Martin Luther King Jr. was born 81 years ago last week. In his 39 short years of life, he accomplished more than most men can muster in a lifetime. That he was an African American at a time in our history where such things were unheard of (let alone even “allowed”), Dr. King showed us what an unmovable faith in God, an unstoppable determination, a | Read More »
It’s important that, before the outcome of the Coakley-Brown contest is known, we ‘take stock’ of how things are going for the Democrats since they took control of the Federal Government. Regardless the winner of Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, Americans are beginning to understand what they actually have to show for a year’s worth of life under a Government completely controlled by the Democrat party. | Read More »
[In light of news that Obama is headed to Massachusetts after all, it's only right that I update this piece: Democratic officials disclosed the president's plans Friday on condition of anonimity because they were not authorized to pre-empt a White House announcement. "If Scott Brown wins, it'll kill the health bill," Democrat Barney Frank, D-Mass., said, underscoring the stakes of Tuesday's special election. Well, if | Read More »
I just love waking up to headlines like these: ‘Majority Would Vote Against Obama’: A year into his tenure, a majority of Americans would already vote against Pres. Obama if the ’12 elections were held today, according to a new survey. I know, I know…I shouldn’t be surprised by this. I AM entertained though. Just 34% say the country is moving in the right direction, | Read More »
A swear word might have otherwise found its way into the title of this post were it not for the fact that this is a “family-friendly” website. As I skimmed Drudge a short bit ago, I came across this little beauty over at Politico:”Michelle Obama: Harry Reid doesn’t owe me an apology”, and my head exploded: First lady Michelle Obama told reporters Wednesday that Senate | Read More »
Nothing else explains this latest hallucination from Obama apologists: The White House Tuesday argued President Barack Obama’s “steady diplomacy” had made America stronger and renewed its moral authority despite “unprecedented challenges” in his first year in office. But the assessment, posted on the White House website, did not dwell on the lack of success garnered by one of Obama’s top priority foreign policy drives, peace | Read More »
The quickly fading story of Harry Reid’s comments about Barack Obama’s “light skin” and “non-Negro dialect” offered an opportunity for the President to lead on the issue of race in America, and he passed. Back in March of 2008, given a similar opportunity to show his leadership on matters of race (in trying to justify Rev. Wright’s acid rhetoric against America and the white man), | Read More »
Strom Thurmond was an unapologetic segregationist. He unsuccessfully ran for President once, but for some reason South Carolina saw his talents as a Politician to be sufficiently satisfactory to put him in office as their Governor for 4 years, and in the US Senate for 48 years (both as a Democrat AND a Republican)…this, DESPITE his views on race. He never withdrew those positions, nor | Read More »
I’m not, and neither are 3.4 million of my fellow Americans since this President took office. Just ask the 85,000 Americans that sucked it up this Christmas season and went without…for themselves and their families and friends… in the name of President “I will save the world” Obama. If you’re still not convinced, just ask the 661,000 people that just threw up their hands and | Read More »
CBS News is reporting that the White House claims there was “No Xmas Day In-Flight Warning” and, further, that they refute the claims of an LA Times piece that suggested “border enforcement officials found information in a database suggesting the alleged terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had extremist ties.” The Times piece, allegedly, goes on to suggest this: “The people in Detroit were prepared to look | Read More »
Funny how the ruling majority in Congress behaves when the light shines a little too brightly on their smoke-free backroom shenanigans. Despite their self-delusions of openness and transparency, the Democrats mean to get health care done behind closed doors with no interference (read “close inspection”) from the media or the American people. As the pressure mounts for them NOT to do that, the perpetrators are | Read More »
Hillary Clinton once said, during her run for President against her current boss, that the Presidency was no place for on the job training. She said she would be ready to lead from day one and that she would know what to do when that 3 am call came to the White House. Whether or not true of Hillary, we have learned these last 12 | Read More »
I’m putting this on the front page. You RedState old-timers — those of you who’ve been around for a few years — need to read this. In fact, make this the one absolutely obligatory reading of your day if you are a long time RedState community member. — Erick If you’ve been here less than 2 years – please – consider reading this diary and | Read More »
This piece in the NYT flies in the face of all those who accused us of fear-mongering when we dared call out Congress on the issue of so-called “death panels.” I, for one, was uncomfortable enough with the idea that a gaggle of self-appointed hens in Congress would assess my worthiness and determine whether sufficient resources should be allocated to keep me alive through some | Read More »
For most people, this is a special time of year filled with family and friends and parties and vacations and festivals and parades and fancy-wrapped packages. But not for all of us. For some folks this is, perhaps, the worst time of the year. It renews that overwhelming sense of isolation and sadness and depression, and it often serves to deepen those feelings of helplessness | Read More »
This is not a pep talk, it’s my response to Congress. The Senate actions of the last several weeks have given rise to much angst and cynicism from every corner of America. More of us are against what they mean to do with health care than are for it. More of us are against this President than are for him. More of us, than EVER, | Read More »
The Ancients discovered, thousands of years ago, that it can’t be done mathematically. Barack Obama finds himself today learning that lesson all over again , vis a vis ending ‘climate change’ in Copenhagen. In his speech to the plenary he admits as much when he says: “while the reality of climate change is not in doubt, I have to be honest, as the world watches | Read More »
So shouts the headline at the Guardian. A farce indeed. First, we have US Senator John Kerry making a 100% guarantee to Copenhagen attendees that, should Copenhagen end with some sort of agreement, the US Congress will pass legislation in 2010 “that is going to have an impact on emissions.” There is one not-so-small caveat: John Kerry mentioned one key requirement that the talks had | Read More »
In his speech in Copenhagen, Al Gore acknowledges there won’t be an agreement in Copenhagen, and suggests we focus on Mexico in 2010…BEFORE the US mid-term election cycle heats up: In an intense and sometimes emotional speech, former Vice President Al Gore called on the nations at the Copenhagen climate summit to speed up their negotiation process by five months. Since a binding agreement to | Read More »
German Chancellor Merkel is ratcheting up the pressure on progress in Copenhagen, expressing concern that time is running out and no major agreements are yet in place. And now, the Pope has chimed in: Benedict called on advanced societies to adopt “more sober lifestyles,” reducing energy consumption and favoring energy-efficient policies. He encouraged research into ways to exploit solar energy, to manage forests and to | Read More »
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