Monthly Archives: April 2013

12 Programs From Obama’s Sequestration Congress Refuses To Fix

Democrats are already running around stating that Democrats, mostly (NMP) Obama, have lost on sequestration. Therefore, they’re going to have to come up with more scary stories in order to continue spending willy nilly on pretty much everything at the federal level, which is a great way to continue increases the tangle of tentacles into […]

Are You Ready To Pay A Flu Vaccine Tax?

Yes, and it’s “bipartisan” (via The Lonely Conservative) (The Weekly Standard) Congress is preparing to take action on a bipartisan proposal to raise taxes on flu vaccines. This is not a tax on the wealthy, but rather on a broad swath of Americans, or at least those who choose to be immunized against the flu. In February, […]

Sierra Club Comes Out In Favor Of Amnesty For “Environmental Reasons”

It’s funny how so many “climate change” believers tend to espouse the same political views as hard core leftists, isn’t it? (Grist) It was notable when Bill McKibben of 350.org and Philip Radford of Greenpeace recently came out in support of immigration-reform legislation. But it’s really notable that the Sierra Club has now joined them. […]

If All You See…

…is a horrendous flooded drought world, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Bookworm Room, with a post on bullying by schools.

Noted 1%er Complains About Policy Benefiting 1%

Nope, not Obama this time. It’s Paul Krugman, who never met a Big Government spending scheme he didn’t like. He starts out by whining about “austerity” and saying it has failed, because we’ve had just so darned much! You know, with the ever increasing government expenditures, the massive Stimulus, son of Stimulus, 2nd cousin twice […]

OFA Launches Campaign To Attack Climate Realists In Congress

The totally independent from Obama (snicker) group Organizing For Action continues the Neverending Campaign (UK Guardian) The campaign group formed to support Barack Obama’s political agenda has launched an initiative to shame members of Congress who deny the science behind climate change. In an email to supporters on Thursday, Organizing for Action said it was […]

GOP Challenges DHS On Ammo Purchases

I haven’t really touched on the massive ammo purchases made by the Department Of groping people letting criminal illegal aliens go deeming Conservatives terrorists Homeland Security over the past 2 years or more. So much of what was out there seemed to be more in the way of conspiracy theories. I’m not particularly concerned with […]

Good Grief: Al Franken Uses Cheetos Metaphor To Push “Climate Change”

Hey, has anyone asked Al how he gets to D.C. from Minnesota and back? (via Tom Nelson) (HuffPo) Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) attacked climate deniers with a Cheetos metaphor on the Senate floor on Monday, saying those who take money from big coal and also reject global warming should be ignored. “If 98 out of […]

If All You See…

…is an evil pump spewing evil fossil fuels, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Patterico’s Pontifications, with a post wondering just what the motivation could be for a violent attack involving “Allahu Akbar!”

An ObamaCare Waiver For Congress, White House, And Staff?

Otherwise, their might be a “brain drain” (Politico) Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said. The talks — which involve Senate […]

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