Category Archives: Current Affairs

Democrat Unhinged Over Bailout, Plus Barry Offers Hot Air

Whoa. Open Left received (supposedly) an email from a Democrat lawmaker, which starts out thusly Paulsen and congressional Republicans, or the few that will actually vote for this (most will be unwilling to take responsibility for the consequences of their policies), have said that there can’t be any “add ons,” or addition provisions. Fuck that. […]

HuffPo: Here Comes The Right Wing Reich

In 2000, the long fought for and long admired democracy of the United States of America began a slow and steady decline toward fascism – a Bush family tradition – with the installment of a president – a man the citizens overwhelmingly rejected (although the funny math told a still believed myth) – by a […]

Illegal Immigration Today: Monday Hodgepodge

In Michigan TRAVERSE CITY — Police arrested an illegal alien for an alleged sexual assault of a 6-year-old girl after he allegedly was caught in the act by the child’s mother. Philly Last year the Philadelphia field office, which includes the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia, deported 5,599 illegal aliens, including 2,437 criminal […]

A Gift For B.O. Supporters

Since the Barry camp is under fire for ignoring outside advice, since Barry is losing to Palin on experience, since panic is setting in for Democrats, since battlegrounds are breaking for McCain, since Barry supporters are reduced to calling Palin a child predator, since the biggest kook fringers want Barry’s message to be purely person, […]

Sniff. Activists Upset And Enraged About Their Arrests

This story kinda reminds me of the way the Religion of Peace acts. Just replace some of the words, such as anarchist and activist, with Muslim: Police raids enrage activists, alarm others Aided by informants planted in protest groups, authorities raided at least six buildings across St. Paul and Minneapolis to stop an “anarchist” plan […]

NY Times Now Links Obama With Martin Luther King, Jr.

I know some news days are slow, and they can only write so many gushing stories about The Messiah, but, sheesh, this is beyond pathetic: Witnesses to Dr. King’s Dream See a New Hope. It is even more pathetic that the Grey Lady pulls this on the anniversary of MLK’s I Have A Dream speech, […]

Wait. We Have How Much Oil?

Refuting the liberal’s meme that American just doesn’t have that much oil, so we should all sit in the dark quite a bit of the time when it is cloudy and/or the wind is not blowing. And that we should all become corn farmers (CNS News) Let’s start with some sense of the oil resources […]

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Has Passed Away

I just received a text message alert that Rep. Stephaine Tubbs Jones has passed away at the age of 58, after being on life support. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has the story. My condolences to her family and friends. Quick update: Now CNN, where the texts come from, is retracting that she has passed on.

Good Thing We Have Freedom Of Religion, Eh?

Technically, this does not violate the law of the 1st Amendment Doctors may not discriminate against gays and lesbians in medical treatment, even if the procedures being sought conflict with physicians’ religious beliefs, the California Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday. The state high court said the doctors’ constitutional rights to freedom of religion did not […]

Senate GOP Working To End Restrictions On Offshore Drilling

Good to know The Senate Republicans who are trying to force Congress to lift restrictions on offshore drilling say they have 38 senators backing their efforts to force a showdown over the critical campaign issue of energy prices — one that could shut down the government. Democratic leaders in Congress want to extend the moratorium […]

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