By: Frederick (Diary)  |  May 24th at 05:58 PM  | 

As conservatives we generally oppose the President, but we must remember to give praise where it is due. One has to give Mr. Obama some credit on this one: The White House issued a statement saying that the President “fully supports” the South Korean government after North Korea torpedoed and sank a South Korean warship, the corvette Cheonan. The administration said it endorsed President Lee | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  May 20th at 05:12 PM  | 

(H/T @JamieDupree and @anthropocon) In his remarks to Congress today, Mexican President Philipe Calderon repeated a lie we’ve heard before: That American guns are responsiblefor most of the violence in Mexico. Calderon, citing his administration’s efforts to address the growing violence on the borderrelated to the drug trade, argued that the spike in violence resulted in part from the end of theassault weapons ban in | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  May 19th at 07:47 AM  | 

The city of Austin, Texas has decided to boycott the state of Arizona over its controvesial illegial immigration law. Wait, there’s something wrong with that sentence. Let me try again. The city of Austin, Texas has chosen to engage in economic warfare with the state of Arizona in an effort to get that state to rescind a law it desperately needed; Austin’s city council did | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  May 11th at 12:21 PM  | 

USA Today is reporting that the average taxpayer paid just 9% of their income in taxes in 2009, the lowest level since 1950. Federal, state and local taxes — including income, property, sales and other taxes — consumed 9.2% of all personal income in 2009, the lowest rate since 1950, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports. That rate is far below the historic average of | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  May 10th at 05:52 PM  | 

The “news” media just doesn’t get it. Bob Bennett’s loss at the Utah nominating convention over the weekend has news outfits from FoxNews to the New York Times to the Huffington Post talking about “Party Purity” and “anti-incumbency” and all manner of things. The Tea Parties have them equally flustered: The phrase, “They’re out here protesting, but most of these [Tea Partiers] are getting a | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  May 5th at 05:25 PM  | 

Pennsylvania has begun a new advertising campaign. A rejuvenation of their famous “1-800-Visit-PA” campaign? No. Public awareness for some important or dangerous event? Not quite. Warnings about scams and rip-offs? Nothing so altruistic. No, the State of Pennsylvania has begun an ad campaign to warn tax delinquents: “Pay your taxes, or Big Brother will be out to get you.” Are the chills running down your | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  April 29th at 05:31 PM  | 

H/T Ben Domenech. President Obama made a speech in Quincy, Illinois this week. About 200 Tea Partiers showed up to protest the President’s policies, and when the Secret Service asked, the local constabulary ordered in the riot police: There were a few tense moments when the crowd moved west down York toward Third Street after the president’s motorcade arrived. A Secret Service agent asked the | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  April 23rd at 12:13 PM  | 

As the speculation mounts on President Obama’s pick to replace justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, the New York Times last week showcased the spat between Chief Justice Roberts and the President that has grown markedly since the Citizen’s United free speech decision in January. Being that it’s from the Times, it’s not surprise that I missed it until now. Like most people, | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  April 16th at 06:02 PM  | 

As I stood in front of the Gold Dome of the Georgia State Capitol Building, listening to energetic speakers like Herman Cain and Bob Barr and others, it occurred to me that ColdWarrior is right.  So is Erick Erickson.  And yet, so is Stix. Essentially, ColdWarrrior and Erick have been banging the drum of getting more people involved. Erick has been asking for direct involvement | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  April 12th at 06:29 PM  | 

Venture Capital firms raised less money in the first quarter of 2010 than in any period since 1993, reports the Kansas City Business Journal.  The slow growth in the economy combined with a less favorable overall market contributed to reducing investment in new firms, even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average breached the 11,000-mark today. The National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters released a | Read More »