Allow Me To Disagree With Sen. DeMint
by Smitty Cubachi has Senator DeMint’s proposal for three terms for members of the House of Representatives and two terms for those in the Senate. Here is a better idea: repeal the 17th Amendment. Let the Senate return to representing the States. The States can treat Senate nominations like the President treats Supreme Court nominations. […]
TODAY: Herman Cain in New Hampshire
He’s one of the headliners at the Americans for Prosperity Tax Day Tea Party at the state capitol in Concord. Then it’s off to Florida where he’ll speak this evening (6:30 p.m. ) at a Tea Party rally in Orlando featuring Marco Rubio. Join the online grassroots army at Citizens for Cain.
‘Avenge the Patriotic Gore That Flecked the Streets of Baltimore’
The state song, “Maryland, My Maryland” (sung to the tune of “O Tannenbaum”) is actually a pro-Confederate anthem written in 1861. The “patriotic gore” was shed by 12 secessionist civilians shot dead by Union troops in Baltimore on April 19 of that year. And as for the song’s lyrics in the ninth verse — “Huzza! […]
Usefully Dealing With Birtherism
by Smitty It’s really cool of The Donald to go all high dudgeon about the birther nonsense this late in the presidential term. Dealing with it in a useful way, in contrast, is Arizona, whose ‘fool us once’ measure goes to the Senate. As with checking for valid ID at a polling place, checking for […]
Fort Sumter 1861: ‘Strike a Blow!’
Today, a most momentous anniversary is the subject of my column at The American Spectator: Visitors to Princeton, New Jersey, may find there the grave of a former New York state judge who died in 1919 at the advanced age of 90. Judge Roger Pryor was not from New Jersey, however, nor was he a […]
On This Caption Like Sweet On Cherry Pie
by Smitty (h/t Maggie’s Farm) Or, as Ron Paul said, End the Fed. Also available for the mighty Kindle, which gadget I have been enjoying immensely here by the Hindu Kush. I don’t know how to link Amazon URLs to Stacy’s tip jar, but we really need to support him financially so that he can […]
New Orleans, Again?
The croupiers at Harrah’s are probably rubbing their hands in gleeful anticipation at the prospect that I’ll resume my roulette losing streak during the Republican Leadership Conference and Reagan Centennial Celebration in New Orleans June 16-18. But really: This trip would be a legitimate business expense, right? I’m a political journalist and my man Herman […]
Let’s Laugh Now: Palin Edges Huckabee Among Mississippi Segregationists?
While checking Memeorandum to keep track of the latest government shutdown developments Friday, I saw this headline at the liberal Talking Points Memo blog: Nearly Half Of Mississippi Republicans Think Interracial Marriage Should Be Illegal Hmmmmm. So I went over to check the results at Public Policy Polling and found that, in a poll of […]
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