We’ve reached something of grim milestone… It has now been 1,000 days since federal government has had an actual budget: I can’t say it any better than Tina Korbe: No matter what measure you use, government spending has increased since 1965. Total government spending has more than doubled. Federal spending per household has increased from $11,431 […]
Emily Finally Almost Gets Her Gun
I’ve been following the trails and travails of Washington Times Senior Opinion Page Editor Emily Miller over past several months as she’s navigated her way through Washington D.C.’s ridiculously complex guns laws. Ms. Miller decided to buy a gun after she was the victim of a home invasion while dog and house sitting for friends […]
Merry Christmas 2011
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year everyone… I hope you find health, happiness and peace during this holiday season and through out the coming year! Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -Ephesians 1:2
Mythbusters Experiment Goes Awry; Sends Cannonball Through Home
Let me preface is this by saying I’m a big fan of Mythbusters, but like many of you I’ve been expecting something like this would happen for quite some time… Accidents happen, but what happened Tuesday, while Mythbusters co-hosts Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara were working on either proving or debunking myths related to […]
Ouch, That’s Gonna Leave A Mark
It’s a good thing this happened in Chicago, where strict “gun control” laws ensure convicted felons, like Anthony Miranda, don’t have access to firearms: Robbing a man who turned out to be an ultimate fighter proved to be a bad decision for a convicted felon, who is now in bad shape as he is held […]
Breaking: Barney Frank Won’t Seek Re-election
Break out the Champagne! From CNN: Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, a 16-term Democrat, will announce Monday he does not intend to seek re-election in 2012, according to a statement from Frank’s office. Good riddance, don’t let the door hit you on the way out Congressman. H/T: Weasel Zippers. Update: Matt Mackowiak tweets: With Rep. Barney […]
Priceless: Pelosi Backs C-SPAN Call For Supreme Court to Televise Obamacare Arguments
Oh this is rich, Former House Speaker Nancy “We have to pass the health care bill so that you can find out what is in it” Pelosi, the woman who shut the American people out of the debate over health care reform is now calling for transparency? House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday […]
Hous GOP Will Vote on Balanced Budget Amendment That Permits Unlimited Federal Spending
House Republicans expect begin debate on a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution as early as today. The measure of the, H.J. Res 2, which is part of the debt-ceiling deal Democrats agreed to in August is watered down political cop-out on the part of the Republican leadership. Apparently House Speaker John Boehner thinks this vanilla […]
Yet Another ObamaCare Glitch
Rember when then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said “We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It”? Well they passed Obamacare and we’re quickly discovering that it is deeply flawed piece of legislation. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has already suspended indefinitely implementation of the […]
Mother Shoots, Kills Would-be Kidnapper
I guess this guy didn’t memo… You don’t mess with a Mama Grizzly: Sheriff’s officials in southwest Florida say a clerk at a 24-hour food store shot and killed a man who tried to rob her and take her 1-year-old daughter. According to news reports 22-year-old Elizabeth Easterly was alone in her families landmark corner store […]
The Obama-Romney Tariff
Lord help us… Senators Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham are at it again, this time pushing a monumentally bad idea, called the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act through the Senate: The world has done surprisingly well since the Great Recession began at not making things worse with trade protectionism. But that may soon change […]
Ron Paul: Killing Of Anwar Al-Awlaki An Impeachable Offense, a Step Toward “Tyranny”…
I want to like Ron Paul, he makes a lot sense when he talks about monetary policy and the need for greater transparency and oversight of the Federal Reserve, but he loses me when he starts talking about foreign policy and says things like this: Ron Paul said Monday that President Barack Obama’s targeted killing […]
Breaking: Amanda Knox Murder Conviction Overturned
Nearly four years after she was first arrested on suspicion of murder, an Italian appeals court has overturned Amanda Knox’s murder conviction and order her released. Her co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito’s conviction was also overturned: Both were expected to be freed after being returned to prison to collect their belongings. Earlier Monday, a tearful Knox told […]
Democrats to Push Tax Hikes First in Deficit Talks
From Reuters: Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in “super committee” deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year’s budget fights, sources told Reuters. The tough stance by Democratic members of the powerful 12-member congressional panel reflects the party’s wariness that Republicans might […]
Dear Yahoo; Your Fired
I have used and recommended Yahoo Mail to family, friends and clients for the better part of a decade; unfortunately over the past few months Yahoo Mail has become completely unusable. Starting in late June, I started receiving intermittent authentication errors when I tried to retrieve my e-mail using your POP3 server. These authentication errors […]