Archive | September, 2011

AP Photographer Just Happened to Be at Target With First Lady

30. September 2011

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She’s just like us! I’m sure this is totally what she does all of the time and it’s not some stunt to show the First Family shopping like normal people during a recession. After all, you can totally buy $40,000 bracelets at Target, right? Maybe they’re in the dairy aisle and I just missed them. [...]

Report: Huckabee Now Reconsidering Run for President

30. September 2011

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Sounds like wishful thinking by some supporters. But it’s being reported by Reuters and Politico, so hell — why not. (Reuters) – Mike Huckabee has been approached by Republican and conservative activists unhappy with the current crop of presidential hopefuls and he is considering entering the fray, two sources who have spoken with Huckabee told [...]

Democratic Strategist: Herman Cain is Racist

30. September 2011

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Hear that? If you listen closely you can hear Herman Cain laughing from here. CORNELL BELCHER, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: First of all, do you think you’re going to invite me on the show and then I’m not going to talk about the ridiculousness of that statement? Two things. One is a great way to sort of [...]

Awful: Reid’s Wife Diagnosed With Stage 2 Breast Cancer

30. September 2011

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There are a couple of things I wish only on members of Al Qaeda. Cancer is one of them. I’ll be praying for Mrs. Reid and her family. Landra Reid, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has been diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer and is being treated in Washington, DC. Reid’s office [...]

Personal Income, Disposable Income Dropped in August

30. September 2011

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Remember how the Obama Administration declared last summer to be Recovery Summer? Good times, good times. First monthly income decline in two years. Personal income decreased $7.3 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $5.0 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in August, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption [...]

Poll: Majority Now Say Social Security Must Be Reformed

30. September 2011

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Boom. The first promising sign that Americans are waking up to the entitlement nightmare that involves more than $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities. They’re not yet ready to do without the program, but they are recognizing there’s a problem. 22% say the program is in “crisis” while another 49% say it has “major problems”. What’s [...]

Warren Buffett Opposes Buffett Rule, Won’t Endorse Jobs Bill

30. September 2011

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Oh my. CNBC: “Are you happy that the way it is being described. Is the program that the White House has presented a million dollars and over your program? ” Warren Buffett: “Well, the precise program which will — I don’t know what their program will be. My program would be on the very high [...]

Ann Romney: It’s Stupid to Not Nominate My Husband

30. September 2011

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As one commenter at National Review says, 2008′s common wisdom was that it’s racist to not vote for Obama. 2012: It’s stupid to not nominate Mitt Romney? Ann Romney had some blunt words for those who don’t vote for her husband Mitt this time around. “If they don’t pick Mitt that’s their stupid mistake, not [...]

Frank Miller’s New Comic Book is Anti-Islamic Extremism; Lefties Outraged

29. September 2011

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Spencer Ackerman can hardly contain his self-righteous indignation. Holy Terror, Miller’s long, long, long-awaited statement on 9/11 and counterterrorism, hit comic book stores Wednesday. Longtime Miller watchers have viewed it with apprehension, hoping that his dark views about the source of that national trauma wouldn’t turn the comic into a vulgar, one-dimensional revenge fantasy. They [...]

Dick Durbin: We Can’t Pass This Unfunded Jobs Bill

29. September 2011

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Note well: It’s not due to Republican opposition. Durbin says he can’t even get every member of his own caucus on board. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said that, at the moment, Democrats don’t have the votes to pass President Obama’s jobs bill, but Durbin added that that would change. “Not at the moment, [...]