Aug

31

Obama Says Economy Suffered Heart Attack, Plans to Prescribe Trans-Fat Drip for Cure

Filed Under Health Care, Politics | 8 Comments

The only thing the economy has going for it is that it suffered a heart attack before Obamacare fully kicked in: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that the US economy had suffered a “heart attack” and survived but is not recuperating quickly enough, as he geared up to unveil a major jobs plan. [...]

Aug

31

Let the Speculation Continue: After Iowa Speech, Palin Heads to New Hampshire; Update: Palin Pulls Out of Iowa Speech?

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On Saturday, Sarah Palin will headline a Tea Party event in Iowa, and it’s just been announced that shortly after that she’ll head to New Hampshire: (CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will celebrate Labor Day in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire. The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee will attend a Tea [...]

Aug

30

NBC Interviews Cheney, Conveniently Pans to Moonbat’s Protest Sign

Filed Under Media, Politics | 16 Comments

Oh, come on… there was no way the director could have known that sign was going to pop up, was there? Okay, maybe there was: ***** Given his track record, I wouldn’t be surprised if Lauer asked for that final camera shot himself.

Aug

30

Your Tax Dollars at Work: Seattle Spends $1.4 Million Per ‘Green Job’

Filed Under Economy, Politics | 8 Comments

Hey, let’s “green” the entire economy! Fox News: A green jobs program in one of America’s greenest cities is being called a bust 16 months after a $20 million federal grant to weatherize homes in Seattle ended up putting just 14 people to work in mostly administrative jobs and upgrading only three homes in the [...]

Aug

30

Businesses Say California’s ‘War on Styrofoam Terror’ Could Cost Them

Filed Under Moonbats, PC, Politics | 7 Comments

The eco-weenies on the California legislature will respond to these concerns by saying, “More evidence that American business hates the environment.” From the Boston Globe: SACRAMENTO – Restaurant owner Gary Honeycutt says a push in California’s Legislature to ban the plastic foam containers he uses to serve up takeout meals could cost him thousands of [...]

Aug

29

NYT Op-Ed: Should ‘Ugly’ Be a Protected Class?

Filed Under Law, PC, Politics | 31 Comments

There’s another op-ed in the New York Times that gives The Onion a run for its money. The column is entitled, “Ugly? You May Have a Case.” In it, the author, a professor of economics (naturally) at the University of Texas, Austin, argues that it’s time for ugly people to be recognized as a protected [...]

Aug

29

Completely Unbiased Headline of the Day

Filed Under Media, Politics | 14 Comments

Politico really needs to stop beating around the bush, so to speak: Imagine Politico writing such a thing about, say, Joe Biden — And if there’s every somebody who cries out for that headline, it’s the Sheriff of Stimulusville. Heck, maybe even President Obama is more worthy of that headline than Rick Perry — the [...]

Aug

28

Man Reported to be Obama’s Illegal Alien Uncle Arrested for DWI in Massachusetts; Wanted to Call White House

Filed Under Law, Politics | 12 Comments

We know Barack Obama is, in many ways, another Jimmy Carter, but Obama’s family certainly has a lot more Billys in it than Carter’s did. Washington Times: A number of media outlets have already reported that an illegal immigrant from Kenya by the name of Onyango Obama, 67, was arrested last week on Wednesday after [...]

Aug

28

Irene: The Perfect Storm of Hype?

Filed Under Politics, Science & Nature | 10 Comments

This morning while flipping between CNN, Fox News and some of the network shows, there was a collective media letdown as predictions were revised downward to match the reality of a storm that was incapable of matching the apocalyptic hype: There was almost palpable disappointment among the TV big guns rolled out for the occasion [...]

Aug

27

Of Course: Hurricane Irene Caused by Global Warming; Update: Also Caused by Republicans

Filed Under Global Warming, Moonbats, Science & Nature | 18 Comments

Al Gore is going to be very busy pulling the puppet strings on his AGW bots all day: Hurricane Irene hadn’t even made landfall in the United States before some people figured out what to blame it on. “Irene’s got a middle name, and it’s Global Warming,” environmental activist Bill McKibben wrote Thursday night in [...]

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