Monthly Archives: September 2008

Gavin Newsome Backs Down On ID Cards For Illegals

He found out that not even far, far, far left liberals approve of coddling illegals, particularly young, violent ones Mayor Gavin Newsom has delayed a program to offer identification cards to all city residents regardless of their immigration status as city officials review the sanctuary policy for illegal immigrants. “We’ve delayed it till we garner […]

Aside: Lorie Byrd On Redneck Beauty Queens

Heh heh. So much for the redneck beauty queen mayor of a pissant town. You tell ’em, Lorie!

AGW Today: Palin Questions, Dutch Take Measures, Hurricanes Stronger

You go, girl! Senator John McCain’s choice of a running mate, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, has questioned the science behind predictions of sea ice loss linked to global warming.  Last month, the state of Alaska under Palin’s guidance sued Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in an attempt to reverse his decision to list polar bears […]

Palinmania Video

Here’s the full video (via Jay at STACLU and Sister Toldjah, who also has the transcript)   Click the vid to start it. John Hawkins links to a best of Sarah Palin’s speech highlight vid. Hawkins also provides some reactions from the right side of the blogosphere. BTW, do you like the barracuda in the blog […]

Joe Klein Upset That Angry Amateurs Are Fighting Back

Joe Klein at Time magazine is proving once again that the media really is ensconsed in their own Arugula laced fish tank. He has a screed up, which comes pretty darned close to mirroring the talking points emails I receive from the Barry campaign. About the only difference is Joe doesn’t ask me to donate […]

Watching Palin Is Like Being Up 2 With 2 Minutes Left To The Cup

I’m not going to live blog the speech, but, let me say, this feels like when Plaxico caught the game winning catch in the Superbowl. It’s like when Arnott scored the Stanley Cup Winner in 2000 for the Devils. When Kirk Gibson yanked one out of the park for the Dodgers. I mean, I feel […]

Saving The Orangutan From Climahysteria

I ran across this early August piece from the Huffington Post while I was looking for monkey pictures for Surrender Monkey posts, and, I just had to laugh at the spin Today Dr. Birute Galdikas is considered one of the foremost experts on Orangutans. To this day she remains in Borneo, huddled in the dense […]

Welcome To The Liberal Treatment Of Conservative Women

Starting with the one of the Left’s favorite boogemenpeople, Fox News An A-list of women in politics backing John McCain went on the offensive Wednesday, accusing the media and the Obama campaign of blatant sexism in their treatment of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a move intended to clear the brush ahead of her public debut […]

Republicans Want To End Ethenol Requirements

I love it. First we have the drill here, drill now push. Republicans stood up to Queen Nancy and stayed on the House floor. Now we get more sanity U.S. Republicans called on Monday for an end to a controversial requirement that gasoline contain a set amount of ethanol, a policy backed by the Bush […]

Illegal Alien Sues Border Patrol

This is pathetic and disturbing An illegal immigrant who was struck and severely injured by a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle that also hit and killed his daughter is suing the government. Lawyers for Juan Cruz Torralva accuse Border Patrol agent Gregorio Garcia of driving recklessly on the night of March 5, 2006, when he ran […]

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