PETA Heartache: Judge Tosses Out Lawsuit Seeking Slavery Protection for SeaWorld WhalesAnimal rights group's legal counsel, above, may appeal
Steny Hoyer: The Fact is You Don't Need a BudgetFiscal disasters explained
Super PAC-men: Obama's bundlers gone wild!Super PAC-men: Obama’s bundlers gone wild! by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 The White House didn’t blow a dog whistle for deep-pocketed liberal donors on Monday. No, the administration whipped out a supersized vuvuzela. Blaring message: Let loose the campaign finance-bundling hounds of super PAC war! President Obama’s campaign manager, Jim Messina, who served [...]
On Capitol Hill today: Union members testify against forced dues racket“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” – Thomas Jefferson Longtime readers of my work know that I’ve been exposing the compulsory-union dues racket since my days as a columnist at the Seattle Times. Here’s my 1999 column on how public school [...]
Sheila Jackson Lee: Privatizing TSA Screeners Would Be Asking for Another 9/11Only government can put down the threat
Romney gets Rick-rolled: Santorum sweeps Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado in 2/7 trifectaPhoto source: RickSantorum.com Scroll for updates…early results in Minnesota and Missouri looking good for Rick Santorum…SWEEEEEEEEEP! You can get live, updated Colorado GOP caucus results here. Minnesota caucus results will be here. And Missouri primary results here. *** Update: Networks projecting Santorum the winner in Missouri. And he’s leading early in Minnesota. What did I [...]
Former Democrat Rep. Regrets Vote for Obamacare Due to Contraceptive CoverageShe
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Document drop: Lib 9th circuit panel rules Proposition 8 unconstitutionalNo surprises here: California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, according to a ruling announced Tuesday by an appeals court. The long-awaited ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court is likely to lead to more appeals, and marriages probably will remain on hold until that process ends. The case was pending for months because [...]
The haute couture money-grubberThe People’s President is raising money any way he can — and the fashion world’s 1 percent-ers have stepped up to the plate to help. Via the WSJ: At a New York fund-raising event Tuesday called “Runway to Win,” President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign plans to begin selling campaign-themed tote bags, T-shirts and accessories designed [...]
Fisker Auto Announces Layoffs; Requests Expedited Access to Full Dept. of Energy Loan Guarantee**Written by Doug Powers Fisker Automotive, which was granted a $529 million US Dept. of Energy loan guarantee and then announced they would assemble the first line of cars in Finland, has announced layoffs at a Delaware plant that has yet to produce a single car: The company says 26 Fisker employees have been let [...]
How to Make a Liberal Politician Stand Up Against Intrusive GovernmentMixed messages
Ronald Reagan: 101AFP commemorates the 101st anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth with a Reagan 101 tutorial contrasting the polar opposite visions of Reagan and Obama:
Middle Class Payroll Tax Cut Extension Comes Courtesy of Mortgage Fees on Home Buyers**Written by Doug Powers During the clamor to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut, President Obama asked “What does $40 mean to you?” His opponents of the way the extension was handled might now be able to counter with, “What does $9,500 mean to you?” (CBS News) Just before Christmas, American workers got [...]
Accents, politics, and double standardsHave you heard about the latest overwrought tempest in a P.C. teapot on this post-Super Bowl Monday morning? It’s over Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra’s “insensitive” Senate campaign ad using an Asian-American actress portraying a Chinese worker gloating over incumbent Dem. Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s big spending habits. Watch: Black ministers and Asian activists have decried the [...]
Santorum's got gamePhoto source: RickSantorum.com Some GOP 2012 news you might have missed over Super Bowl weekend, via the Rick Santorum campaign: Polls have provided empirical data to this trend in the key battleground states of Minnesota and Colorado, where Rick Santorum has emerged as the clear conservative alternative to moderate Mitt Romney. Public Policy Polling Minnesota: [...]
