Monday, February 8, 2010

Abusegate and Children

  AbuseGate item by OffSite (2/8/10)

President Obama’s 2011 federal budget, a nearly $4-trillion monstrosity, includes an increase of $117 million for domestic violence programs—a 22-percent increase. It is time to shine the light of truth on so-called “domestic violence” issues. Instead of “spousal abuse,” the broader term “domestic violence” provides cover for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to spawn widespread distortion of data that is used for political ammunition to hold taxpayers hostage to the VAWA Mafia—all those bureaucrats and social workers whose existence depends upon convincing the public that husbands are dangerous to their wives and children. In fact, the mothers’ boyfriends are most often the perpetrators of abuse deaths, and mothers are more often responsible for the neglect fatalities.

America, a nation founded on Individualism, not Collectivism

  The Republic item by Doug Hagin (2/8/10)

There is no greater difference between the Left and Right than on the issue of human rights. The Left talks incessantly of human rights, equality, social justice, free elections, and so on. Wondferful stuff, really inspiring, until you look at what the Left REALLY means. In the mind of a Leftist, rights are collective, not individual. Take a peek at the “right” to health care, one of the pillars of Marxism, which, of course Leftism is a direct descendant of.

India Sets up Independent Global Warming Panel

  Climate Change item by Dennis T. Avery (2/8/10)

CHURCHVILLE, VA - India is setting up its own climate research unit because it no longer trusts the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’ve been predicting such a move for years - partly due to the IPCC’s biased science, but more because India simply cannot afford to curtail its desperately needed and energy-powered economic growth. India’s government’s stability depends on expanding prosperity for the all of its people. That means more energy, and over half of India’s electricity comes from coal.

Disclosing the real risks of climate change

  Climate Change item by Paul Driessen (2/8/10)

We are not weighing in on the climate debate. We are not opining on whether the world’s climate is changing, at what pace or due to what causes, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Shapiro insisted on announcing the SEC’s new “interpretive guidance” on climate change.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

John Boehner is Kidding Himself

  Republicrats item by Warner Todd Huston (2/6/10)

Yesterday our Republican minority leader in the House of Representatives proved that he still isn’t seeing the problem with the GOP. He’s living in denial, at least he is if we can take his words at face value.

‘Is the Constitution a Partisan Document?’

  The Republic item by JB Williams (2/6/10)

From all outward appearances, one would think that the U.S. Constitution is a partisan document loved and revered by the political right, so-called republicans, conservatives or constitutionalists, and hated or at least treated like an old worn out shoe no longer of any use by the political left, often referred to as democrats, liberals or progressives.

Constitutional Courts Are A Threat To Liberalism

  Supreme Court item by Christopher G. Adamo (2/6/10)

The reverberations from Republican Senator Scott Brown’s Massachusetts election had barely subsided when an even greater shockwave was sent throughout the liberal world. On Thursday January 21, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that overturned major pillars of the McCain/Feingold campaign finance “reform” act, thereby reestablishing the ability of the people to express themselves freely during election time, and thus to publicly hold Washington accountable for its actions.

‘Safer Streets 2010: How many guns are enough?’

  Guns/Self-Defense item by John Longenecker (2/6/10)

Leftists are always limiting freedoms. Our Constitution limits only one thing: Government powers, and in doing so, affirms freedom. Sometimes there aren’t two sides to an issue when it comes to liberty. As if there were two sides to safer streets, leftists tend to ask provocative questions which wind up only provoking people, especially free Americans. They ask irritating questions as if they’re crafted to vex, as if they have no answer, and as if the question itself were an accusation. One of the best ways to short-circuit a liberal is to take that question in front of others such as an audience and then answer it.

The Gender Silent Majority

  Social Engineering item by Gordon E. Finley (2/6/10)

On February 1, 2010, President Barack Obama released his proposed budget for the coming year.  Most commentaries focus on debt, deficits, taxes, and unemployment.  With the trillions of problems in Obama’s multi-trillion dollar budget, however, it is easy to overlook his gendered social engineering approach to the budget process and its impact on boys and men.

A Chill Hits Wind Power

  GreeenIsm item by Dennis T. Avery (2/6/10)

CHURCHVILLE, VA - As I write, a strong wind is blowing across the Alleghany Mountains onto my house. It’s bringing an “Arctic Clipper” that will drop my temperatures this weekend to a frigid and unusual 6 degrees F. Why can’t I get some good from this chill wind - with a wind turbine to harvest the “free” energy?

‘Where Will Johnny Play?’

  Sports item by Aaron Goldstein (2/6/10)

You can watch baseball for a lifetime and yet you can always count on seeing something you’ve never seen before.

The Great Green Land Grab

  GreeenIsm item by Alan Caruba (2/6/10)

All across America, various environmental organizations have been engaged in schemes to deter development such as housing, new energy plants, or the horror of a manufacturing facility that might actually employ people. In some states, the attack has been on farms and ranches, finding ways to punish their owners for improving their land in any fashion such as digging a drainage ditch.

Supermarket bans PJs and bare feet

  Culture War item by Ann "Babe" Huggett (2/6/10)

On the Culture Wars front, the British supermarket chain, Tescos, struck a blow for sartorial dignity in its St. Mellons in Cardiff, Wales branch by posting a “Customer Dress Code Policy” banning shoppers coming in clad in pajamas, barefoot and/or both.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Warren Buffett on the Business and Government Connection

  Economics item by Kevin Price (1/29/10)

Warren Buffett rolled up his sleeves on the Fox Business Network in a very candid interview with the channel’s Liz Claman, in which he discussed CEOs of failing banks, reconfirming Ben Bernanke, and his Berkshire company.

Senate Considers More Corporate Pork - AKA Green Jobs

  Bird-Brain Flu item by Christine Hall (1/29/10)

Washington, D.C., January 28, 2009 - Today’s Environment and Public Works Committee hearing in the Senate promises to focus on solar power and green jobs, but the most likely outcome will be energy company executives attempting to squeeze the American taxpayer for even more billions of dollars in subsidies, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute. 

And, now, for Some Good News

  The Republic item by Alan Caruba (1/29/10)

After the State of the Union speech and the instant analyses on television and the punditry that follows on newspaper’s editorial pages and, of course, on news/opinion websites and countless blogs and forums, the tendency is likely to dwell on how it portends more of the same bad policies.

A Nation in Decline

  Socialism item by Tom DeWeese (1/29/10)

Many politicians are asking the question today: “Why are the American People so angry?” The following may lend a clue to the clueless.

A Message From The Band of Brothers

  Politics item by Thomas D. Segel (1/29/10)

Harlingen, Texas, January 2010:  There are an estimated 27 million men and close to two million women who are veterans or serving on active duty in the armed forces of the United States.  They rank among the most patriotic of our citizens, are predominantly conservative in their political ideas and in recent years tend to be moving away from membership in either the Democrat or Republican Party.  We sent a call out to those veterans who were now among the ranks of independent voters and asked them to tell us their concerns as we entered another national election year.  They were asked to list and rank their top political issues. Though only the top three concerns were requested, most lists ran far longer.

All politics and unemployment are local

  Politics item by John David Powell (1/29/10)

The late Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, Jr., made grammarians grimace and pundits ponder when he shared the wisdom of his father who noted that “all politics is local.” The elder O’Neill’s comment followed his son’s only election defeat, the result of the campaign’s failure to heed what was happening in the candidate’s own backyard.

Climate Greenshirts: The Rise of Eco-Fascism

  GreeenIsm item by Carey Roberts (1/29/10)

I like liberals. In fact I count liberals among my best friends. But when they get peeved, liberals can say the darndest things!

President Obama should transfer Head Start funds to D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program

  EdukShun item by Matthew Ladner (1/29/10)

On March 10, 2009, President Barack Obama gave a major education speech before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In that speech, he declared that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan “will use only one test when deciding what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars: It’s not whether an idea is liberal or conservative, but whether it works.”

Government Health Care and Personal Economies

  Health Care item by Kevin Price (1/29/10)

Socialized medicine through out the world has the following characteristics:  It leads to delays where, as in the case of Canada, patients wait for 17 weeks on average from the time a general practitioner says indicates that something is wrong until one visits a specialist.

Global Warming’s Glacial Blunder

  ClimateGate item by Rusty Wright (1/29/10)

“World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown,” declared the disturbing headline(1) in The Sunday Times of London.

The Federal Reserve Is Inflating Another Bubble

  Economics item by Thomas Brewton (1/29/10)

Stock market exuberance is symptomatic of a rapidly expanding money supply’s corrosive effect.

Praise for Scott Brown Being Reserved

  Senate item by J. J. Jackson (1/29/10)

Scott Brown’s election to one of Massachusetts’ Senate seats was a foregone conclusion to anyone watching the polls. Martha Coakley did not stand a chance on Election Day.  She was a dead woman walking for trying to sugar coat her support of unpopular policies.  No number of buses packed with ACORN bought voters or SEIU members could have saved her from her own incompetence.