Category Archives: Current Affairs

Shocker! Heavily Liberal States Back ObamaCare

Well, all are heavily liberal other than one (Washington Times) Eleven states and the District of Columbia are siding with the Obama administration in the legal battle over the constitutionality of the new health care law, as more than half the states prepare to challenge the law before the Supreme Court. Attorneys general in California, […]

Good News! Electric Car Subsidies Help The 1%!

Who profits from the electric car subsidies? This should make the Occupiers unhappy, but, since they support Obama and the Democrats overwhelmingly, they will barely make a peep (Fox News) Once again, going green has taxpayers seeing red. This time however, billions in federal subsidies for electric vehicles are going those who need them the […]

MNN: You Righties Hate Volts Because They’re Obama’s Babies

Mother Nature Network has an interesting, and whiny, article up about the Chevy Albatross, er, Volt, which boils down to The problem Kelly and the others have with the Volt is that it has Barack Obama’s fingerprints all over it. That’s a reason graphics like the one at left are all over the blogosphere. If […]

Obama Breaks With Constitution, Appoints Cordray, 3 To NLRB

Let’s not forget, part-time Senator Barack Obama said of recess appointments “‘It’s the wrong thing to do” and a recess appointee is ‘damaged goods… we will have less credibility.’ Except, Congress isn’t actually in recess (The Hill) Obama infuriated Republicans Wednesday by announcing the recess appointment of Richard Cordray to be the first director of […]

68 Occupiers Arrested On New Year’s Eve At Zuccotti Park

Hey, they just wanted to make some mayhem and assault the symbol of the new year (USA Today) Dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested on New Year’s Eve as they tore down barricades surrounding New York City’s Zuccotti Park, the former home of their encampment that was dismantled several weeks ago. About 500 […]

Mark Steyn Rings In 2012

If you haven’t read Mark Steyn’s book “After America: Get Ready For Armageddon”, you’re missing one of the scariest books ever written. And Steyn continues to attempt to beat Stephen King as the king of horror with his article entitled “Happy New Year?” Ring out the new, ring in the old. No, hang on, that […]

Suddenly, Eric Holder’s Worried About ‘Undocumented” Guns

The current US Attorney General is probably the last person who should be discussing illegal guns, er, undocumented boom sticks, but, then, Fast and Furious seemed to be more about creating a situation to implement more gun controls on legal owners (Politico) The number of officers killed in the line of duty jumped 13 percent […]

TSA Works Hard To Keep Us Safe From….Cupcakes

Well, that frosting might contain sugar and trans-fats! Put this broad in jail! (Newser) One sign the TSA has officially gone overboard: One of its agents deemed a Massachusetts woman’s cupcake a security threat. Rebecca Hains says she was moving through security at a Las Vegas airport on Wednesday when a TSA agent took her […]

Politicized DOJ Plays Race Card Nixes S.C. Voter ID Law

The same highly political DOJ that stopped a slam dunk prosecution for voter intimidation of voters by members of the New Black Panthers has put a stop to South Carolina requiring ID to vote, and plays the race card (Washington Post) The Obama administration entered the fierce national debate over voting rights, rejecting South Carolina’s […]

RON PAUL2012!!!!!11!!!! Storms Out Of CNN Interview Over Pesky Questions

In the back of your minds, Paulites, imagine how this would look were Ron Paul to become the GOP presidential nominee, and he was asked these same questions during, say, a debate? (Mediate) Ron Paul walked out of an interview with CNN’s Gloria Borger following a heated exchange over the controversy regarding racist newsletters sent […]

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