Archive for February, 2010

I don’t think I’ve heard of the UK Independence Party before. Drew M. at Ace of Spades thinks they are the libertarian/conservative party in the UK. While these folks have seats in the EU Parliament, they don’t have any in the British Parliament. That’s really too bad because Britain has descended into the deepest depths [...]

Michael Barone has a piece in which he offers one reason why most Americans today to reject a nanny-state and demand their independence while Europeans are accept that a nanny-state has significant control over many aspects of their lives:
Why do Americans reject such policies while Europeans seem content with them? One reason is history. Twentieth-century [...]

If you didn’t get the chance to see today’s health care summit and want a flavor of what it was like, I recommend this video of Paul Ryan dismantling Obama’s and the Democrats’ health care bill. Rep. Paul Ryan probably knows more about the Democrats’ health care bill than anyone, and his knowledge is on [...]

Team USA beat Canada in hockey in their home turf last night. I’m sorry to say I missed it because from all accounts it was an amazing game. Here’s the final 5 minutes or so from Mediaite video. What’s particularly thrilling is that Team USA’s goalie, Ryan Miller, who was instrumental in last night’s [...]

Back in October, 2008, I wrote a post about how House Democrats were trying to find a way to nationalize the American people’s retirement accounts by requiring that all Americans “invest” 5% of their income into guarranteed retirement account that would be run by the Social Security Administration instead of private 401(k) accounts and IRAs.
It [...]

Alexander Haig died today at the age of 85. He had a remarkable military career as a four-star general, Supreme Allied Commander, and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army. His career was puncuated by many commendations and awards for bravery and valor, including the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star with oak leaf cluster. [...]

Attorney General Eric Holder has revealed that nine Obama justice officials used to, according to the Washington Examiner, “represent or advocate for” terrorist detainees. Now these nine justice officials are tasked with enforcing the laws that are meant to keep those same terrorist detainees locked up. How does that work, exactly?
Attorney General Eric Holder [...]

I was out all day driving my kids to various doctor and therapy appointments when I heard about the wacko who penned a six page suicide note, torched his house, and flew a plane into an Austin, Texas building that housed an IRS office. I read part of the suicide note on The Smoking Gun [...]

During the health care debate, President Obama said that one way to reduce health care costs is to give grandma a pain pill instead of surgery. Now it seems grandma may not even get the pain pill:

If you liked the parody video in which Hitler finds out Scott Brown won the Massachusetts Senate seat, then you’ll probably enjoy the newest installment where Hitler finds out that global warming is a charade (warning: some of the language is not safe for kids):

Speaking of global warming scams, did you know that just this [...]