Several months ago, I made my first political contribution to the NRSC. I promised the telemarketer who called that I would contribute $X for every GOP senator who voted against the TARP bill. Last month, the same telemarketer called again for more money. I basically told them to take a hike because I was furious that Sen. John Cornyn and the NRSC had endorsed Florida | Read More »
Congratulations to my “bestest” RedState blogger friend, mbecker, for his RedHot posting privileges. Even though his commentary is often “redhot” itself, he tells it like he sees it, and — believe it or not — does have a “cuddly” side. As for me, I’ll have to settle for continued “Mr. EdHot” posting privileges. And I thank the RedState editors for the honor of being able | Read More »
The march toward Obama’s vision of total control of individual’s lives continues. From the authors of Universal Healthcare comes the sequel: Universal Retirement Savings: http://www.usnews.com/blogs/planning-to-retire/2009/06/05/should-retirement-savings-be-required.html This is an attempt to try to achieve the type of universal coverage in retirement that we are hoping to achieve in healthcare,” says Mark Iwry, Deputy Assistant for Retirement and Health Policy for the U.S. Treasury. That’s funny, the | Read More »
Word out of Hollywood today that President Obama’s speech in Egypt has inspired Jack Nicholson to agree to play the lead in a new movie about U.S.-Iranian relations. See the trailer below. <object width=”320″ height=”265″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/0A5lVv3gnUU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0″></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/0A5lVv3gnUU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”320″ height=”265″></embed></object>
It was inevitable that additional video of SC Justice nominee Sonio Sotomayor would surface. This may explain some of her leanings toward using personal experiences and “empathy” in her rulings. In addition, the video reveals never-before-seen footage of Sen. Chuck Schumer and other Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_4_ZC3IM_g Perhaps someone can embed this video for me. I still can’t figure out how | Read More »
Promoted from the diaries by Neil Stevens, with a comment: This is apparently not the first time George Tiller has been shot at. He was shot in both arms back in 1993. He also has a history of flouting sensible regulation and oversight on abortion, in a quest to perform as many late-term abortions as possible. Because of that, combined with the fact that reports | Read More »
I have two early observations about today’s announcement of Sonia Sotemayor as President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Headline: “First Black President Nominates First Hispanic SC Justice.” Unfortunately both parts of this statement are inaccurate. Our president is not black but of mixed race. Sotemayor is not the first Hispanic nominee. FDR nominated an Hispanic justice (a Spanish-American). One broadcast journalist made the | Read More »
I read the following short blurb in yesterday’s (5/13/09) USA Today. I was immediately struck with the thought that there must be an appropriate political analogy in this story somewhere. Rather than write one myself, I thought I would open it to my Redstate colleagues to come up with their best efforts. I will select the winner, who will receive the prestigious “Oats & Bridle | Read More »
As most of you know, recently a nationally-known comedian told a joke with a punch-line insinuating the death of a political thought leader. Well, now the comedian has apologized. It seems any attempt at humor that deals with political leaders and death, is well, off-limits….but only when it’s a joke about a Democrat. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/10/golf-analyst-feherty-sorry-pelosi-joke-dallas-magazine/
Forgive me if this is old news. If it was news at the time it happened I missed it. Thanks to Mollie Ziegler Hemingway in this month’s edition of Christianity Today for bringing it to my attention. http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2009/may/1.56.html “…former President and Rhodes scholar Bill Clinton revealed a startling ignorance about basic science shortly after President Barack Obama increased federal funding of stem-cell research that destroys | Read More »
Reeling from his public relations disaster on handling the waterboarding issue, Obama may be backtracking on his decision to try Gitmo detainees in U.S. criminal courts. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30531510/ Our President is proving to be an enigma. On one hand, the longer he’s in office the more his innate liberal worldview becomes apparent. On the other hand, he occasionally admits the Bush Administration had it right. Let’s | Read More »
Random thoughts about taxes in an attempt to be logical and consider logical rebuttals…. Federal taxes should be as little as possible to support the smallest federal government possible. A consumption-based tax system is inherently fairer than a system based on income. The so-called “Flat Tax” really isn’t “flat.” Yes, it proposes a flate “rate,” but a person making $100K will still pay considerably higher | Read More »
The entire global warming movement depends on scare tactics. Even if the supposition of a global calamity due to man-made global warming were true (and it’s not), this truth would depend on “fear” to sustain itself. Today, former Vice President Al Gore — who puts the P-U back into “Pulitzer” — testified before Congress stressing the need for a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in the | Read More »
Modern Healthcare magazine is flashing a news bulletin that the GOP has blocked a confirmation vote on Kansas Governer Jean Sebelius as Secretary of HHS. This comes after her nomination was recommended by a senate subcommittee yesterday on a 15 to 8 vote. Congratulations, GOP, for standing up for principle. Let’s see how this ultimately plays out.
I remember three years ago when I first discovered Hugh Hewitt’s radio show during my long drive home each evening. It was a breath of fresh air. Here was a highly intellectual conservative host dealing with substantive issues in a deep fashion. His show became a high point of my day. Then came the 2008 GOP Primaries. Hugh wrote a book, A Mormon in the | Read More »
Texas Governor Rick Perry has created a fire storm this week by declaring the potential of Texas returning to its historical roots of an independent nation if the federal government continues it path of socialistic intrusion on states’ rights and sovereignty. The liberal left and the mainstream news media (a redundancy, I know) have blasted the Texas governor for his uncivilized remarks. Yet none other | Read More »
This is a story of service to one’s country, service to one’s community, commitment, pursuing dreams, and tragic irony. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6370704.html Damion Jon Hobbs had always wanted to be a firefighter. He had enrolled in the Houston Fire Department training school once before, but his training was cut short by being called to serve in Iraq. He served his country through an 18 month tour of | Read More »
For the sake of argument (only), let’s say I’m a widowed, elderly man diagnosed with a terminal illness. I’ve been given 18-24 months to live. My estate is currently valued at $3 million, which includes the value of a modest $500,000 fully-paid-for home, and $2.5 million in retirement investments. These financial figures may seem excessive to many. However, a $500K home in most major cities | Read More »
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/teachers-union-calls-for-an-end-to-faith-schools-1662932.html That’s what the teacher’s union of Britain wants to see. “Religious groups, of whatever faith, have no place in the control and management of schools,” said one union leader. As the new U.S. administration continues to lead our own country down the many paths already trod by our socialist European friends, how long will it be before we face the same outcry in our | Read More »
Any talk of the federal bail out of troubled banks being a temporary act of the government can now be put to rest. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123879833094588163.html How many of you thought that once the troubled banks were stabilized, they would start repaying the government? Well the government, it seems, doesn’t want the money back. Even banks who didn’t want TARP money to begin with — and were | Read More »
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