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Christie and Booker Have Some Fun

May 16, 2012

Governor Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Corey Booker decided to have a little bipartisan fun in the Garden State.  Everyone knows that Christie’s been hard at work dealing with Jersey’s many problems, but unless you’re from around here you may not know that Booker actually ran into a burning house to save a woman last [...]

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Ron Paul Essentially Calls It Quits

May 14, 2012

Texas Congressman Ron Paul announced today in an email that he will not be spending money in states where primaries have not yet been held.  Essentially, if he’s stopped campaigning, it’s pretty much over.  By not officially “suspending” his campaign, Ron Paul gets to potentially amass more delegates and possibly make some noise at the [...]

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Romney’s Overall Obama/MSM Strategy a Smart One

May 11, 2012

Romney’s team is getting good at managing the MSM.  Take the recent “bullying” story plaguing the airwaves since yesterday:  the Washington Post ran a massive hit-piece on Romney, timed very well with Obama’s gay marriage endorsement;  a similar blitzkrieg approach was used to destroy past candidates.  The Post had to go back to high school [...]

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Obama Endorses Gay Marriage

May 9, 2012

One day after the people of North Carolina adopted a ban on gay marriage, President Obama goes on the record supporting it (by the way, Charlotte happens to be where the Democratic National Convention is being held this summer… oops, slight oversight). Of course, this is ultimately where Obama wanted to go on the issue [...]

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The Liberal Life of Julia

May 6, 2012

Earlier this week the Obama camp put out this slideshow called “The Life of Julia” basically admitting that the left is intent on creating and maintaining a cradle-to-grave-society with Obama at the center of the universe. The slideshow is so ideologically pure and worthy of parody that even the New York Times couldn’t help but [...]

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Obama’s CYA Option on Bin Laden

May 5, 2012

This week former Attorney General Michael Mukasey published an op ed regarding Obama’s recent Bin Laden-related football-spiking.  It’s scathing and worth reading the whole article.  Mukasey makes the point that real leaders take less credit and more blame than they deserve.  He cites Lincoln after Appomattox, Bush after the capture of Saddam, and Eisenhower after [...]

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Veterans Group Targets Obama

May 3, 2012

Responding to Obama’s poorly devised football-spiking Bin Laden ad, the group Veterans for a Stronger America produced this superb ad: Great ad — a group of veterans glorifying the sacrifices of those who actually carry out the overseas contingency operations War on Terror, while using Obama’s own words against him.  It doesn’t get more effective [...]

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Newt Suspends Campaign

May 2, 2012

In a sober twenty-minute speech today, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich officially announced the suspension of his 2012 campaign for President.  In today’s day and age, one has to “suspend” one’s campaign rather than just “end” it since there’s usually debt involved which must be handled.  Newt’s got lots of debt — $4 million worth.  [...]

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“Forward” is the New Hope and Change

May 1, 2012

The Obama campaign released its new 2012 slogan yesterday:  “Forward.” “Forward,” as a slogan, apparently has a checkered past steeped in socialism.  No surprise that the Obama team missed that little detail.  On the other hand, perhaps they didn’t — Obama needs to stoke up his fringe base or no one will come out to [...]

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Obama’s Divisive and Partisan Bin Laden Ad

April 29, 2012

This ad was coming.  I thought it would have emerged later, but then again Obama’s got nothing else to truly run on:  Obama ordered the operation which took out Osama Bin Laden, but would Romney have done so?  Here’s the ad: I have many issues with this ad: Choosing Bill Clinton narrate a Bin Laden-related [...]

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EPA Enforcement Tactics Inspired by Crucifixion

April 26, 2012

Some think that the environmentalists are so intense, it’s kind of like they’re in a fringe religious cult.  I agree some of them are kind of cult-like in their devotion to the cause.  On that theme, Al Armendariz, the head of the EPA’s Region 6, compared his EPA enforcement methods to the pagan Roman practice [...]

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Romney Ready for the Nomination

April 25, 2012

Last night was a big one.  With only low-polling Newt and Ron Paul to combat Romney for the Republican nomination, Romney swept five Northeastern states last night:  New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Delaware.  Afterwards, Romney gave a speech in New Hampshire that I think was his best to date: This morning word came [...]

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Not So Cozy with Sarkozy

April 23, 2012

Sunday’s elections in France have produced a May 6 run-off between socialist Francois Hollande and President Sarkozy.  In the first round of voting Hollande edged-out Sarkozy for a 28.2% to 27% plurality.  Sarkozy’s second place finish is the first time that a sitting president was out-polled in the first round.  Sarkozy is apparently pegging to [...]

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Obama Booed at Fenway

April 21, 2012

There is one thing Red Sox nation did right yesterday, which marked the 100th anniversary of opening day at Fenway Park.  Though the Sox lost the game 6-2 to the Yankees, booing Obama’s video message was probably the classiest thing coming from the fans that day. Go eat a dawg!

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It’s 420

April 20, 2012

April 20.  Anniversary of the BP Oil Spill, Columbine, Apollo 16 landing on the moon and infamously, Hitler’s birthday.  This year we mark the 100th anniversary of opening day at Fenway Park in Boston. But to many, it’s just 420:  an excuse to make marijuana jokes, innuendos, and spark up conversation about legalizing the stinky [...]

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Tax Day 2012

April 17, 2012

Ben Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”  I hope the former isn’t in your future any time soon, but you’d better get your procrastinating a** to the post office — it’s tax day and the clock’s ticking! I completed and mailed my taxes the [...]

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Sarko Faces Uphill Climb

April 13, 2012

Apparently, the French Presidential election isn’t too far off.  It is expected that by the time the runoff rolls around on May 6, Nicolas Sarkozy will face Socialist Francois Hollande (as you may recall, the previous Socialist frontrunner had a string of, let’s call them bad headlines).  Unfortunately for Sarko, France has not been immune [...]

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Obama Called Out on Vacations

April 13, 2012

As a public school teacher I have lots of time off, including this week which happens to be my Spring Break.  Some of my colleagues go on vacations to various destinations, some don’t.  Like nearly everyone else it’s all a matter of choice based on certain realities, mainly one’s ability to pay for one’s vacation. [...]

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“War on Women” Charge Backfiring

April 12, 2012

In an early January debate, George Stephanopoulos asked Mitt Romney a totally irrelevant question about the issue of birth control which the Supreme Court settled in 1965 and whose proposal was not on any state ballot.  Then, within a month or so the Catholic outcry over Obamacare and whole Sandra Fluke-thing broke commencing the Dems [...]

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Rats! Hawks Dropping Like Flies.

April 12, 2012

New York City is the greatest city in the world, but even the biggest Gothamphile would admit that the place can have a bit of a rat problem.  It isn’t a big deal when they’re down on the subway tracks or in Queens, but when the critters start infesting parks and playgrounds, even those with [...]

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Reince Priebus Knows How to Play the Talking Head Game

April 12, 2012

Effective talking heads are almost essential to successful political campaigns.  Like catchy tunes in a commercial (this being one of my favorite), a party’s message that is repeated often enough sinks into the minds of the voters.  Unfortunately, the left has dominated the talking head game ever since Haley Barbour stepped down as Chairman of [...]

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Rick Santorum Bows Out

April 11, 2012

Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for President yesterday.  His decision was probably a wise move.  Although it was still possible for Santorum to catch up to Romney, it was highly unlikely.  Romney holds a significant lead in the delegate count and most of the states voting on April 24.  Mitt was even competitive in Santorum’s [...]

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Two (Possibly Nonsensical) Observations on SCOTUS and Romney

April 4, 2012

Two things dawned on me that I think no one’s really talking about (possibly because they may make little sense): First, what if Obama did get a tip from someone about how the Supreme Court is going to rule on Obamacare?  His actions of late indicate that he knows it doesn’t look good.  But, what [...]

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Carney vs. Baier on Fox News

April 4, 2012

Yesterday, Fox News’ Special Report host Bret Baier had White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on to talk about the President’s budget and a few other issues.  The following exchange took place: Baier had a solid, legitimate point and Carney decided to get defensive immediately, filibustering the question.  Granted, if my job was to defend [...]

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The Insidious Redefining of Judicial Activism

April 3, 2012

Barack Obama lashed out at the supreme court yesterday (based on what some speculate is a leak from his former Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, that the court has found some or all of the bill unconstitutional), stating that the overturning of ObamaCare would be an act of judicial activism.  Now, either Obama does not understand judicial activism, or [...]

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Bad Week for the Obama Nation

April 1, 2012

I figured that on April Fools Day I’d post on the terrible few days our very foolish fine President has had to endure.  The Washington Times really hit the nail on the head that over the last 10 days: Obama waded into the Trayvon Martin issue, race-pandering (skip to 1:34) and aggravating an already tense [...]

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Obamacare Endures its Third Day in Court

March 28, 2012

SCOTUS just finished hearing three days of the Solicitor General try to defend Obamacare.  No one really knows how they’ll rule in June on this, but if the Justice’s questions and tone are any indication, its days could be numbered.  But that’s the catch — we just don’t know. However, a few things about this [...]

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Gee, I Wonder Why College Costs So Much

March 27, 2012

Publilius Syrus once said that “everything is worth what its purchaser will pay it.”  He had a point.  A merchant can only sell a product at a price enough people are willing to pay.  If Starbucks charged $35 for a cup of coffee, people wouldn’t buy it and the chain would go out of business.  [...]

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Obamacare Oral Arguments Begin

March 26, 2012

Obamacare finally gets its day in court!  The Supreme Court carved out three days to listen to oral arguments on this controversial piece of legislation.  Being targeted is Obamacare’s “individual mandate” provision which marks the first time our federal government has compelled citizens to purchase a product or face a penalty. So far, not so [...]

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Dick Cheney Undergoes Heart Transplant

March 24, 2012

There was breaking news today that Dick Cheney underwent heart transplant surgery and in recovery.  While this innovative procedure usually extends the lives of compatible patients, whether or not that heart accepts you can mean the difference between dying quickly or living another 10 years. It’s well-known that the former Vice President has serious heart [...]

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