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Week Two.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Obama's Race-Based Spoils System
A taste of the latest Pat Buchanan column:
African-Americans are hardly underrepresented in the U.S. government.
Though only 12 percent to 13 percent of the U.S. population, blacks hold 18 percent of all federal jobs. African-Americans are 25 percent of the employees at Treasury and Veterans Affairs, 31 percent of State Department employees, 37 percent of the Department of Education, 38 percent of Housing and Urban Development. They are 42 percent of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., 55 percent of the Government Printing Office, 82 percent of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
According to The Washington Post, blacks hold 44 percent of the jobs at Fannie Mae and 50 percent of the jobs at Freddie Mac.
A taste of the latest Pat Buchanan column:
African-Americans are hardly underrepresented in the U.S. government.
Though only 12 percent to 13 percent of the U.S. population, blacks hold 18 percent of all federal jobs. African-Americans are 25 percent of the employees at Treasury and Veterans Affairs, 31 percent of State Department employees, 37 percent of the Department of Education, 38 percent of Housing and Urban Development. They are 42 percent of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., 55 percent of the Government Printing Office, 82 percent of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
According to The Washington Post, blacks hold 44 percent of the jobs at Fannie Mae and 50 percent of the jobs at Freddie Mac.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Is Obama Finished?
We are fourteen and a half months away from the presidential election, but the question needs to be asked: Is Obama already a lame duck?
We are fourteen and a half months away from the presidential election, but the question needs to be asked: Is Obama already a lame duck?
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Interview with Cory Adams, Chairman of the Story County, Iowa GOP
I contacted Story County Republican Party Chairman Cory Adams yesterday and he was kind enough to agree to a brief email interview. What follows is an unedited transcript of our exchange.
I contacted Story County Republican Party Chairman Cory Adams yesterday and he was kind enough to agree to a brief email interview. What follows is an unedited transcript of our exchange.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Obama's job approval rating down to 42%; 50% now disapprove
The latest Gallup poll shows that President Obama's approval rating is in free-fall. Just 42% of adults now approve of the job Obama is doing as President. Fully 50% disapprove.
The latest Gallup poll shows that President Obama's approval rating is in free-fall. Just 42% of adults now approve of the job Obama is doing as President. Fully 50% disapprove.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Hilarious sentence in an article on Newt's presidential campaign
A former aide said the differences mainly involved the staff view that Gingrich should campaign heavily in the early primary states and Gingrich's view that he should instead go on a Greek cruise with his wife.
A former aide said the differences mainly involved the staff view that Gingrich should campaign heavily in the early primary states and Gingrich's view that he should instead go on a Greek cruise with his wife.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
World War Two D-Day stories
Here's just one:
Here's just one:
For Harold Baumgarten, a 19 year-old Army private from New York, the invasion started badly and quickly got worse.
Baumgarten had avoided seasickness on the boat trip across the English Channel at the start of the battle because he only had some Cadbury chocolate instead of the big breakfasts other soldiers devoured, he recalled in a telephone interview from his home in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
But soon seasickness was the least of his worries. A German machine gunner mowed down most of the men exiting Baumgarten's boat. There were 30 soldiers in the craft, and only two of them -- including Baumgarten -- survived.
Once on the sand, a shell exploded nearby and ripped off Baumgarten's cheek and left a hole in the roof of his mouth.
After being bandaged, he was rescuing another soldier when more shrapnel hit him in the head.
That night, Baumgarten was advancing along a road with some other soldiers when they came under fire from a German machine gunner, and he was hit in the jaw. At that point, he gave himself a pain-numbing shot of morphine.
"I took a morphine sleep," Baumgarten said. "I thought we lost the war, because after all I'm laying with six dead guys around me."
Baumgarten believes that during that night, some German soldiers searched for cigarettes on the bodies of his dead comrades. Baumgarten, who is Jewish, had drawn a Star of David on the back of his field jacket, as an act of defiance against Nazi Germany's brutality against European Jews.
He said he believes the Germans would have killed him, but they did not see his blood-stained Star of David.
"I thought I heard somebody say, 'Don't worry Yankee boy, you're going to be OK,'" Baumgarten said.
As it turns out, an Allied ambulance did come by and pick up Baumgarten. But the next day, as he lay on a stretcher on the beach, a German sniper's bullet hit him in the knee before he was transported back to England.
Over the years, Baumgarten underwent 23 operations to heal the wounds he suffered in Normandy. Baumgarten himself became a doctor, and practiced for 40 years.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
TSA officer arrested at Orlando International Airport in possession of gun
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that 25-year-old Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer Rynel B. Delacruz was arrested Monday night for trying to bring a gun through a security checkpoint at Orlando International Airport. He was released on Tuesday after posting just $250 bail.
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that 25-year-old Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer Rynel B. Delacruz was arrested Monday night for trying to bring a gun through a security checkpoint at Orlando International Airport. He was released on Tuesday after posting just $250 bail.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Rating the debate: Republican presidential candidates face off in South Carolina
Here is my take on the debate.
Here is my take on the debate.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Florida's attempt to pass an Arizona-style immigration law appears doomed
Time has almost run out for the Florida Legislature in their efforts to pass an immigration bill similar to the one passed in Arizona last year.
Time has almost run out for the Florida Legislature in their efforts to pass an immigration bill similar to the one passed in Arizona last year.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: Another donation to Obama
The establishment media's reportage of the event has been utterly predictable and virtually identical, regardless of the outlet: Seth Meyers was hilarious, President Obama was even more hilarious, the buffoonish Donald Trump was rightfully skewered by both, and the audience loved every minute of it.
One small factoid was left out of the media's coverage of the event. A minor detail that I had to research myself, because literally no media outlets reported it. It turns out Seth Meyers is a major Obama supporter and donor. Meyers donated to the Obama campaign on four seperate occasions in 2008, giving a total of $4,600, the maximum amount allowed under federal election law at the time.
The establishment media's reportage of the event has been utterly predictable and virtually identical, regardless of the outlet: Seth Meyers was hilarious, President Obama was even more hilarious, the buffoonish Donald Trump was rightfully skewered by both, and the audience loved every minute of it.
One small factoid was left out of the media's coverage of the event. A minor detail that I had to research myself, because literally no media outlets reported it. It turns out Seth Meyers is a major Obama supporter and donor. Meyers donated to the Obama campaign on four seperate occasions in 2008, giving a total of $4,600, the maximum amount allowed under federal election law at the time.
Labels:
Barack Hussein Obama,
media bias,
Seth Meyers,
WHCD
Friday, April 29, 2011
Donald Trump gives profanity-laced "campaign" speech in Las Vegas
On Iraq: "We build a school, we build a road. They blow up the road, they blow up the school. ... In the meantime, we can't get a f---ing school built in Brooklyn."
On OPEC: "We have nobody in Washington that sits back and said, 'You're not gonna raise that f---ing price, you understand me?"
On China: "Listen you motherf---ers, we're gonna tax you 25%."
On Iraq: "We build a school, we build a road. They blow up the road, they blow up the school. ... In the meantime, we can't get a f---ing school built in Brooklyn."
On OPEC: "We have nobody in Washington that sits back and said, 'You're not gonna raise that f---ing price, you understand me?"
On China: "Listen you motherf---ers, we're gonna tax you 25%."
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Donald Trump shifts his line of attack on Obama: Now release your college records
"I heard at Columbia [University], he wasn't a very good student. He then gets Harvard. How do you get into Harvard if you're not a good student? Now, maybe that's right or maybe it's wrong. But I don't know why he doesn't release his records."
"I heard at Columbia [University], he wasn't a very good student. He then gets Harvard. How do you get into Harvard if you're not a good student? Now, maybe that's right or maybe it's wrong. But I don't know why he doesn't release his records."
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Florida Governor Rick Scott to close Citizens Property Insurance?
There are reports that Florida Governor Rick Scott is considering abolishing Citizens Property Insurance. Citizens Property Insurance is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt government corporation that provides property insurance to Florida residents statewide. It has more than 1.3 million policyholders, making it the largest property insurer in the state of Florida.
There are reports that Florida Governor Rick Scott is considering abolishing Citizens Property Insurance. Citizens Property Insurance is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt government corporation that provides property insurance to Florida residents statewide. It has more than 1.3 million policyholders, making it the largest property insurer in the state of Florida.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers receiving death threats from union thugs
"Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your familes [sic] will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks."
"Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your familes [sic] will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks."
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Friday, December 03, 2010
We're trying to rebuild this?
From The Guardian:
How about we get the hell out of there and then nuke it from orbit.
From The Guardian:
There is a long tradition of young boys dressing up as girls and dancing for men in Afghanistan, an activity that sometimes crosses the line into child abuse with Afghans keeping boys as possessions.
How about we get the hell out of there and then nuke it from orbit.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Friday, October 08, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
White House hits the panic button on fall elections
Amid new polls showing Democrats losing momentum with voters, the White House is sounding less confident about its chances in November.
Amid new polls showing Democrats losing momentum with voters, the White House is sounding less confident about its chances in November.
Labels:
Barack Hussein Obama,
elections,
Washington Examiner
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
LOL @ Arlen Specter
His political career is finally over. Die in a fire, you soulless piece of human debris.
His political career is finally over. Die in a fire, you soulless piece of human debris.
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Christopher Buckley is nuts
He actually wrote this, and was apparently being serious:
"There are two, stand-out original conservative thinkers in my generation, both, as it happened, named David — Frum and Brooks."
He actually wrote this, and was apparently being serious:
"There are two, stand-out original conservative thinkers in my generation, both, as it happened, named David — Frum and Brooks."

Sunday, March 21, 2010
Happy Dependence Day!

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years." - Alexander Fraser Tytler
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." - Alexis de Tocqueville

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years." - Alexander Fraser Tytler
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." - Alexis de Tocqueville
Labels:
Barack Hussein Obama,
health care,
Nancy Pelosi,
The Left
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Democrats Prepare “Slaughter Solution” To Ram Unpopular Health Care Takeover Through Congress Without A Vote
WTF?
So now our wonderful elected representatives in the Congress believe they can pass laws without even bothering to vote on them.
With every passing day, the USA becomes more and more like the old USSR...
WTF?
The twisted scheme by which Democratic leaders plan to bend the rules to ram President Obama’s massive health care legislation through Congress now has a name: the Slaughter Solution.
The Slaughter Solution is a plan by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the Democratic chair of the powerful House Rules Committee and a key ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), to get the health care legislation through the House without an actual vote on the Senate-passed health care bill.
So now our wonderful elected representatives in the Congress believe they can pass laws without even bothering to vote on them.
With every passing day, the USA becomes more and more like the old USSR...

Thursday, February 11, 2010
CHANGE: Obama to raise taxes on the middle class?
Obama on February 24, 2009:
"Now, let me be clear -- let me be absolutely clear, because I know you'll end up hearing some of the same claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: If your family earns less than $250,000 a year -- a quarter million dollars a year -- you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: Not one single dime. Not a dime."
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Obama on February 9, 2010:
President Barack Obama said he is “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making less than $250,000 as part of a broad effort to rein in the budget deficit.
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Now that's change you can believe in!
Obama on February 24, 2009:
"Now, let me be clear -- let me be absolutely clear, because I know you'll end up hearing some of the same claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: If your family earns less than $250,000 a year -- a quarter million dollars a year -- you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: Not one single dime. Not a dime."
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Obama on February 9, 2010:
President Barack Obama said he is “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making less than $250,000 as part of a broad effort to rein in the budget deficit.
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Now that's change you can believe in!

Sunday, February 07, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Harris Poll: Glenn Beck second most popular television personality in the United States
Poll results here.
From the link: "Glenn Beck is the favorite for both Republicans and for Conservatives, but, interestingly, also for Independents. Oprah Winfrey is number one for Democrats and Moderates, while Jon Stewart is the favorite for Liberals."
Poll results here.
From the link: "Glenn Beck is the favorite for both Republicans and for Conservatives, but, interestingly, also for Independents. Oprah Winfrey is number one for Democrats and Moderates, while Jon Stewart is the favorite for Liberals."
Friday, January 08, 2010
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Obama betrayed Poland and the Czech Republic, dissed the Dalai Lama, and looked the other way while Iranian demonstrators were being butchered...
...and all he got was this lousy Nobel Peace Prize.
...and all he got was this lousy Nobel Peace Prize.
Friday, October 09, 2009
What do the Nobel Peace Prize and Seinfeld have in common?
They are both about nothing, apparently.
Great line from Ace Of Spades HQ:
Right now about 100 million Americans are wondering if they, too, might be announced as a Nobel Prize winner. Many of us, too, have done nothing.
Heh.
They are both about nothing, apparently.
Great line from Ace Of Spades HQ:
Right now about 100 million Americans are wondering if they, too, might be announced as a Nobel Prize winner. Many of us, too, have done nothing.
Heh.
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to empty suit
Affirmative Action in Oslo:
He won, but for what?
Absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize
The deadline for nominations was February 1, meaning the president was nominated after being in office for just 11 days.
"So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far," said former Polish President Lech Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983.
Obama Peace Prize win has Americans asking: Why?
Affirmative Action in Oslo:
He won, but for what?
Absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize
The deadline for nominations was February 1, meaning the president was nominated after being in office for just 11 days.
"So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far," said former Polish President Lech Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983.
Obama Peace Prize win has Americans asking: Why?
Monday, September 21, 2009
Auto Sales Collapse To Levels Not Seen In Nearly Three Decades
The "Cash For Clunkers" gimmick was a counterproductive failure, as anyone with a clue about economics could have predicted.
The "Cash For Clunkers" gimmick was a counterproductive failure, as anyone with a clue about economics could have predicted.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Hillary Clinton sends "greetings" to the people of Honduras
Rick Richman sums it up nicely:
Frightening.
Rick Richman sums it up nicely:
When your Supreme Court enforces your constitution, and your military forces obey their orders, and your Congress virtually unanimously chooses the successor president, and the new head of state is a member of the prior president’s party, and representatives of religious and civil society tell the Organization of American States they support the actions of their government, and the previously scheduled presidential elections will be held on time, in about two months, with international observers welcome, you have — in the view of the Obama administration — abandoned the “democratic path.”
Frightening.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Hate crime in Belleview, Illinois
I wonder why our "civil rights leaders" aren't on the national news denouncing this violent attack...
I wonder why our "civil rights leaders" aren't on the national news denouncing this violent attack...
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