Via Ace of Spades, the labor force participation rate (a much more relevant indicator of the job market than the unemployment rate, which doesn’t count workers who have given up searching for a job) over the past 10 years: I checked BLS data (source of the above) for the past 20 years to see if this was anomalous, and it doesn’t appear so: The only | Read More »
Frankly, there’s not much I can say about this. These are the people who attacked us 11 years ago today, and we clearly have not learned 2 lessons in that time: first, their grievances are bulls*** – nothing more than hastily fabricated excuses to riot. One day it’s an offensive movie, the next day it’s U.S. troops in the Arabian Peninsula. They’re not concerned with | Read More »
No, I’m not advocating violence. I’m just observing the existence of a conflict between 2 completely irreconcilable ideas (and the people who hold them) that’s been growing for the past 100 years in America. On one hand is the simple idea that “by the sweat of your face you will eat bread, till you return to the ground“. Or stated only a bit more pleasantly, | Read More »
I don’t think so. That would be such an attempt at political suicide that Democrat-Media Complex couldn’t possibly spin their way out of it. I think the President’s just trying to put a bit of fear into the hearts of those who rely on Social Security for a significant portion of their income (and as he amusingly admits, bluffing). But the only way that the | Read More »
Promoted from the diaries by Caleb The highlight of my day at CPAC (and I’d guess many other bloggers would share that opinion). Before giving the keynote speech, Rep. Allen West (FL-22) stopped in to talk about diversity within the GOP, the GOProud controversy, the Middle East, libertarianism, the Congressional Black Caucus, motorcycles, defense spending cuts and more. Here’s the video, thanks to FTR Radio:
What a day it is indeed. I don’t mention my own service all that often in the context of politics (I would rather win over others to my views with universal truths than with biographical details), but I’m proud to have been a Marine for 7 years, to have been deployed to Iraq twice, and above all to have served alongside such fine men and | Read More »
This from the Sunshine State News, via Bluegrass Pundit: In one of the most closely watched U.S. House races in the nation, Republican Daniel Webster now holds a 7-point lead over Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in Central Florida’s 8th Congressional District, according to a new Sunshine State News Poll. Webster, a former state senator, leads the freshman congressman 43-36 in the survey of 559 likely | Read More »
It’s hard to even start naming everything that’s wrong with this situation. From Charles Jacobs at Big Peace: My organization, Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT), just released a video showing 6th graders from Wellesley, MA as they rise from prostrating themselves alongside Muslim men in a prayer to Allah while on a public school field trip to the largest mosque in the Northeast. Teachers | Read More »
This woman has the blood of thousands of aborted babies on her hands. I’ll leave the detailed analysis to others. You can read background here , here and here. The bottom line is this: In 1996, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), a generally pro-abortion organization, shared one of their policy statements with the Clinton administration, which stated that partial-birth abortion was NOT | Read More »
The former veep/perpetual teller of depressing environmental fairy tales seems to have made a Clintonian slip with a masseuse in Oregon in October 2006. HT to The Other McCain, who’s posted on it here, here, and here. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office confirmed today that a woman who alleged unwanted sexual contact by Al Gore reported it to police in 2006, and the prosecutor’s | Read More »
Good job LaborUnionReport and civil_truth especially, for bringing Maj. Godin’s case to the attention of RedState readers. The ending’s about as happy as could be. From the Daily Caller: The Massachusetts Governor signed a bill on Wednesday afternoon that saves the job of a retired Marine and public high school ROTC instructor who refused to pay teachers union fees. Gov. Deval Patrick signed a supplemental | Read More »
I’ve been asked by several folks to recommend specific books by Thomas Sowell, since I’ve read about 20 of them in the past year and a half. That number’s not so high because I’m such a voracious reader, but rather because Sowell’s such a phenomenal writer that his books can be read quickly. The first thing that a new reader of Sowell should be aware | Read More »
My impression of him, prior to catching this from Big Government (via Ed Driscoll), was that he was just the slightly eccentric Governor Moonbeam, who got the nickname from a plausible (though slightly unusual) suggestion that California launch its own space program. I wasn’t at all aware, though, that he’d compared his opponent’s campaign rhetoric to Nazi propaganda (HT Amy) but it completely boggles my | Read More »
given that their membership rolls have followed the same trajectory as the GDP of Cuba and the stock of the average typewriter manufacturer: LaborUnionReport’s excellent piece (read it for yourself) on the UAW’s current troubles got me thinking about this. I wouldn’t be surprised at all, given the way they’re hemorrhaging members(and hence dues and payroll PAC contributions) to see them completely marginalized by the | Read More »
It struck me tonight what a contrast this is with the president’s attitude. Worth watching again. Christie’s not afraid to fight the schoolyard bullies of the NEA and the AFT. Obama just wants to BE one of the bullies, if anyone would take him seriously.
Weather’s looking good here. Maybe light showers in Greene County (at the far southwest corner of the state) before the polls close. Earlier there was a report that 175 people double voted in one particular precinct. At this time that seems more like an honest mistake – Fayette County isn’t really strong Critz territory. I’ll be slightly off for a few hours, tweeting what I | Read More »
Figured I’d link this for those interested in watching as they come in. Here are the PA-12 Special election results. Legislative special elections: 20th(Allegheny County), 138th(Northampton), 147th(Montgomery). Statewide primaries(governor, lt. governor, U.S. Senate). U.S. Congress primaries. PA Senate primaries. PA Representative primaries. Democratic state committee. Republican state committee – may be an interesting write-in in this category
In Washington County, PA, there’s a town with a distinctive name: Eighty-Four. This town’s probably best known for its namesake lumber company. This morning, though, Eighty-Four has gotten attention as the home of Tim Burns, probably the next congressman for the 12th district. Burns went to Wylandville Elementary School a few hours ago to cast his vote in today’s primary and special election, accompanied by | Read More »
Yeah, I know. The primaries in PA are today. I almost literally ran into Mary Beth Buchanan last night, though, and asked her a few questions. Please forgive me my imperfections with the camera: Later in the evening I talked with Keith Rothfus on the phone: Cross-posted to Renner’s Here and PAWatercooler.
Late on a Friday night at Burns campaign headquarters in Washington, PA, the campaigning continues. These enthusiastic volunteers are sparing no effort to get the votes for Tim on Tuesday. Danielle, Kyle, and Alex doing their part to get out the vote: George Faulds is gushing with enthusiasm for Tim: Allison Gilliland, and Brad Marston, who took time out of his own campaign to drive | Read More »
Right now I’m at Burns for Congress HQ with Robert Stacy McCain, Brian O’Connor, and John LaRosa. Scott Brown’s event went well. Check out Stacy’s coverage here. I’ve never heard of anything like a local TV station pulling a campaign ad for factual inaccuracy. Wow. The Susquehanna poll that Neil mentioned isn’t anything to fret too much about. Folks I talked to from the Burns | Read More »
Just wondering why you haven’t supported Tim Burns in the special election? Surely you know that the Democrats have twice as many voters in the district, and if we want to really send a message to the rest of the country, we need every Republican voter we can get to vote for Burns in the special. No reason you can’t say “Vote Tim for 6 | Read More »
Congressman Pence, chair of the House Republican Conference, who’s been mentioned as a potential 2012 presidential candidate was at the Richland Township Fire Department near Johnstown yesterday, campaigning for Tim Burns in the May 18 special election. A quick aside: I don’t know if it strikes anyone as strange to see a political event held at a fire station, but volunteer fire companies in Pennsylvania | Read More »
Continuing on this post, discussing the latest ad from the Critz campaign, and the very, very indirect attacks on Tim Burns. The claim: Tim Burns laid off his own workers in PA, and got tax breaks for outsourcing Critz’s camp cites this article from the Pittsburgh Business Times to show Burns’s “indifference” to the prospect of layoffs at the company he founded. The “incriminating” quote: | Read More »
Critz certainly seems to have an affinity with such a flexible product, with the stretching claims he makes in this ad: Looking at this a claim at a time: Burns wants to privatize Medicare and Social Security Critz’s claimed sources for this? The fact that the House Conservatives Fund has endorsed Burns, and Burns’ claims in a candidate forum on April 28. This is dubious | Read More »
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