Archive for February, 2010
The Rookie’s Rough Guide to CPAC
If you’re a conservative, and haven’t been living in a dank cave far from a WiFi signal, you know that the Conservative Political Action Conference, also known as CPAC, is the biggest and baddest gathering of political conservatives in the country. CPAC is a mix of Woodstock, Mardi Gras, and ComicCon and features an All-Star [...]
So Long. Farewell. Auf Weidersehen, Evan Bayh!
Things just got much more interesting for the Democratic Party today. Evan Bayh, the insanely-popular Senator from Indiana, announced that he won’t run for re-election this year. The deadline for anyone wanting to get into the election is tomorrow, so the Dems don’t have a lot of time to consider their options. I predict a [...]
Everybody Was Lightsaber Fighting!
I know this is old, but I hadn’t seen it before and it amused me. Thanks to Phil (@USS_Stalwart) for passing it along to me. Via that, I found this. Also funny, though old.
Even Dead, Ronald Reagan Eats the Progressives’ Lunch
So, you say conservatism is dead? Sure, pal. Keep right on holding that security blanket. I make no secret of the fact that I believe Ronald Reagan to be the greatest president in U.S. history. But imagine my surprise this morning when I saw a new poll saying that a majority of New Jersey residents [...]
So You Say You Want To Be A Blogger?
If you are even the slightest bit interested in blogging, Little Miss Attila’s set of blogging guidelines is a must-read. Even if you’ve been blogging for a while, as I have, they are very useful and worth reviewing every now and again. One of the first things a blogger needs to do, especially if the [...]
John Conyers Hates Haitians?
If you’re writing a book about government corruption, you could get a lot of material out of the Congressional career of John Conyers (D-MI). His home district, which includes a big chunk of Detroit, has fallen into such ruin that it looks like a third-world city. Instead of looking for ways to bring in entrepreneurs [...]
Don’t Blame the Guy For Nibbling After the Trough Was Filled
Tad DeHaven, writing at the Cato Institute’s blog, has an interesting post on fiscal hypocrisy and the Republican Party. The Washington Times gained access to some letters written by GOP lawmakers to the Department of Agriculture in which they tried to get money from the very Stimulus Bill they castigated juse weeks or months before. DeHaven [...]
That’s What You Said