http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:41:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The London Telegraph was so profoundly upset by the news that the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (CRU) had allegedly falsified data that they felt compelled to issue a press release: Sceptics claim the emails show climate change data was being manipulated. Prof Jones, director of the University ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/12/02/telegraph-climategate-is-no-problem-just-ask-those-under-suspicion/ It seems the writers and editors at Time Magazine can't comprehend why small business owners would not want to have the Democrat's House Health Care "Reform" bill enacted into law. Why wouldn't these small business owners want to increase their regulatory and financial burden? Don't they realize that we have ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/11/13/time-on-small-business-owners-take-your-medicine/ As unemployment reaches 10.2 percent and another 502,000 jobless claims are filed, President Obama promises swift action: The announcement came as the Labor Department reported another 502,000 new jobless claims, two high-tech mainstays announced big layoffs and the unemployment rate reached 10.2 percent. Obama said the White House forum will gather CEOs, ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/11/12/unemployment-is-up-this-calls-for-immediate-stalling/ The United States delegation to the ongoing crisis in Honduras has negotiated an agreement between Manuel Zelaya's supporters and the de facto administration in that country. All that remains is for the nation's Congress to approve the deal. Never mind the fact that the United States is on the wrong side ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/11/02/zelaya-to-return-to-power/ (H/T @JamieDupree) Wait a second. I thought there wasn’t going to be any rationing? I thought the Democrats promised us we wouldn’t see any of the problems detailed in Steven Crowder’s video about the Canadian Health Care System in our wonderful new Democrat-sponsored Health Care “Reform” bill? Yeah, like anyone actually believed ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/10/26/waiting-lists-in-the-health-care-bill-but-i-thought/ In yet another stunning economic folly, the Obama Administration has chosen to "claw back" the salaries of the top 25 executives at seven firms that received TARP funds last fall. In addition, the Treasury Department's Kenneth Feinberg announced he would force American Insurance Group to restructure and reduce the $198 ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/10/22/feinberg-claws-back/ Jamie Dupree has compiled a list of 186 earmarks, their sponsor and the amount as part of a Homeland Security Appropriations bill already approved by the House. If you don't follow Jamie on Twitter or read his blog regularly, you're missing out on some very interesting stories in Washington. Anyway, I pulled ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/10/16/im-hungry-time-for-some-pork/ In Monty Python's The Life of Brian, the main character named Brian has been mistaken for the Messiah. This was a not-altogether farcical premise, as there were many would-be Messiahs (or as I and other Christians believe, false Messiahs) in Judea in the many centuries of Roman occupation. In any event, ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/10/12/the-religion-of-pseudo-science/ National Public Radio is reporting that the Dollar has fallen, and foreign banks are increasingly keeping Euros and, of all currencies, the Yen as their reserve denomination. The Dollar has fallen 12% from its recent peak, and appears likely to lose additional value. Quote: In March 2008, before the financial crisis, ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/10/09/dollar-daze/ (H/T the Talkmaster) Take a look at the following graph and see if you can tell what it is and what it means: If you couldn't tell the above graph, linked from Climate Audit, is the now famous "Hockey Stick" graph that depicts global temperatures over the last roughly 2,500 years. The ... http://www.redstate.com/fmaidment/2009/10/02/back-checking-the-hockey-stick/