Archive for July, 2010
Another Whiny Loser Republican Calls Us Racist Demagogues
Help me out here, soon to be unemployed Congressman Inglis. What you’re really saying is that demagoguery isn’t leadership when people you don’t like do it, but your demagoguery? Well that’s just fine. Does that about sum it up? [Bob Inglis] cited a claim made famous by Palin that the Democratic health care bill would [...]
Utah’s Bennett: Silly Conservatives and Their Silly Constitution
Gosh, I can’t imagine why conservatives had some serious disagreements with Senator Robert Bennett. He has such a keen grasp on the first principles of conservatism! JUDY WOODRUFF: Bennett sees the Tea Party and other conservative citizens groups as demanding more than he is prepared to do. SEN. ROBERT BENNETT: I found that a good [...]
I Voted For John McCain And All I Got Was this Stupid Internet Surveillance Program
They told me if I voted for John McCain, the government would ramp up its monitoring of the Internet and they were right*! The U.S. government is launching an expansive program dubbed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private U.S. companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid and nuclear [...]
Too Often, Consensus Means Rubbish
Among the shibboleths of the left, there is none greater than “consensus”. Like Tolkien’s One Ring, it binds the left together with smooth promises of easy decisions gained by wielding the power of experts but in the end leaves them betrayed and bitter. We’ve seen this happen in the global warming debate where the “consensus” [...]
This is No Good, No Smurfing Good At All.
Hollywood, I’m warning you. Don’t you do this. Don’t you dare do this. I realize I can’t stop you from releasing this theatrical assault on the childhoods of millions of good Americans, this Gulf Oil Spill of cultural ruination you are about to visit on the pelicans and little baby turtles that we call our [...]
Look, A New New Media Wonder!
My friend Duane Lester was tapped by the Dr. Dan Benishek campaign to put together an ad. It’s Duane’s first, but I think he did a pretty good job of it. Beneshek is running for the House in MI-1, which is an open seat now that Bart Stupak, who torpedoed his own chance for re-election, [...]
That’s What You Said