December 7th, 2011
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Highlights from Conf. Call w/ Rep. Pompeo (R-KS), KS GOP Chair Adkins & Nat. Committeeman Tiahrt
Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-KS): “This president has talked about corporate fat cat jet owners just about every day he’s been in office, and he’s done more destruction to the general aviation industry than any president since that industry has been created… “He comes to Kansas today to make a political stop, channeling the former President [...]
Richard Cordray, The Filibuster And The CFPB
Senate filibusters over nominations often have more to do with policy issues than the qualifications of a nominee. That’s the case now with the nomination of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Much has been written about Cordray’s history as a liberal activist, yet the real motivation behind [...]
Obama On Technology: Prometheus Had It Coming
These changes didn’t just affect blue-collar workers. If you were a bank teller or a phone operator or a travel agent, you saw many in your profession replaced by ATMs or the internet. – President Barack Obama (HT: RealClearPolitics) They obviously don’t dispense wisdom and knowledge at Harvard or Columbia like they used to. Here [...]
Ramesh Ponnuru Moves the Goal Posts
In response to my post debunking one of the main Republican establishment myths, Ramesh Ponnuru claims that I joust with phantoms by “doing battle with someone he calls by my name but has very different views.” Yet he moves the goal posts in three ways that suggest those phantoms might be too close to reality [...]
Blue Collar Intellectuals
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Daniel Flynn to discuss technology’s disruption of a society where the everyman sought out high culture, and when intellectuals sought to formulate discourse with the everyman. We’re brought to you [...]
December 7, 1941
(by way of the Navy History and Heritage Command) This is just to take a brief time out from politics to reflect on the event that, arguably, more than any other in that century determined America’s role in the world.
My Confession
The problem with Mitt Romney is the inconsistencies in his record. The problem with Newt Gingrich is the consistency of his record. I will support either of these men against Barack Obama. Either would be better. (Quick: My new favorite website) I support Gingrich over Romney because Gingrich fights and I don’t ever have to [...]
Morning Briefing for December 7, 2011
RedState Morning Briefing For December 7, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. My Confession 2. Obama Says It is Good to be in Texas While in Kansas 3. Expectedly, AFSCME Endorses Obama, Vows To Spend $100 Million On 2012 Election 4. Debunking the Election Myths of the [...]
Jerry Nadler picks Occupy Wall Street over NY-08′s constituents.
(H/T: JWF) Rep. Nadler is apparently quite upset that the cops cleared out the fetid, disease-ridden plague pit that had replaced what was once (and is now becoming again) a decent enough public-private urban park in lower Manhattan: he’s insisting – insisting! – that the Attorney General take time out from Holder’s current busy schedule* [...]
Obama Administration Uses EPA to Buy Favor and Harm Cars
I’ve said before that when the Democrats propose a tax credit it’s called a “business incentive” and when a Republican proposes a tax credit it’s called a “loophole.” This game of semantics only works because of a complicit media which is more than willing to apply the Democrat designated classifications to ensure the correct narrative. [...]
