And why wouldn’t they? Isn’t that their entire economic policy in a nutshell?
"Newt Gingrich’s judicial reform idea: Abolish bad courts"
Of course the problem, as Matt Lewis points out, is that we’ve allowed the courts to assume a position above the Legislative and Executive branches, in effect allowing them to rule any attempt to rein them in as unconstitutional. But that’s not a problem with Gingrich’s idea so much as it is with the power we’ve allowed the the courts to accrue: what we have in this country is a
Some conservatives on Twitter OUTRAGED over Onion's Tweet Gag [updated and updated again]
My attempts to talk sense into a few of these stalwart watchdogs of media reportage have proven largely unsuccessful, as I’ve somehow been unable to press the point that being unfunny is not the same as being serious — that the former is not necessarily the inverse of the latter, because intent, naturally, must be factored into the interpretation. That is to say, bad satire (which, by the way, is
Garafalo: Sneaky, racist Tea Party Republicans hiding their racism by supporting Herman Cain
Not only that, but these conniving frauds are willing to vote for Cain to lead the entire nation — that is, to lead them, this being, as the TEA Party racists like to remind us, a representative republic — in order to hide their belief in the inferiority of a particular race. Whom they hate. The facts are the facts: One need look only to the vocal support by TEA
"Top Obama fundraisers at Energy Department included an overseer of stimulus billions"
How’s that hopey-changey stuff workin’ out for ya’? Several of Barack Obama’s top campaign supporters went from soliciting political contributions to working from within the Energy Department as it showered billions in taxpayer-backed stimulus money on alternative energy firms, iWatch News and ABC News have learned. One of them was Steven J. Spinner, a high-tech consultant and investor in energy companies who raised at least $500,000 for Obama. He became
"And I would have been the bestest President ever, too, if it weren't for those meddling kids…"
Palin goes around the media and pokes once again at Obama, Scapegoater-in-Chief: When his all-too-common finger-pointing is directed at Republicans, President Obama’s search for a scapegoat is swallowed as merely the typical Beltway politics of our permanent political class. But pointing fingers at our allies when they are working to get their own financial house in order is counterproductive and can have a serious negative affect on our ability to
Scat Tracks
“You woke the bears! Why did you do that?” As nearly every poll shows, more than 70 percent of Americans believe we’re on the wrong track, and the number of people calling themselves conservative continues to grow, as does the number of moderates who say they lean to the right. According to Pew, the average voter places himself twice as far from Democrats as he does from Republicans. Moreover, notes
"Energy Department approves $737 million solar loan guarantee"
Hubris? After giving it much thought, I’ve decided that I don’t much want the federal government acting as my investment broker. Only problem is, I have to wait and least another year plus to fire it. Doesn’t seem like a workable relationship, frankly. At least, not where my interests are concerned.
Daily Herman Cain factoid that few people yet know
In the early 80s, erstwhile Cuban refugee and future drug lord Tony Montana planned to set up shop in Herman Cain’s city but changed his mind suddenly when, purely by happenstance, he watched a shirtless Cain hoist a railroad tie and use it as a makeshift pry bar to move a stalled school bus full of orphans off the tracks and out of the way of an onrushing train. Full
"A serious plan to replace Obamacare"
Washington Examiner: Republicans seem to understand that repeal of President Obama’s health care law is necessary. Unfortunately, many of them seem to think repeal is sufficient as well. It isn’t. This is why it’s so important that a GOP leader like House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., began presenting a viable plan to replace it with his speech Tuesday at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. The big problem afflicting our
