Daily Archives: July 15, 2011

GOP Has Had Enough Of Obama, Will Attempt To Pass Cut, Cap, And Balance

I’m not a big fan of a balanced budget amendment, it would be better to just stop spending so damned much, rather than peg spending to no more than 18% of GDP. You know government will always attempt to hit that 18%, rather than be frugal with the money they take at the barrel of […]

Bummer: “Environmentally Friendly” Herbicide Kills Trees

Sometimes, the irony linked to the theory of unintended consequences decides to proclaim itself with a bullhorn A recently approved herbicide called Imprelis, widely used by landscapers because it was thought to be environmentally friendly, has emerged as the leading suspect in the deaths of thousands of Norway spruce, eastern white pine and other trees […]

If All You See…

…is an evil cat causing the world to warm, you might just be a Warmist

In Wake Of Fast And Furious, Are You Ready For Operation Castaway?

It may or may not be as big and bad, but, we’ll see if ATF and the DOJ stonewall Congress on it Several lawmakers are questioning the Obama administration about whether the controversial “Fast and Furious” gunrunning probe may have had a cousin in Florida that resulted in guns being trafficked to Central America. Rep. […]

Shockingly, Yet Another ObamaCare Provision Raises Costs

Unlike Queen Nancy’s statement that “we’ll have to pass the bill to see what is in it,” we actually knew this little tidbit was in the bill prior to passage, and critics pretty much proclaimed that it would have a negative effect. And, guess what? It has Lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced bipartisan […]

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