http://www.redstate.com/bs Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:03:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's talk in DC about how the current stimulus isn't working, so we really need another stimulus to really get the economy going.  In yesterday's Kansas City Star, columnist E. Thomas McClanahan commented about the thought of another "stimulus": Former Clinton Treasury man Roger Altman had a troubling piece the other day ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/07/03/another-stimulus-well-folks-remember-its-obamas-deficit/ I'm not particularly sold on Sonia Sotomayor one way or the other, other than to believe that nothing good could ever come from Obama.  My lawyer colleagues here on Redstate are much better versed on the merits of her rulings and arguments in the courtroom, but they are not necessarily ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/07/02/the-polls-are-turning-on-sotomayor/ Schizophrenia:  A form of psychosis marked by a strong tendency to dissociate oneself from reality. Schizophrenia is often characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and inappropriate reactions to situations. The word schizophrenia is often used informally as well as scientifically to indicate a split personality. (from The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition) One thing I've always agreed ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/06/19/schizophrenic-america/ The Hill is reporting tonight that it is looking more and more like Sarah Steelman may decide to forego a challenge to MO Rep. Roy Blunt in the primary for Kit Bond's Senate seat.  Instead she may try to run for Blunt's current 7th District House seat in Missouri. Former state ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/06/15/steelman-out-in-the-race-for-the-mo-senate-seat/ For several years now the Democrats have sought to overcome the GOP's advantage with Christian voters.  But their attempts to use "Jesus talk" have not been taken seriously by Christian conservatives, as their policies have largely flown in the face of their words.  There are some on the so-called "Christian ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/06/09/baracks-jesus-talk/ There has been much discussion around these parts of late about "50%ers," "squishes," "moderates," and all manner of other adjectives to describe those who do not appear to be "strict" conservatives.  But what does that mean? As I've stated here several times, conservatism isn't binary.  There is no on- or off-switch ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/06/03/the-conservative-continuum/ As I was surfing my various regular web haunts this morning, I ran across an entry at NRO's The Corner that resonated significantly with me. John J. Miller cites a couple of reader inputs to a blurb about Bruce Catton's classic "Golden Book of the Civil War". ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/05/23/the-impact-of-a-book-open-thread/ Several sources are reporting today that a new name has emerged on the Republican side of the quest to replace Christopher "Kit" Bond in the U.S. Senate.  Thomas Schweich, a law school professor at St. Louis's Washington University and an attorney with Bryan Cave, is apparently being recruited by former ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/05/12/a-new-face-in-the-2010-missouri-senate-race/ Brothers Dan and Brian wrote earlier this week about the pushback the Obamanauts are encountering in their efforts to shut down Gitmo and ship the terrorists into the US.  It seems that unbelievable assertions such as Rep. Adam Schiff's (D-CA) blathering that terrorists should get the "same due process as ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/05/09/the-votes-are-in-no-gitmo-terrorists-in-our-backyards/ When Senator Arlen Specter made the jump from Republican to Democrat last week, the buzz was that the Dems were ever so much closer to that "crucial" 60th vote in the Senate.  Well, apparently Arlen isn't going to be so cooperative.  From today's MTP: GREGORY: It was reported this week that ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/05/03/what-was-that-about-a-60th-vote-in-the-senate/ A couple of items on the forthcoming US Senate race in MO for retiring Senator Kit Bond's seat Sarah Steelman filed her 1Q2009 disclosure report for the Missouri Ethics Commission this week.  There's a big glaring number in there:  a $770,000 debt from the 2008 gubernatorial race.  That is one whopping ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/04/17/a-brief-missouri-senate-2010-update/  A few days ago, several RS contributors discussed how and why the U.S. should consider restricting the "franchise," i.e. the right to vote.  This semi-unserious discussion was triggered by a recent Rasmussen survey showing that only 53% of Americans believe that capitalism is preferable to socialism.  In fact, this survey shows ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/04/13/on-restricting-the-franchise/ The Somali "pirates" are at it again, and this time they've provided the United States with that foreign policy crisis that VPOTUS Biden predicted would occur.  The pirates terrorists are now targeting US-flagged and manned vessels, and that puts our Eunuch-in-Chief in a position where he must (heaven forbid) make ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/04/11/the-eunuch-in-chief-shows-his-ineptitude-by-negotiating-with-terrorists/ It was inevitable that the foreign press would eventually catch on to the buffoonish nature of Obama's non-teleprompted persona. And so it has. The Guardian's John Crace updates us on what the POTUS is thinking when functioning sans TOTUS.  Here's an excerpt: Barack Obama: "I, I, would say that, er ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/04/04/someone-must-have-kicked-the-totus-plug-out-of-the-wall/ Opinion polls ratings for the Prez continue to dive.  All the major polling groups are showing a shrinking approval-to-disapproval ratio.  Today Pew Research, Gallup and CNN all published new numbers, and all showed significant slips. The Pew polling showed a rather amusing result: Pew attributes Obama's slippage in its poll to a ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/03/16/the-american-public-discovers-that-gasp-obama-is-a-liberal/ We are all aware that Barack Obama is on the path to move the USA towards his vision of a socialist paradise.  Hidden in Obama's budget proposal is another plan to raise taxes - but this time it's being done on the backs of those who are trying to help ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/03/04/obama-tries-to-kill-charities/ If you recall, shortly after the inauguration the Obama team completely replaced whitehouse.gov and gave it the O treatment.  Many of us on the right excoriated them for bashing President Bush on various pages on the site. Well, it seems they've had second thoughts.  In a very clever move, web site ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/02/21/white-house-does-an-about-face-on-bush-hit-job/ To virtually no one's surprise, today MO Congressman Roy Blunt (MO-7) officially enters the race for Christopher "Kit" Bond's U.S. Senate seat..  Blunt will be the first GOP candidate to officially enter the race.  On Feb. 2nd, MO Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced that she would seek the Democratic ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/02/19/mo-senate-2010-roy-blunt-announces-his-candidacy-today/ As we've made pretty clear here at RS, The O's actions thus far have been anything but "a new kind of politics."  And, as expected, the Dems have now embarked on a mission to perpetrate the biggest snow job since winter started - attempting to convince the electorate that the ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/02/15/gibbs-hallucinates-porkulus-is-bipartisan/ In the children's book "Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day", young Alexander decides that he wants to move to Australia because he was having such a bad day. Perhaps now-U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan might wish to consider a similar strategy...it was a no good ... http://www.redstate.com/bs/2009/02/11/robin-carnahan-may-want-to-move-to-australia/