The Other McCain

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

Allen West Must Win

Citing a new poll about Allen West’s campaign in FL22, Dave Weigel says: [T]his should be one of the 40 seats Republicans win if they take control of the House in November. Exactly. A lot of pundits are sitting around predicting a 40+ pickup for the GOP, but those kind of big numbers overlook the […]

Doctor Zero Makes It Simple

A very eloquent expression of the basics of economic liberty vs. government compulsion.  One of the mistakes Republicans made during the Bush era was to forget the fundmental importance of limited government. There are some people who think that a massive, all-powerful, deficit-plagued, corrupt federal government is OK, so long as “our people” are running it. […]

Enoch Root’s Triple Bid for Rule 5 Link

For the benefit of newbies, Rule 5 of “How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog” postulates that “Everybody Loves a Pretty Girl,” and Enoch Root of Piece of Work in Progress obviously can get behind that idea. Bloggers who wish their recent posts to be included in our weekly Rule 5 Sunday round-up should […]

‘Someone Needs to Pay’

Meet Angel Adams, 37-year-old single mother of 15: The lifelong Tampa resident said she wants justice from the Hillsborough County sheriff’s child protection team that took her kids away from her two years ago and from Hillsborough Kids Inc., which got her kids back six months ago. “What do I do?” she said earlier in the […]

(212) 767-8600

That’s the phone number for Comedy Central, and is among the contact information compiled by Chris Renner for the benefit of Americans outraged by the imposition of dhimmitude on “South Park.”

What Kind of Totalitarian A–hole Would Object to ‘Downfall’ YouTube Parodies?

If you guessed “Hitler,” you’re a winner: Tim Cavanaugh at Reason‘s Hit & Run: The thousand-year reich of Downfall parodies has ended in ruins. Constantin Films, the German producer of the 2004 film Der Untergang, has compelled YouTube to start taking down the popular Hitler-rants-about-funny-thing-X clips. . . . The 4.3 million-view original, in which […]

Take a Chill Pill, Phil

My friend Philip Klein of the American Spectator goes into Eeyore mode over the prospect of a three-way Florida Senate election with “independent” Charlie Crist: Yet, while a Quinnipiac poll taken last week found that he trailed Marco Rubio by 23 points in the primary, it also found that in a general election, Crist leads […]

SIGTARP Report Confirms: Homeowner Bailout Program Won’t Fix Housing Crisis

Connie Hair at Human Events reports: A new report released yesterday (.pdf) by Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) warns that Obama administration efforts to bailout homeowners through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) are ineffective and will not stem the sweeping tide of foreclosures. The $75 billion HAMP […]

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