Dennis Prager’s comment that equality is not an American value stirred up a few left-wingers like Ali at ThinkProgress. His aghast reaction, like those of many TP commenters, was based on a superficial reading of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Neither document guarantees equality in fact, merely in law. We come into this…
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Should Everyone Vote? Really?
John Stossel says, “Let me be politically incorrect and say that maybe some people shouldn’t vote.” How dare he say such a thing?! But many Americans don’t know anything about the issues of the day or the candidates themselves beyond the “D” or “R” beside their names. Of what value is their opinion about government…
Obama’s Wealth Redistribution – He Likes It and We Like Him For It
Chris Coffey says, “Of course Senator Obama wants to redistribute wealth. The real story is that Republicans are still trying to convince voters of such an obvious point just one week before the election.” McCain and Palin can try as hard as they want to sell that can of Spam as Grade A Beef but…
Uber-Liberal Hypocrites Guillotine Bush
After all the left’s gnashing of teeth over comments allegedly made at a Republican presidential rally, the pic below shows the core belief of their far left fringe. A little over the top, no? Even if some moron did shout "Kill him!" about Obama at a Palin event, the elaborate death-contraption these Obama supporters constructed…
NYC Caves to Bloomberg
The NY Times says that the New York City Council has changed the city’s term limits law to allow Mayor Michael Bloomberg to seek – and undoubtedly win – a third term. After a spirited, emotional and at times raucous debate, the New York City Council voted, 29 to 22, on Thursday afternoon to extend…
Causal Connections
Dayle Hadden wrote this article for CNN about Congolese rebels’ violent, repeated, and systematic rape of village women that you should all read in order to refresh your sense of horror and outrage at what is being happening in that region, acts and consequences vile enough to make one ill. Hadden: Their pain is evident….
Sarah Palin on SNL…ZZZzzz….
I stayed up to watch Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live, wondering if John was right to fear that Palin would embarrass herself or the SNL team would do it for her. That didn’t happen. In fact, the show was a completely humorless bore save for a hilarious two-minute “Palin Rap” by Amy Poehler. SNL…
Dividing America
An oft-repeated refrain is that Americans are more divided than ever before. Now David Neiwert says that Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann should be censured for saying the media investigate members of Congress who hold anti-American views. True, Bachmann’s statement is not worthy of a Congresswoman. But there’s more to consider, as I discuss below. First,…
A Hate Letter to the Party System
The American political system is a drag at times like these, when one is about to become disenfranchised in Washington. Barack Obama will have an all-Democrat, all-the-time Congress to work with and, unlike the Republicans’ little train wreck this far this century, they’re probably going to get a lot of their agenda made into law….
Forgotten Purposes
A 61-year-old man faces an early death. Fortunately, a drug exists that *might* help. Doctors, recognizing the case is imminently terminal, recommend trying it. The FDA grants special approval for the treatment. And money is not an issue. What could go wrong? Frederick Baron may be about to find out. Seems that Biogen is refusing…