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January, 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

The Lies and Broken Promises of Barack H. Obama

I had planned to do this post even before being challenged, and because it is always better to live up…...

Obama Bows, Redux

Nope! Just the mayor of Tampa! What is it with Obama? Is he hinged at the waist? Or is it…...

“Culture Versus Reality”

There’s a really great Andrew Klavan video found over at Self Evident Truths: Make sure you stick with it to…...

UN’s IPCC Copied Melting Glacier Stuff From Someone Else’s Homework.

Really! In its most recent report, it stated that observed reductions in mountain ice in the Andes, Alps and Africa…...

The Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield

Well it is Sunday.  My favorite part of this song is unfortunately almost cut off.  I think the opening riff…...

Dumbama’s State Of the Union Speech 4th Most Childish Since Analysis Began

We knew he wasn’t that bright.  Obama’s Flesch-Kincaid grade level score of 8.8 for his first State of the Union…...

Surprise: Obama Following Through On Cutting Deficits By Increasing National Spending By 6%

Which means that if he’s really serious about reducing deficits there’s only one way he can truly follow through on…...

Minnesota Windmills Don’t Work When It’s Cold

Well it’s NOT that you would want electricity during the cold and dark of Minnesota Winters.   This is a…...

Dorgan: Obama Didn’t Spend Enough Time On The Economy?

Huh? But Dorgan, a member of the Senate Democratic leadership, said creating jobs should have been the top priority for…...

Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Best Political Ad For A County Corner Candidate You’ll See All Day

Good gravy… Who knew coroner elections were so vicious?...

Rush Limbaugh Dances To Lady Ga Ga

And that’s the one headline I never thought I’d write. I’m not going to make fun.  He’s clearly a better…...

Surprise: One Of Obama’s “Spending” Cuts Is Actually A Tax Hike On People With Children

He’s going to cut spending by taking more of our money. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will propose cutting…...

Airing Live On AM1100: The Say Anything Show, With Tom Brusegaard Co-Hosting

Listen and chat below.  Call in at 888-598-8464.  If the feed doesn’t work, you can get the station feed at…...

Surprise: Laws Banning Cell Phone Use While Driving Don’t Actually Prevent Crashes

I’ve always opposed laws against cell phone use (texting and/or talking) while driving.  Not because I’m in favor of unsafe…...

Gingrich Admits: Endorsing Scozzafava In New York 23 Was A Mistake

He admits to putting party above principle, essentially. “At the time, as a party builder and someone who has always…...

Obama: Health Care Bill Would Put Bureaucrats Between You And Your Doctors

One frequent complaint conservatives have had about the health care bill is that it would involve the government in the…...

Surprise: Pelosi’s Children, Grandchildren Using Taxpayer Funded Private Airplanes

I don’t have a problem with the Speaker’s family flying with her.  But the taxpayer-funded flights being used to chauffeur…...

Harvey Tea Party To Feature Every Republican Candidate For Federal Office

If you think North Dakota Republicans haven’t taken the tea party message to heart, think again.  The three House candidates…...

Obama’s Plan For Deficit Reduction: Factor In Revenues From Taxes That Don’t Exist Yet

We all know that even by the rosy forecasts for economic growth and tax revenues put out by the Obama…...

IPCC Knew Glacier Data Was Wrong Before Copenhagen; NASA, NOAA Not So Clean Either

Just when you think the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change can’t dig themselves any deeper, it turns out they’ve found…...

Not Even Democrats Are Buying What Obama Is Selling

Whether it’s “tax cuts for 95% of Americans” or “2,000,000 jobs created or saved,” not even members of Obama’s own…...

Torture In Venezuela (Update: Post fixed)

It appears that Venezuela is cracking down hard on student protestors in that country.  And by hard, I mean medieval. …...

Poll: Americans Don’t Really Seem To Care About Bipartisanship

I tire of the endless bickering about “bipartisanship” in Washington DC.  It’s always one side accusing the other of not…...

Obama’s Education Secretary: Hurricane Katrina Was “Best Thing” To Happen To New Orleans Schools

Another iteration of the broken window fallacy for the Obama administration, though perhaps the most insulting one. How many people…...

What Will Happen To Dorgan’s Campaign War Chest?

North Dakota Democrats have long benefited from a pipeline of money brought into the state by the federal delegation.  Conrad,…...

If Obama Says Cutting The Deficit Is As Important As Jobs, Can We Cancel The Rest Of The Stimulus?

That’s presuming that Obama actually means what he says here, of course. And he doesn’t really mean it. WASHINGTON –…...

Friday, January 29, 2010

Obama: The Health Care Negotiations Were On CSPAN

Really? Well then.  I guess the entire nation must have missed it.  Including the, uh, producers at CSPAN. All politicians…...

Actual Headline: “Obama assails Republican foes, urges bipartisan effort”

A sign of the times… Obama’s idea of bipartisanship is “shut up and do what you’re told.”...

Dorgan: Obama Should Have Saved The Unpopular, Incumbent-Killing Health Care Bill For Later

Bitter words from a man who himself was chased from a re-election race (at least in part) by staunch opposition…...

D’Oh-lbermann: “Arrogant” is a Code Word for a Racial Slur

I really hesitate to give this guy the time of day most days, because I fear that by publicizing his…...

Anti-Hunting Group With Misleading Name Is Circulating Petition In North Dakota

From the NRA (via email): North Dakota sportsmen should be aware that a group cleverly calling itself North Dakota Hunters…...

I Learned An Important Lesson About Government By Waiting Tables

There is a story about a college professor who challenged his students to put their faith in Socialism to the…...

Pomeroy Retirement Watch: Earl Says He Wouldn’t Take Life Insurance Job

Rumors that Rep. Pomeroy would be retiring rather than facing re-election, fanned by news that Rep. Pomeroy was seeking a…...

Earl Pomeroy Says He Won’t Vote For Health Care Bill He Voted For

I think that Nancy Boy Earl will stick to this pledge unless Nancy Pelosi tells him to vote for it.…...

VIDEO: Remember When Kent Conrad Was Against Using Reconciliation For Health Care Bills In 2001?

I’ve posted a number of times about Senator Kent Conrad’s broken promises to oppose the use of budget reconciliation to…...

Pomeroy: Paygo Will Restrain Deficits, CBO: No, It Won’t

Democrats have been promising to implement “paygo” or pay-as-you-go budgeting to fix our national budget problems since they took back…...

Shocker: Michael Moore’s New Movie Subsidized By Michigan Taxpayers

In his latest movie, “Capitalism: A Love Story” Michael Moore stands in front of a Wall Street bank and demands…...

Obama’s HHS Department Failed To Disclose Paid Shills To Congress

I’ve posted previously about MIT professor John Gruber publicly backing Obamacare without disclosing that he was on the Obama administration’s…...

Another Horrible Year For the Alerus Center Financials

The Grand Forks Alerus Center Financial Disaster on the Prairie How many years in a row has the Compass/Venuworks company…...

Hillary Vs. Obama In 2012?

First Hillary skipped Obama’s state of the union address.  Then she announced that she’s not up for a second term…...

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