Archive | July, 2009
Brooks Suddenly Remembers A GOP Senator Groped Him at Dinner
His claim has the Think Progress and Daily Kos crowd going nuts, so we might as well cover it too. BROOKS: You know, all three of us spend a lot of time covering politicians and I don’t know about you guys, but in my view, they’re all emotional freaks of one sort or another. They’re [...]
Dems Seek Bigger Tax on Wealthy to Pay for Socialized Health-Care
11. July 2009
The “wealthy”, also known as investors, business owners, and job-creators. All to fund the socialization and subsequent destruction of our nation’s health-care system. What a trade-off! The House will propose raising taxes on people earning more than $350,000 a year to pay $540 billion for healthcare reform, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) [...]
Bob Dole Recovering From Leg Surgery
10. July 2009
The former senator and presidential candidate entered Walter Reed Army Medical Center last week after experiencing a “sharply” elevated heart rate, according to USA Today. His heart turned out to be fine, but apparently doctors discovered problems with sores on his left leg. Doctors determined the 85-year-old Dole’s heart is fine, but surgeons performed several [...]
Poll: Americans Now Trust Republicans More on 8 of 10 Top Issues
10. July 2009
Just six months into Democrats assuming full control of Washington, Republicans have overtaken the left-wing party on 8 out of 10 top issues. That according to a new poll released by Rasmussen Reports: Voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on eight out of 10 key electoral issues, including, for the second straight month, the [...]
Good News: Hastings Proposes Amendment to Label Political Opponents As Domestic Terrorists
10. July 2009
It sounds like something posted on InfoWars or from some chain email that gets debunked by Snopes two weeks later: Mere political opponents being labeled “terrorists” by an individual in the government, allowing them to be locked-up in prison camps in the United States. But Mark Tapscott of the Washington Examiner warns that it’s no [...]
Obama Apparently Checks Out 16-Year-Old Girl
9. July 2009
Drudge has been headlining the image for hours. No doubt the mainstream media’s talking heads will quickly assure us that it’s a sign of humanity and we can’t really expect him to restrain his manly instincts. Besides, it’s a great compliment paid to the minor and, really, he’s so dreamy. Of course, it would’ve been [...]
Report: AIG Preparing to Dole Out Millions in Bonuses
9. July 2009
Stand by for Congressional Democrats who voted to protect the continued payment of the bonuses, as well as President Obama who signed the legislation protecting the bonuses, expressing absolute outrage that AIG would, er, pay out the contractual bonuses. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American International Group <AIG.N> is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in [...]
Mellencamp: No Free Speech For “Mean” Bloggers
9. July 2009
Every so often we get a bit of insight into the minds of the liberal Hollywood elite. And it’s always a terrifying experience. “I don’t think people fought and gave their lives so that some guy can sit in his bedroom and be mean. I don’t think that’s what freedom of speech is,” he continued. [...]
WaPo: Senate Puts Off Cap-and-Trade Legislation
9. July 2009
Even with their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate Democrats simply don’t have the votes to pass the job-killing legislation at this point. Not looking forward to totally embarrassing her colleagues and the White House by having the bill defeated in such a climate, Barbara Boxer is putting the whole thing on hold and making no [...]
Hoyer Donor Gets $18 million Recovery.gov Contract
9. July 2009
Remember when President Obama promised to end the culture of corruption and pay-to-play in our nation’s capital? Or when Congressional Democrats promised the most open, ethical, and honest Congress in history? As Jim Geraghty would say, all of their promises come with expiration dates. ABC reports this morning that the Maryland firm Smartronix has won [...]
11. July 2009
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