Monthly Archives: March 2010
Scott Brown is Pro-Gun
Conservatives are, unbelievably, blaming Scott Brown for losing the health-care vote. Once again, they are calling him a RINO – as in, “we elected a RINO and we still got this lousy health-care bill.” Never mind that the critical vote … Continue reading
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Health Care Disaster
Well, that was a partisan debacle. Speaker Pelosi put too much energy into “making history” and not enough into reading it. Johnson-era lawmakers could not predict that their programs would later drag America toward bankruptcy. Today, we can, and House … Continue reading
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Here’s That Chart Again
The Republican Party is not the only one struggling with doctrinal purity. As MSNBC reports, there are divisions among Democrats as well. Centrists from both parties have been purged recently, in doctrinally-motivated primary challenges. White House adviser David Axelrod is … Continue reading
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Don’t Mess with Textbooks
Conservatives on the Texas Board of Education are enjoying their majority – dictating which opinions will become required reading for Texan school kids. For instance, America is no longer to be described as a “democracy.” The left is apoplectic, of … Continue reading
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That Pesky 14th Amendment
How are gun rights like gay rights? Jeremiah has written that “rights are rights,” no matter what, and the Supreme Court seems to agree. Interestingly, the same 14th amendment approach that was used to defend gay rights in California is … Continue reading
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Come Back, America!
Now, here’s a guy who can make you wake up screaming. David M. Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States, was on the radio yesterday. He laid out exactly how broke America is, and what the consequences are likely … Continue reading
Taxpayers Forced to Fund Abortions
It was grim watching Mitt Romney take his ritual beating on Fox News. He was on the program to promote his new book and, obviously, his 2012 presidential bid. The book, titled “No Apology,” is a defense of American exceptionalism, … Continue reading
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Schoolchildren Held Hostage
Warning, this video contains material you may find offensive – second graders in California, forced to write letters of protest to the governor. Are they protesting global warming, perhaps? No. Their teacher, one Jody Hoffman, has the little tykes protesting … Continue reading
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Blanche Lincoln, Centrist Hall of Fame
Our latest inductee is Senator Blanche Lincoln, now being drummed out of the Democratic Party for voting against “public option” and the GM bailout, among other heresies. Senator Lincoln faces stiff opposition in the Arkansas primary. The AFL-CIO, which usually … Continue reading
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End CAFE, Raise Gas Tax
Jeremiah recalls the first oil shock, in 1973, and so he was dismayed to live through another one in 2008. This is a “fool me twice, shame on me” story. Shame on Congress, that is, for enacting a cowardly regulation … Continue reading
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