Congressman Jim Moran’s August 25, 2009 town hall meeting at South Lakes High School in Reston, VA. is turning out to be a goldmine for commentators… First because of Rep. Moran’s demand to see a constituent’s ID before allowing him to ask a question and Howard Dean’s remarks on tort reform. Now there’s Officer Wesley […]
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Comeuppance: Thousands Quit AARP Over Health Care Reform
From CBS News: CBS News has learned that up to 60,000 people have cancelled their AARP memberships since July 1, angered over the group’s position on health care. Elaine Guardiani has been with AARP for 14 years, and said, “I’m extremely disappointed in AARP.” Retired nurse Dale Anderson has 12 years with AARP and said, […]
WSJ: Our Unconstitutional Census
John Baker and Elliott Stonecipher have a must read Op Ed in today’s Wall Street Journal… In short the 2010 Census is set to count all persons physically in the country, including millions of illegal aliens, resulting in states like California that have high illegal alien populations to unconstitutionally increasing their representation in congress while […]
United Breaks Guitars
How to turn bad customer service into a public relations disaster: Step 1: Break folk singer Dave Carroll’s guitar. Step 2: Give Dave the run around for 9 months before finally telling him to get stuffed. Step 3: Leave Dave so frustrated that he writes song called “United Breaks Guitars”, records it and then produces […]
Independence Day: Happy 233rd America!
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which […]
Flag Day 2009
I can’t think of a better tribute to Old Glory on her 232nd birthday than the incomparable Johnny Cash: Here’s to Old Glory, long may she wave! Today is also the 234th birthday of the United States Army. God Bless America… Go Army.
Big Govenerment: Thousands of New Regulations Costing $1.17 Trillion in 2008
From CNSNews.com: An annual report issued by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) shows that the U.S. government imposed $1.17 trillion in new regulatory costs in 2008. That almost equals the $1.2 trillion generated by individual income taxes, and amounts to $3,849 for every American citizen. According the 2009 edition of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual […]
Doctor Likens George Tiller’s Killing to Martin Luther King’s
This may just be single stupidest thing ever said by anyone anywhere: Dr. LeRoy Carhart, one of the nation’s few providers of late-term abortions, called on the federal government to treat as hate crimes all activities by “anti-choice domestic terrorists,” compared the slain Dr. George Tiller to Martin Luther King and said planting crosses was […]
George Tiller Murdered
George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the nation to perform late-term abortions, was shot and killed at his church in Wichita, Kansas on Sunday. Police have reportedly arrested Scott Roeder in connection with the crime. The person or persons who committed this heinous crime are nothing more than domestic terrorists… Nothing can justify […]
PRAVDA: American Decent into Marxism is Happening With Breath Taking Speed
I found this on Drudge this morning… It’s worth reading: It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people. True, the situation has been well […]
Miss California USA Pageant Co-Director Shanna Moakler Resigns
I saw this over at Ace’s place last night and I wasn’t going to say anything about it but there’s something about Ms. Moakler’s self-righteous attitude that sticks in my craw: The day after Carrie Prejean was told she could keep her Miss California crown, Shanna Moakler has resigned, she confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively. “Since […]
Neo-Nazis Thugs Attack Concentration Camp Survivors
I can not find words to to express my outrage at this… From the Daily Mail Online: Survivors of a Nazi death camp were shot at and abused as they gathered to remember their liberation. Masked neo-Nazi thugs screamed ‘Heil Hitler!’ and ‘This way for the gas!’ at ten elderly Italian men and women, who […]
Carrie Prejean Keeps Her Crown
I haven’t felt the need to comment on whole Carrie Prejean “controversy” for various reasons… The whole affair has been has media fueled Charlie Fox Trot. Ms. Prejean has been demonized for expressing the same opinion on Gay Marriage that Pres. Barack Obama has expressed. The fact that it has taken two weeks for someone […]
Golf Analyst David Feherty Apologizes for Pelosi Joke in Dallas Magazine
Fox News is reporting that CBS Sports Golf analyst David Feherty has apologized to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a joke in a Dallas magazine: PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty apologized Sunday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid […]
Scenes from the Rebellion: Woodbury Tea Party
Roughly 300 Connecticut residents attended a modern day “Boston Tea Party” in Woodbury’s Washington Park this morning. Here’s a few pictures from the rally: