Archive for ‘US’

April 3rd, 2012

High Court Justice: Obama Birth Certificate Fishy

WND. Yet denies Alabama has jurisdiction.

March 31st, 2012

Per MSM it could only be Planned Parenthood supporters withholding donations from Komen

Jill Stanek. “In reality, Komen has alienated both ends of the ideological spectrum now.”

March 30th, 2012

It’s time for Democrats to moderate on abortion, says … Jimmy Carter?

Hot Air. A crass discussion of the issue in terms of political costs and benefits.

March 29th, 2012

Justices poised to strike down entire healthcare law

LA Times. “Kennedy said it would be an ‘extreme proposition’ to allow the various insurance regulations to stand after the mandate was struck down.” But “Ginsburg said the court should do a ‘salvage job’ not undertake a ‘wrecking operation.’”

March 29th, 2012

Scalia: Reading entire health care law would be cruel and unusual punishment

Politico. “What happened to the Eighth Amendment? You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages?”

March 28th, 2012

Santorum tops polls in Nebraska

PPP. “Rick Santorum is the strongest Presidential candidate in Nebraska- for both the primary and general elections.”

March 28th, 2012

Newborn Seized in Hospital by Police, Social Worker

HSLDA. A tale of false claims and abuse of power.

March 28th, 2012

SCOTUS Will Hear Loudermilk Home Privacy Case

HSLDA. Can deputies threaten a family into “voluntarily” permitting a police search?

March 28th, 2012

Gingrich Cuts Staff, Looks to Convention

Politico. “Newt Gingrich is cutting back his campaign schedule, will lay off about a third of his cash-strapped campaign’s full-time staff, and has replaced his manager”.

March 28th, 2012

Etch a Sketch Story Reaches 44% of Public

Washington Post. Is that significant? or not so much?

March 27th, 2012

Hunger Games Movie Is Apolitical, and Yet …

WND. The movie “presents some interesting questions about the consolidation of power under a central government.”

March 27th, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio To Hold Another Press Conference March 31

Western Center. Sheriff Joe Arpaio will present “preliminary findings and updates to the investigation of the Selective Service System Registration form and Certificate of Live Birth for President Barack H. Obama II.”

March 24th, 2012

Appeal Is Made To Abortion Workers To Blow the Whistle On Abuses

Green Mountain Scribes. “Operation Rescue is mailing appeals to abortion clinic workers asking them to come forward with information about abortion abuses”; offers $25,000 reward.

March 23rd, 2012

Obama Converts Keystone to a Pipeline to Nowhere

Common Sense. The approval of only a section is a publicity stunt.

March 22nd, 2012

Mitt Romney: the Etch A Sketch Candidate

Caffeinated Thoughts. Romney’s “record shows that he is a political chameleon.”

March 22nd, 2012

Inevitability Has a Very Unreliable Track Record

Creators.com. “During the primary season, people should vote for whomever they prefer, on their own merits, not because pundits have pronounced them inevitable.”

March 21st, 2012

Your Tax Dollars Saved 8 of the 10 Worst Built Cars in America

Bluegrass Pundit. “8 of the 10 Worst Built Cars For 2012 in America are made by either GM or Chrysler”.

March 21st, 2012

9/11 Gets PC Rewrite in US Textbooks

WND. ACT! for America Education finds that history of 9/11 “was rewritten in our school textbooks.”

March 19th, 2012

Ron Paul Cheated of GA Delegates?

WND. Paul’s tricksy attempt at gaining delegates may have been illegally blocked.

March 19th, 2012

Santorum Leads Obama In FL, NC, OH, VA; Romney Trails

Tree of Mamre. Romney’s poor showing with conservatives make it unlikely he could win against Obama.

March 17th, 2012

CBO: Exploding debt under Obama policies

Politico. “tax and spending policies will yield $6.4 trillion in deficits over the next decade”.

March 16th, 2012

Texas Loses Federal Women’s Health Funding Over Planned Parenthood Cuts

Christian Post. Perry: “It is unconscionable that the Obama administration has essentially told Texas it will send our tax dollars back to fund this program only if we violate state law and include its pro-abortion allies.”

March 16th, 2012

Why Evangelicals Are Not Warming Up To Romney

Tree of Mamre. Scotus opines that evangelicals are not primarily bothered by Romney’s Mormonism; they dislike Romney’s social liberalism. Same for the Paul’s.

March 15th, 2012

Canada’s tax revenues steady as they lowered corporate tax rates

Wintery Knight. “This data is no surprise to supply siders – we expect this because of past experience with tax cuts.”

March 13th, 2012

Iowa’s Expensive Wind Addiction

Conservative Reader. “Wind turbines don’t increase the standard of living; in fact they seem to make energy more expensive.”

March 12th, 2012

Latin America Debates Drug Legalization; Obama Demands More War on Drugs

New American. Latin America may be abandoning the US-led “War on Drugs”.

March 12th, 2012

Wind Farms Paid to Stop Producing Power

New American. A number of factors make wind energy not very “green”.

March 10th, 2012

The Unemployment Rate With and Without the Recovery Plan

Tree of Mamre. “What really gets people upset is the chart at the top of the post”–Obama’s own chart.

March 10th, 2012

OWS Going Broke, a Case for Capitalism

Lonely Conservative. “Wow, who knew socialism doesn’t work?”

March 10th, 2012

Time to Repeal Daylight Saving Time?

New American. Why did Daylight Saving Time start? Is it a good idea today?

March 10th, 2012

Empty the Halls or Flood the Schools?

Desert News. Liberals argue for and against public schools: freedom for children or helping the achievement of less privileged classmates?

March 7th, 2012

Santorum on Homeschooling Reflects Push for Limited Government

IBTimes. “Getting the government out of education has become a recurring theme during this Republican presidential primary.”

March 6th, 2012

Obama’s HHS Mandate, Attack on Liberty

Christian Post. Implications of Obama’s “rhetorical shift from ‘freedom of religion’ to ‘freedom of worship’. Erase the Need. Right versus manufactured rights.

March 6th, 2012

Obama To Defund Embryo Adoptions

NewsMax. ”Why would the Obama administration cut $2 million for adoption awareness, but keep $1 million a day for Planned Parenthood?”

March 6th, 2012

Demands for PPFA Oversight Hearings

Human Events. Congress is investigating the nonprofit’s policies on rape and incest reporting, sex trafficking, and use of federal funds.

March 6th, 2012

Super Tuesday Smaller This Time

LA Times. Last time 21 states, this time only 10.

March 6th, 2012

Get-Rush Campaign Not About Rush

Newsbusters. Big Media outrage at liberal talkers is notoriously absent.

March 5th, 2012

Paul Personally Hints at Vote Fraud

Daily Paul. CBS News. Claims that there are “some strange things that go on” during vote totaling. And yet: in “some places where we weren’t first, we’re gonna come in first with the number of delegates in some of these states, because we know how the system works.”

March 5th, 2012

Paul (Sorta) Claims SC Vote Rigged

Daily Paul has a link to What Really Happened. “Proof” of “obvious electronic manipulation”.

March 3rd, 2012

Sibelius: Fewer Babies, Lower Health Cost

Life News. Sibelius: “The reduction in a number of pregnancies compensates for the cost of contraception.”

March 3rd, 2012

Michigan Delegates: Confusion or Change

MSNBC. ”Regrettably, there was an error in the memo drafted and sent to the respective campaigns.”

March 3rd, 2012

Judge Rejects First Crack at Recess Appointments

MSNBC. “The first legal challenge to President Obama’s controversial recess appointments flopped today, when a federal judge tossed it out on procedural grounds.”

March 3rd, 2012

Santorum Is Sorry for Obama’s Apologies

MSNBC. Santorum says Obama’s ”gut reaction is always to blame us, to blame our men and women in uniform.  Stop it, Mr. President.  Stand up for our troops.  Stand up for this country.”

February 29th, 2012

US Common Core, An Illegal Power Grab

Caffeinated ThoughtsCaffeinated Thoughts. “The US Department of Education has placed the nation on the road to a national curriculum.”

February 28th, 2012

Santorum or Romney in the Driver’s Seat?

Caffeinated Thoughts. Santorum is doing well in some critical polls; but tonight’s primaries will set the tone for the rest of the campaign.

February 27th, 2012

Santorum Polls Best Against Obama

PPP. Obama vs. Santorum 52-40, O vs. Paul 51-38, O vs. Romney 53-38.