Monthly Archives: September 2009

…The Government Is Deaf

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Gaius

Salina Zito, writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Last Saturday’s “Tea Party” protest, spreading out across Capitol Hill, received little to no coverage; most news organizations wildly underreported the crowd’s size. Later, former president Jimmy Carter said racism is behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Obamantics | 1 Comment

There’s Something Happening Here

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Gaius

What it is ain’t exactly clear. Apparently, Andrew Breitbart has a real bombshell coming next week – “from out of left field“. Update: Buffy Wicks? That name has popped up in the comments stemming from a comment/photo posted by Iowahawk … Continue reading →

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Spin, Whitewash, Spin, Repeat – Part The Second

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Gaius

The LA Times sort of reports on the ACORN scandal – while completely – and I mean completely – erasing the California connection to the trail of slime that ACORN has left behind. In the latest controversy, ACORN workers in … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, Media | 3 Comments

Completely Mad

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Gaius

So, you’re in charge of a man who murdered an elderly woman, was tried and was found to be criminally insane. Said criminally insane individual has a history of escaping custody since being found to be criminally insane. Said criminally insane … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Crime | 5 Comments

“Harmless As An Enemy And Treacherous As A Friend”

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Gaius

Bernard Lewis, quoted by Mark Steyn in his column today. Steyn is writing about Obama’s decision to withdraw missile defense from Eastern European allies. Vladimir Putin is no longer president but he is de facto czar. And he thinks it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in World news | 3 Comments

Expensive Free Medical Care

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Gaius

The government and union employees who are currently pushing really, really hard for ObamaCare might want to read this story from Britain. A young woman died in hospital after waiting almost two hours for a blood transfusion that could have … Continue reading →

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Psst! You Get To Pay For It!

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Gaius

Obama’s solution to illegal immigrants and health care: Make them instantly legal and give ‘em all the health care we can afford to pay for for them. In other words, not only should everyone pay for Americans to get health … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Observations | 1 Comment

Continuous Jeopardy

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Gaius

Seven former directors of the CIA have publicly asked Barack Obama to rein in Eric Holder’s witch hunt against the CIA. They have several very good reasons as to why this whole thing should be stopped – right now – … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Left Wing, Legal, Obamantics | 1 Comment

Warning: Being A Bigot Makes You Not So Good At Statistics

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Rich Horton

This is sadly typical of lots of bigots these days: Is this a surprise to anybody? The following was posted on rhrealitycheck.org Thursday: U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Religion | 9 Comments

Records Broken

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Gaius

Not good ones, either. Five states posted jobless rates above 12% in August, according to federal data released Friday. California, Nevada and Rhode Island each hit record-high rates, the Labor Department said. Michigan led the nation in unemployment, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy | 2 Comments

Screening No Promise Of Better Care

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Gaius

Preventative medicine is touted by Barack Obama as a big cost-saver. Despite the fact that the Congressional Budget Office has shown that not to be the case. But there is another problem in that approach, as well. As some 18 women … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, Obamantics, World news | 2 Comments

The New Crop Of Child-Whoring Pimp Assistance Program Defenders

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Gaius

75 Democrats signed on as card-carrying members of the Child-Whoring Pimp Assistance Program Defenders in the US House of Representatives today. But the fact that there were 75 “no” votes is shocking, even for this Congress. All of the nays … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Democrats | 3 Comments

Congressional Democrats And Job-Killing Policies

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Gaius

Michael Barone: Then there’s trade protectionism. A week ago Friday, late at night, the Obama administration slapped import tariffs on Chinese tires. The Chinese retaliated by imposing tariffs on auto parts and chickens — take that, United Auto Workers and … Continue reading →

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Spin, Whitewash, Spin, Repeat

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Gaius

CNN is now reporting on the ever-growing ACORN scandal. They are reporting almost exclusively on ACORN’s spin and attempted whitewash, but they are reporting. The videos, secretly taped by two individuals posing as a pimp and a prostitute, showed ACORN … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Left Wing | 5 Comments

Just How Rotten Is That ACORN?

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Gaius

If true, there is more – and even worse – coming from the video expose of ACORN: “There are more,” Mike Flynn, Editor-in-chief of new site BigGovernment.com, told HUMAN EVENTS in an exclusive interview this afternoon regarding the number of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Left Wing | 2 Comments