The Other McCain

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

Obamanomics Update: Still Not Working

Ed Morrissey and Ace of Spades both highlight a Big Government item about the Obama administration fudging employment statistics: The number of jobs in the U.S. is currently 129.7 million. So to justify the Administration’s current claim of 2.8 million jobs “created or saved” by stimulus, they need to also claim that without that stimulus […]

Darn Those Coincidences!

“I’m sure the fact that J.D. Hayworth is within 5 points of McCain is purely coincidental to this new found love of the importance of border control.” — Drew M., Ace of Spades HQ

MSNBC: Media Sycophants, Not By Coincidence

Jimmie Bise observes the pecuniary motive: General Electric . . . by some happy coincidence, managed to pay no US taxes this past year despite receiving a $140 billion gift from the administration. Prompting Jehuda to recall the Corleones:  “And we have newspaper cable news people on the payroll, don’t we, Tom?” Ah, but the Corleones […]

What New Regulation Can’t Fix: FDIC, OTS, and the WaMu SNAFU

Friday afternoon, I had to drive to Baltimore Washington International Airport to pick up my 17-year-old son Jim, who was flying in from Ohio. I could tell you a long story here about Jim’s desire to see his dog Samson, who appears to be terminally ill, and maybe dog-lovers would hit the tip-jar in sympathy, […]

What If Arnold Schwarzenegger Had Been as Conservative as Chris Christie?

The Wall Street Journal shares an anecdote about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie standing up to his state’s teachers union, earning praise from Moe Lane. Meanwhile, we’re watching California circle the drain — the state’s unemployment rate hit 12.6% in March — and I’m thinking of what a horrible disappointment Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been. What Christie […]

Just Another Random, Coincidental Beat-Down on Two Republicans in New Orleans

Allahpundit notes that New Orleans police have denied telling blogger Pat Dollard that they suspect a political motive in the brutal April 9 beating of Alexandra “Allee” Bautsch and her boyfriend, Joseph Brown, after they left a fundraiser for Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal. Michelle Malkin says: It doesn’t help to insist on making this […]

Sunshine Götterdämmerung: Crist to Announce Independent Senate Bid Today?

Via Hot Air Headlines comes this weird story from Orlando: Dr. Rick Foglesong is the President of the faculty at Rollins College, one of our political analysts who has time and time again predicted a run by the governor as an Independent. And now, he says he has a source inside the Crist campaign staff. […]

Smittypalooza III Is Underway

by Smitty We’re in the John Paul Jones Room at the Army and Navy Club. Stacy has been on a tear the last few weeks; he’s looking just a little bit stiff. At any rate, it’s time to play host, and we’ll update this later. Update: Let’s have everyone type in a quotation: Barbara Espinosa: […]

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