I”m not sure what’s got me more jazzed; that Obamacare is such a shambles, even the far left is bailing on the President…:
In a stunning reversal of fortune for President Barack Obama top progressives are attacking the health-reform plan moving through the Senate as “hollow,” “unsupportable” and a sellout [...]
Over the weekend Redstate's Erick Erickson made an impassioned plea that Republican Senators avail themselves of every parliamentary device at their disposal to obstruct the nationalization of health care. We posted a long response from a GOP Senate source in "How is Obamacare to be stopped?" Today Republican [...]
When Usher discovered 15-year-old talent sensation, Justin Bieber, he took him under his wing and helped him use his vocal talents to rise to a star. Likewise, when there's a superstar teen burglar roaming the country that the cops can't catch, perhaps the' [...]
If anyone at the White House thought that Barack Obama became the “decider” on military matters on January 20th, Nancy Pelosi just gave them a little bit of education in Democratic politics. Obama needs Congress to appropriate funds for a 30,000-troop increase in Afghanistan, but Pelosi won’t lift a [...]
I've read a number of articles recently about how the TEA Party might hurt the GOP if the TEA Party goes the third party route. I don't doubt that the Democrats, both the elected officials and those in the Agenda Media, want to stir up trouble. The bad news for [...]
Remember before the '08 election, when the left and media (pardon the redundancy) stood, like Captain Renault, and bellowed "I'm shocked, shocked, that you would enforce an ideological purity test" (against the "Override Six", six GOP legislators that stabbed Governor Pawlenty in the back and voted to overrride his veto [...]
Minnesota's esteemed Junior Senator, Al Franken, had this to say on the floor of the Senate last Monday.
"We are entitled to our own opinions, we're not entitled to our own facts. The fact is benefits kick in on day one and the large majority of the benefits kick in on'" [...]
The effort to change the bulbs traffic lights from high-energy incandescents to low-power LEDs does make sense — in those areas of the country where snow is not a factor. Unfortunately, just as with the decision of Seattle to stop using salt for clearing roads of [...]
Latest and greatest news is just how much the public has soured on ObamaCare, even MSNBC polls are showing anemic support. Ann Althouse addresses part of the problem with :
People just don't want this bill. I think the big mistake was skipping the step of winning public' [...]
It's been awhile since I'm lampooned one of these, but today's was just too good to resist the temptation.
Kevin --
Mitchy boy!! Good to hear from you again (If we're on a first name basis presumably, we're close enough we can start inventing nicknames right?).
If we don't pass health reform, [...]
Tarryl's Stib op-ed in this morning's edition is a perfect example of a politician who hopes that the people will read the headline, then skip the substance behind the issue.
The subject of Tarryl's op-ed is H.R. 4173, which I've nicknamed as the "Too Big To Fail Bill." Here's Tarryl's [...]
James Taranto included this nugget in yesterday's Best of the Web.
President Barack Obama's clean-energy initiatives will help create more than 700,000 jobs and allow the U.S. to double its renewable-power generation in three years, according to a report by Vice President Joe Biden," Bloomberg reports. Wow, that's a" [...]Over the weekend Redstate's Erick Erickson made an impassioned plea that Republican Senators avail themselves of every parliamentary device at their disposal to obstruct the nationalization of health care. We posted a long response from a GOP Senate source in "How is Obamacare to be stopped?" [...]
The motto of the milblogging community has always been simple- Free speech from those who make it possible.
That motto is being tested recently by the Army, which has effectively shut down one of the more popular milblogs, A Soldier's Perspective, and it's main author Master Sergeant CJ [...]
I've always appreciated people who kept their sense of humor when facing adversity. That's probably why I appreciate Rep. Thad McCotter's wit and snarkiness in this year end review:
Democrats' Year End Review: Coming Out of Left Field
Washington, DC - As the House prepares to wrap up its 2009 legislative agenda, [...]
Tuesday, after attending a job (aka tax) summit in Apple Valley (AV) sponsored by the AV Chamber of Commerce, I visited a friend who works at Medtronic.
He told me about Medtronic's founder, Earl Bakken. His is a classic story, “What is the problem? Here [...]
"If you think this movement is more circus sideshow than actual threat, you'd be mistaken. Republican candidates are falling all over each other to get [Sarah] Palin's endorsement, and the tea party movement is responding. Money is pouring in.
"Either we match the passion and activism of these new forces' [...]
Though I agree with Chairman Sutton that figuring out Minnesota campaign finance law isn't difficult, I don't agree with him when he says that the DFL doesn't share in the blame for Speaker Kelliher's mess. I'm saying that after reading this quote:
For instance, lobbyist Ted Grindal said Tuesday that [...]
Basing my opinion on Scott Rasmussen's polling, I'm betting that Charlie Crist's chances of replacing RINO Mel Martinez in the U.S. Senate are slim and dwindling. Here's what Mr. Rasmussen's polling shows:
Governor Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio are now tied in the 2010 race for' [...]
The True Believers in Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) have a problem: the temperature record isn't cooperating. While atmospheric CO2 has been increasing more or less regularly since the year 1900, temperatures have not. Most of the warming of the 20th century took place between 1900 and 1940 -- remember the Dust' [...]
From the inbox:
Join the St. Paul Photo ID Petition drive to amend the St. Paul City Charter to require a photo ID when you cast a ballot in the city election for mayor and city council. Enjoy free pizza at our volunteer recruitment appreciation Wednesday December 16 2009, 7PM at [...]
Internet entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart broke the story of the Obama administration's planned relocation of the terrorist detainees held in Guantanamo to the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois. This past Friday at Big Government Breitbart posted the draft of the presidential directive to the Attorney General and Secretary [...]
Saint Paul Schools officially have a superintendent:
The St. Paul school board on Tuesday unanimously approved a $180,000 salary and a three-year contract with its new district superintendent, Valeria Silva.
Silva, who most recently served as the district's chief academic officer, was chosen over two other finalists after a five-month search [...]
After reading Keith Ellison's latest e-letter, the first thing that popped into my head was that it was typical of DFL economics 101. Here's part of Rep. Ellison's e-letter update:
One of the top priorities I have in the Congress is building lasting prosperity for families in the Fifth Congressional District [...]
Fresh off their public humiliation at the hands of Lieberman, Obama and the Democrats were able to announce they are close to victory.
President Obama, surrounded by Senate Democratic leaders, said today "we are on the precipice" of major health care changes, though "there are still some differences that" [...]
Another day of LTEs in the St. Cloud Times, another liberal attacks Michele Bachmann. That's as surprising as finding out that President Obama is a narcissist. We've all seen the DFL use lies to advance their agenda. This time, though, it's too far over the line to not slap' [...]
After reading the CBO's letter to Sen. Evan Bayh, there's no way I can call the Democrats' legislation health care reform without feeling like I'm being dishonest. Here's the first part of the letter that jumped out at me:
In addition, the proposal would: establish a mandate for most legal [...]
A quick reminder - all Americans get health care. It is against the law to deny anyone health care. But, not all Americans have health insurance. It appears Garrison Keillor thinks "care" equals "insurance." For an individual with a vocabulary like his, it's hard to understand why he doesn't appear' [...]
Why am I forced to fund my enemies?
I don’t send money to al-Qaeda. I don’t send money to the DNC. But, I do send money to Garrison Keillor. As an entrenched member of NPR, Mr. Keillor has been using my lunch ticket for decades. He owes me. [...]
How desperate has the White House become to get anything passed under the name of health-care reform? According to Michael Goldfarb’s source on Capitol Hill, the Obama administration has targeted the last remaining Democratic holdout, at least among moderates — and they’re willing to damage national security to extort [...]
If last Christmas season was a disaster for retailers, 2009 looks like the Titanic. Gallup reports that its survey of consumers shows holiday spending down 20% or more each of the last three weeks from the previous year. Its job survey continues to show no improvement over 2008, either: [...]
After seeing the video below, I have to post something I've been holding on to; now seems the time.
Dear True Believer,
You should have gone to see and hear Lord Monckton, rather than dismissing him as a "denier." You might have become a proper skeptic, because right now you are' [...]
Some leftybloggers famously dubbed themselves the “reality-based community” – a clumsy, junior-high shot at neo-conservative “faith based” ideal.
Apparently the lefties got the idea at a seance from Egyptian political philosopher and lobbyist Ram-Gar:
“Conservatives and Republicans report fewer experiences than liberals or Democrats communicating with the dead, seeing ghosts and [...]
Ralph Peters at American Thinker has the latest deja vu inducing story...
While Obamaphiles love to compare B.O. to previous American presidents Abe Lincoln and FDR, events on the ground suggest that another comparison might be more appropriate. A sign posted anonymously outside a tent city near [...]
It's amazing the type of BS that this administration has tried peddling. This morning, it's OMB Director Peter Orszag's turn to get fisked. Here's the fantasy that he's peddling:
The Journal makes three fundamental claims. The first is that health reform represents a huge risk to the federal budget, and [...]
Minnesota's Democrats in Washington are doing their best to snatch defeat from the jaws of opportunity:
Democratic Sen. Al Franken, who took office in part thanks to the same wave of support that swept Obama in, said last week that he wants to hear more about the rationale behind the [...]
Last night, the Democrats 'caved' on expanding Medicare to appease Sen. Lieberman. Sen. Reid tried projecting a positive tone:
"Democrats aren't going to let the American people down," Majority Leader Harry Reid said after a closed-door meeting called to discuss last-minute trade-offs in the legislation that President Barack Obama has' [...]
Last week, the campaign finance spat that Speaker Kelliher got involved in didn't seem like that big a deal. Thanks to new revelations, though, it's beginning to feel like this scandal might be with us awhile.
Tony Sutton has used the best analogy I've heard yet in explaining why Speaker [...]
Mark Dayton isn't the sharpest knife in the DFL's drawer but he's sunk to a new low with his latest campaign slogan:
While almost all the DFLers argue that the wealthy should pay their "fair share," Dayton is the most explicit and aggressive about it.
"Read my lips: Tax the'" [...]
Last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that a compromise had been reached with moderates, allowing the Senate to move forward on health care. Almost immediatly that proved to be untrue, as several Senators, most notably Senator Liebermann indicated they did not agree with the Medicare expansion. [...]
Liberal pundits have claimed that 2010 wouldn't be another 1994 bloodbath because things are different this time. Specifically, they've said that one of the reasons why Republicans won 54 seats that election was the extraordinary amount of open seats that fell into the GOP's hands.
Of course, that's revisionist history, with [...]
The Obama administration makes plenty of noise about its risible “saved or created” accounting for jobs, but how much of Porkulus goes to ending jobs? In Iowa, over $43 million in stimulus funds will pay the salaries of outgoing professors in three universities:
More than $43 million of federal stimulus [...]
Great video of Lord Monkton quesioning a Greenpeace member about why she was protesting on behalf of Climate Change:
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A poll from the Star Trib today asks: is a Climate Change deal needed to save the Earth?
[...]Dave Prychitko finds a nugget in Council of Economic Advisers chair Christina Romer's appearance on Meet The Press yesterday:
MR. GREGORY: When do you expect you will be able to say the recession is over?I just got TMLC's press release on breaking news that a Board Of Inquiry, aka BOI, has found Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani not guilty of misconduct. Here's the heart of their statement:
ANN ARBOR, MI - Late last Friday afternoon (Eastern Standard Time), after three hours of deliberation, the military Board [...]
After the debacles of the overall housing bubble and the Ginnie Mae rerun last week, one might think that government might reconsider the notion of demanding that banks make marginal loans on a large scale. Last night’s interview with Barack Obama on CBS shows that populists have a particular [...]
It isn't surprising that President Obama's unpopularity keeps rising, especially considering his pursuit of the most radical agenda in U.S. history. Thus it comes as no surprise that his JAR has taken another major hit:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 24% of the nation's [...]
Nick Coleman, longtime disparager of blogs and "buh-LAW-gers", is leaving comments on blogs.
Of course, it's not like he's venturing into dangerous territory; it's only David Brauer's Braublog at MinnPost - an excellent blog, of course, even if overtly left-leaning and also a cruel joke on any German speakers who click [...]
I’ve long had a theory: In the 1980’s, the CIA infiltrated the gangs of Los Angeles and New York, and convinced them that holding handguns and even bigger arms sideways was not just “cool”, but proper shooting technique:
It must have worked much better than most government conspiracies; [...]
