Archive | April, 2010
Reminder: Defense Spending Isn’t Causing the Budgetary Problems
Liberals like to place the blame for out-of-control budgets squarely on defense spending. If only it hadn’t been for those two crazy wars and all of the money we spend on high-tech weaponry we’d be fine, right? Wrong. The Heritage Foundation has helpfully created a series of charts to provide a visual reference for the [...]
Video: Updates From Kyrgyzstan
9. April 2010
We’ve been following the coup in Kyrgyzstan for the past week. Dozens have been killed, a thousand plus individuals have been injured, officials have been beaten senseless, buildings have been burned, and the president has been driven into hiding. There are still reports of gun fire in the capital. Here’s the latest video update from [...]
Breaking: Dawn Johnsen Withdraws Nomination
9. April 2010
Radical Obama pick Dawn Johnsen, who was nominated to serve as head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, has withdrawn her nomination. Johnsen had compared restrictions on abortion procedures to slavery and was a vehement critic of the Bush Administration terror-fighting tactics, many of which Obama has continued. Her nomination was opposed by [...]
Oh My: Charlie Crist’s Fundraising Collapses
9. April 2010
The Politico reports that Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s fundraising has collapsed. He raised just $1.1 million in the last quarter, which is about a fourth of total he raised just two quarters ago. His opponent for the Republican nomination, Marco Rubio, raised $3.6 million in the same quarter. That’s an amazing turn of events from [...]
Under Fire for Abortion Vote, Stupak Retires
9. April 2010
Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) evidently agrees that he can’t overcome his vote for federal funding for abortion in the government-run health care legislation. The eight-term Democrat announced today that he’s dropping out of the re-election race, leaving another vulnerable seat for Democrats to defend. Mr. Stupak said that he made the decision within the last [...]
Presidential Powers Reduced In Pakistan
9. April 2010
The National Assembly in Pakistan has voted to strip President Asif Ali Zardari of several powers, paving the way for the complete repeal of amendments that had granted the powers in the first place. The proposal now heads to the Senate for a vote. Actually, the repeal doesn’t sound too outrageous. The powers were introduced [...]
Quote of the Day
9. April 2010
We should not deceive ourselves as to where this path leads. Once an insurance mandate is constitutional, there is no legal distinction preventing the mandated purchase of other goods. Nothing prevents a struggling industry, particularly one with political favor, from requesting mandates to purchase its products. If Congress can force you to purchase insurance, it [...]
Quinnipiac: Toomey (R) Takes Lead Over Specter (D) in PA
8. April 2010
In the latest sign that government-run health care passage hasn’t helped Democrats in the lead-up to November, a new poll released by Quinnipiac University shows conservative Pat Toomey (R) taking a five-point lead over incumbent Senator Arlen Specter (D), who has the backing of the Obama Administration. In fact, that’s not the only good news [...]
US Kyrgz Base To Remain Open…For Now
8. April 2010
Following the coup in Kyrgyzstan there was, justifiably, much speculation about the future of the Transit Center at Manas, through which American troops and supplies enter Afghanistan. Would this vital supply line be closed under the new government? Would the mission as a whole suffer or even collapse? Well, for now, the interim government announced [...]
Breaking: Qatari Diplomat Was Visiting Jailed al-Qaeda Agent
8. April 2010
Mohammed al-Modadi, the Qatari diplomat detained by US Air Marshals after joking about lighting his shoes on fire, was headed to meet with an imprisoned al-Qaeda operative, the Associated Press reports. In a statement yesterday, the Qatari ambassador said: This diplomat was traveling to Denver on official embassy business on my instructions… So the Qatari [...]
9. April 2010
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