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  1. In Other News...South Carolina Has a Killer on the Loose

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 3 Jul 2009 | 6:28 pm MDT

    Not to make too light of the situation--I realize they're worried--but the quotes from the article amused me and I think they will most of you, too: "There is no greater fear than the fear of the unknown and nobody...

  2. Are You Better Off Than You Were Two Years Ago?

    → Wizbang | 3 Jul 2009 | 6:22 pm MDT

    As Americans prepare to celebrate the 4th of July it's worth asking, are you better off than you were two years ago when Democrats took over Congress? Are you better...


  3. M.J. r.i.p.

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 3 Jul 2009 | 6:10 pm MDT

    MJ at his best. Posted in video Tagged: Michael jackson

  4. Palin Resignation Shocks Political World

    → Pajamas Media | 3 Jul 2009 | 5:20 pm MDT

    The timing of this announcement is very odd for someone who is trying to execute a strategy to get into the White House in 2013.




  5. Sarah Palin’s Resignation–Updated

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 3 Jul 2009 | 3:54 pm MDT

    Unless you’re at the TeaParty and sweating in the sun, you’ve heard that Sarah Palin resigned good three weeks from now, from her post as Alaska Governor. Why? No one knows. Oh, there’s speculation. I myself wondered if it was because of health concerns. It could be as simple as she’s the Brangelina of politics [...]

  6. I Have No Idea…

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 3:40 pm MDT

    …why Sarah Palin decided to resign, but whatever she decides to do in the future, I wish her well. My guess? She just got tired of the non-stop bath o’crap to which she’s been subjected by the assholes of the Mainly Socialist Media, and the assholes of the McCain/RINO/Lameass camp. UPDATE: Sarah Palin - Amy Holmes [...]

  7. SARAH PALIN RESIGNING JULY 25thBreaking: Sarah Palin Will Not Seek Re-Election as Governor

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 3 Jul 2009 | 3:36 pm MDT

    Her big statement, tipped by GOP sources. [DrewM]...She's resigning at the end of the month. Wow. [Ace] And that is that. It's over. You can't resign from a governorship and then run for higher office. Barring some strong reason,...

  8. Jonah Goldberg to Sarah Palin: Do Your Job and Do Your Homework

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 3 Jul 2009 | 3:33 pm MDT

    Hmmmm... I think maybe there's absolutely no point to this post at all, given recent events in Juneau. Awesome column which pretty much says everything I think. Goldberg notes he was one of Palin's earliest and biggest cheerleaders; I can't...

  9. Palin Steps Down: Is It Over for Her?

    → Pajamas Media | 3 Jul 2009 | 2:58 pm MDT

    The stunning announcement may spell doom for her political future. (Read more from Ed Driscoll here.)




  10. Blessings To The Palin Family

    → PoliPundit.com | 3 Jul 2009 | 2:15 pm MDT

    I think Geraghty at NRO has it right; “I can only imagine a life running a state while caring for a son with Down syndrome and a son in Iraq and a daughter who is a new mother in the sharp glare of the public spotlight and a grandson and another daughter suddenly appearing in David [...]

  11. Hey, Who Is Up For Some More Sarah Palin Talk? MORE: Some Sort Of Announcement Today. UPDATE 2- CNN Reporting She Won't Run For Reelection

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:32 pm MDT

    Quick above the post note...various commenters have tipped that she has scheduled some sort of announcement for 3pm eastern. Not running for another term as Governor? Strange day for it but stay tuned. Cockholster Rick Sanchez on CNN (you know...

  12. Governor Sarah Palin to make an Announcement at 3pm Eastern

    → Wizbang | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:31 pm MDT

    The Politico reports Governor Palin will make an announcement from her home in Wasilla, which some are speculating means that she will announce she won't run for reelection as governor....


  13. The Real Michael Jackson Disappeared Long Ago

    → Pajamas Media | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:56 pm MDT

    The pop icon's death got me thinking about another era in my life in which his music was part of the soundtrack. (Also read Roger L. Simon: Mainstream Media Michael Jackson Obsession Continues to Top Itself)




  14. Real Conservatives to Powell: Bite Me

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:41 pm MDT

    Powell airs doubts on Obama agenda - Washington Times Colin Powell, one of President Obama’s most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern Friday that the president’s ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the federal debt too much. Hooey. Powell’s about as much a Republican as Hussein Obama is. He forfeited [...]

  15. Gutless Pussy Watch

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:20 pm MDT

    Britain rallies opposition to Iranian threat to put embassy staff on trial - Telegraph Britain is attempting to build a united international front in opposition to Iran’s declaration that it would put British embassy employees on trial for inciting demonstrations in Tehran. Unless Ronald Reagan somehow returns from the grave to help the British government, those [...]

  16. Free Market?

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:51 am MDT

    BMW X1 coming to America in 2011, diesel a possibility, up to 45.2 mpg (U.S.) BMW will be watching the changing U.S. market, regulations and fuel prices and make a final decision on U.S. engine choices closer to the launch date. Take note: Whether we get the high-mileage version depends, not on market conditions, but on government [...]

  17. Powell airs doubts on Obama agenda

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:31 am MDT

    Obama’s support peels away daily as true believers start looking at facts on the ground. Yesterday I posted an article about the media and Her Highness Helen Thomas and Chip Reid of CBS commenting on the administration’s control over what questions would be presented in Obama’s so-called townhall meeting.  Today it is Colin Powell. Read [...]

  18. Sonia Sotomayer/Charlie Crist, Two Peas In A Pod

    → PoliPundit.com | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:13 am MDT

    Governor Charlie Crist (R-Florida), presumptive Senate nominee according to John Cornyn, did not like the recent list of judicial nominees that he was required to pick from to fill a vacancy. Why? It was just too white; TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist ran afoul of the state Constitution when he refused to fill an appeals [...]

  19. AIP Column: What Independence are We Celebrating Anyway?

    → Wizbang | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:07 am MDT

    I discuss in my AIP column today how in the 233 years since we told the king of England that we were going to make our own course the independent...


  20. Independence Day Weekend

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:47 am MDT

    Independence Day is my favorite holiday, bar none. Not being a religious person Christmas and Easter just don't have the same meaning for me as they do for the devout. Memorial and Veterans Day are important holidays I appreciate but...

  21. The Difference

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:44 am MDT

    Marshals Arrive, Ruth Madoff Leaves as Manhattan Home Is Seized - Bloomberg.com July 3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. marshals seized Bernard Madoff’s $7 million Manhattan penthouse apartment following a federal judge’s order that the Upper East Side residence be forfeited by the convicted con man. Madoff’s big mistake, of course, was that he robbed rich people. [...]

  22. Mike Finds Some Horrifying Nuggets

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:41 am MDT

    Crap and tax, examined » Cold Fury If you decide to build a new home, it must meet new and specific energy requirements. If you decide to sell your existing home, a federal inspector must inspect your home, determine it’s energy rating, and if your home is found to be unacceptable then you must retrofit and [...]

  23. Hope and Change

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:13 am MDT

    Hussein’s Hos and Post’s Pimps. Biggest question: Who is blowing who? Or is it more a sixty-nine sort of relationship?

  24. Pointing Out the Obvious

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:01 am MDT

    Reaganite Republican Resistance: Are They Really Going to Make This Guy a Senator? Now I don’t listen to the show regularly, but it’s interesting to note how Team Obama and their MSM allies systematically mocked the idea of mere “entertainer” Rush Limbaugh having significant influence in the GOP -the DNC even ran TV ads to trash [...]

  25. 5 Rules For Tea Partiers

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 3 Jul 2009 | 9:57 am MDT

    I thought it would be helpful before the Tea Parties to think a bit about what there is to achieve through these shindigs. Here are some rules to help us keep the big picture in mind: 1. Network: This is a time to get to know people and find a way to work together. Showing [...]

  26. Hussein Obama and Friends

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 8:18 am MDT

    These are the people he wants to see maintained in power. These are the people he’s sided with.

  27. Hope and Change, Suckers!

    → Daily Pundit | 3 Jul 2009 | 8:15 am MDT

    AllGov - News - Obama Staff Salaries 15% Higher Than Bush Staffers Even though President Barack Obama followed through with his pledge to freeze the salaries of White House staffers making more than $100,000, Team Obama is making 15% more than what George W. Bush’s crew made in 2008. An analysis by National Journal’s Hotline on [...]

  28. Top Headline Comments 07-03-09

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 3 Jul 2009 | 7:41 am MDT

    Good day, all. A Fourth of July Secret Message: For more than 200 years, buried deep within Thomas Jefferson's correspondence and papers, there lay a mysterious cipher -- a coded message that appears to have remained unsolved. Until now. Read...

  29. Oops, Part 2

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 3 Jul 2009 | 7:34 am MDT

    And that was a network outage, caused by reconfiguring the network uplink without rebooting. Bugger. I didn't notice straight away, because the network was working - it had just lost the additional IP addresses for the virtual servers. Sorry, folks....

  30. Bankrupt CA issues scrip payments, cons banks into accepting it

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 3 Jul 2009 | 3:10 am MDT

    Heh, now if I can convince my bank to take an IOU for say...a paltry $50B or so, I'll be living large. Would YOU take an IOU from the state of California? I wouldn't. The whole state is like a...

  31. Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™

    → Wizbang | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:36 am MDT

    It's Friday, which means it's time for the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™. In honor of our newest U.S. Senator we dusted off this Wizbang exclusive photo from our archives... Enter...


  32. In Washington, Conservatives Are Never Really ‘In Power’

    → Pajamas Media | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:07 am MDT

    The GOP is always vastly outnumbered in the executive branch's bureaucracy — no matter who is president.




  33. How to Talk to Reporters at Your Tea Party

    → Pajamas Media | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:04 am MDT

    A little preparation can help you get your message out properly. (Sign up as a citizen reporter for PJTV here.)




  34. What Was That About Jobs, Madam Speaker?

    → Pajamas Media | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:00 am MDT

    After pitching new spending programs as job creation, the horrendous unemployment numbers spell trouble for Dems.




  35. Tech’s Repressive Dark Side Threatens Us All

    → Pajamas Media | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:00 am MDT

    What do Iran, China, and the U.S. have in common? More than you might think.




  36. Gay Pride, Gay Marriage, and Israel: A Tale of Two Cities

    → Pajamas Media | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:00 am MDT

    For a country with heavily religion-infused politics, gay couples in Israel enjoy an impressive number of legal rights.




  37. Bon Jovi Isn’t Giving Up on Iran’s Green Revolution — and Neither Should You

    → Pajamas Media | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:00 am MDT

    The rocker's timely cover of "Stand by Me" is a reminder that Iranians still need us to stand by them.




  38. We, The People.

    → Wizbang | 2 Jul 2009 | 11:51 pm MDT

    I have become an avid admirer of our "Founding Fathers". The early history of our young country, the Revolution itself, and the people who gave their lives to its outcome,...


  39. Everything you need to know about President Obama's latest "town hall" meeting

    → Wizbang | 2 Jul 2009 | 11:49 pm MDT

    On Wednesday of this week, President Obama held a "town hall" meeting before an audience of about 200 people at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale. The focus of the...


  40. What a surprise

    → PoliPundit.com | 2 Jul 2009 | 10:04 pm MDT

    All of the “ordinary citizens” called on at the ABC Obama infomercial Virginia “town hall” were Obama/left-wing activists: “The president called randomly on three audience members. All turned out to be members of groups with close ties to his administration: the Service Employees International Union, Health Care for America Now, and Organizing for America, which is [...]

  41. Boehner Statement Thanking Veterans & Troops on July 4th

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 2 Jul 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement in advance of Independence Day 2009:

  42. Top Obama Adviser Explains Iraq War: Turns Out, It’s The Jews’ Fault. Again. (Plus: Ha’aretz Political Correspondent’s Pro-Obama Apologism Getting Increasingly Desperate)

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 2 Jul 2009 | 9:48 pm MDT

    Top Obama Adviser Explains Iraq War: Turns Out, It’s The Jews’ Fault. Again. (Plus: Ha’aretz Political Correspondent’s Pro-Obama Apologism Getting Increasingly Desperate) Source: Mere Rhetoric First it was Democratic military guru Wes Clark and his disturbingly familiar “New York money people” theory. Some people at the time suggested that he was getting his dual loyalty ideas from tomes [...]

  43. Has Obama Turned on Israel? Voter Remorse, Obama Bait and Switch

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 2 Jul 2009 | 9:43 pm MDT

    By John Cronin / Solid Principles Rather than bringing a new openess to Washington and ending politics as usual, Barack Obama is merely another old school Chicago machine style ward heeler who has inexplicably been elevated to the Oval Office. In this article, Alan Dershowitz, another in a long line of Obama’s enablers, explains how he helped [...]

  44. Stop The Madness That’s Killing Jobs

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 2 Jul 2009 | 9:33 pm MDT

    By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:20 PM PT Stimulus: More grim news — 467,000 jobs lost in June, with unemployment hitting a 26-year high of 9.5%. Some people are rightly starting to wonder: Where’s that stimulus we were promised? The stock market’s reaction on Thursday said it all — with the major [...]

  45. A.G. Eric Holder: “I would restrict the 1st Amendment on the Internet.

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 2 Jul 2009 | 9:24 pm MDT

    President Obama extending his power to control so he sends Attorney General Eric Holder to restrict 1st Amendment on Internet. ~P.E.R. Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Eric Holder would restrict free speech on the Internet, First Amendment restricted on Internet

  46. ABC Pulls John Stossel’s Canadian Healthcare Piece

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 2 Jul 2009 | 9:20 pm MDT

    Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:11 PM By: Dave Eberhart / NewsMax John Stossel, ABC News’ co-anchor of “20/20” and a New York Times best-selling author, likes to take a skeptical look at a wide array of issues, but hold the phone on his new healthcare special — it was pulled to make room for yet more coverage [...]

  47. Goofyass Tyrant Update: No Nork Missile Launch on July 4

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 2 Jul 2009 | 9:04 pm MDT

    Via McKittrick. However, the rocket is still in pieces, according to the two officials (who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information) and would take days or even weeks to put together. Even after such a missile is assembled on...

  48. Overnight Open Thread – The Most Trusted Name in Overnight Open Threadiness on Ace of SpadesHQ for the Last Six Months Or So. (genghis)

    → Ace of Spades HQ | 2 Jul 2009 | 8:56 pm MDT

    *shuffles papers* Item #1: We begin tonight with disturbing news from the state of Washington. With Independence Day nearly upon us, the state-run liquor stores may be forced to limit alcohol sales due to a “distribution problem.” (More on that...

  49. Thank you, Eric Holder, for your honesty

    → Wizbang | 2 Jul 2009 | 8:01 pm MDT

    Last week, during Senate hearings on the proposed Matthew Sheppard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions offered the following hypothetical scenario to Attorney General Eric Holder:...


  50. Uncommon Sense: Obama’s Top Five Health Care Lies

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 2 Jul 2009 | 7:41 pm MDT

    Nothing new here. Barack Obama has lied to us about everything else; here are the latest five about his health care program.  ~P.E.R. Uncommon Sense Obama’s Top Five Health Care Lies / Forbes.com Shikha Dalmia, 07.01.09, 12:01 AM ET President Barack Obama walked into the Oval Office with a veritable halo over his head. In the eyes of [...]

  51. Congress and Taxpayer Funded Trips

    → Wizbang | 2 Jul 2009 | 7:14 pm MDT

    Members of Congress just love to use the American taxpayers as their own personal ATM. They can go to the bank and money they never earned is magically there. Overseas...


  52. The Washington Post Pay-to-Play Scandal: Was Anyone Really Surprised?

    → Pajamas Media | 2 Jul 2009 | 5:00 pm MDT

    The real story has as much to do with journalistic irrelevance as journalistic integrity. (Also read Ed Driscoll's Credibility: You're Doing it Wrong, MSM)




  53. Right Doctor Podcast: John Hawkins, Tabitha Hale & I, Oh My!

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 2 Jul 2009 | 4:37 pm MDT

    We discuss everything from President Obama’s comfort with Marxists to Mark Sanford and Governor Palin’s chances in 2012. Download my show for your travels! You’ll love it, I promise or your money back! Download MP3 Melissa’s show can also be found on RFC Radio every Monday and Wednesday night at 10:00 pm Eastern. To subscribe on iTunes, just [...]

  54. Remember President Obama’s Staged Town Hall On Health Care?

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 2 Jul 2009 | 4:23 pm MDT

    Yeah, well, it was mostly emotionalism wrapped in nonsense. The Cato Institute has done a nice job explaining the truth: More from Cato on the taxation needed to fund this monstrosity. The transcript for the Obama circumlocution is here. The LA Times Andrew Malcom also says this about the Town Hall: Remember when public opinion turned so dramatically against [...]

  55. Cap-N-Tax Info You Should Know

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 2 Jul 2009 | 3:18 pm MDT

    From the Congressional Republicans: The Daily Truth about the Democrats’ National Energy Tax Truth #3: Creates the Largest Welfare Program in Our Nation’s History What the bill does: The bill (H.R. 2454) requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide monthly cash payments, or “energy stamps”, to low-income households for their estimated “loss in their [...]

  56. Obama cripples talk radio

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 2 Jul 2009 | 2:56 pm MDT

    Hat Tip to Vali Tamayo This isn’t just about talk radio. Morris talks about a lot of the things that King O is going to try to get done so that he can be President For Life. You need to listen to this. Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: suppressing conservative talk radio, talk radio [...]

  57. TARP Banks Begin To Accept California IOU's

    → Wizbang | 2 Jul 2009 | 2:46 pm MDT

    It appears that the question of whether the federal government is going to bail out the state of California has been rendered moot. Two large banks have announced that they...


  58. Even Liberal Reporters Realize WH is Controlling the Media (video)

    → Pesky Emotional Republican | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:55 pm MDT

    When I watched the Obama Town Hall meeting yesterday on Fox News Channel, I was ticked off that Obama’s staff had picked the questions that Obama would address. Cherry picking questions, eh? And sure enough, the very first question was from a fellow who plaintively asked Obama via video: “Why include private health care along with [...]

  59. McCain-Feingold Revisited

    → PoliPundit.com | 2 Jul 2009 | 10:49 am MDT

    Just how far will SCOTUS go in undoing McCain-Feingold? Mickey Kaus speculates: Rick Hasen worries that the Supreme Court appears ready to strike down, on free speech grounds, a large chunk of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law–the part that bans corporate funding of election season broadcast ads. Amazingly, Justice Kennedy is not the swing vote on [...]

  60. President Obama's Economy Hits Another Speed Bump

    → Wizbang | 2 Jul 2009 | 9:03 am MDT

    I speculated recently that the worm may be turning as it relates to the Obama administration's political capital. The near Teflon like protection that a fawning press afforded him is...


  61. President Obama’s Trifecta Of Doom

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 2 Jul 2009 | 8:47 am MDT

    Card Check, Cap-n-Trade and Government Run Health Care together create the Trifecta of Doom. Layer these inane policies on top of a suffering and quite nearly destroyed economy and America will be decimated economically for a very long time–maybe forever. And yet, the Democrats, like good little socialists, march on toward destruction paying no heed [...]

  62. Washington Post Sells Its Soul?–UPDATED

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 2 Jul 2009 | 7:53 am MDT

    Since no assumption of a soul or journalistic integrity has been made, it’s not surprising that the Washington Post would sell access to the Media-Obama power-broker axis. Mike Allen of the Politico breaks the story: The offer — which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters — is a new sign [...]

  63. Boehner Statement on June Employment Report

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 1 Jul 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    After the U.S. Department of Labor released its monthly jobs report showing that another 467,000 jobs were lost in June and unemployment has risen to 9.5 percent, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement:

  64. Boehner, Westmoreland Unveil “Bloodhounds” Video Asking: Where Are the Jobs?

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 1 Jul 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today released a new web video targeting Washington Democrats’ trillion-dollar “stimulus” bill and asking “where are the jobs?” The tongue-in-cheek web video, inspired by a classic 1984 TV commercial by now-Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), features a job-sniffing GOP bloodhound named Ellie Mae and a down-home voiceover by Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).

  65. Slimy Racial Politics

    → PoliPundit.com | 1 Jul 2009 | 3:06 pm MDT

    As Justice Alito’s concurring opinion makes clear, ugly racial politics were at the heart of the Ricci case.

  66. A whole bunch of awesome.

    → Rachel Lucas | 1 Jul 2009 | 8:32 am MDT

    We’re leaving for vacation tomorrow, at which point I will be closing all commenting capabilities, but this time I won’t leave a picture of a 1980s dude’s belly on the front page for days. How about this. It looks like a flawless computer animation - a pitch-black aircraft silhouetted against a cloud. But this U.S. [...]

  67. Tea Party Weekend Coming Up

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 1 Jul 2009 | 7:59 am MDT

    The Dallas Tea Party will host Michelle Malkin. Wish she was coming to Houston–next time! Here’s a video from one of the Dallas organizers on Fox-n-Friends: >/center> Find out more locally here.

  68. McCain Staff Leakers, Whomever You Are, Are Scum, Should Be Outed, And Should Never Get Another Job–UPDATED

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 1 Jul 2009 | 7:08 am MDT

    It speaks ill of John McCain that his former aids continue to bash Sarah Palin. It speaks ill of John McCain that he did not vociferously and ardently defend his running mate as she did him, post election. I have a reminder to the geniuses at the McCain camp: YOU LOST. BADLY. Now, there’s all sorts [...]

  69. Energy Policy & Robert Byrd: What’s Old Is New Again

    → Dr. Melissa Clouthier | 1 Jul 2009 | 6:32 am MDT

    Don Surber found a gem. Evidently a 30-year old article from the Washington Post resurfaced and got printed either accidentally or on-purpose. President Carter and President Obama’s name could be interchanged and then there’s the part about coal: Byrd said he agreed with a plan by Finance Committee Chairman Russell B. Long (D-La.) to whip [...]

  70. Speaker Pelosi's National Energy Tax Squeaks by Thanks to Billions in Special-Interest Handouts and Pet Projects

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 30 Jun 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Last Friday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rammed a job-killing 1,500 page national energy tax through the House that will raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India. In the weeks leading up to the vote, however, many Democrats were openly balking over the burdensome taxes Pelosi’s national energy tax would levy on the American middle class. Just weeks before the vote, Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) said “In my district, a 'no' vote would be a good vote.”

  71. Governor Charlie Crist

    → PoliPundit.com | 30 Jun 2009 | 3:59 pm MDT

    The Wall Street Journal describes him as; The Republican Barney Frank. Yes, you read that right.

  72. Senator (Elect) Franken

    → PoliPundit.com | 30 Jun 2009 | 3:36 pm MDT

    From Norm Coleman; Dear Friend, The news has arrived from the Minnesota Supreme Court and the conclusion to the 2008 United States Senate election has been reached. I want you to be among the first to know of my decision to congratulate our newest Senator, Al Franken, for his victory. And, I ask you and [...]

  73. McCain-Feingold Revisited

    → PoliPundit.com | 30 Jun 2009 | 2:55 pm MDT

    Will the Supreme Court finally end McCain-Feingold’s attempts to stifly free speech? A despairing ultra-liberal certainly thinks so: If Republicans were wondering how their 2012 presidential candidate is going to compete against President Obama’s $600 million fundraising juggernaut, the Supreme Court seems poised to provide an answer: unlimited corporate spending supporting the Republican candidate, or attacking [...]

  74. Fox News Highlights Fallout from House Vote for Costly, Jobs-Killing National Energy Tax

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 29 Jun 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Across Capitol Hill, congressional offices continue to receive scores of phone calls and e-mails from Americans outraged by last Friday’s vote by House Democrats to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India by passing Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax. Middle-class families and small businesses aren’t just angry about the devastating consequences of the legislation; they’re also angry about the manner in which the Democratic leadership obtained the votes needed for passage. In short, the leaders cut back-room deals behind closed doors with powerful special-interests, carving them out of the bill to pave the way for Friday’s House vote, while leaving middle-class families and small businesses to take a hit. Fox News highlighted these special-interest deals this afternoon, noting that even the environmental group Friends of the Earth said Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax “is corrupted by special interests.” Following is full video and a transcript of the Fox News report:

  75. These People Truly Hate America

    → Mad As Hell | 29 Jun 2009 | 7:42 pm MDT

    Like much of the country, you may have spent your time last week snickering about the peccadilloes of yet another hapless politician who couldnt keep his pants zipped. Or maybe you were captivated by the untimely but predictable passing of the...

  76. Not a Theocracy But a Thugocracy

    → Mad As Hell | 29 Jun 2009 | 7:39 pm MDT

    The last eight years well intentioned people of different political beliefs, different religious faiths, and different cultural perspectives have been quietly asking themselves some vital questions. Is Islam a religion of peace? Is the goal...

  77. Obama Is 95% Cured Of Something For Sure!

    → Mad As Hell | 29 Jun 2009 | 7:36 pm MDT

    President Barack Obama, answering queries about his signing of a law giving Congress unconstitutional power to regulate the tobacco industry, proclaimed himself a 95% cured smoker. What this means is anyones guess as the vilification of...

  78. An Endangered America

    → Mad As Hell | 29 Jun 2009 | 7:34 pm MDT

    "My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!" said Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and our third President....

  79. Nationwide Protest against Obama's Cap and Trade

    → Mad As Hell | 29 Jun 2009 | 7:32 pm MDT

    The time for a nationwide protest against our lawmakers has come - I am no longer referring to them as our representatives as they have stopped representing We-the-People. The volume of calls placed on Friday to the US Capitol switchboard and...

  80. Cap and Trade

    → PoliPundit.com | 29 Jun 2009 | 4:15 pm MDT

    The Catastrophic Energy Tax Bill (AKA Cap and Trade) will face tough going in the Senate. Jay Cost does the math.

  81. I used to make fun of these people and for that I am ashamed.

    → Rachel Lucas | 29 Jun 2009 | 1:18 pm MDT

    There was a time, back in Texas, when I would see articles from Britain and Europe about their troubles with summer “heat” and I would laugh - quite haughtily, and as smugly as possible. I would scoff when seeing headlines like this one, which is from today: “Britain bakes on hottest day of [...]

  82. Supreme Court Overturns Sotormayor: Sides with Firefighters

    → Flopping Aces - Blogspot Edition | 29 Jun 2009 | 9:26 am MDT

    Please view original post over at Flopping Aces....the site is back up.


  83. Girls gone wild!!! Cops pepper spray and arrest drunken lesbians at late-night bash for Francine Busby

    → PoliPundit.com | 29 Jun 2009 | 6:08 am MDT

    Francine Busby is the perennial challenger to Congressman Brian Bilbray in California’s 50th Congressional District. Her 2006 campaign blew up when she publicly encouraged illegal aliens to campaign, if not vote, for her. Her 2010 campaign is off to a rip-roaring start: A fundraiser for Francine Busby, who is running for Congress, ended in chaos Friday [...]

  84. Dems Backtrack, Scrap Plans for Probe Into Scandal-Tarnished ACORN

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 28 Jun 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    As questions mount about the scandal-tarnished Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) – a group that has received millions from the federal government, in spite of accusations of voter fraud and other illicit activities – House Democrats have abandoned plans for a bipartisan investigation into the left-wing “community organizing” outfit. Last week the Washington Times reported that Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) confirmed such an investigation would not happen, explaining that the “powers that be decided against it.”

  85. Boehner Statement on President’s Energy Remarks

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 28 Jun 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement after President Obama delivered remarks at the White House in support of Speaker Pelosi’s cap-and-trade national energy tax:

  86. Obama Playing Monopoly with OUR Money!

    → Flopping Aces - Blogspot Edition | 28 Jun 2009 | 9:43 pm MDT

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  87. Rebulding Veterans Lives - One Home at a Time

    → Flopping Aces - Blogspot Edition | 28 Jun 2009 | 5:42 pm MDT

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  88. Obama's open door policy to Iranian negotiations a "bomb"

    → Flopping Aces - Blogspot Edition | 28 Jun 2009 | 3:46 pm MDT

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  89. Daily Distraction

    → Flopping Aces - Blogspot Edition | 28 Jun 2009 | 12:50 pm MDT

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  90. Obama on Honduras: new cajones for leftist leadership and usurping rule of law

    → Flopping Aces - Blogspot Edition | 28 Jun 2009 | 12:40 pm MDT

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  91. Barney Frank: Slow Learner

    → Flopping Aces - Blogspot Edition | 28 Jun 2009 | 12:03 pm MDT

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  92. Protestors Taking To The Streets In Iran Again

    → Flopping Aces - Blogspot Edition | 28 Jun 2009 | 11:23 am MDT

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  93. Latest Attack On Flopping Aces

    → Flopping Aces - Blogspot Edition | 28 Jun 2009 | 10:57 am MDT

    Just to let everyone know, Flopping Aces has been subjected to a massive denial of service attack since yesterday. That's why we are down. The IT guys are trying to figure it out and get us back up.

    Until then we will put our regular posts up here....


  94. House GOP: "The American People Have a Right to Know" About the Dems' "Biggest Job-Killing Bill"

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 26 Jun 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    The American people deserve to know what’s in the legislation their representatives in Congress are voting on. That was the fundamental principle behind House Republican Leader John Boehner’s (R-OH) hour-long speech on the floor of the House last night, in which he read portions of a 300-plus page amendment Democrats added in the dark of night to Speaker Pelosi’s already 1,200-page national energy tax legislation. The legislation is going to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India. It also will be a bureaucratic nightmare overseen by a confusing web of government agencies that will take and redistribute trillions of dollars from family budgets and workers’ payrolls. Following is just a sampling of the national media’s coverage of Boehner’s unprecedented speech – and the House GOP’s stand against the Democrats’ costly, jobs-killing national energy tax:

  95. I cannot believe how people are acting.

    → Rachel Lucas | 26 Jun 2009 | 11:48 am MDT

    It is pathetic how the media is fixating on Michael Jackson. Forget Iran, forget everything that truly matters to the future and well-being of millions if not billions of human beings. The King of Pop has died! OMG! Honestly it makes me want to throw up. Imagine what could be [...]

  96. The Peterbilt Principle

    → Mad As Hell | 26 Jun 2009 | 4:55 am MDT

    One of the best aspects of America in my opinion is the fact that we are a nation of dreamers. Every day, men and women wake up, brush their teeth, and work a little on their little piece of the American Dream. Recently, those same people woke up...

  97. The Supreme Court Nominee Who Can't Write

    → Mad As Hell | 26 Jun 2009 | 4:51 am MDT

    Supreme Court opinions are words for the generations that can affect the lives and welfare of millions. No one doubts that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has a compelling life story. But more to the point, we need to inquire about...

  98. Save the Earth! Get Rid of Your Refrigerator!

    → Mad As Hell | 26 Jun 2009 | 4:48 am MDT

    On June 22, Greenpeace USA put out the word that "A new study published today in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences shows that refrigerant chemicals, so called F-gases, are a more dangerous global warming threat than...

  99. Coming Soon: Illegal Cigarettes at a Bootlegger Near You!

    → Mad As Hell | 26 Jun 2009 | 4:45 am MDT

    The one thing my family has in common with the Kennedy family is bootlegging!

  100. What You May Not Know About Speaker Pelosi's National Energy Tax

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 25 Jun 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax is going to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India. This, we know.

  101. Boehner: America Has the Right to Know the Consequences of Speaker Pelosi's National Energy Tax

    → Boehner RSS Articles | 25 Jun 2009 | 10:00 pm MDT

    House Democrats didn’t want the American people to understand the true impact of Speaker Pelosi’s 1,500-page national energy tax. So House Republican Leader John Boehner took to the House floor and read portions of it to the American people, explaining how it would to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India.

  102. Returning To The Dark Ages

    → Webloggin | 25 Jun 2009 | 2:07 pm MDT

    This is what passes for good legislation these days. Cap and Trade taxes. For those of you living under a rock, this is the Global Warming (or is it “Climate Change” now that everyone is freezing to death in June?) nonsense bill being rushed through congress as my furious fingers type. They’re going to put [...]

  103. “An almost unfeeling style.”

    → Rachel Lucas | 25 Jun 2009 | 12:21 pm MDT

    If you can live through some of the general jabs at America, and some specific swipes at Dubya, the German paper Der Spiegel has been great lately. Just thought some American readers might like to see some stuff that Germans say about Obama. It’s quite a bit more thought-provoking than the blowjobs he [...]

  104. Netanayahu’s “new” demand

    → Webloggin | 25 Jun 2009 | 10:08 am MDT

    Howard Schneider reports in the Washington Post on Netanyahu’s Peace Stipulation (h/t Backspin) I suppose what’s disturbing about the article is its portrayal of Netanyahu’s demand as “new.” The documents accepted by Israeli leaders during breakthrough peace talks with the Palestinians in Oslo in 1993 said nothing about their country’s status as a Jewish state or homeland [...]

  105. Obama Taking Credit For Iran Protests? WTF?

    → Webloggin | 25 Jun 2009 | 10:01 am MDT

    “We don’t know yet how this is going to play out.” Over at The Campaign Spot Jim Geraghty is writing that privately the Obama administration is taking credit for Obama inspiring the Iran protectors with his Cairo speech. Really. Remember how it was important to recognize that these protests in Iran were triggered by ordinary Iranians’ [...]

  106. Real men — and the babyish guys in Hollywood movies

    → Webloggin | 25 Jun 2009 | 9:53 am MDT

    As you all know, over the years I’ve been fascinated by male and female roles in America.  As the mother of a very manly little 10 year old, I take male role models in this culture very seriously.  I’ve therefore noticed (and commented upon) the way in which our society consigns boys to perpetual adolescence.  [...]

  107. Lying tattoo-face girl admits lie.

    → Rachel Lucas | 23 Jun 2009 | 11:51 am MDT

    Remember this dipshit? Unsurprisingly, we were of course all completely right about her being full of bullcorn. A teenage girl who claimed 56 stars were tattooed on her face as she slept when she’d only asked for three has admitted she was awake the whole time - and lied because her father was ‘furious’. Belgian Kimberley Vlaminck said [...]

  108. Obama Treats Iran Like a Democracy

    → Mad As Hell | 20 Jun 2009 | 7:11 pm MDT

    Last month, President Obama hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House for what proved to be a very uneasy meeting to say the least. They did manage to put on a cordial enough front to take questions from the media.

  109. Honoring Ronald Reagan in London

    → Webloggin | 12 Jun 2009 | 12:10 am MDT

    Our Flemish correspondent VH writes: ( Discuss at Gates Of Vienna) Only a few days after the D-Day WWII memorials, concerning which the Dutch blog GeenStijl paid tribute to American soldiers with an impressive photo-series, it has been made public that there will be a President Ronald Reagan memorial in London as tribute to freedom and the [...]

  110. Another Obama scandal in the making?

    → Webloggin | 12 Jun 2009 | 12:01 am MDT

    Remember the hoo-ha about the Bush administration’s decision to fire a handful of US attorneys (as opposed to the noncontroversial Clinton decision to fire almost all the US attorneys)?  Well, Obama’s in a firing mood now, too. I wonder if Republicans will have the cojones to check out whether the following is a legitimate firing, or [...]

  111. Remembering D-Day, 65 Years and Counting!

    → Webloggin | 6 Jun 2009 | 4:55 pm MDT

    Sixty Five years ago today the allied armies invaded the cliffs of Normandy in an effort to fight back the German forces that had enslaved nations and rescue Europe from the shadow of tyranny. These men knew the stakes and fought for liberty without reservation, to the death if necessary. Their sacrifice secured our freedom.  [...]

  112. Turning The Screws: Obama Expands Arms Freeze On Israel

    → Webloggin | 31 May 2009 | 12:30 am MDT

    While President Obama has made a real career out of alienating our traditional allies, he appears to have a special place in his warped heart for Israel. It started with top administration official snubbing Israel’s Chief of Staff on a special trip here or to discuss Iran. and with special new Pentagon rules put in place [...]

  113. Liberals Acting Just Like Archie Bunker

    → Webloggin | 31 May 2009 | 12:26 am MDT

    When Sonia Sotomayor made her comments about white guys, she was simply displaying what nowadays passes for mainstream dedicated-lefty thinking…which means it passes for mainstream thinking on behalf of us all. Justice O’Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases,” [...]

  114. A Good Primer On Bad Tax Policy

    → Webloggin | 31 May 2009 | 12:15 am MDT

    It’s not just the video that’s good, it’s John Hindraker’s comment about Obama’s tax policies: I think President Obama’s worst weakness is that he is ignorant, not only of economics as an academic discipline, but of business as it is commonly experienced and understood by those in the private sector. This lack of understanding promises to [...]


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