Archive | September, 2010
San Francisco Seeks to Ban Happy Meal Toys
How bad an idea is this? Notorious nanny Gavin Newsom, mayor of nanny state central, thinks the idea is stupid.We’ve entered the Twighlight Zone of nanny statism, my friends. Like Allah, I’m confused as to the point: It’s not like little kids walk into McDonalds and buy themselves a Happy Meal. They’re always with parents [...]
Joe Biden to Liberals: “Stop Whining”
27. September 2010
Apparently this is part of the Obama Administration’s new Get Out The Vote effort. What could possibly go wrong when you put down your party’s most reliable voting bloc? At a fundraiser in Manchester, NH, today, Vice President Biden urged Democrats to “remind our base constituency to stop whining and get out there and look [...]
Democrat Says Social Security “Stable”, Audience Laughs
27. September 2010
The Democrat in question is Representative Russ Carnahan (D-MO), and he gets his ass kicked by both the audience and his Republican challenger, Ed Martin. Carnahan launches into blaming Bush for the country’s entitlement problems, then proceeds to claim that he rescued Social Security from privatization. After all, Carnahan says with a straight face, the [...]
America’s Most Popular Democratic Governor: Let’s Repeal Parts of ObamaCare
27. September 2010
Here’s the thing, though: It’s Joe Manchin, who’s running for United States Senate in West Virginia and faces a strong challenge in the form of businessman and grassroots conservative John Raese. Manchin will say anything to convince voters in his state that he’s not a rubber-stamper for the Obama-Pelosi agenda. After all, Obama’s approval rating [...]
Smart Power, Continued: U.S. Displayed Inverted Philippine Flag
27. September 2010
The United States seeks to foster economic ties with Southeast Asia and form alliances that would counter the growing influence of China in the world. So one would take for granted that American officials would ensure that major details, like displaying the proper flag of allied nations, are addressed. One would think that. One would [...]
Rather Than Fixing The Economy, Obama Focuses On Fixing Image
27. September 2010
The nation is suffering from 9.6% unemployment, an unsustainable debt load, record deficits, and abysmal GDP growth. So what is President Barack Obama working on fixing? His own image. On Tuesday, the president is scheduled to hold an old-fashioned campaign rally on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Party officials said they expected [...]
China to Maintain One-Child Policy
27. September 2010
The People’s Republic of China will stick to its highly-controversial one-child policy, which focuses on population control by restricting most Chinese couples to just one child. The policy has been in place in the communist country since 1979. “I, on behalf of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, extend profound gratitude to all, the [...]
Socialists Among Leftist Groups Planning October 2nd Rally
27. September 2010
I posted earlier about the upcoming far-leftist rally planned for October 2nd in Washington. The New York Times story indicated that open-borders groups and the union establishment were among the leftist groups behind the rally. But Daniel Foster notes that the Times conveniently forgot to mention a couple of the other allied groups. They include [...]
Venezuelan Opposition Secures More Than One-Third of Assembly Seats
27. September 2010
Hugo Chavez’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has once again secured a majority of seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela, but opposition parties have been given power over more than one-third of the unicameral legislature. Why is this relevant? Two-thirds of the assembly must approve major legislation such as “local government shake-ups or [...]
Greatest Democratic Hits: Holder Calls Americans “Cowards”
27. September 2010
“Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.” – Attorney General Eric Holder, Democrat (Source)
27. September 2010
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