Gold-Plated Witch on Wheels

• Kevin Jennings Is Safe Because We're So Disgusted

  The Obama Administration’s Pedophilia Supporting Czar Goes Further Down the Rabbit Hole. Or Something Like That.
  
  Van Jones was undone because he was a 9/11 Truther. We can't get rid of this threat to our children?' [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 7:50am EST
  

• Shocker: Democrat Medicare Expansion Would Lead to Single Payer

  Which President Obama supports.
  
  Why shouldn't we accept that socialized medicine is the end goal for Democrats?' [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 4:48pm EST
  

• Since There Are Soon to be No Editors or Publishers...

  Editor & Publisher to cease publication after 125 years.
  ...why would we need a publication for them? [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 3:43pm EST
  

• Good News

  More than 2/3 of abortion clinics have closed since 1991.
  
  Is that Amanda Marcotte I hear screaming? [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:27pm EST
  

• Even the Left Has Had Enough

  I wonder if Barack Obama could be a one-term president because both the right and the left have had enough of him?
  
  Jane Hamsher is particularly peeved that the Senate health care plan has no public option. She doesn't buy that increasing eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid will' [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:02pm EST
  

• Now This Shows How Low Obama's Approval Has Sunk

  
  Bush closes the gap
  Perhaps the greatest measure of Obama's declining support is that just 50% of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush, with 44% saying they'd rather have his predecessor.
  By 2012, every politician will be claiming [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:30pm EST
  

• Maine Reporter Fired for Offending Gay Lobbyists

  Some stories leave you scratching your head. Take the case of the Maine reporter fired for sending a private e-mail opposing gay marriage to the Human Rights Commission.
  
  Larry Grard fired off an angry e-mail to the Human Rights Commission after the HRC sent a press release [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:08pm EST
  

• Democrats Reach Deal on Health Plan? Not Quite.

  Geez, can't these guys just quit lying? Reid doesn't have a bill and he doesn't have 60 votes. What he does have is extended bureaucracies, higher taxes, bigger deficits and more trouble for Americans.
  
  There's no reason to push a bad bill through now, except for political posturing.' [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 11:11am EST
  

• Diversity Is More Important Than Your Child

  The Southern Poverty Law Center has a website called Teaching Tolerance which is anything but. Specifically, the site is designed to give educators propaganda to promote a variety of ideas, including homosexuality, "diversity," unionization and other politically correct ideas.
  
  Don't get me wrong; teaching children to' [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  

• "There is no sane explanation for all this other than crass political calculation."

  That's Gail Collins complaining that Republicans trying to kill Obamacare are just playing politics.
  On Thursday, Senator Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat who’s up for election next year, introduced an amendment specifically promising that Medicare recipients would not lose any of their current guaranteed benefits. It passed 100 to [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 8:37am EST
  

• What the Safe School Czar Wants Your 7th Grader Reading

  Pretty disgusting. Not because of the homosexuality but because of the sexuality. Not sure this is appropriate for 16-year-olds to read, let alone 12-year-olds. [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 11:15pm EST
  

• About that "60%of Americans Support a Public Option" Claim

  Like so many things with Obamacare, that claim is bunk.
  The question was not as simple as the press release made it sound: "60 percent of Americans believe a public option should be included in final healthcare legislation." Here is the question:
  
  For this next section, please rate [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:09pm EST
  

• It's Hard to Believe the Mouth-Breathers at Media Matters Are This Dumb...

  but their own words seem to justify calling them mouth-breathers.
  Reacting to new unemployment data, Rep. John Boehner blamed the crisis on health care reform, clean energy legislation, and the Employee Free Choice Act. However, blaming an ongoing crisis on potential future legislation is akin to saying, "I have" [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 2:33pm EST
  

• Palin Says Birth Certificate a "Fair Question"

  This is gonna drive the moonbats nuts, providing them new and additional information proving Sarah Palin is crazy and all Republicans are in the toilet with her. On a radio interview yesterday, Palin said Barack Obama's birth certificate is a "fair question."
  Palin suggested that the questions were fair [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:46am EST
  

• Unemployment at *Only* 10%

  I guess we're supposed to be happy about this.
  The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the recession began. The better-than-expected job figures are a rare note of encouraging news for the labor market.
  Hooray! Sure, we're [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:31am EST
  

• The Death of Newspapers

  The inky wretch part of my soul just curled up with a huge pain in the gut after reading this:
  As of yesterday, some section editors at all of the company's papers, including The News, will now report directly to Carr's team of sales managers, now referred to as [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:41pm EST
  

• Republican Explains How to Use Senate Rules to Protect Americans from Obamacare

  Senator Judd Gregg has penned a memo laying out for Republicans how to hold up Obamacare in the Senate, and that has moonbats hopping mad.
  Gregg, the ranking member of the Budget Committee, and thus the guardian of the budget process, is perfectly willing to bend the rules [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:26am EST
  

• He Promised Them Everything; They Didn't Expect to Have to Pay For It

  The Left Turns Off Obama
  And, even in the health care debate, the under-30 voters are learning that they are targeted -- just like the elderly -- for special punishment in Obama's health care bill. When they realize that they must spend $15,000 on average per family for health [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:17pm EST
  

• 30,000 or Nothing?

  I've heard some carping about President Obama's speech last night and his decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, with a proposed drawn down of our troops beginning in 2011.
  
  First of all, I am happy President Obama has decided to send 30,000 more troops. General McChrystal requested' [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:41pm EST
  

• “This operation on the backside is very delicate.”

  Beauty queen Solange Magnano 'died for a firmer behind'
  “A woman who had everything lost her life to have a slightly firmer behind,” said fashion designer and close friend, Roberto Piazza, in whose runway shows Ms Magnano frequently appeared.
  
  Ms Magnano, who was Miss Argentina in 1994, [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:34pm EST
  

• Charles Johnson Explains Why He Parted Ways with Right Wing Nuts

  Only to show what a nut he is.
  
  His list includes broadbrush smears at virtually every possible conservative person, group, or political philosophy and jumbles any criticism of President Obama with witch doctor pictures. I'm not kidding. Just ask him.
  
  Of course, he'd be pissed if you [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 2:51pm EST
  

• It's All About Him

  
  President Obama's speech on Afghanistan to pre-empt A Charlie Brown Christmas.
  
  What is up with this guy? Has he no shame???
  
  I am, of course, only half joking here. Certainly, the president's speech is important, but the timing couldn't be worse.[...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 12:32pm EST
  

• Short Takes

  7 Stories Obama Doesn't Want You to Read
  
  Jules Crittenden live mocks Michael Moore's letter to the President. Hilarious.
  
  Americans don't want Obamacare. Not that Democrats give a damn what those yokels think.
  
  PBS is changing the NewsHour in order to save it. [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  

• Who Is Blind to Facts?

  Josh Marshall unconsciously contradicts his own premise in his analysis of why people think what they think.
  Do our beliefs form the basis of our partisan and ideological affiliations? Or is it vice versa?
  
  There's been a lot of recent evidence not only that Republicans disproportionately disbelieve the [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:28pm EST
  

• Multiculturalism Killed 13 at Fort Hood

  Ft. Hood Killer at Work in Annapolis
  The Army’s hands-off approach toward the Muslim Hasan contrasts significantly with how Defense officials have handled those practicing mainstream religions.
  
  Hasan was a medical professional serving in a sacred role administering to the most vulnerable; yet, he was proselytizing to [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:08pm EST
  

• Would Barack Obama Have Won Had He Made These 5 Promises?

  Instead of the many lies and flip-flops?
  
  Sure, since most of the electorate didn't understand anything he proposed, aside from "hope" and "change."' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:24am EST
  

• Wow, Even Thomas Friedman Gets It Sometimes

  In his New York Times column.
  Have no doubt: we punched a fist into the Arab/Muslim world after 9/11, partly to send a message of deterrence, but primarily to destroy two tyrannical regimes — the Taliban and the Baathists — and to work with Afghans and Iraqis to build [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:13am EST
  

• Pandagon Watch: Even When They're Wrong, It's All the Right's Fault

  So, the Kentucky census worker killed by those eeeeeevilllll rightwingers has been ruled a suicide. Worse, it was a suicide designed to bilk the insurance company. But those inconvenient facts don't get in the way of a good narrative for Amanda Marcotte. No, Amanda still finds a way' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:58am EST
  

• Trapping People in the Wrong Body

  The world's most famous transsexual sportswriter has died.
  Mike Penner, the veteran Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made international headlines in 2007 when he announced he was transsexual and began working under the byline "Christine Daniels," has died.
  
  Colleagues said today that Penner was found dead at his [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 11:04pm EST
  

• Obamacare To Cost $1 Trillion $6 Trillion For 10 Years

  My, my, my. The numbers for Obamacare keep getting worse. The Democrats have lied about the 10-year cost of their "reform." Now we find that the actual cost will be six times what they say it will be. How have they done it? With gimmicks.
  One gimmick makes the [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:25pm EST
  

• False Equivalencies, Terrorist Edition

  So, an ex-doctor with a history of drug abuse admitted to making pipe bombs. And what does the moonbatosphere get out of it? Why, racism, of course.
  Of course, if this had been a Muslim extremist caught with such an arsenal, we'd be getting talk-show panels on Hannity' [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:05pm EST
  

• John Bolton Was Right

  I really hate when conservatives are right about these things, since it just means we're in that much greater danger of dangerous stuff...like a nuclear armed Iran.
  When the Obama Administration proclaimed victory on October 1st by announcing that a break-through had been reached in Geneva and that Iran' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:52am EST
  

• What's Sedition?

  A friend of mine is really incensed about Rush Limbaugh saying he hoped those at West Point would 'detain' President Obama.
  
  Of course, Media Matters only gives us 28 seconds of what Limbaugh said, so we don't know what the context was of this clip.
  
  "How is'" [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:14am EST
  

• In the Holiday Spirit

  Strip club accepts toys in exchange for lap dances. [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:59am EST
  

• Thanksgiving Quotes of the Day

  "The unequaled freedom enjoyed by our citizens has provided a harvest of plenty to this nation throughout its history.” - Ronald Reagan
  
  George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
  Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful" [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:28am EST
  

• Happy Thanksgiving!

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:24am EST
  

• Google Won't Remove Offensive Michelle Obama Pic

  Liberals need to recognize that free speech includes speech they dislike, which is why Google won't remove a picture that makes Michelle Obama look like a monkey.
  "It's offensive to many people, but that alone is not a reason to remove it from our search index," Google Inc. spokesman' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 1:52pm EST
  

• Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:37pm EST
  

• I Thought It Was Only the Right Who Hated America...

  Sen. Conrad Suggests That People Who Don’t Believe in Civilian Trials for Terrorists Should Leave America and ‘Go Somewhere Else
  Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) told CNSNews.com that civilian courts are well-suited to prosecute al Qaeda terrorists and that "if people don't believe in our system, maybe they ought to'" [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:26am EST
  

• Those White Racists

  Obama's Approval Slide Finds Whites Down to 39%
  
  Matthew Yglesias thinks the answer is too many white pundits. That doesn't answer why white Democrats are the ones disapproving of Teh One.
  
  Allahpundit digs into the numbers and notes Obama's terrible showing with independents (whom, we' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• That Obama Transparency

  Thanks to Chuck Serio for this tip:
  Obama’s Labor Department Ignores Freedom of Information Act
  On Friday, 20 November 2009, The National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation (Foundation) decided enough was enough and filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court demanding that they compel the U.S. Department [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:50am EST
  

• Ever Wonder How Two People Can Read the Same Thing and Reach Completely Different Conclusions?

  That's the feeling I had after reading David Brooks's column and the Firedoglake screed linked to it at Memeorandum.
  
  Brooks's column, titled The Values Question, goes into a philosophic tale about what American was, is, and hopes to be.
  During the first many decades of this [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:00am EST
  

• Obama: Give me 34,000 More Troops for the "Necessary War," But Just Till I Can Blame Someone Else for Retreat

  
  That's the impression one gets from President Obama's proposal, to be announced next week, to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan...but with "off ramps" to allow the POTUS to retreat but still blame someone else for his decision to bug out.
  
  This is really [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:39am EST
  

• The Senate Health Care Bill: 5 Paragraphs You Must Read

  Here it is:
  What most of us know about the Democratic bill is that it requires nearly all Americans to have health insurance. What most of us don't know is that it requires us to buy a minimum level of insurance approved by the federal government, and forces health' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:33am EST
  

• Why Do We Mistreat the Poles So?

  Via Brothers Judd:
  U.S. Honors Stalin on Hallowed Ground, Will Saddam Hussein Be Next?
  After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians began taking down their statues of Josef Stalin, the mass murderer who killed millions of people. Astonishingly, in America, the National D-Day Memorial is honoring Stalin [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:13am EST
  

• Dean: Dems 'In Deep Trouble' On Health Care, The Only Options Are A Bad Bill Or 2010 Losses

  That's from the HuffPo hand-wringing piece regarding the mess Democrats have put themselves in with Obamacare. By demanding legislation Americans don't want and can't afford, they are suddenly becoming aware of the dire consequences (for themselves) regardless of which way they go.
  "I think if you passed the Senate" [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:20pm EST
  

• What's 2,600 Lives a Year?

  That's the human cost of the EPA's push for higher car efficiency standards.
  Tired of having to drive safe, affordable vehicles? Can’t make a decision at the car lot and want the government to narrow down the decisions for you? Well then you’re in luck. The Environmental Protection Agency [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:54am EST
  

• Worse than Murderers

  It's no secret that I find the current obsession with sex offenders to be overblown and dangerous. I've documented various cases where people have been falsely branded sex offenders because of errors or hysteria. This includes going to jail for hugging a student.
  
  Now, add a' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:02am EST
  

• It's a Good Thing There Wasn't Obamacare to Tell Him He Wasn't Alive

  Man trapped in 23-year 'coma' reveals horror of being unable to tell doctors he was conscious
  
  Or, as Orrin Judd notes, it's a good thing Michael Schiavo couldn't benefit from his death.' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:53am EST
  

• They Don't Believe in Representative Democracy, Part 2

  The strangest part of the Democrats' suicide pact to pass Obamacare is their blatant disregard for the will of their constituents. Wasn't part of civics class about how we elect representatives to go to Washington to do our bidding? Somebody needs to tell these people they work for us. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:26am EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  "If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions"--James Madison [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:14am EST
  

• 13 Democrats from Republican States Voted for Obamacare

  It's time to throw those bums out. [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:06pm EST
  

• Just a Reminder of What Happened the Last Time We Tried a Terrorist in Our Courts...

  During the trial of the blind sheik, his attorney, Lynne Stewart broke the law by providing material support to the terrorist in the form of passing notes, so to speak, from her terrorist client to other terrorists.
  
  With the news that Democrats haven't learned a damn thing from 9/11' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:05am EST
  

• Lindsey Graham Stumps Eric Holder

  Via Newsbusters, we have Senator Lindsey Graham stumping Eric Holder about the consequences of President Obama's policies:
  GRAHAM: If bin Laden were caught tomorrow, would it be the position of this administration that he would be brought to justice?
  
  HOLDER: He would certainly be brought to justice, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:46pm EST
  

• You Gotta Have Your Priorities

  Andrew Sullivan is a vile, disgusting excuse for a human being, largely because of his bizarre obsession with Sarah Palin and her son Trig. Now Sullivan is taking time off, one can assume, to count typos in Palin's book as "lies" and fact check whether she chopped one cord [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:24pm EST
  

• That Obama Diplomacy Is Working So Well

  Iran’s Foreign Minister Rejects Nuclear Deal
  Today Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki publicly rejected the U.N.-backed proposal to send about 70 percent of Iran’s known supplies of enriched uranium out of the country. Mottaki suggested that instead Iran would exchange its low-enriched uranium for an equivalent amount of slightly [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:00pm EST
  

• I'm Gonna Faint...I Agree With Media Matters on Something!

  Of course, it could just be that Media Matters finally noticed the blatant sexism with which the MSM treat former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Or maybe Newsweek just went so far over the top that even Media Matters could no longer ignore it.
  Like her or not, Palin is [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:01pm EST
  

• Thank God We Don't Have This Problem in Texas

  U.S. Supreme Court restores, for the third time, death sentence for California murderer
  
  This is the third time the SCOTUS has overturned the lunatic 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hellbent on preventing the execution of monsters like Fernando Belmontes, who beat a woman 15 to 20 [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:57pm EST
  

• If The Purpose Is to Redistribute Income...

  Obamacare Puts One-Fifth of U.S. On Welfare
  Medicaid is a means-tested welfare program created in 1965 to provide health care for low income families. Despite the fact that it is one of the most poorly performing of all the federal welfare programs it has become the cornerstone of how [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:12pm EST
  

• Union Wants to Sue Boy Scout?

  For having the audacity to clean up a park.
  In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park.
  
  Little did the do-gooder know that his altruistic [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:04pm EST
  

• Can You Spot the Kitty?

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:14pm EST
  

• Another Duh! Moment: Obamacare Reduces Senior Care

  Democrats scoffed at "death panels," but everyone knows that if the elderly can't get care, it is a death sentence.
  plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending -- one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:08pm EST
  

• Liberals Will Think It Means Nothing...

  
  That the POTUS shows obeisance to other countries. But the rest of us have grave concerns when he is disrespectful to our greatest friends and bows to others. [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:31pm EST
  

• Obama's 9/10 Mentality

  President Obama's decision to try the mastermind of 9/11 in civilian court would look naive if the reasons weren't so transparent, as Andrew McCarthy notes.
  Today's announcement that KSM and other top al-Qaeda terrorists will be transferred to Manhattan federal court for civilian trials neatly fits this hidden' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:14am EST
  

• So Why Are Democrats Hellbent on Pushing Through a Plan Most Americans Don't Want?

  More in U.S. Say Health Coverage Is Not Government Responsibility
  More Americans now say it is not the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage (50%) than say it is (47%). This is a first since Gallup began tracking this question, and a significant shift' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:06pm EST
  

• Pandagon Watch: Christians = Radical Muslims

  
  One of the reasons I love reading Pandagon so much is because of the fringe positions discussed there and lapped up by the commenters. On Pandagon, if you are a conservative, a Republican of any stripe, a Christian and/or a pro-life supporter, you aren't merely misguided' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:11pm EST
  

• Obama Administration Tries to Purge Republicans

  Remember the whole Attorneygate flap? It least the U.S. attorneys were political appointments. Now, the Obama administration is trying to purge Republicans from civil service jobs.
  It is a typical Washington process that many political appointees are able to take jobs within the civil service once their political appointment [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:41am EST
  

• Unintended Consequences: Same Sex Marriage Mandates Could Harm Charities

  Forcing churches to accept homosexual couples and treat them like heterosexual ones could cause many churches to simply stop participating in certain services for the poor and needy.
  Refusing to include robust religious liberty protections in the bill that has just been approved by a Council subcommittee, the [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:48pm EST
  

• No Blood for Oil! Unless You're a Democrat

  The liberal advisor to Joe Biden and John Kerry stands to reap millions off the Kurds.
  
  As Tom Maguire notes,
  If this had been an advisor to Dick Cheney, libs would be leaping from tall buildings.
  But we can fully expect the silent treatment from the moonbatosphere [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:29pm EST
  

• Jail Time for Not Buying Insurance Isn't Just a Republican Rumor

  It's true.
  Pelosi: Jail time “very fair” for failing to buy your patriotic ObamaCare coverage
  Democrats are fearful of having to admit that people actually choose not to get insurance, so, she thinks throwing people in jail for it is "fair."
  Of course, the other option is to make' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  

• It's Tough When You Try to Make a False Equivalency

  An Immoderate Proposal
  have a moral objection to paying for any kind of erectile dysfunction medicine in the new health reform bill and I think men who want to use it should just pay for it out of pocket. After all, I won't ever need such a pill.' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:56am EST
  

• Fort Hood Shootings GWB's Fault

  Of course!
  On Tuesday, Stephanie Miller suggested it could be because "George Bush made many people around the world feel like this was a war against Islam by using words like crusade."
  It sucks when they have no boogeymen to blame things on anymore. [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:50am EST
  

• Are We Headed for This Kind of Medicine?

  Chuck has posted several links to examples of the great care one receives from socialized medicine:
  
  Cancer survivor confronts the health secretary on 62-day wait
  The current target of 62 days from urgent referral by a doctor to starting treatment has still not been met in Scotland, despite [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:08pm EST
  

• Happy Veterans Day!

  From a grateful nation, we salute your service and sacrifice. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:21am EST
  

• We All Knew This Already...

  Confessions of an Obamacare Backer
  Mr. Cassidy is more honest than the politicians whose dishonesty he supports. "The U.S. government is making a costly and open-ended commitment," he writes. "Let's not pretend that it isn't a big deal, or that it will be self-financing, or that it will work" [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:02pm EST
  

• I Liked President Obama's Speech

  Apparently, I'm not the only one.
  Obama had to lead a nation's grieving; he had to try and address the thorny issues of Islam and terrorism; to be firm; to express the spirit of America, using familiar, comforting tropes in a way that didn't sound trite.
  I was very' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:47pm EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  "One of the few advantages to the country in having Congress overwhelmingly in the hands of one party is that the lack of need to compromise lets the leaders of that party reveal themselves for what they are — in this case, people with unbounded arrogance and utter contempt for" [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:28pm EST
  

• Nobody Knows the Vice President

  From Allahpundit, who notes that Joe Biden probably doesn't remember, either.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:26pm EST
  

• Sure, Fred Phelps Is A Democrat...

  But that won't stop us from trying to tar Republicans with him!
  Did Dems Ever Do This To the Bush Twins?
  Well, other than the fact that Jenna and Barbara Bush were adults by the time their father was elected president, I'm sure we could find a few Code [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:32pm EST
  

• One More Waste of the Kelo Case

  Pfizer abandons site of infamous Kelo eminent domain taking
  The private homes that New London, Conn., took away from Suzette Kelo and her neighbors have been torn down. Their former site is a wasteland of fields of weeds, a monument to the power of eminent domain.
  
  But now [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:06pm EST
  

• Obama's Failed Stimulus in Pictures

  Excellent. [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:15pm EST
  

• Why Should We Remember the Berlin Wall?

  A young friend of mine snottily told me that she didn't consider the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to be a big deal. As she put it:
  I am sure this will irk some, but I have a problem with us being so sentimental about' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:45pm EST
  

• How a Real Commander in Chief Acts

  George W. Bush Visits Fort Hood, Wounded Soldiers
  No photogs. Classy.
  
  Where was Obama? Too busy shilling for Obamacare. Glad to know his priorities. [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 10:37am EST
  

• House Passes Pelosicare--For Your Own Good

  Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House
  
  Congratulations, Democrats. You passed a bill that liberals hate, feminists hate and all Republicans hate. We all know you're gonna strip out all the provisions about not using taxpayer funds to cover abortions. You want taxpayers to pay for abortions, because if' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:36am EST
  

• The Shoe on the Other Foot

  Several of my left-leaning friends are having an unpleasant awakening of conscience these days, concerning their criticism and mockery of George W. Bush. The awakening comes in watching a president they like and admire, Barack Obama, be treated to the same sort of unrealistic standards that they themselves were only [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:11am EST
  

• CBO: Pelosi's Bill Costs $3 Trillion $2.4 Trillion Over 10 Years

  Commenter Perry thinks the $1.05 trillion price tag for Obamacare is just ducky, cuz besides believing in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, he also thinks it will cut the deficit. I pointed out to him that the plan doesn't even have any benefits until 2013 or 2014. But the' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:29pm EST
  

• Democrats Don't Believe in Representative Democracy

  Bill Owens is the latest example.
  The New York Times is reporting that in his pep talk to the Democrats in Congress this morning, President Obama acknowledged that he and newly elected NY-23 Democratic Congressman Bill Owens have pulled a fast one on the voters in that district.
  
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:20pm EST
  

• The Fort Hood Shooting and Radical Islam

  We now know that Major Nidal Hasan was a member of a radical mosque in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was an American citizen, yet, apparently, couldn't bring himself to do simple things like be photographed with women. He sympathized with Muslims fighting his fellow soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. And' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:00pm EST
  

• Pelosi's Bill Will Stifle Medical Innovation

  Shutting off the miracle-drug spigot
  Pelosi's bill may cost pharmaceutical companies $150 billion over a decade -- nearly double the amount they conceded when they cut a White House-approved deal with Sen. Max Baucus this summer.
  
  The Pelosi bill is a prescription for fewer new life-saving drugs. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 5:25pm EST
  

• The Death of Conservatism...NOT

  From Charles Krauthammer. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:29pm EST
  

• Unemployment Hits 10.2%

  The last time unemployment was this high, I was a sophomore in college, editor of my junior college newspaper, wearing pink oxford shirts and pipestem jeans.
  The jump into the realm of double-digit joblessness — from 9.8 percent in September — provided a sobering reminder that, despite the apparent [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:25pm EST
  

• The "Purge" Begins

  7 Hardin County officials switch to GOP
  Seven Democratic Hardin County elected officials announced Wednesday they will become Republicans.
  
  Sheriff Ed Cain, who confirmed his switch earlier this week, was joined at Wednesday’s formal announcement by County Judge Billy Caraway, Precinct 4 Commissioner Bobby Franklin, County Attorney Rebecca [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:19pm EST
  

• CBO: Republican Plan Would Reduce Premiums, Cut Deficit

  Cuts the deficit by $68 billion, btw.
  According to CBO, the GOP bill would indeed lower costs, particularly for small businesses that have trouble finding affordable health care policies for their employees. The report found rates would drop by seven to 10 percent for this group, and by five [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:38pm EST
  

• "How Does My (Gay Marriage, Cohabitation, Out of Wedlock Birth) Affect Your Marriage Anyway?"

  Whenever conservatives defend traditional marriage, you will invariably be asked why you care about somebody else's gay marriage (or living to gether or out of wedlock birth). After all, it's not going to affect your marriage, right?
  
  The answer, of course, is that not everything has to affect you [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:53pm EST
  

• Contrary to Every Account

  A Democrat held the NY-23 seat from 1979 to 1993. Republicans had not held the seat "since the Civil War." [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:07pm EST
  

• Lessons from NY-23

  When the RNC pours nearly a million bucks into the campaign of a liberal Republican, it can't help but end badly for the party.
  Conservatives owe NY-23 candidate Doug Hoffman immeasurable gratitude. He overcame impossible odds (single digits just a month ago) to come within two points of defeating' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:44am EST
  

• Election Night

  Don't believe 'em when they say it's not a referendum on Democrats and President Obama. People still like BO personally, but his policies suck.
  
  From Hot Air:
  He won by six points in Virginia last year, remember. Two thoughts here. One: You would think that a guy who [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:46pm EST
  

• When We Talk about Media Bias...

  This is the kinda thing we're talking about.
  One year after he won a historical presidential election, a slight majority of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama's doing in the White House.
  
  Fifty-four percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday approve' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:01pm EST
  

• NY-23 Is Rockin'

  Liberals are complaining that it's getting ugly out there. All because some Doug Hoffman supporters got rowdy.
  "We've gotten reports that people are standing there, covered with Hoffman stickers and yelling anti-choice stuff at voters," said O'Neill, a St. Lawrence native who has been running the party's GOTV effort [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 4:55pm EST
  

• The Non-Existent Fight for the Soul of the Republican Party

  Stories like this one must be written by people who never experienced political swings before.
  In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:40pm EST