February 8, 2012

Romney: “I’m not concerned about the very poor.”

On a morning when Mitt Romney should be celebrating his big win yesterday’s Florida primary, his campaign is instead trying spin remarks he made in an interview CNN’s Soledad O’Brien: I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there. If it needs [...]

Video: 1,000 Days Without a Budget

We’ve reached something of grim milestone… It has now been 1,000 days since federal government has an actual budget: I can’t say it any better than Tina Korbe: No matter what measure you use, government spending has increased since 1965. Total government spending has more than doubled. Federal spending per household has increased from $11,431 in [...]

Emily Finally Almost Gets Her Gun

I’ve been following the trails and travails of Washington Times Senior Opinion Page Editor Emily Miller over past several months as she’s navigated her way through Washington D.C.’s ridiculously complex guns laws. Ms. Miller decided to buy a gun after she was the victim of a home invasion while dog and house sitting for friends [...]

Merry Christmas 2011

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year everyone… I hope you find health, happiness and peace during this holiday season and through out the coming year! Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -Ephesians 1:2

Mythbusters Experiment Goes Awry; Sends Cannonball Through Home

Let me preface is this by saying I’m a big fan of Mythbusters, but like many of you I’ve been expecting something like this would happen for quite some time… Accidents happen, but what happened Tuesday, while Mythbusters co-hosts Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara were working on either proving or debunking myths related to [...]

Ouch, That’s Gonna Leave A Mark

It’s a good thing this happened in Chicago, where strict “gun control” laws ensure convicted felons, like Anthony Miranda, don’t have access to firearms: Robbing a man who turned out to be an ultimate fighter proved to be a bad decision for a convicted felon, who is now in bad shape as he is held [...]

Breaking: Barney Frank Won’t Seek Re-election

Break out the Champagne! From CNN: Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, a 16-term Democrat, will announce Monday he does not intend to seek re-election in 2012, according to a statement from Frank’s office. Good riddance, don’t let the door hit you on the way out Congressman. H/T: Weasel Zippers. Update: Matt Mackowiak tweets: With Rep. Barney [...]

Priceless: Pelosi Backs C-SPAN Call For Supreme Court to Televise Obamacare Arguments

Oh this is rich, Former House Speaker Nancy “We have to pass the health care bill so that you can find out what is in it” Pelosi, the woman who shut the American people out of the debate over health care reform is now calling for transparency? House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday [...]

Hous GOP Will Vote on Balanced Budget Amendment That Permits Unlimited Federal Spending

House Republicans expect begin debate on a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution as early as today. The measure of the, H.J. Res 2, which is part of the debt-ceiling deal Democrats agreed to in August is watered down political cop-out on the part of the Republican leadership. Apparently House Speaker John Boehner thinks this vanilla [...]

Yet Another ObamaCare Glitch

Rember when then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said “We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It”? Well they passed Obamacare and we’re quickly discovering that it is deeply flawed piece of legislation. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has already suspended indefinitely implementation of the [...]