The Other McCain

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

Voter ID, Eric Holder and the Increasingly Partisan Nature of ‘Civil Rights’

In case you haven’t figured it out by now, “civil rights” has become a code phrase for “whatever Democrats want,” so that anyone who disagrees with Democrats is said to be “anti-civil rights.” Case in point, the Texas voter ID law: The Justice Department’s civil rights division on Monday objected to a new photo ID […]

Expectations, Inc.

Ed Morrissey on tomorrow’s primaries in Alabama and Mississippi: Gingrich really needs to win both states to remain in the race, or split them with Santorum at worst case. If Romney wins in Alabama, he can claim to have won in every part of the country, while Gingrich can’t even claim to have won all […]

That Popular #OccupyResoluteDesk

by Smitty Via The Hill, North Dakota Governor Dalrymple sends his love, emphasis mine: “The second reason we are on the wrong track is that the Federal government is killing energy development with overly burdensome regulations. The best example of this is the Keystone XL pipeline which the Obama Administration will not allow to be […]

What America Really Needs Today: Meghan McCain Talking About Her Boobs

There are many important news stories I could be blogging about today. The latest polls show a statistical dead heat in the Alabama and Mississippi GOP presidential primaries. Greece has officially defaulted on its debt. Israel has reportedly delayed a military strike on Iran. My ego tells me that there are thousands of readers checking their RSS […]

Power

by Smitty This is the unifying theme of the Ruling Class: acquisition, excercise, and retention of political power, at the expense of the individual. This post is me thinking out loud about how the Ruling Class views the populace. Existence, in brief Consider the human existential situation. We have to start with the individual before […]

NY GOP Set to Botch Re-Districting Plan?

Last night I got a tip about shenanigans surrounding the congressional re-districting plan in New York State. The state legislature has been unable to reach agreement and a federal magistrate has become involved. A story from the Albany Times-Union has the background, but the bottom line is that they’re under deadline pressure, and there are rumors of “bipartisan” […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 03.12.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Army Sergeant Allegedly Massacres 19 Civilians In Afghanistan Soldier allegedly walked a mile to villages near Panjwai, shot civilians and burned the corpses before returning to base and turning himself in IDF Exchanges Bombs For Gaza Rockets Two terrorists killed Fears Of Protracted GOP Primary Echo 2008 Democrat Concerns […]

‘Take Our Country Back’: Chris Cassone Tells the Story of His Tea Party Anthem

Think back to where you were three years ago, in March 2009. President Obama had just been inaugurated. Nancy Pelosi was Speaker of the House, Harry Reid led a Senate majority of 59 Democrats, and they were in the process of ramming through Congress the $800 billion “stimulus” bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. […]

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