August 19th, 2011
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Two Words for Michele Bachmann and the $2 per Gallon Gasoline Pledge
Natural Gas. I’m as bullish on domestic oil as the next guy, but I’m also a realist. I don’t see any way to solve a problem with the scope and breadth of our nation’s dependence on foreign crude oil during a president’s term of office. It is simply not an overnight solution. Yes, the national [...]
Immigration and Border Security (Part 2 of 3): Mitt Romney
The separate issues of border security and immigration have become entwined as the American economy continues to wane, an illicit drug trade continues to flourish and a vast number of Americans remain unemployed as illegal immigrants take jobs on American soil. This leads to the immigration and border security issues becoming increasingly important and controversial. [...]
Sarah Palin Goes Native
I am not a Sarah Palin hater. As an Alaska native, I have some appreciation for the political skill needed to knock off Frank Murkowski and Tony Knowles in the same election – political skill that simply isn’t possessed by idiots. And I’ve watched with admiration as she has continually kept herself in the news [...]
Ray LaHood Does Not Have Blank Check to Grant Waivers for EAS Program
Earlier this month, Senate Democrats brazenly forced a two-week partial shutdown of the FAA. They were willing to hold 4,000 employees hostage and forgo millions in revenue from airline tickets, all for the purpose of securing their inveterate pork projects. Democrats refused to pass the House extension bill because Republicans inserted minor limits on a [...]
If Global Warming Doesn’t Kill Us, ET Will
Jon Huntsman tweeted yesterday: To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy. Um. These scientists you trust, some of them at least, are accused of data manipulation and standing the peer-review process on its head. Call me crazy, but I don’t trust them. In related news, The [...]
Blood Meridian (Part 1 of 3): Michele Bachmann on Border Security and Immigration
The separate issues of border security and immigration have become entwined as the American economy continues to wane, an illicit drug trade continues to flourish and a vast number of Americans remain unemployed as illegal immigrants take jobs on American soil. This leads to the immigration and border security issues becoming increasingly important and controversial. [...]
Verizon’s Strikers Striking To Save Cadillac Health Plans From ObamaCare Realities
As of Thursday morning, there have been 202 incidents of sabotage since 45,000 Communications Workers of American (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) members went out on strike to preserve their Cadillac health plans. Of course, that was Thursday morning and, since the strike has been going on for about 10 days, the [...]
Russ Feingold (D, NOTHING) cuts and runs.
(Via Hot Air) Russ Feingold’s not running for Senate in 2012. He’s not running for Governor in a hypothetical (and futile) 2012 recall election. He’s not running for Governor in the 2014 general election[*]. Russ Feingold’s just running away: “After twenty-eight continuous years as an elected official … I have found the past eight months [...]
Crisis in Europe and Why PC Makers Are Shifting to Other Business
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Francis Cianfrocca and Ben Domenech talk about the Eurozone in crisis and why computer makers want to get out of the computer making business and into the software/services business. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and [...]
An Open Letter to Anyone Who Thinks Obama Should Not Go On Vacation
Dear People Who Think Obama Should Not Go On Vacation: Are you out of your ever living mind?!?!?! Have you not seen what destruction on our economy and morale this man has wrought for three years?!?! And you want him to go back to Washington, D.C.? Congress too? You are out of your mind. The [...]
