Monthly Archives: August 2011

Bachmann Wins Ames Straw Poll – Breaking It All Down

That darned “tea-inspired” woman just keeps showing up and doing well (Washington Post) Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann scored a victory in the GOP Ames Straw Poll on Saturday, a win likely to provide her considerable momentum as the 2012 race ramps up. “What we saw happen today is this is the very first step toward […]

Good News! Rick Perry Is A Big Time Climate Realist

Obviously, this annoys the Alarmists, in particularly Grist’s resident GINK (green inclinations, no kids…if only all alarmists were ginks, we’d be done with them and their stupid movement), who whines over at the UK Guardian The climate sceptics can finally get excited about the 2012 election: Rick Perry, their candidate of choice, is about to […]

If All You See…

…is an evil fossil fueled car, you might just be a Warmist

Latest Media Drama: Bachmann’s Aides Shoved Them!

Big news over at Memeorandum, with CNN’s Don Lemon all upset Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was at the center of an unusual campaign moment on Friday that involved reporters trying to ask her questions – and the Republican presidential candidate essentially being cocooned by a ring of protectors. Because that has never happened before in […]

Chump’s Weekly Address Plays The Partisan Patriotism Game

Hey, what better way to get those who have different political ideas to work with you than questioning their patriotism? He tried this same thing the other day. And virtually every speech, press release, and Weekly Address Obama makes does this same thing: call for working together and bipartisanship, all while insulting and denegrating those […]

Shocker! Four Charged With Voter Fraud Are Registered Democrats

I know, I know, you’re as shocked as I am, because Democrats never commit voter fraud. From WRAL Three people were charged Thursday with voter fraud after authorities determined that they voted twice in Wake County in the 2008 election, and a fourth was charged with voting twice last year, officials said. Cherie Poucher, executive […]

If All You See…

…are evil sheep raised on Big Corporation farms, you might just be a Warmist There’s also another one under the fold, which I uploaded, then realized that it may be a bit too risque for the front page

Time For Yet Another Obama Vacation

Even the USA Today notices the disconnect between Obama’s speeches and his actions: Economic woes offer awkward backdrop for Obama’s vacation Fourteen million people are out of work. Millions more are losing fortunes in the stock market. America’s AAA bond rating has slipped. So should President Obama be vacationing next week in Martha’s Vineyard, off […]

Site Staying Up?

I upped the server resources a bit, which should hopefully compensate for the bursts coming from no clue where, which only show deep in the logs. Going to turn on a CGI script Saturday which should help, hopefully. I only get to see my site so many times a day, so, let me know if […]

NY Times: You Aren’t Buying CFLs Because You’re Stupid And Don’t Know Better

Here’s one from a few days ago (via Tom Nelson). Let’s go through the preamble before we get to the meat YOU may have heard that the federal government wants to limit your choice of light bulbs, starting in January. If only. Thanks to regulations taking effect that month under the Energy Independence and Security […]

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