Canaries and coal mines

So the French have no stomach for austerity measures. Do we? This would seem a good gauge: if we aren’t capable of cutting the truly unnecessary, then those who feel robbed of their free goodies will rise up a la Cloward-Piven to ensure future reward. Via Hot Air, a test of intestinal fortitude for the [...]

“The greater good”

That’s how Bruce McQuain describes the tendency of liberals to excuse any and all behavior if it’s in pursuit of “the greater good.” Case in point: Darragh McManus praises the blood on Che Guevara’s hands. He writes [emphasis mine]: Yes, Che was ruthless and fanatical and sometimes murderous. But was he a murderer? No, not [...]

NBC deceptively edits to help what, start a race war?

This peeves me beyond belief. What happened to reporting? I know it’s a dead art. But editing in this case didn’t provide brevity or clarity, it’s just misleading. Via Instapundit, the scoop from The Hollywood Reporter: In the NBC segment, Zimmerman says: “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.” The full [...]

Funny that, a lawyer caught perjuring himself

Not so funny when it’s the U.S. Attorney General, is it? Fast and Furiously destroying the Obama administration from within. Godspeed, CBS: New documents obtained by CBS News show Attorney General Eric Holder was sent briefings on the controversial Fast and Furious operation as far back as July 2010. That directly contradicts his statement to [...]

Quandary

Byron York highlights Barack Obama’s quandary: he’s fulfilled the secret desires of liberals who now despise him. What to do, after we’ve pulled out of Iraq, passed nationalized healthcare,  and created a juggernaut of government bureaucracy, regulation and spending. York: Meanwhile, the president’s approval ratings are hitting new lows, with his job approval rating bouncing [...]

Liberalism gone wild: how to reduce the stigma of free lunch

Why everyone receives one, of course, regardless of need. This is no joke from the Detroit Free Press: All Detroit Public Schools students will receive free breakfast, lunch and snacks in an effort to remove the stigma of being from a low-income family. The U.S. Department of Agriculture program chose Michigan as one of three [...]

Say what?

Via Gateway Pundit, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen made a surprise stop in Afghanistan today.  What do you tell troops in harm’s way when your boss says screw with ‘em and make ‘em worry? A soldier asks what will happen when the government defaults, and this is what he gets [...]

Ah, a deal: does it even matter?

After reading Mark Steyn at his most scathing, no: The Democrat model of governance is to spend $4 trillion while only collecting $2 trillion, borrowing the rest from tomorrow. Instead of “printing money,” we’re printing credit cards and pre-approving our unborn grandchildren. To facilitate this proposition, Washington created its own form of fantasy accounting: “baseline budgeting,” [...]

“So, in case you’re wondering why Obama’s second annual Recovery Summer is a wee bit sluggish at your end…”

“Relax,” says Mark Steyn: Stimulus dollars went to fund one federal agency to buy guns for the paid informants of another federal agency to funnel to foreign criminals in order that the first federal agency might identify the paid informants of the second federal agency. Got that? The larger picture: Or consider “Operation Fast and Furious,” [...]

“Everyone’s standards are different, but to be elected to Congress and sit there all day on Facebook and chatting?”

So says Megan Broussard in an interview with ABC news of her Facebook “friend” Anthony Weiner. Ain’t that the truth, eh? Weiner now admits to sexting or twitching or whatever with multiple young ladies. Busy man. As for the Weiner presser, The Other McCain says it best: incroyable. For the minute-by-minute Weiner roast, read Stacy. [...]