http://www.redstate.com/absentee Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:19:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the flurry of news this week, you may have missed another body tossed under the insatiable Obama bus: Internet Czar Susan Crawford. The Obama administration has faced a vocal and growing opposition to the radical so-called net neutrality advocated by folks like Crawford and FCC Chair Julius Genachowski. Bi-partisan ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/11/06/another-czar-bites-the-dust/ As Moe foreshadowed on Tuesday, SENATOR Barbara Boxer decided to make an end-run around Republicans on the Senate Enviromental and Public Works Comittee by voting on cap-and-trade legislation with no republicans present. The Briefing room reports today on the SENATOR's rule-breaking: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today on Fox News said that ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/11/05/barbara-boxers-bipolar-bipartisanship/ USA Today this week ran a shocking story which revealed just how easy it was to buy one's way into cherry appointments, reporting that 40% of his top bundlers have been awarded administration posts. Moe Lane highlights all the other perks and benefits being showered on "the money" as well. ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/29/the-internet-is-a-frikkin-valuable-thing/ Reading the story posted here, the sourcing seems a little thin. Still, it's moving very fast on Twitter and I thought I'd post a quick mention. The blog has a picture of an official letter that was reportedly sent by Governor Schwarzenegger to Assemblyman Ammiano of San Francisco regarding the ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/27/governator-sends-a-message/ "Of course we requested an interview."Fox News Senior VicePresident Michael ClementeOver the last few days there has been an explosion of stories regarding a Fox News report that claimed Fox was, initially, deliberately snubbed by the Treasury Department. Only after other networks in the press pool objected to the exclusion ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/25/forget-fox-white-house-vs-treasury-department/ Earlier this year I outlined the phases of the evolution of the Obama "message." Here they are again, with another update. Throughout the campaign and on into January of this year: February's phase II: March and April "World Apology Tour" theme: . So now we come to the latest stage in the evolution ...October's "Fox ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/20/evolution-of-the-obama-message-ii/ Last night on Countdown, Keith Olbermann covered the WCPAC confrontation between John Ziegler and David Keene. Amid the obligatory and well-worn "chuckling about the end of conservatives as we know them" routine Keith likes to trot out 9 or 10 times per episode, he suggests that perhaps Ziegler is just ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/20/john-ziegler-offers-keith-olbermann-100k/ There has been no small amount of buzz on the right the last few days in the wake of Western CPAC. There were two dramas this weekend, one decidedly more dramatic than the other, which are both symptomatic of some deep problems with the conference and, generally, with the state ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/20/ziegler-makes-waves-left-and-right/ RRRAAAACCCCIIIIISSSSSSTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's what the MSM had to say in comments about Rush Limbaugh's recent bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams. According to some guy I overheard at the mall, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs suggested that Limbaugh owning the Rams "is exactly the same as slavery, but fatter." And ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/14/the-totally-real-and-not-fake-stupid-quotes-shenaniganza/ This is an open thread so you can talk about anything. And if you can't think of anything, well ... I'll give you a topic: Obama was denied the Olympics, then he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Each is hilarious and terrible in different ways. Discuss. Bring the funny, but ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/09/open-thread-nobelympics/ ".. it’s a very intimidating kind of thing" - Anita Dunn on attacking the press.Over the course of the last year, the Obama administration has taken on an increasingly hostile tone towards critical press. During the campaign, of necessity, it was more muted (although not nonexistent, as conservative reporters discovered). Since ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/08/obamas-snark-czar/ The House voted today to block a resolution to remove Charlie Rangel from his chair on the Ways and Means committee. With 6 complicit Republicans, House Democrats prevented both a vote and any further debate by sending it to die in committee. The resolution, brought by Rep. John Carter (R-TX), ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/07/whereas-the-house-has-no-honor/ . Consider this an open thread. (Oh, and if you aren't familiar with the genre, here you go.) Update: See also here. http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/10/04/boy-are-people-upset-about-the-olympics/ I love these little now and then moments, don't you? HuffPo Now: Protesters have taken to the streets of Pittsburgh in opposition to the Group of 20 summit taking place Thursday and Friday. The protests have turned violent, the AP reports, with demonstrators rolling trash bins towards police, and officers firing ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/09/24/violent-protests-are-neat-o-now/ Last week I flew to Oakland, California. I've been to Cali before, but never that far north. In Oakland, I met up with the American Liberty Tour, which consisted of two RVs, ten people, and one message, diffuse though it may be. As we headed north to Sacramento, my first tour ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/09/16/crossing-america-for-liberty/ This year has seen a surge in conservative activism like I've never seen in my adult life. Many of you here at Redstate have been a part of that. We've been to tea parties. We've donated money to candidates and to causes. We've spoken up at the town hall meetings. ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/09/03/where-will-you-be-next-week/ "Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable to their goals."-White House suggestion for post-speech activity for students.Keep 'em home.That should be the motto of every conservative ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/09/02/dont-drink-the-skool-aid/ When a polarizing figure dies, there is sometimes an impulse to ignore courtesy and to instead viciously attack. The glowing tributes can create a visceral push-back instinct. But upon the day of a man's passing, respect for the pain of his loved ones, and yes, even his ideological fellows and ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/08/28/respect-the-dead/ "The Republicans are right -- it’s a Cap-and-Tax bill."Erick and Dan both pointed out last week that Cap and Trade legislation was meeting resistance from Democrats. This week, we have some revealing commentary from former Democratic Senator from Colorado, Timothy Worth. Worth was a "climate-change negotiator" during President Bill Clinton’s ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/08/19/climate-bill-out-of-control/ Sometimes rhetoric gets out of hand. We all know this. There is a difference between disagreeing with someone and villainizing them as Hitler 2.0. So when you paint the President as a monster causing the death of innocents, and the media as his Goebbels, are you inciting violent reaction? Sometimes, ... http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/08/16/breaking-the-mob-attacks-a-news-crew/