The Other McCain

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Christine Pelosi: Supreme Court Decision Permits Corporations To Broadcast Legislation In The Radio Frequency Spectrum, Threatening Female Health

by Smitty For heaven’s sake, lady, get an editor: On this second anniversary of Citizens United, the court decision equating corporations with people, American women must join together to combat its nefarious effects on our lives and ourt[sic] families. In the past two years, Citizens United has allowed corporations to flood the airwaves and the […]

‘Turning It Around’ Is 99% Turning It Around, And Only 1% Asking ‘Can We Turn It Around?’

by Smitty I got people wondering aloud regarding my optimism. The alternatives are simply navigational hazards: important to recognize, but only for the sake of avoidance. Maybe I’m just stoked from watching Scott Ott lay out the problem clearly and concisely here and here. Progressivism has worked its evil slowly, while no on paid attention. It’s […]

One Of The Best Pages On The Net

by Smitty The topic of deconstruction came up last night. Deconstruction is to art what Postmodernism is to Philosophy, and Progressivism is to our politics: a nihilistic effort to destroy reason, the Enlightenment, and our Constitution. Hence the record here on the blog that I regularly pump as many metaphorical shotgun shells into the whole […]

Froma Harrop And Procul Harum: Both Progressive Rock, But Only One A Band

by Smitty (via The Conservatory) Head over to Dan Collin’s place and watch it, since the embed isn’t playing nicely for us. The tone-deafness (if you will) reaches nearly creepy levels. rdbrewer at AoSHQ has some quoteworthy analysis: I’m left with questions. 1) Did she not know this was John Oliver from The Daily Show, […]

After #Occupy Reaches The Full Zombie Apocalypse Phase, Remember This Clip

by Smitty via Make

‘Occupy’ Protesters at Bachmann HQ: Proof That Gardasil Causes Retardation?

JOHNSTON, Iowa Michele Bachmann has taken a lot of flak for saying that she was approached in Florida by a mother who claimed her daughter suffered brain damage as the result of a Gardasil vaccination. You may sneer at that claim, but when I showed up at Bachmann’s Iowa campaign headquarters today for an scheduled […]

Missing The Point On Marriage!

by Smitty I’m sure that Roxanne de Luca can pick up any oversights here, but the social conservative in me can’t help but yell at this post. We’re talking about marriage, not a game of chess. The conclusion: Marriage is extremely important for societal stability and survival. But the current legal form of marriage is […]

IOWA NOTEBOOK: Occupy Caucuses?

Rick Perry speaks at Smokey Row coffee shop Pella, Iowa, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 DAVENPORT, Iowa After days of chasing after campaigns, I find myself in the unusual position of waiting for the campaign to come to me. Rick Santorum will be here in Davenport this evening for a 7 p.m. event, and so I’m […]

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