Misused Porn Stats In The USA: Conservatives May Not Be Biggest Consumers

Don’t ya love it when someone desperately skews data to try to make those eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil conservatives look bad?
Right, I don’t either. Yet that’s pretty much what the New Scientist does with their study: Porn In The USA: Conservatives Are Biggest Consumers.
“When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the same than different,” [...]

Political Sleight Of Hand

Sleight Of Hand

Taxing The Rich Won’t Be Enough; Obama Will Have To Tax The Middle Class

We hear it all the time from lefties: “Tax the rich!” Well, it won’t work now any better than it did when Bill Clinton tried it and then discovered that he would also have to raise taxes on the middle class:
President Obama has laid out the most ambitious and expensive domestic agenda since LBJ, and [...]

Gun Bans Coming Back: Yes, He Can!

Once again, Obama shows his lefty roots:
The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.
“As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be [...]

For your edification

Ok this is something I wrote up a long time ago to try and help some of the people out there that carry for self defense. Though I have added a few things to it over the years.
Before I go any further, I am not a certified civilian instructor (yet), I am just a [...]

The Global War On Terror Continues

Global War On Terror

Sixteen Years Ago Today…

On the morning of February 26, 1993, Islamic militants steered a nondescript Ryder van through the winding darkness of the parking garage under the World Trade Center. They had spent years planning this moment in secret meetings at mosques and jailhouses, in rural outposts that served as paramilitary camps, and in safehouses where explosive compounds [...]

Credit Where Credit Is Due – Robert Byrd and Executive Power

I may disagree with Senator Byrd on many issues, including Klan membership, but I gotta admit, he’s consistent and intellectually honest on some matters, including this one:
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama’s appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power [...]

AP Fact-Checks Obama

Looks like some of Obama’s pronouncements last night were so blatantly wrong that even the AP felt it needed to correct them:
OBAMA: “We have launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower their monthly payments and refinance their mortgages. It’s a plan that won’t help speculators or that [...]

Democrat Governor Has Concerns About Stimulus Strings

Hey, all you lefties who were bashing GOP governors like Sanford and Jindal (among others) for expressing concerns about the strings attached to the funds from the “stimulus” bill… are you going to say the same things about this governor?
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen says he’s still among the top candidates for a post in the [...]

H.R. 1105 FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act Joint Explanatory Statement Draft Copy

Copy of H.R. 1105 FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations JES

Obama Finds Money To Pay For “Stimu-less”

Obama Will Pay For “Stimu-less”

If Flag Burning Is Protected, So Are Chimp Cartoons

Thus says Clyde Haberman, columnist for (of all places), the New York Times:
As might be expected, not all African-Americans shared the outrage or felt that the cartoon was meant to represent Mr. Obama. Gov. David A. Paterson, who is black, said that he accepted The Post’s apology. As for the “invitation to assassination,” as the [...]

A “Burris” Under The Saddle?

A “Burris” Under The Saddle

Schumer’s Arrogance Keeps Rearing Its Ugly Head

Arrogant Chucky Schumer

H.R. 1105 FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act Draft Copy

Copy of H.R. 1105 FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations

Illinois Governor Quinn Has A Plan If Burris Resigns (And Other Dreams)

Human Events’ Ron Gizzi caught up with Gov. Quinn the other day, and got some good info:
Twenty-four hours after he called for the resignation of newly-appointed fellow Illinois Democrat Sen. Roland Burris, Gov. Pat Quinn told HUMAN EVENTS that he hopes his old friend is reflecting on the growing calls for him to exit the [...]

Stocks Tumble Again

Tumbling Stocks

Top Gun

Top Gun

Questions For Illinois and Senate Democrats

The Chicago Tribune has some very good questions:
By what he said and what he chose not to say, Roland Burris lied his way into the United States Senate. Our questions, then, for leaders of Burris’ Democratic Party:
Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Harry Reid, Mayor Richard Daley, Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Illinois Senate [...]