After some careful thought, I have come to the conclusion that progressives suffer from a legitimate form of mental illness. While it is tempting to simply write them off as loons, crazies, and nutcases, I think it is worthwhile to probe a little deeper into the progressive mind and attempt to isolate the source of progressive thinking. Finding the basic cognitive flaw that gives rise | Read More »
I’m curious about the idea of a “ground game” in these elections. Here’s my dilemma: A a citizen of the United States, we have a civic duty to explore the issues, weigh the facts, and come to a conclusion based on what we believe will be the best course for our city, state, or country. We then go to the polls and choose a person | Read More »
The President of the United States has always been adept at taking credit where none is due and shifting blame to those who don’t deserve it. Some might call it a valuable survival skill in the political pirhana tank that is Washington, D.C., but he has taken it beyond the average, run of the mill shiftiness one might expect from sitting for too long in | Read More »
It’s not a Lewis Carroll riddle, though in the hands of Obama’s chief fantasist David Axlerod, it rivals Carroll’s ravens-and-writing-desks nonsense (Carroll admitted that his famous riddle originally had no answer), and in many ways surpasses it. To be fair, Lewis Carroll was writing a story for children, a whimsical, foray into a wonderland that, though it seemed strange and odd to Alice, did adhere | Read More »
Is it all right if I call the Vice President of the United States “Joe”? Out of respect for the office that John Adams once called “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived,” I would say, “no, we should refer to Joe as “Mr. Vice President,” or perhaps “Mr. Vice.” However, in his recent fundraising email to | Read More »
Separating people from their money is no easy task, which is why the Wise Leaders of Yesteryear dreamed up payroll deductions and everyone’s favorite government agency, the Internal Revenue Service. These workhorses of government take the stress out of fleecing people by making sure the people never see the money they rightfully earned in the first place. It has worked so well for the last | Read More »
In Fox’s Opinion section today, Sally Kohn penned an article entitled “Government Helps You-Whether You Like It Or Not.” The title alone is proof positive that the occasional liberal viewpoint appears on Fox News. A quick read of the article confirms what most RedStaters probably surmised before getting through the first paragraph-that the author has trotted out the same tired, inaccurate slop that attempts to | Read More »
Marriage is dying! So says marriage expert Cameron Diaz: “I don’t think we should live our lives in relationships based off old traditions that don’t suit our world any longer.” Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/05/06/dr-keith-ablow-cameron-diaz-right-4-reasons-marriage-dying-institution/#ixzz1LfpdrhSa First of all, Hollywood entertainers live in a financially insulated bubble-world which operates very similar to a fishbowl. Their wealth creates a situation very similar to the glass bowl that shelters many | Read More »
In his April 14th column, Washington Post writer Steven Pearlstein attacks the Republican approach to the debate, claiming that the Republicans refuse to engage on the subject of “economic fairness”. He writes: “One of the more comical features of the budget debate is to watch the ways in which Republicans refuse to engage on the issue of economic fairness.” The column can be found here: | Read More »
I don’t know how interesting this is, but it caught my eye and I thought I’d pass it on to RedState’s readers. A Campaign For Liberty e-mail sent out on February 19th contains an excerpt from a diary by Neil Stevens. Here’s the quote from the email: CPAC 2011 demonstrated clearly that our numbers are growing and young people are rising up in great numbers | Read More »
Just in the nick of time, HHS vindicates the necessity of Obamacare with a carefully conducted study that tends to support the need for heavy-handed government regulations on insurance companies. I think Fox’s Dr. Manny sums up the study better than I could: “To offer up such a high number is a harsh lie — that’s a made up number. There’s no way to come | Read More »
Today we lost a great American, one to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude that can never really be repaid. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/10/band-brothers-commander-dick-winters-dies/ Richard Winters served his country, and indeed, the world, leading men in combat while wanting nothing more than to live in peace. Larry Alexander, author of “Biggest Brother”, writes: “Dick Winters is an American success story; a humble man, coming as he | Read More »
Here’s a quote from column, written by someone named Strassel, in the Wall Street Journal: That didn’t happen, but only because Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell accomplished a mini Christmas miracle. The Kentuckian devoted yesterday to making the arguments—both principled and political—to the Spending Nine. He was ultimately persuasive enough, and the earmarkers wise enough, to pull back their support. A very unhappy Mr. Reid | Read More »
From the Bangor Daily News: PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Republican who made headlines with his “go to hell” remark aimed at President Barack Obama says he’s looking forward to meeting his commander in chief on Thursday. His commander in chief? That sounded a little fishy, so I went back and reread Article II of the Constitution. It does indicate that the President of the | Read More »
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703708404575586063725870380.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read Mr. Rasumssen brings up a number of very good points about the election. His projections match what we’ve been hearing from the pundits for the past few weeks. However, Mr. Rasmussen believes that the coming GOP wave isn’t a vote for Republicans, but a vote against Democrats. Essentially, it comes down to changing the mindset of the people elected to public office. As soon | Read More »
This is no ordinary election. Maine, and indeed, all of America, is faced with a choice. It’s ostensibly a choice between two candidates in most cases, but the names on the ballot are merely the visible choice, the one the pundits and the anchorpeople will earn their money discussing until the early hours of November 3rd. As important is it is to vote, it is | Read More »
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We’re a year into the Obama Administration, but the changing of the calendar brings no relief from the burdens we carry forward. Unemployment still wreaks its havoc among the working class, pirates and terrorists still lurk in the shadows, and above the shortage of doctors and the inevitability of tax hikes loons the terrible specter of global warming and Mayan-predicted catastrophe. With the gravity of | Read More »
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