May 10, 2009 Politics & Government Comments (0)
The kind of base, junior-high, mean-spirited discourse we’ve grown to expect on Internet bulletin boards and blogs has now been “elevated,” or perhaps I should say “mainstreamed,” or “endorsed” by the President of the United States. After the Clinton-Lewinsky escapades, I didn’t think the office of the Commander-in-Chief could sink any lower. But now we have a president who jokes about people with Down Syndrome and laughs at Wanda Sykes wishing Rush Limbaugh would die of kidney failure or be tortured as a traitor and terrorist. For those of you who voted for Barack Hussein Obama, is this what you think “the One” had in mind when he promised to restore civility to our public discourse?
You also might want to watch this small excerpt to see it yourself:
April 21, 2009 Journalism, Worldview Comments (0)
April 18, 2009 Politics & Government Comments (0)
Democrats want to portray Mr. Coleman as a sore loser and make the Republican worry that he will ruin his chances for other political office. But Mr. Coleman has a legitimate grievance that not all votes have been treated equally. If the Franken standard of disparate absentee-voter treatment is allowed to stand, every close election will be settled by a legal scramble to change the vote-counting rules after Election Day. Minnesota should take the time to get this one right. Read the editorial
February 13, 2009 Politics & Government Comments (0)
It’s Friday the 13th and the trillion-dollar trick is on you and your children and your children’s children. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) warned of what might lurk amid the 1,000-plus-page, late-night concoction, which the House passed 246-183 with 0 Republican votes.
“Not one member has read this bill,” Boehner said, as he dropped the foot-high, $787 billion bail-out bill on the floor of the House with a thud. “Bad process leads to bad policy.”
“The American people have a right to know what’s in this bill,” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind) said Thursday. “Every member of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — voted to post this bill on the internet for 48 hours, 48 hours ago. We’ll see if the Democrats keep their word.”
They didn’t.
December 25, 2008 Science Comments (1)
Conventional Wisdom: Man is causing global warming and permanent climate change, and the problem is accelerating, or as Seth Borenstein of the AP (Associated Press or Arrogant Propagandists?) writes, it’s “a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can’t avoid” and “time is running out.” There is a consensus among scientists on the subject, and the only scientists who remain skeptical are on the fringe.”
The Truth: Hundreds of scientists publicly refute claims of man-made global warming. Many scientists say that many of their colleagues share their views, but have been intimidated and will not speak out publicly for fear of retribution.
Why Care: The average person will suffer higher taxes, pay higher costs resulting from increased taxes and regulatory costs on business and industry and struggle because of an economy weakened by government policies — if those pushing the man-made global warming claims succeed in changing government policy.