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November, 2008

Sunday, November 30, 2008

New York Times Columnist: Obama And Democrats Could Salvage Iraq War

Never mind that the terrorists have been defeated, an elected government is taking over, we’re one step away from an…...

Black Friday Sales Up 3%

Not bad for a country teetering on the edge of a depression (as the media tells us), no? U.S. holiday…...

Washington Post: Obama Is Lucky He Was Wrong About Iraq

When Obama takes office he won’t have the “mess: to clean up in Iraq as he and so many of…...

Victim Of Mumbai Terrorist Attacks Claim CNN Put Them In Danger

And their claim certainly seems valid to me:   Lynne and Kenneth Shaw, of Penarth, warned that terrorists were listening…...

Say Anything Show: Why Liberal Policies Are Bad For The Economy Edition

Update: We had some technical difficulties with the show tonight, and only a little over half of it aired.  Apparently…...

NBC Executive: Obama’s Skin Color Gives Him Legitimacy

On a panel on future Senate candidate Chris Matthews’ show NBC Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief Mark Witaker said…...

Did Obama Cause The Stock Market Rally?

Recently myself and some other political commentators have been dogging Obama for the post-election stock market collapse.  At one point…...

Associated Press Apparently Thinks Fargo, Grand Forks Represents “Indian Country”

From an AP article about the faillure of a proposed Indian health bill: WASHINGTON (AP)—Congress is expected to adjourn in…...

Stress From Campaigning Has Apparently Caused Obama To Develop A Facial Tic

Yikes… The strain of the long campaign and a frenetic transition period is beginning to wear on the face of…...

Washington Post: Barack Obama Is Not Black

So, does that mean his election isn’t historic? He is also half white. Unless the one-drop rule still applies, our…...

Union Boss To Government: Please Bail Out The Companies We Destroyed

This is galling: WASHINGTON – The head of the United Auto Workers made a public plea Sunday for government help…...

A Bit Of Truth For World AIDS Day Tomrrow: The AIDS Crisis Is Overblown

A group of experts are beginning to criticize the AIDS movement for saying that their cause is pulling funding and…...

Do Democrats Even Want To Win In Georgia?

In Georgia there’s a run-off Senate race between incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Democrat challenger Jim Martin which was mandated by…...

No Wonder These Somali Pirates Are So Successful

There’s something wrong with this picture… NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with dozens of Indian…...

Bocephus To Run For US Senate?

It looks like that’s the case. Just when you thought no worthwhile musician would ever support the Republican Party, Hank…...

Democrats Vow To Stop Oil Exploration, Spend More Of Our Tax Dollars

In recent weeks President Bush had changed some administrative rules to allow exploration in oil shale deposits and to cut…...

Swiss To Give Addicts Free Heroin Even As They Keep Marijuana Illegal

This doesn’t make any sense.  In terms of social impact, marijuana is a lot less detrimental than heroin.  Yet in…...

Enough Of Pakistan’s Phony Innocent Act And Back Room Deals With Terrorists

As much as the main stream media tries to duck the facts of the issue, those murdering savages in Mumbai…...

Saturday, November 29, 2008

The World Is Still Fascinated With Sarah Palin

Interesting… Three weeks after the Republican ticket suffered a sweeping defeat at the polls, Sarah Palin continues to dominate search…...

Obama’s Economic Adviser Was Proponent Of Subprime Loans

That’s right.  Austan Goolsbee, who has been chosen to be Obama’s Chief of Staff at the Economic Recovrery Advisory Board…...

Deepak Chopra on the Mumbai Terrorists

“It is not enough for us to worry about Westerners being killed and Americans being killed…every life is precious…” This…...

European Survey: Which European Men Need The Largest, Er, Raincoat?

I’m not making this up. Apparently someone with a lot of time on their hands or a rather good sense…...

Twenty Of The World’s Most Dangerous Places

The UK Telegraph has a list of twenty places that only the unwary - or in some cases the downright…...

Friday, November 28, 2008

Cult Of Obama: Get Your Barack Obama Commemorative Plate Now!

It’s a Historic Victory Plate reflecting Obama’s “confident smile and kind eyes” which “are an inspiration to us all.” This…...

Nineteen Months After Harry Reid Declared Iraq Lost We Actually Won

The media isn’t talking about it yet, but we did.  We won. Nineteen months after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid…...

The New York Times: A Confederacy Of Conflicted Buffoons

I couldn’t help but admire the cognitive dissonance on display in the New York Times today. First there was this…...

Woman Who Called Hillary A “Monster” Is Working For Obama Again

Nice to know that her firing was just symbolic. Samantha Power, the foreign-policy scholar who was banished from the Obama…...

Zogby: Republicans Want Palin In 2012, General Public Wants Romney

And Jindal trails them both. Frankly, Presidential polls that are four years out are all but useless.  Two years ago…...

Video: Wal-Mart Shoppers Riot Over Xbox 360’s

Normally this would be funny, but given what happened earlier today… Unlike some who look down their noses at “black…...

North Dakota State Government Advertising For Regional Commissar

Why does the word “commissar” jump into my head when I read this job listing for a regional economic develop…...

Rush Limbaugh Mentions Say Anything

Here’s the audio: This is the third time Rush has mentioned something written on the blog. Very flattering.  You can’t…...

Wimps: Democrats May Let Bush Tax Cuts Expire Instead Of Voting Them Down

So that means, despite years of complaining about how they were unfair “tax cuts for the rich,” the Democrats are…...

Bill Clinton To Replace Hillary Clinton As Senator In New York?

If Hillary joins the Obama administration she’s going to leave a Senate seat empty in New York, and the Washington…...

Chris Matthews New Tingle Up His Leg: He’ll Run For The Senate

Fresh from his part as a mole for the Obama campaign (he was masquerading as a journalist) Chris Matthews has…...

John Hoeven Asks Feds For Agriculture Disaster Relief

Which is no surprise.  States begging the federal government for ag pork “disaster” relief is as regular a yearly occurrence…...

Wal-Mart Worker Dies In Black Friday Stampede

Update: Per the comments below, I mixed up two people from the linked article.  The pregnant woman didn’t die.  She…...

The National Black Republican Association Demand Apology From Dems For 150 Years Of Racism

The National Black Republican Association has issued a proclamation demanding that Obama, now that he has been elected our next…...

North Dakota And Drunk Driving: We Need A Shift In How We’re Solving The Problem

Today on the Scott Hennen Show I interviewed Laura Dean-Mooney, the national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, about the…...

Karl Rove Likes Obama’s Economic Team

And I tend to agree with him.  It’s certainly a relief to see Obama picking moderate, mainstream people to help…...

There Aren’t Necessarily Any Villains In Mortgage Collapse

Megan McArdle expresses some surprise at the small amount of fraud that’s been exposed by the collapse in the credit…...

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