Australia squares the circle
Posted on December 19, 2010 - Filed Under American Exceptionalism, Australia, Conservatism, News, Politics As Usual, liberalism | Comments Off
I have just put up on Dissecting Leftism a large excerpt from an article which sets out data tending to show that Australia scores very highly both as one of the freest countries in the world and also as one of the most “equal” countries in the world.
This has a huge bearing on Left/Right [...]
Congress Overturns Military Ban of Gays Serving Openly, Sends Bill to Obama’s Desk
Posted on December 18, 2010 - Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Congress, DADT, Democrats, DoD, Fox News, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Homosexual Agenda, House, Moral Relativism, National Security, News, Political Correctness, Political prostitution, RINOS, Senate, Social Engineering, liberalism, military, political suicide | 3 Comments
WASHINGTON — In a landmark vote, the Senate on Saturday ended the Clinton-era ban on gays serving openly in the military, marking a major triumph for President Obama, liberals and the gay community.
The final vote to end the Pentagon’s 1993 “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was 65-31, drawing support from eight Republicans.
The bill now goes [...]
AGW Irony Today: Guess What Got Called Off Due To Global Warming Snow?
Posted on December 18, 2010 - Filed Under Collapsing Science, Global Warming | Comments Off
No, no, guess first. Don’t skip to to the excerpt. Guess. Hey! No peeking! OK, ready?
VAL D’ISERE, France — The women’s World Cup super-G in Val d’Isere has been called off due to heavy snowfall.
Heavy snow fell overnight and continued into Friday morning. Organizers had hoped to hold the race in the [...]
ABC News Explains What The Tax Cuts Extension Means
Posted on December 18, 2010 - Filed Under Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, Bush/GW, Journalistic Prostitution, Liberal Media/Bias, News, Taxes, government media | Comments Off
In Reality World, the article would be extraordinarily short, with the full text reading something like
What do the Obama tax cuts extensions mean for you? Nothing. Nothing is changing. Thanks for stopping by ABC News.
And, yes, ABC News did actually entitle the article the “Obama tax cuts extension” at some point. Check the way the [...]
Our Idiotic Courts: Car Gets Stolen, Then Owner’s Held Liable For Theft, Also Trees Get ‘Rights’
Posted on December 18, 2010 - Filed Under Activist Judges, Attorney malpractice/ethics, Despotism, Government corruption, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Judicial Impeachment, Judicial Tyranny, Moral Relativism, News, Secular Humanism, Social Engineering, State Government, Stupidity, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution, Unconstitutional, Unhinged, environmental activists/terrorists, liberalism, progressivism | 2 Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
All too often it is an upside down world in our American court systems. Here we have two more stories that really argues for the word “impeachment” to get far more of a workout in our nation than it currently does. In one case, a woman whose car was stolen is [...]
Democrats Slip Bringing Terrorists to American Prisons into Defense Bill
Posted on December 17, 2010 - Filed Under Activist Judges, Barack Obama, Bill Of Rights, Congress, Constitution, Democrats, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Guantanamo Bay, House, Islamicfascism, National Security, News, Politics As Usual, President, Senate, U.S. Constitution, War On Terror, harry reid, liberalism, terrorism, terrorist appeasement | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
Senator Mark Kirk (R, IL) is raising a red flag over the defense bill because the Democrat led House of Representatives and Democrat led Senate has slipped in a provision that would allow accused terrorists to be housed in prisons in the interior of the United States.
In an apparent effort to get [...]
Climate Alarmists Love Solar So Much That They Have To Stop It
Posted on December 17, 2010 - Filed Under AGW hyposterics, Energy, Global Warming, News, environmental activists/terrorists | Comments Off
How many times have I mentioned that climate alarmists are continuously talking about the need for alternative energy sources, yet, when push comes to shove, they’ll go and attempt to block any construction of solar, wind and hydrothermal energy plants? They’ll protest, gnash their teeth, file lawsuits, and be general pains in the rear end. [...]
Read More..>>Snap! Obama’s Making Work Pay Credit Could Hose 13 Million Taxpayers
Posted on December 17, 2010 - Filed Under Barack Obama, Economy, News, Recession/Depression, Taxes | Comments Off
See, there really is a good reason to not only read the bill, but understand what the heck is in it, and what it actually does
About 13.4 million taxpayers may be getting unexpected tax bills because they were awarded too much money under President Barack Obama’s Making Work Pay tax credit, a government audit said [...]
A Detailed List of Earmarks in The Omnibus Spending Bill
Posted on December 16, 2010 - Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Earmarks, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Government corruption, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, House, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, News, Political prostitution, Political terrorism, President, Republicans, Senate, Socialism, Taxes, liberalism, political bribes, political opportunism, political suicide, pork spending, social parasites | 1 Comment
-By Warner Todd Huston
Pork, pork, pork. It’s enough pork to make a Southside Chicago BBQ joint greasy with envy. Yes, it’s a bacchanalia of pork spending and earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill, for sure, and we now have the database to prove it.
Senator Tom Coburn has posted a Google Spreadsheet data base document on [...]
Today’s “Babies Are Bad For Climate Change” Story
Posted on December 16, 2010 - Filed Under Agenda based science, China, Collapsing Science, Delusional Dupes and DUmmies, Democrats, Global Warming, Liberal World, News, Science/pseudo-science, Unhinged, Welfare, environmental activists/terrorists | Comments Off
The alarmists just cannot help themselves, including over at Treehugger: Is Birth Control the Cheapest Answer to Climate Change?
From overpopulation as the elephant in the room, to the idea that less sex and more TV might be the answer to India’s growing birth rate, overpopulation isn’t exactly a taboo subject here on TreeHugger—but it doesn’t [...]
Obamanomics Changes Dynamics Of Letters To Santa
Posted on December 16, 2010 - Filed Under Child Exploitation, Christmas, Economy, News, Unemployment | 1 Comment
Old and busted: An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
New and sad: Kids write Santa this year for basic needs instead of toys
Santa Claus and his elves are seeing more heartbreaking letters this year as children cite their parents’ economic troubles in their wish lists.
U.S. Postal Service workers who handle letters addressed [...]
Abu Dhabi erects $11m Christmas tree
Posted on December 15, 2010 - Filed Under ACLU, Christianity, Christmas, Holidays, Islam, News | 4 Comments
Abu Dhabi is of course a Muslim country so this should squash claims by the ACLU and others that Christmas trees “offend” Muslims
CHRISTMAS came in extravagant fashion to the Muslim desert emirate of Abu Dhabi as a glitzy hotel unveiled a bejeweled Christmas tree valued at more than $11 million. It is the “most [...]
Tennessee ACLU Warns Against Celebrating Christmas In School
Posted on December 15, 2010 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Anti-Americanism, Anti-free speech, Bigotry, Bill Of Rights, Child Exploitation, Christian/religious persecution, Christianity, Christmas, Church And State, Corrupting morals of minors, Education, Gov.Censorship, Government hostility towards religion, Government tyranny, Holidays, Homeschooling, Homosexual Agenda, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, Indoctrination, News, Political Correctness, Secular Humanism, Social Engineering, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution, anti-Liberty/Freedom, liberalism | 1 Comment
The Grinch Squad is out in force in Tennessee
The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has warned school officials across the state about holiday celebrations.
In a letter to the 137 public school superintendents, the group reminded administrators that holiday celebrations focusing primarily on one religious holiday amount to a school’s unconstitutional endorsement of religion.
Can’t say [...]
FDA: Dec. 17, Countdown to a Death Panel for Breast Cancer Drug Avastin
Posted on December 15, 2010 - Filed Under Congress, FDA, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Healthcare, News, Politics As Usual | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
In a few days the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to release its final decision on whether or not 17,000 women across the country will have the same access to the breast cancer drug Avastin that they now have. Several congressmen, thousands of doctors and patients, and many small government [...]
No Cancer in Hinkley, California: Activist Hollywood Wrong AGAIN!
Posted on December 15, 2010 - Filed Under Activist Judges, Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Delusional Dupes and DUmmies, Democrats, EPA, Hollywood, Journalistic Malpractice, Journalistic incompetence, Liberal Media/Bias, News, environmental activists/terrorists, environmentalism, liberalism | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
Proving once again that Hollywood always gravitates to the wrong causes, Tim Cavanaugh of Reason.com reported on Dec. 14 that the California town made famous by Erin Brokovich — an activism that Hollywood embraced with a major motion picture starring Julia Roberts — has proven not to have lived up to all [...]
