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John Conyers thinks we should have a new right. He is not talking about a change in his political opposition either. During his speech at a recent National Press Club luncheon, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) said he is introducing a constitutional amendment that would establish health care as “a right” for all Americans.…

Damn. Just when I was complaining that genealogy shouldn’t matter, along comes someone who says it does. In this case, Irish-American activist Niall O’Dowd, publisher of IrishCentral.com, and an “adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism” came up with this startling headline: Harvard prof Gates is half-Irish, related to cop who arrested him…

Ronald Reagan said: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. Well guess who is speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on August 8th? Sarah Palin. Her first order of business as a private citizen is to speak Aug. 8 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in…

The government market regulators are having a meeting. It’s a busy day for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as testimony is heard regarding the controversial proposal to limit position sizes on all finite commodities. Evidently there will be no limit on stupidity. Cross Posted at Power and Control

“It never occurred to me that the way I reported what I saw be analyzed by an entire nation.” So said a previously unknown citizen, who called to report what she thought was a burglary in progress, only to find herself later excoriated as a “racist” based on words she never said being placed in…

WARNING: May contain spoiler! (Depending on your point of view, that is. I discuss an old conspiracy theory that does figure in the plot of an excellent book. If you haven’t read it, I hope this post encourages you to do so!) I’m back from Seattle, where I had the honor of being a groomsman…

Many assumed the pit bull in lipstick’s bully pulpit would end with her resignation as Governor (she was too pretty for such a masculine title anyway), but it now appears Caribou Barbie may be donning headphones and gunning down callers. Is there a market? You betcha. The Drilla from Wasilla’s campaign appearances drew huge crowds.…

The American Physical Society is reviewing their stance on the issue of man made global warming. Petitioning for a revised statement on climate change By S. Fred Singer, Hal Lewis, Will Happer, Larry Gould, Roger Cohen & Robert H. Austin We write in response to your issue discussing “the coming climate crunch”, including the Editorial…

Evidently Henry Gates is a Professor at Harvard. His discipline is called Angry Studies. It confers a degree in Anger. The initial degree is BS Anger. The next is Master of Anger. The ultimate is Doctor of Anger. A Doctor of Anger gets to write peer reviewed papers explaining why their anger is special. Dave…

President ∅’s minions say the Democrats can’t deliver on their health care bill without the help of Republicans. And the Republicans are not helping. President Barack Obama’s push to overhaul health care needs Republican votes, lawmakers from both parties say. Democratic and GOP officials acknowledged Sunday that Obama’s ambitious plan would not pass without the…

There is an organization called Climate Justice that works to get Climate Change Laws (CO2 taxes) enforced. They are looking for cases. I sent them this letter: It has come to my attention that global temperatures have stalled with CO2 rising and that the head of the IPCC says we will be cooling until 2020.…

Here are some other videos in the series. This one is especially heart wrenching: Unable To Help – the Good Juice Love, Death, and the War On Drugs: I’m Not A Good Deal These videos were prompted by a comment at Who Pays? by Ms. Cris Ericson. (1) The Vermont Board of Medical Practice has…

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Sarah Palin is reading a book. Thomas Lifson writing for the American Thinker: Sarah Palin has already demonstrated a capacity to connect with ordinary Americans. This charisma frightens and angers many and the left, and not a few Republicans as well. I fully expect Governor Palin, whose mind displays the quality of a rapid learner…

India is not going along with the climate change scare. India has taken the hardest line in the negotiations so far. Along with China, India refused at the meeting of the Group of Eight industrialised nations this month to sign up to a target of cutting global emissions by half by 2050. The countries were…

There appear to be quite a few major downsides to the health care plan currently being debated. 1) As noted in my earlier post, not having coverage will essentially become illegal. You will be fined and enrolled against your will in the government-run plan if you don’t carry coverage. This will be called “helping you.”…

I found a really good Obama Joke in the comments at ECN magazine: A woman in a hot-air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour…

Take a look at this line. No, it’s not to board a plane, or go through screening. (I’d already done all that, gotten my bag, and thought the worst was over.) That’s the Seatac Airport’s Budget Car Rental line, and it was far worse than any of the other lines — as bad as any…

Obama’s really stepped in it this time. By calling police “stupid” in the Henry Louis Gates arrest without knowing what actually happened, he put himself firmly on what turns out to be the wrong side of the issue. The cop was not only right to investigate (there had been several break-ins in the area, including…

An interview with author Harry Stein by Glenn Reynolds. A discussion of liberal tribalism. Here are links to the books discussed in the interview: I Can’t Believe I’m Sitting Next to a Republican: A Survival Guide for Conservatives Marooned Among the Angry, Smug, and Terminally Self-Righteous How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy: (and…