July 26, 2010 – 1:48 pm
The Weekly Standard’s James W. Ceaser provides a scathing indictment of how Obama has become the unpresidential president From charisma to populism—this is the slippery slope down which Barack Obama has been sliding over the past two years. In June 2008, Obama the candidate described his nomination as “the moment when .  .  . our planet began […]
July 26, 2010 – 9:56 am
Some food for thought on this Monday morning from the Wall Street Journal There is a widespread perception of a strong link between immigrants and crime. It is common to hear those who oppose immigration argue that the first act illegal immigrants commit on U.S. soil is to break the law—that is, our immigration laws—and […]
July 26, 2010 – 9:08 am
Why does it seem that every s0-called energy bill actually is about restrictions and taxes, but barely about increase energy production and means? Witness U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will unveil as early as Monday a slimmed-down energy bill seeking to make offshore drilling safer and convert trucks to run on domestic natural gas. […]
July 25, 2010 – 2:18 pm
Apparently, it’s Raaacist Weekend at the Times. So far, we have, among others, Race: Still Too Hot to Touch (Money paragraph: In many ways, Ms. Sherrod’s ordeal followed a depressingly familiar pattern in American life, in which anyone who even tries to talk about race risks public outrage and humiliation. They should substitute Conservative for […]
July 25, 2010 – 10:42 am
Happy Sunday! It is a beautiful day in America, though, a bit hot and sticky. Perfect for heading to our awesome seashores. This pinup us by Bill Medcalf, with a wee bit of help. BTW, I just noticed that this is the 250th edition! Dude and dudettes! Oh, and just had my 6th Blogoversary on […]
July 25, 2010 – 9:04 am
As America slowly moves towards full government run health care, Britain, a country 1/40th the size of the USA in geography (#79 on the size chart, with the USA at #3) is moving away from single payer and government control, and has actual plans to do this Perhaps the only consistent thing about Britain’s socialized […]
July 24, 2010 – 4:19 pm
Well, gee wiz, Obama and Company are all up in arms over Arizona “preempting” federal immigration law (which, as usual with someone on the left, is a blatant lie), yet, they are blatantly violating federal law The Department of Veterans Affairs will formally allow patients treated at its hospitals and clinics to use medical marijuana […]
July 24, 2010 – 9:05 am
Obama actually had the correct posture early on in his presidency regarding North Korea, which was to ignore the provocations and histrionics of the country and Kim Jong Il. However, he learned that being president is hawd! work, especially between vacations and golf, and his policy started to be all over the place, to the […]
July 24, 2010 – 8:46 am
You do have to give John Kerry some props: he is using the old saying that there is no such thing as bad press to good effect. Witness his latest histrionics Speaking at a town hall-style meeting promoting climate change legislation on Thursday, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) predicted there will be “an ice-free Arctic†in […]
July 23, 2010 – 5:44 pm
All right, that is not what she actually said, but, hey, I can paraphrase, can’t I? A federal judge pushed back Thursday against a contention by the Obama Justice Department that a tough new Arizona immigration law set to take effect next week would cause “irreparable harm” and intrude into federal immigration enforcement. “Why can’t […]
