December 12, 2010 – 8:11 pm
Here they continue to go He’s a lost Claus. A politically correct West Village YMCA has fired Ol’ St. Nick in favor of Frosty. Kids who once thrilled at sitting on Santa’s lap at the 14th Street McBurney YMCA’s wildly popular annual holiday luncheon will now suffer the icy embrace of a talking snowman and […]
December 11, 2010 – 7:42 am
Interesting revelations from the Investors Business Daily Here’s the bottom line for the ethanol tax credits additive to the White House-GOP tax compromise: • $6 billion in subsidies for 2011. • $10 per extra gallon of ethanol. • $14 million per extra job. • $1.2 billion to attract one extra Senate vote. In a season […]
December 10, 2010 – 9:00 am
For people who say they are all about freedom and expression and tolerance, they sure show none, especially during the Christmas season A nativity scene that has been sitting in front of the Franklin County Courthouse for more than 50 years is under fire from an atheist group. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation is […]
December 6, 2010 – 10:49 pm
You’ve probably heard this already, but, hey, what the hell George W. Bush’s job approval rating as president has spiked to 47 percent, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. That’s 1 point higher than President Barack Obama’s job approval rating in a poll taken the same week. Do I personally rate him that high? […]
December 6, 2010 – 9:40 am
The Hill offers up some potentially good news The DREAM Act — a priority of Democrats in both Congress and the White House — faces a difficult future in the lame duck. Even as Democrats in both chambers prepare to consider the measure this week, Republicans and centrist Democrats are already lining up to shoot […]
December 5, 2010 – 9:20 am
Obviously, the New York Times isn’t blaming this on Obama and the Democrats, yet, since Democrats have held the power of the purse and legislation throughout this entire economic downturn, and the Presidency for the past two years, not too mention a good chunk of the state legislatures, it’s their policies that create the problems […]
December 4, 2010 – 7:44 am
Surprisingly, Bush was not mentioned. Instead, they find a different villain The problem with bringing down the stubbornly high unemployment rate is that employers are learning to do more with less. Employers still aren’t hiring enough. Just look at November’s disappointing employment report, which barely eked out a gain in jobs. Or better yet, look […]
December 3, 2010 – 2:54 pm
Why, yes, she is pretty darned attractive, now that you ask From News9 Oklahoma A woman in a wheelchair at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport tried to go through security wearing only a bra and panties. John Maringouin was at the airport and posted a video on YouTube of the woman trying to get […]
December 3, 2010 – 7:35 am
Alternate title: When Liberals Put Partisan Politics Over Support For Women’s Equality. Alternate alternate title: I Don’t Remember This Concern Over Democrat Spending. Real title: don’t forget to turn the coffee pot on, dummy. Sorry, that was a note to self: Women’s bathroom in House: $200K Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner’s idea to build a women’s bathroom […]
December 2, 2010 – 3:21 pm
You call that a shelling? Here’s a shelling Satellite images indicate North Korea might have suffered considerable casualties when South Korea returned fire after the North shelled its frontline island last week, a lawmaker said Thursday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) presented to parliament an image taken by the South’s own satellite and another one […]
