New Year’s means it’s list time. I’m sure many conservatives will offer their top ten lists of books of the year or decade. Others may offer movies. But if you really want to get your finger on the pulse of the nation, our greatest form of art is still music. MOVIE OF THE YEAR: The Hurt Locker Over the past five or so years, we | Read More »
Do you want an example of supreme haughtiness and overconfidence? With less than three weeks to go before the general election, Martha Coakley isn’t even campaigning. In fact, she’s on an official vacation from her unofficial vacation of sort-of-campaigning for Senate from her office. The Boston Herald has noticed: Although her break coincides with the holiday season and subdued voter interest, laying low in the | Read More »
Yesterday, I noted how Ben Nelson destroyed his career for for Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer. A new Rasmussen poll showed Nelson losing a hypothetical match up by 31 points. A day later, he is running ads in Nebraska, even though he isn’t up for re-election until 2012. Do you think Ben Nelson is feeling the heat? No one knows what the health care bill | Read More »
I do not wish to saturate this site with Scott Brown posts. This is my second today and I apologize, but there is one piece of information that is time sensitive and important. If you live in Masachusetts; or have friends or family who reside in Massachusetts; or if you just know someone in Massachusetts, please be advised that tommorow, Wednesday the 30th, is the | Read More »
As mbecker blogged, Scott Brown will get no support from Washington. But voters can still make a difference. 01.11.10. Its coming. RedInvadesBlue. Throw a snowball at Washington: Shock the world.
Hey Ben, look what your good buddy Chucky Schumer has wrought. A new Rasmussen poll is worse than awful: The Rasmussen survey shows Nelson, who isn’t up for re-election until 2012, badly trailing Gov. Dave Heineman by 31 points in a hypothetical matchup, 61 to 30 percent. A 55 percent majority of Nebraska voters now hold an unfavorable view of the two-term senator, with 40 | Read More »
In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, charter schools were created by the Education Reform Act of 1993. The Commonwealth has been a pioneer in the area of charter schools. (Minnesota first led the way in 1991.) After all this time, there is an assumption amongst many average voters that charters are either private, independent or represent some sort of private-public partnership. All three are false. As | Read More »
My fellow Americans, meet Jasper “The System” Schuringa. Its a bird. Its a plane. Its Jasper “The System” Schuringa. As blogged by Moe Lane, Janet Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security Director, assures all Americans that “The System” worked. If you see “The System” at an airport near you, please don’t blow his cover. He has a lot of territory to cover. Here
During a recent televised interview, Martha Coakley, the Democratic Candidate for the Massachusetts Senate seat, was asked about her foreign policy experience. She replied: “I have a sister who lives overseas, and she’s been in England and now lives in the Middle East,” Coakley’s comment was so remarkably dumb that it lingered in the local press for days. A heavy favorite to in the Demiocratic | Read More »
In August, Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO, John Mackey, wrote an intelligent and reasonable editorial in the Wall Street Journal opposing ObamaCare. Those of us who live in liberal enclaves know too well how orgainzed liberals can assert pressure and operate like like a legally backed, effete version of the mafia. Unfortunately for Mackey, Whole Foods is based in Austin, Texas and the grocery | Read More »
This is written in response to and inspired by EE’s post. I was trying to link the audio of the quote that he referenced in his post. But looking for it and thinking of some of his other speeches, I thought that Winston Churchill deserved the dignity of his own diary. Like him, we shall fight our enemy everywhere: The British Empire and the French | Read More »
America’s most decorated soldier, Col. Robert L. Howard, passed away. The bottom of his obituary states: It is important for future generations that we remember our military heroes and the great sacrifices they have made for us in the name of Freedom. I agree. It is our moral imperative and patriotic duty to ensure that real heroes are celebrated and that the youth of our | Read More »
Over at Politico, Charles Mahtesian reports on some, uh hem, “fascinating” numbers. A new poll by a Democratic polling firm shows Michelle Bachmann coasting. Bachmann is a high profile enemy for the nutroots. They have incessantly and viciously attacked her all year. The mainstream media has usually run with the narrative created by the nutroots. Often, she has been portrayed as a lying, divisive, right | Read More »
Good post from Swamp Yankee in favor of Kelly Ayotte. — Erick Perhaps the most important Supreme Court decision regarding abortion in recent years was Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. Yes, that Ayotte, Kelly Ayotte. Another time, a more detailed diary on the legal merits of that case may be warranted, but a quick summary should suffice for now. At issue in | Read More »
There isn’t much time to debunk this mess. So much information was reported today that some things were never properly analyzed or digested. Remember that revised CBO score that moderate Democrats wanted to study? It came in today with little fanfare. Early on, it had been reported by credible sources that the Senate health care bill would cost $871 billion and reduce the deficit by | Read More »
Harry Reid is desperately trying to get the initial and key cloture vote on Monday. After the cloture vote, there will be a series of procedural votes that could take the whole week, so he needs to secure the initial cloture on Monday if he wants a bill to pass before Christmas. Time is of the essence. The stakes are high. The Democratic Leadership is | Read More »
Controversial violent picture: The horror. The horror. Shortly after attending the lovely Christmas display at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Attleboro, Massachusetts, an eight year old boy with special needs drew a picture of Jesus in class. The teacher had asked students to draw something that reminded them of Christmas, so the boy drew a stick figure Jesus. Because of | Read More »
“You’re Screwed” screams the front page of the Huffington Post today. The HuffPo links to an article about Michael Capuano, the Democratic Representative from Massachusetts, who just finished his campaign for the open Massachusetts Senate seat. The HuffPo reports: When House Democrats gathered on Friday for their end-of-the week caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol, caucus chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) told the group | Read More »
It’s no secret that Harry Reid and Barack Obama want health care legislation to pass before Christmas. It has not been Republicans, but moderate Democrats that have been a major headache for Harry Reid and his quest for expedient legislation. A couple of reasons for their reticence are obvious. Some moderates may want to appear judicious and deliberate for their increasingly hostile constituents. Some moderates | Read More »
If conservative activists have twenty minutes, I urge them to listen to John F. Kennedy’s speech at the Economic Club of New York in 1962. It is an amazing speech for a couple of reasons. It is surprisingly relevant and it is an effective tool for conservative advocacy. I love a good fight, but I also know that sometimes insulting people or yelling at people | Read More »
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