The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

VIDEO: George Washington At Manassas

by Smitty George Washington serves it up!

Thirsty? Tea Party Time

by Smitty I’m in Manassas, Virginia, in an area with a bit of a reputation for not always paying attention to the Federal government, though for substantially better reasons this time around. From FaceBook The Manassas Tea Party announces the”Defend the Constitution Rally” to support Virginia’s lawsuit against thefederal government’s imposition of national healthcare on […]

WEIGEL RESIGNS

This is not good news for conservatives, no matter how much you hate Dave Weigel. UPDATE: In an e-mail to several bloggers last night, I observed: [O]nce the WaPo axed Ben Domenech, it was more than four years before they again tried a “conservative” blog. As someone who is BCC’d said to me on the […]

Condolences to Jeff Goldstein

His father just died. You should hit Jeff’s tip-jar.

Defeatist Peaceniks Upset That Obama Isn’t Losing Afghanistan War Fast Enough

That’s not the headline on the Politico story, but it could be: The president and congressional critics, long on a collision course over the war in Afghanistan, are hurtling ever faster toward each other since the ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and doves on Capitol Hill are feeling a little tougher right now. The anti-war […]

Did Somebody Say ‘Double Dip’?

Oh, yes they did! Could a double dip in the housing market be on the way? That’s what influential banking analyst Meredith Whitney told CNBC’s Squawk Box yesterday. Market analyst Barry Ritholtz explains: The assumption has been that if we can modify mortgages or voluntarily refrain from foreclosures, the [residential real estate] market will stabilize. […]

The Dissonant Feeling That You Might Not Speak Your Mother Tongue

by Smitty (via Colmes) DOOCY: The country is so gridlocked around this. What can business do that Washington, DC has not been effective in doing so far? MURDOCH: Well you just gotta keep the pressure on the congressmen. You gotta do it on the press and on the television. It’s a political thing. They gotta […]

Jews Attacked in Germany

The Religion of Peace: Arab youths threw stones at a Jewish dance group during a street festival in Hannover, injuring one dancer and forcing the group to cancel its performance, German police and dance officials said Thursday. The teenagers also used a megaphone to shout anti-Semitic slurs during the attack Saturday, Hannover police spokesman Thorsten […]

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