuses to accept defeat no matter the odds. […]

 

This Week In Quotes: Nov 20 – Nov 26

Posted on by John Hawkins

No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems– of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind. — Michael Barone What a good country or a good […]