Archive for May, 2007

Al Gore, PhD (Prattling Hippie Demagogue)

Thursday, May 31st, 2007 by Matt Hittle

In a recent blog about Al Gore’s new book, “The Assault on Reason,” Brent Bozell III takes aim the former VP’s hypocrisy:
Time magazine highlighted Gore’s excerpt with this sentence: “The world of television … makes it virtually impossible for individuals to take part in what passes for a national conversation.” How ironic. Isn’t […]

Congressional Democrats Want To Hold Employers Hostage

Thursday, May 31st, 2007 by Xander Zebrose

Ted, Hillary and their Democratic friends in Congress are pushing for a bill that will allow employees to sue based on pay discrimination indefinitely. Recently the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision rejected a claim of pay discrimination made by a woman who had started working in 1979. They ruled that employees need to sue […]

Bush Seeks Global Emissions Reduction

Thursday, May 31st, 2007 by Peter Deery

President Bush today unveiled his plan today to begin negotiations on a strategy to significantly reduce greenhouse emissions and set attainable goals for reduction by the time he leaves office in 2009. The president, who has previously refused to sign on to any Kyoto provisions, envisions this strategy to be a successor to the treaty. […]

This is Kyoto-Compliance?

Thursday, May 31st, 2007 by Chris Kinnan

Naples, one of the largest cities in Italy, is burning its trash in the streets and discarding it in illegal dumps. The New York Times reports:
“For a dozen years, Naples and surrounding towns like this one have periodically choked on their refuse, but the last two weeks have flared into a real crisis, […]

Thompson to Run

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 by Peter Deery

Former Tennessee Senator turned actor announced today that he was forming an exploratory presidential committee leading up to a formal announcement of his candidacy on the fourth of July. Read more about Fred Thompson’s announcement.

Al Gore Supporter Shreds Sign, Trashes Sidewalk

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

This video has strong language. Be advised.
It captures an Al Gore supporter taking a sign from the FreedomWorks Panda and tearing it up. He then littered the sidewalk and told the film maker, “F!@# yourself.”

Clinton Opposes Ownership Society

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 by Xander Zebrose

On Tuesday Hillary Clinton, in a speech in New Hampshire, came out against Bush’s ‘ownership society’.
“it’s time to replace an ‘on your own’ society with one based on shared responsibility and prosperity. The Democratic presidential hopeful said what the Bush administration touts as an ‘ownership society’ really is an “on your own” society […]

Hypocrisy of Gouging

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 by Peter Deery

The Washington Post has an op-ed by Robert Samuelson calling out the hypocrisy of those legislators who, on the one hand, blame oil companies for the unreasonably high fuel prices but also warning against global warming and seek to limit carbon emissions:
These crowd-pleasing proclamations are contradictory. Anyone fearful of global warming should cheer higher […]

Leftist Presidential Candidates’ Hypocrisy: More of the same

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 by Matt Hittle

Townhall’s Amanda Carpenter recently wrote a column detailing Democratic presidential hopefuls’ hypocrisy. Among the glaring examples was Barack Obama’s recent speech in Detroit. Obama harshly criticized the US auto industry for not being more fuel efficient and the American people for “spending their time investing in bigger, faster cars.” He then applauded Japan for its […]

Obama’s Own HillaryCare

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 by Peter Deery

Townhall’s Amanda Carpenter details Senator Barack Obama’s plan for universal health care that he laid out on the heels of Hillary Clinton’s universal health care announcement last week. Obama’s plan, which would be implemented by the end of his first term, would pay for the cost of those added into his system by rolling back […]