In my inbox this morning was an email purportedly from Erica Lafferty, whose mother, Dawn Hochsprung, was Sandy Hook principal. As we all know, she and 25 others died in the murder spree there six months ago. I say “purportedly” because, as with all correspondence of this kind, the email address it comes from is “info@barackobama.com” — meaning that responding to it is really rather pointless, unless your response reaches
June 2013
June 13, 2013
Fire up the black helicoptors, people!
Rumor: Beck will reveal that John Roberts was blackmailed into voting to uphold ObamaCare. Hacked emails supposedly used against Roberts. How does the Snowden revelations square with this rumor, I ask you? — From here, on the nutty extremist side of the winger gallery.
June 13, 2013
“Six big problems with the immigration bill from someone who has actually read it”
Former Lieutenant Governor of New York, Betsy McCaughey (D) notes that the only interest group not represented in the proposed “comprehensive immigration reform” legislation is we, the people. And that’s because the Gang of 8 is a Gang of Liars. Plain and simple. Pro-tip for Republicans: if Obama, Schumer, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, La Raza, and the SEIU is really really really for something, it’s probably best for
June 13, 2013
protein wisdom minimalism
The ruling class — that is, the Democrats in lockstep and the establishment Republicans aiding them in what will be termed a bipartisan effort — is fast-tracking “comprehensive immigration reform” with a goal of having it passed by August 1, before summer recess. What this new set of laws will do is essentially add 30 million new legal voters over a decade’s time, nearly all of them permanent clients to
June 7, 2013
Satch’s Olympic wrestling camp begins today
So I’ll be gone for the next several days, helping out and doing some coaching. The fundraiser hasn’t had any contributions since Tuesday or Wednesday, so just kind of ignore it. I’ll remove the post later when I get a chance, but I really am on my way out the door. In my absence, remember: it’s who they are. It’s what they do. Don’t be surprised or even outraged. Just
June 7, 2013
“There is no longer such a thing as presidential ethics.” [Darleen Click]
Victor Davis Hanson explains how Obama has turned Aristotelian ethics on its head Presidential ethics are now situational. Obama is calling for a shield law to protect reporters from the sort of harassment that his attorney general, Eric Holder, and the FBI practiced against Fox News and the Associated Press. Through such rhetoric, he remains a staunch champion of the First Amendment — even though he now has the ability
June 7, 2013
On NSA data collection
Again, the scope here seems broad, but then I suspect it has to be, for any meaningful connections to be identified by the NSA. The warrant came in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. And while I’m sympathetic to the argument that perhaps we’d be better off merely collecting data on, say, Islamists who happen to be on government assistance, we all know that such “profiling” violates our PC
June 6, 2013
“36 House Republicans uphold Davis-Bacon prevailing wages”
Americans for Limited Government: Americans for Limited Government President Nathan Mehrens today issued the following statement blasting 36 House Republicans for defeating an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have repealed the 82-year old Davis-Bacon prevailing wages mandate for federal contractors: “Prevailing wages demand that the U.S. Department of Labor set the cost for labor for federal government construction contractors rather than having the taxpayers get the benefit of