Each of us, even those amongst us with needs, can be thankful for our good fortune — at least in some small measure. There are many things in our lives that cause us to feel this way, to feel grateful for the bounty that graces us despite the hardships life [...]
The Road Ahead in the Health Care Battle – 22 nov – While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has secured the needed 60 votes to bring his health care bill to the Senate floor after Thanksgiving recess, there’s still a long road to go until President Obama can sign legislation [...]
Krauthammer on Landrieu’s $100 Million Louisiana Purchase – 21 nov – Remember earlier this year when the new era of hope and change was ushered into Washington, D.C. and President Barack Obama made the statement on day one his policies would “represent a clean break from business as usual?” Not [...]
Damage Control: Pentagon Launches Probe Of Fort Hood – 20 nov – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a thorough investigation into the Fort Hood shootings to examine if warning signs were missed and to ensure such a rampage never happens again. US Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan has been [...]
Rubio Campaign Gains Traction – 20 nov – Pundits may have originally viewed former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate campaign against Gov. Charlie Crist as a long-shot, but a growing list of endorsements from the Family Research Council and other far-right organizations has caused the social conservative Republican [...]
Sometimes it all just boils down to allowing that quaint but admirable American sense of fair play to shine through. We Middle Americans are fond of working things out in our own time, in our own way -- fairly and reasonably . . . [...]
OBAMA LAUGHER! Too Much Debt Could Fuel Double-Dip Recession – 18 nov – Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession. With the U.S. [...]
U.S. Public Debt Tops $12 Trillion For First Time – 18 nov – The US public debt topped $12 trillion for the first time in history, Treasury officials disclosed Tuesday, moving past a key barrier that raised hackles in Congress. Treasury data showed Monday’s outstanding debt at $12.031 trillion, up [...]
Lieberman Independence Hinders Democrat Health Scam – 17 nov – Joseph Lieberman was re-elected to the U.S. Senate as a political independent after Connecticut Democrats snubbed him in 2006. Now, he’s living up to that designation as a potential obstacle to President Barack Obama’s top priority, health care. Lieberman, 67, [...]
NYC to Obama: No You Won’t – 16 nov – The Obama administration grossly underestimated the response of the American people in it’s decision to try war-field combatants as common thieves in criminal courts handed down this week by Attorney General Holder. The American people were also not impressed that [...]
Concerns Rise Around Obama Trip – 15 nov – Obama arrived in Shanghai late Sunday to press China on issues from climate change to economic restructuring, amid rising concerns that his first swing through Asia as president will yield more disappointment than progress on trade, human rights, national security and [...]
Much like the mythical Sisyphus, Americans are challenged by a new governmental philosophy; The philosophy of the absurd. We find ourselves devoid of and searching for a government based upon honor, honesty, and integrity . . . [...]
Marco Rubio Keynoting CPAC – 14 nov – Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio was announced Thursday as the keynote speaker of the Conservative Political Action Conference, a high-profile platform that marks Rubio’s fast climb as a favorite son of the conservative movement. CPAC Director Lisa De Pasquale made the announcement [...]
Obama Plans Purge OF GOP From Civil Service – 13 nov – Via Instapundit comes word that the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to purge the federal government of Republican civil servants all in the name of purify the federal bureaucracy. It is a typical Washington process [...]
Anti-incumbent sentiment surges – 13 nov – Politico is reporting that one year out from midterm elections, anti-incumbent sentiment is approaching its highest level in two decades, according to a poll released Wednesday by Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The survey found that 53 percent of [...]
Florida GOP Leaders Demand Emergency Meeting – 12 nov – Concerned Republicans say they aren’t out for the head of Florida GOP Party Chairman Jim Greer. But they do want to talk to him. Behind closed doors. Responding to an embarrassing string of controversies involving the Florida Republican Party, top [...]
Cuba Orders Extreme Cuts In Energy Use – 12 nov – Reuters: Cuba’s energy situation termed “critical.” Some factories, workshops to be closed through December. Most other economic activities to be reduced.
Cuba has ordered all state enterprises to adopt “extreme measures” to cut energy usage through the end of the [...]
Abortion Democrat Confident Stupak Amendment Will Be Stripped – 11 nov – A House Democratic leader said Monday she’s “confident” controversial language on abortion will be stripped from a final healthcare bill. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats’ chief deputy whip in the House, said that she and other [...]
From Tuns Tavern in 1775 to Afghanistan in 2009, United States Marines have carved out a legacy fighting in places few would know, in conditions no one should ever endure. And throughout its long and sterling history, Corps honor and traditions have been paid for in blood . . . [...]
New York Will Be Broke Before Christmas – 10 nov – Governor David Paterson called an unusual joint session of the Legislature Monday to implore recalcitrant lawmakers to close the state’s huge budget gap before New York runs out of money. To some lawmakers it’s nothing more than a photo [...]
Wash Post Warns PelosiCare Could Bankrupt U.S. – 09 nov – From The American Spectator – For all the criticism it receives from conservatives, the Washington Post should not be lumped together with the New York Times. While the Times is a consistent shill for the liberal policy agenda, the [...]
Slick Crist Changes Tune On Stimulus Plan – 09 nov – In a heated race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Gov. Charlie Crist keeps moving away from his support of President Barack Obama’s stimulus package that the governor called “fantastic” and “remarkable” when lobbying for its passage. Faced with [...]
Election Tables Have Turned On Democrats – 08 nov – Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as [...]
Pelosi Squeaks Through Obamacare At Night – 08 nov – In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was [...]
America's veterans have uplifted hundreds of millions of lives around the globe and provided security for our country and the world. They have repeatedly demonstrated to all people that freedom is the mightiest force on Earth . . . [...]
Buy $15,000 Policy Or Go To Jail Under Pelosi Plan – 07 nov – Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy [...]
Unemployment Now 10.2 Percent – 06 nov – U.S. employers cut a deeper-than-expected 190,000 jobs in October, government data showed on Friday, driving the unemployment rate to 10.2 percent, the highest in 26-1/2 years. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate was the highest since April 1983 and October’s non-farm [...]
Democrat Senate Approves Democrat Climate Bill – 06 nov – Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ignored a Republican boycott and used their majority to approve legislation that would require U.S. industry to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases 20 percent by 2020, from [...]
Tea Partiers Descend On Capitol Hill – 06 nov – The Tea Party holds no seat in Congress, but at least 10,000 of the party’s members descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to rally against a Democratic-written health care overhaul. A plan first hatched and heralded on FOX by iconic conservative [...]
Democrat Senate Bans US Citizenship Census Question – 05 nov – Senate Democrats have blocked a GOP attempt to require next year’s census forms to ask people whether they are a U.S. citizen. The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding immigrants from the population totals [...]
Democrats Confront Coalition Strains – 05 nov – Elections this week left Democrats scrambling to renew the coalition that elected President Barack Obama after independent voters, whose power to determine U.S. elections is rising with their numbers, broke heavily toward Republicans. But even as Republicans celebrated their victories, they faced [...]
Yesterday, something wonderful happened. Despite years of condescending mewl for GOP moderation and whining for the GOP to be Democrat Lite from the likes of Noonan, Frum, Brooks, Parker, et al, America witnessed a significant turn . . . [...]
45% For Obama And 49% Against If Election Held Now – 04 nov – Americans are a little less enthusiastic about the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama this time around. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% of adults say they would be at least somewhat likely [...]
Number of comments: 2 Marco Rubio Warming Up Panhandle Voters – 03 nov – U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is an unlikely contender in northwest Florida, a strip of the Bible Belt closer to Alabama than his hometown of Miami. For the young, Cuban-American politician, Panhandle voters could be a tough crowd: They’ve come [...]
Gore Makes Big Bucks From Global Scamming – 03 nov – Former Vice President Al Gore thought he had spotted a winner last year when a small California firm sought financing for an energy-saving technology from the venture capital firm where Mr. Gore is a partner. Mr. Gore and his [...]
Scozzafava Manager Backs Hoffman In R23 – 02 nov – Assemb. Dede Scozzafava (R) may be crossing party lines to support atty Bill Owens (D), but her now ex-mgr Matt Burns isn’t going along with that decision. “Dede is entitled to her own opinion, as is everyone, but I obviously [...]
Republican Holds Slim Lead In Blue NJ – 02 nov – Chris Christie leads Jon Corzine 47-41 in PPP’s final poll of the New Jersey Governor’s race, with Chris Daggett at 11 percent. Corzine had pulled to within a point of Christie on our poll three weeks ago after trailing [...]
R23 Republican Scozzafava Endorses Democrat Owens – 01 nov – You know me, and throughout my career, I have been always been an independent voice for the people I represent. I have stood for our honest principles, and a truthful discussion of the issues, even when it cost me personally [...]
Take a walk around your town. Talk to the business owners. Ask them about this miracle upswing in the economy. Don't mind the blank stares you get in return . . .' [...]
Scozzafava Drops Out of NY 23 Race – 31 oct – In an exclusive interview with The TCOT Report, Dede Scozzafava Campaign spokesperson Matt Burns acknowledged that the Tea Party activists and conservative blogosphere played a significant role in the circumstances that led to Scozzafava’s withdrawal today from the NY [...]
Stocks swoon as worries about the economy return – 31 oct – Grim signals about consumer spending ripped through the markets Friday, sending stocks tumbling as investors raced for safe havens. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index and the Nasdaq composite index ended with losses for October, breaking a streak [...]
New House Health Care Bill Mandates – 30 oct – The new House bill, H.R. 3962, builds on its predecessor from July in increasing the financial burden on low-income and moderate-income Americans. Furthermore, health plans would have to meet new requirements to be specified later by the new “Health Choices [...]
Desperate And Potentially Illegal Web Attack On Rubio – 29 oct – This morning, to great fanfare in Florida, an anonymous website called truthaboutrubio.com went live. RedState probed the source code of the website and found it was from Mr. Rich Heffley, who played a key role in getting Charlie [...]
Denver Braces For Massive Snow Storm – 28 oct – Weather observers could be measuring snowfall in feet in parts of Colorado over the next two days, with as much as 18 inches expected in parts of metro Denver. The alarming early-season forecast placed local governments and airlines at Denver [...]
At first glance, Florida's Senate primary challenge seems as ludicrous as it is daunting. A popular sitting governor boasting high approval ratings . . . [...]
CNN Drops to Last Place Among Cable News Networks – 27 oct – CNN, which invented the cable news network more than two decades ago, will hit a new competitive low with its prime-time programs in October, finishing fourth – and last – among the cable news networks with the [...]
Fox News War Upside For Obama – 26 oct – The Obama administration has taken a fair amount of grief for its campaign to marginalize Fox News, saying the cable network is “not a news organization” but rather “the communications arm of the Republican Party.” Still, could the administration have [...]
A nation's anxiety deepens when it is manipulated by a demagogue, and especially so when the demagogue is a dilettante. As the incremental loss of American freedoms metastasize from perception to reality, American citizens are coming to realize that freedom and tyranny -- tyranny no matter its label or velvet-gloved [...]
Reid and the rebels – 25 oct – When writing a few days ago about the growing nervousness of moderate Senate Democrats over the approaching vote to raise the federal debt limit, I had no idea how quickly evidence of that shift in the political winds would appear. I quoted [...]
Obama Suffers Major Defeat In War On Fox News – 23 oct – The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox is “opinion journalism masquerading as news.” Patting rival networks on the head for their authenticity (read: docility), senior adviser [...]
