Author Archives: Rich Horton

House Democrats Are The New Patty Hearst?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Rich Horton

I don’t blame all liberals for junk like this as it seems only liberal “journalists” are actually this brand of stupid: The tea party’s terrorist tactics It has become commonplace to call the tea party faction in the House “hostage … Continue reading →

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Satan Welcomes Osama For The Next Few Million Years

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Rich Horton

Thank God. Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, President Obama announced tonight. The president called the killing of bin Laden the “most significant achievement to date” in the … Continue reading →

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On Being An Idiot Or A Terrible Liar

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Rich Horton

The New Republic has hit a new low thanks to Jonathan Cohn: The conservative legal brief against the Affordable Care Act rests heavily on a simple proposition. Government can’t make us obtain private insurance because, as the argument goes, that … Continue reading →

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No. Not Everyone Can Do Political Theory

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Rich Horton

This one is going to hurt the old brain. It begins with CNN publishing the following opinion piece from a law professor improbably named Carl T. Bogus: There’s no right of revolution in a democracy “A well regulated Militia, being … Continue reading →

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Blame Derrida!

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Rich Horton

It should be clear, by this point, to any rational person that the Left in this country has simply lost its collective mind. The “reality based community” has been hysterically shrieking for the past five days how Jared Loughner was … Continue reading →

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Irony Alert?

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Rich Horton

Words of supposed wisdom from Gary Hart: Gradually, over time, political rhetoric used by politicians and the media has become more inflamatory. The degree to which violent words and phrases are considered commonplace is striking. Candidates are “targeted”. An opponent … Continue reading →

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The Repeal Amendment

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Rich Horton

From the New York Times: The same people driving the lawsuits that seek to dismantle the Obama administration’s health care overhaul have set their sights on an even bigger target: a constitutional amendment that would allow a vote of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Politics | 6 Comments

Stupid Leftist Profs Unite!

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Rich Horton

You have nothing to lose but your dignity and any sense of common human decency you may have possessed! The failed Times Square bombing prompted a leading light of academia to opine: Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, professor, Washington and Lee University … Continue reading →

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Leftist Hack: “Criticism Of Democrats Or Obama = Journalistic Malpractice”

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Rich Horton

And tools like this wonder why they are routinely dismissed by the American people: One question has tugged at my professional conscience throughout the year-long congressional debate over health-care reform, and it has nothing to do with the public option, … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics | 3 Comments

Environmental Determinism Makes A Comeback

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Rich Horton

Really, what passes for “science” these days is hysterical. From the BBC: Climate ‘is a major cause’ of conflict in Africa Climate has been a major driver of armed conflict in Africa, research shows – and future warming is likely … Continue reading →

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Yet More AGW Fraud

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Rich Horton

Big news: Cherry Picking of Historic Proportions The sheer effrontery and gall appears to be breathtaking. The Briffa temperature graphs have been widely cited as evidence by the IPCC, yet it appears they were based on a very carefully selected … Continue reading →

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“Data? We Don’t Need No Stinking Data!”

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Rich Horton

Turns out the high priests of the Temple of Anthropogenic Global Warming have lost the original sacred texts which justify their existence, or so they claim. What you need to read: The Dog Ate Global Warming What is fun to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Junk Science | 2 Comments

Madison Envy

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Rich Horton

You get the feeling sometimes that many on the left side of the American political spectrum feel they have gotten a raw deal when it comes to the divvying up of the important Founding Fathers. Sure, the left got Thomas … Continue reading →

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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

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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