Debunking Alarmism
July 28, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under Assigned Reading
Forbes: New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole in Global Warming Alarmism NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth’s atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing. The study indicates far [...]
DeMint: Debt ‘Deal’ vs. ‘Solution’
July 26, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under Assigned Reading
The Hill: DeMint Blasts Both Dems and GOP Debt Plans I love this quote from my senator, Jim DeMint: “Instead of serious reforms, both punt the hard decisions,” DeMint said in a statement. “By competing with Democrats to create a better political debt deal, instead of a debt solution, Republicans are playing a lose-lose game. [...]
‘Gang’ing Up on America
July 20, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under News & Views
Good grief, the gosh-darned Republicans cannot seem to get out of their own way. House Republicans have a winner in “Cut, Cap & Balance,” the long-term budget balancing and deficit-reduction plan which passed the House of Representatives yesterday evening. Cut spending now, cap future spending at 18 percent of GDP, and for the sake of [...]
Repeat the Lie, Repeat the Lie, Repeat the Lie….
July 15, 2011 by John Feeny
Filed under News & Views
Shortly after the inauguration in 2009, Rahm Emmanuel uttered what has come to be regarded as one of the signature lines of the Obama administration: “You never want to let a good crisis go to waste, because you have a chance to make things the way that you want them to be.” Spoken like a [...]
*Cantor* is ‘Childish’?!?
July 14, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under Assigned Reading
What we have in Barack Obama is an entitled president presiding over an entitlement culture. It’s a bad recipe for the presidency, and a poor combination for the United States of America.
On Debt Ceiling, GOP Must Dump McConnell Plan, Call Obama’s Bluff
July 13, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under News & Views
Nearly every Sunday morning, as I sip coffee and flip channels back and forth between SpongeBob SquarePants and the Sunday morning talk shows, at some point I inevitably see Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Now, it has become abundantly clear that he needs to just go away. Yesterday, just as House Speaker John Boehner seemed [...]
Common Sense – in This State?
July 11, 2011 by John Feeny
Filed under Assigned Reading
Providence Journal: Some Liberals, Democrats Stunned by Passage of Voter ID This year, voter-ID legislation was backed by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans, including two prominent black lawmakers: House Speaker Gordon D. Fox and Sen. Harold M. Metts. Sen. Juan M. Pichardo, the first Latino elected to a Rhode Island Senate seat and the [...]
Stimulating Mexican Drug Cartels
July 8, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under Assigned Reading
HotAir: Project Gunrunner Was Funded By the Stimulus I really did think it was too bad to check, despite posts about it at PJM, Weasel Zippers, and Free Republic. But I checked. You’ll find complete PDF and text versions of the final stimulus bill right here. Scroll down to page 16 (of 407!) in the [...]
Casey Anthony & the Free Market
July 8, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under A.R. Essentials, News & Views
According to the Orlando Sentinel, a tall pine tree growing near the spot where little Caylee Anthony’s remains were discovered was struck by lightning yesterday, only hours after the world learned that Mother of the Year [in Hell] Casey Anthony would be released from prison next week after having already served time for her convictions [...]
New, Old Media Alike Pose Problems for Obama Re-Election
July 7, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under News & Views
While, given the opportunity presented by the latest White House outreach gimmick, I asked a number of questions of the president… $900 million in aid to Hamas in Gaza to recover from Israel defending itself against attack, but 1/2 that 2 Haiti post-quake. Why? #AskObama Why did you let Iranian opposition protesters flounder in the [...]