Union-Endorsed Politician Caught in Drunk Driving Scandal: Is This News?
State Sen. Roy Ashburn’s contributions from California labor unions raised eyebrows last year, but now that he’s been busted for DUI all that anyone seems to care about is that Ashburn is a Republican: The veteran Kern County lawmaker was spotted weaving at about 2 a.m. Wednesday and was pulled over, said Sgt. Rick Campbell […]
‘Tremble in Fear!!!!’
Mock fearmongering or fearmonger mocking? We report, you deride. Speaking of fearmongers deserving of mockery . . . Charles Johnson. Allahpundit mocks Dylan Ratigan, whose performance prompts Dan Riehl to ask, “What is he, some kind of Olbermann wannabe?” and prompts Professor Reynolds to reflect: One of [Ratigan’s] producers called to ask me to be on […]
Obama Still Trying to ‘Do a Chicago’ in Push for Health-Care Bill (UPDATED)
Threatening “reconcilliation” to muscle Senate Republicans: White House officials tell ABC News that in his remarks [today] President Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issue to get a health care reform bill passed but will suggest that if it is necessary, Democrats will use the controversial “reconciliation” rules requiring only […]
‘Epic Fail’: GW University Event Tonight Will Examine Obama’s Policy Failures
Jonah Goldberg of National Review, Chris Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Donald Lambro of the Washington Times will speak at a “Barack Obama Epic Fail Teach-In” at George Washington University tonight at 6 p.m. Among the policy failures to be addressed: 5.8 million people have been searching for work for more than 27 […]
Rule 5 in the News: New Jersey Prudes Call Cops on Nude Snow Sculpture
The same kind of anti-fun activists who complain about the Pamela Anderson blog ad are everywhere: She was a frosty Venus de Milo, but one Rahway family’s snow-packed tribute to the Greek goddess of love and beauty was another person’s pornography. Maria Conneran and her family worked feverishly to fashion their armless, nude snowlady from […]
Oh, Great: Senate Plans to Entrust U.S. Financial System to Federal Reserve?
The kind of economic insanity only Chris Dodd could concoct: Key members of the Senate Banking Committee, after months of negotiations, are expected to unveil their proposal within the next week, people familiar with the negotiations said. While the sources cautioned that no agreement has been reached, the lawmakers, led by the panel’s chairman, Sen. […]
Rick Perry Beats Kay Bailey Hutchison
Don’t mess with Texas: Gov. Rick Perry won a decisive victory over Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Texas GOP primary for governor Tuesday night, bringing a bruising fight between two of the state’s most popular Republicans to an anticlimactic conclusion. Perry said his win should send a message to Washington. “Quit spending all the […]
How SPLC Hypes the Hate
Dangerous extremist militias taking over America? The Southern Poverty Law Center reports “an astonishing 363 new Patriot groups appeared in 2009, with the totals going from 149 groups (including 42 militias) to 512 (127 of them militias) – a 244% jump” from 2008. OK, so let’s ask a question: How does the SPLC get these numbers? […]
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