Monthly Archives: September 2009

Gee, You Mean They Are Telling Lies?

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Gaius

Here’s a shocker. The White House itself says that the Marxman-Wacky Crap and Tax bill could cost American families as much as $1,761 per year in additional energy costs. Per year. The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Energy | 3 Comments

Thirteen Month Old Baby, Broke The Lookin’ Glass

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Gaius

Amazing: Every summer for 85 years, Santa Fe artisans have built a giant effigy of wood and chicken wire, then stuffed it with woes. They named the thing Zozobra, but many here just call him Old Man Gloom. And when … Continue reading →

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An Inconvenient Bunch Of Questions

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Gaius

Just a few inconvenient things that Obama’s big speech failed to address: 9. Can the president make good on his promise not to “add one dime” to the national debt? The Congressional Budget Office estimates the House health care bill … Continue reading →

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Nonsense On Stilts

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Rich Horton

Generally speaking, I enjoy the columns of Bill McClellan in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. McClellan is really something of a throwback to the days when newspapers had a much more blue collar air to them, back when reporters and editors … Continue reading →

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Rotten ACORN

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Gaius

The hits keep coming from Big Government. This time it is San Bernardino, California. After going undercover on the east coast, James and I headed to the west coast. We knew it was a risky endeavor but the results on … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Left Wing | 2 Comments

Patrick Swayze, RIP

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Gaius

The Daily Mail reports that Patrick Swayze has died: Patrick Swayze died last night following a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The Dirty Dancing star’s publicist confirmed that he passed away peacefully with his family by his side. The 57-year-old … Continue reading →

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Crushed ACORN

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Gaius

In one of the fastest abandon ship drills ever, politically-speaking, Senate democrats overwhelmingly voted to strip ACORN of all Some federal funding. At the beginning of the vote, it appeared that Democrats might resist. Initially, a half-dozen Democrats cast votes … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Left Wing, Politics | 6 Comments

The Ghosts Of Christmas Future

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Gaius

This should scare the heck out of you. The ghosts are real – they’re hanging around to the east of Singapore. They are the ghosts of trade. Here, on a sleepy stretch of shoreline at the far end of Asia, … Continue reading →

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The Seven Big Lies

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Gaius

Robert Tracinski, over at Real Clear Politics, discusses the seven big lies (and not a few of the smaller ones), that Barack Obama told in his latest huge, unprecedented, historic, once-in-a-lifetime, bigger-than-life (insert over-the-top media description of your choice here) speech … Continue reading →

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From An ACORN, A Mighty Oak Of Scandal

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Gaius

Yet another ACORN office gave business advice to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute. Not just any advice, either. ACORN staffers gave advice on setting up a brothel featuring underaged girls imported into the US. Ed Morrisey writes: Obviously, … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, Media | 2 Comments

Trying To Buy Votes

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Gaius

Yeah, like nobody can see what’s happening here: Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation this week that would provide seniors and others who receive Social Security payments a one-time $150 payment to make up for the loss of the COLA. … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Medicine | 4 Comments

Norman Borlaug: 1914-2009, RIP

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Gaius

He did more good for mankind than all of the politicians in the world. In the late 1960s, most experts were speaking of imminent global famines in which billions would perish. “The battle to feed all of humanity is over,” biologist Paul … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Get There From Here

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Gaius

Jennifer Rubin: But in their frustration at the president’s vacuity, the Post editors overlook a key problem. There isn’t a way to do the things he has promised (avoid adding to the deficit and slow down health-cost inflation) with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, Medicine, Obamantics | 2 Comments

The Coming Implosion?

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Gaius

Kevin McCullough, writing at FoxNews, predicts an imminent implosion for the Obama administration. He lays out six reasons: Since I was the first pundit to predict Obama’s presidency (back in December 2006) it behooves me to tell you the course … Continue reading →

Posted in Obamantics, Politics | 2 Comments

A View From A Webcam

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Gaius

Smart politicians are right now looking at the images from the huge protest rally in Washington, DC today and calculating their odds of voting for ObamaCare and surviving the next election. The odds are not really good. In fact, the view … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Obamantics, Politics | 3 Comments