Democracy As An Obstruction To Swift Action Is A Valid Point
by Smitty Bluegrass Pundit posts: Noted Environmentalist James Lovelock and developer of the Gaia theory thinks democracy is getting in the way of fighting climate change. Also, he thinks Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change It is certainly the case that providing for regular elections and separation of powers cuts down on the [...]
Sarah Palin Channels Nevada Heat, Breaks Window In Alaska
by Smitty Alan Colmes: The headquarters of Alaska’s Democratic Party was vandalized over the weekend and the state party chair thinks the incident was influenced by Sarah Palin. He then offers mad propz to Sarah Palin’s rhetoric-fu, quoting Patti Higgins, state chair of the Alaska Democratic Party “In the beginning I didn’t think she knew [...]
Howard Kaloogian Is A Completely Unreasonable, Rabid, Extremist Tea Party Fiend And Stuff
by Smitty No, really, he clocks in here as sort of a mellow fellow who could be your neighbor. A couple of questions fronted in this interview with of PJTV are: Can the Tea Party co-exist with the GOP? Can the GOP survive without the Tea Party? It seems that there will have to be [...]
Doug From Reno, Sarah From Wasilla
From my column today in The American Spectator: Doug from Reno was standing about 50 yards from the stage at Saturday’s “Showdown in Searchlight,” two hours before the official noon start of the rally featuring Sarah Palin. He was part of a huge crowd already gathering for the big first-day event of the Tea Party [...]
Why Does Rep. Dingell Hate Naval Architects?
by Smitty BlogProf has the audio of Rep. Dingell comparing ObamaCare to the RMS Titanic. This is so outrageous. The Titanic was a proper ship. If properly crewed, there is no reason she would not be maintained in a state of pristine newness through massive amounts of paint and polish, just like Nancy Pelosi. Opines [...]
Obi’s Sister Reports On The Defending The American Dream Summit
by Smitty An interesting review and pictures here. I don’t doubt that the country retains the ability to recover from the current Congress and Administration. There will be considerable pain involved, however.
Seeing Through Andrew Breitbart’s Cunning Plan
by Smitty (h/t LMA) Andrew Breitbart will continue to escalate the zeros on the right end of his racial epithet bounty. Past a certain tipping point, the temptation will be too great. Someone will mix in Dynamite Hack, covering Easy-E: (NSFW) However, by that time, the bounty will have crossed the Too Big To Fail [...]
‘He Counted On America To Be Passive. He Counted Wrong.’
by Smitty Regarding the POTUS, we can expect exactly 0 substantial reflection, course alteration, or improvement in the political atmosphere between now and November, emphasis mine: Whatever the case, the next seven months going into November are going to be about domination and attempted marginalization, not cooperation. He’ll seek to paint the GOP as obstructionist, [...]
Tea Party Express III: Fear and Loathing — and Ann Coulter! — in Las Vegas
BUMPED & UPDATED! SUNDAY MARCH 28: We were linked by Her Blondeness yesterday. Unfortunately, security at the Vegas event was so tight that I didn’t get to say “Hello” to her, although I did get to wave at her personal bodyguard, Floyd — shortly before two Las Vegas police officers pulled me aside and frisked me [...]
Tea Party With Sarah Palin: Scenes from the Showdown in Searchlight, Nev.
Word. Sarah Palin speaks! Notice the flags fluttering furiously. It was incredibly windy Saturday. I was backstage and one of my buddies let me get a nice perch at stage left to get photos and video, but the wind was more powerful than the sound system at the rally, which made Palin nearly inaudible on [...]
Rule 5 Sunday
by Smitty Getting back to the Rule 5 duties. March Madness has been severe this year on multiple levels. Here we will focus on sweater puppies, and leave basketball and the Congress to others.
Stacy Should Advise His Cousin To Consider Retirement
by Smitty Barbara Espinosa posts some medium-devastating details about Senator McCain’s Reform Institute for Campaign and Election Issues: Founded on June 26, 2001, McCain’s Reform Institute for Campaign and Election Issues has long served as a nerve center for the so-called “campaign finance reform” movement – a movement which has done nothing to clean up [...]
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