Is The Tea Party Over? Not By A Long Shot.

    I don’t know why I am wasting my time even writing a retort to another lefty’s claim that the Tea Party is over, but here we go…. In the August 7th Chicago Tribune, Clarence Page asks the question “Is the tea party over?‘.  Towards the end of his article, he quotes Edmond Burke – father of conservatism – to help try to prove his argument.  | Read More »

    A Cynical View Of The Debt Ceiling Debate

    Guess what.  Both sides are blowing smoke up your you-know-what.  Yes, you read that right. President Obama wants to be seen as a spender (to his leftist friends) and a cutter (to the independents that he has lost approval ratings to) at the same time.  Obama uses his class warfare arguments of soaking the rich to save the Democrats’ pet programs.  Obama threatens to stop | Read More »

    Land of Lincoln or Land of the Lost?

    Exactly what has Illinois become?  In the immortal words of Obi-Wan in Star Wars: Obi-Wan: Mos Eisley spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.” Though Illinois is obviously no spaceport (though our state debt and deficit is out of this world), it seems to have become the Mos Eisley Cantina bar of the left.  To | Read More »