May 24, 2011

Regime Appoints New Deputy Minister of Propaganda

Actually, Jesse Lee's new title is Director of Progressive Media & Online Response in the White House Communication Department, working under Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, according to the HuffPo.  Here's how Sam Stein, a self-descri...

April 10, 2011

Boehner Gave Up Too Much

I believe Boehner gave up too much.  A TV pundit said that the Dems and Repubs "split the difference."  Nonsense.In a former occupation, I designed and taught a business negotiating skills class for the management traini...

March 28, 2011

Romney's Big Political Hurdle

Conventional political wisdom cites Romneycare as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's biggest hurdle to the 2012 GOP Presidential nomination.  But it's not.If Romney becomes a candidate, Romneycare will, obviously, be an issue he'll need...

January 13, 2011

The answer is: Those without shame

I'm retired now, but once upon a time, as a church pastor, I was called on to conduct funerals and memorial services. All too often. I never saw them as opportunities to convert any possible unbelievers in attendance, exaggerate the virtues of the de...

November 29, 2010

Tales of 57 States: While His Obamaness Dribbled The Wikis Leaked

During the Turkey Festival in the 2nd year of the reign of His Obamaness as POTUS of the Realm of 57 States, strange and bizarre events did occur. Several of which caused the commoners of the Realm to scratch their heads, saying to one another, ...

November 24, 2010

Tales of 57 States: The Regime's Uniform Travel Subservience

In the 3rd year of the reign of His Obamaness as POTUS of the Realm of 57 States, the Regime reached their goal of controlling traveling serfs and peasants - uniform subservience. It progressed thusly:     First, there were metal ...

November 22, 2010

Tales of 57 States: Giving Thanks For The Court Jester

As the Festival of the Turkey  drew nigh, there was cause to be thankful for humor within the Realm of 57 States, though precious little.There was, for example, the once famous thespian Hanoi Jane, who long ago danced before the Emperor Ho ...

November 20, 2010

Tales of 57 States: On Opting-out and Up in Arms

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November 14, 2010

Tales of 57 States: Happenings After the Great Joust

In the days soon after the Great Joust between the Donkey and Elephant Clans, it was rumored that three important events did occur, although some claimed that they were merely imagined in the mind of one who mused upon the doings of the ruling class....

November 11, 2010

Tales of 57 States: The Deficit Wizards Speak

Now it came to pass that while His Obamaness was touring the Far East with his entourage of many man and maidservants, including those who attended him from among the corpse {not a typo}of the White Palace Town Criers, a nearly important event happen...

November 9, 2010

Tales of 57 States: Nancy from Wonderland

Now is was during the reign of His Obamaness as POTUS of the Realm of 57 States that, while Himself sat upon His throne, He was carried aloft by the Lords and Ladies of the Donkey Clan. One prominent jenny among the Donkeys was Princess Nancy from Wo...

November 7, 2010

Tales from 57 States: His Obamaness Addresses the Currylanders

Now it came to pass that when His Obamaness spoke before the gathered ruling class of Curryland, two former circus performers of diminutive stature stood, one at His left and one at His right side. And, as He prepared to speak, each of the vertically...

November 6, 2010

Tales from 57 States: His Obamaness Flees the Joust

In the Bi-quadrennial Jousting Tournament during the 2nd year of the reign of His Obamaness as POTUS of the Realm of 57 States, after many among the Knights of the Donkey Clan emptied their saddles in their battles with the Knights of the Elephant Cl...

October 16, 2010

Tales from 57 States: His Obamaness Casts Out the Shovels

In the 2nd year of the reign of His Obamaness as POTUS of the 57 States, the time of the bi-quadrennial joust between the Elephant and Donkey Clans loomed on the horizon.  The Donkey Clan was sorely afraid that the lumbering pachyderms would bes...

October 10, 2010

Tales from the Realm of 57 States

It came to pass in the 2nd year of the reign of His Obamaness as POTUS of the Realm of 57 States, that gatherings of the Donkey Clan were held across the land in order to summon the Donkeys into herds around the Lord and Lady Donkeys who wished to re...

September 24, 2010

Remembering the Words of Candidate Obama

It's instructive to compare the promises of Senator Barack Obama, the candidate for the Presidency, with current events. Here's an excerpt from the transcript of the Democratic debate in Philadelphia in April 2008.  Senators Obama and Clinton we...

September 21, 2010

The New York Times Shills For Harry Reid

It's long past time for A Subsidiary of the DNC to appear on the fascia of the New York Times Building in Manhattan. Here's how the NYT shills for the Democratic National Committee, and, indirectly, for their guy in the Senate, Harry Reid.A NYT post ...

April 15, 2010

Blagojevich: A greedy, power hungry jerk

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March 28, 2010

A Plane Ride, a Water Bribe, a GOP Hug, En Route to T-Day

Passing Obamacare opened the road that leads to the mid-term elections on November 2, 2010. The legacy media's main storyline, one of support for the historic President's historic healthcare reform, will now shift. The new lede will focus on the Demo...

December 10, 2009

Jeffery Immelt's Convenient Religion

General Electric’s CEO Jeffrey Immelt has called other U.S. business leaders greedy and mean.  So from whence cometh his recent conversion?Financial Times (FT) reports:Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric’s chief executive, said on Wedne...

December 4, 2009

AT Readers Asked to Poll Senators on Climategate

American Thinker readers are invited to poll their U.S. Senators concerning their reactions to Climategate.Recently, AT contacted the press offices of GOP Senators DeMint, Graham, McConnell, Hutchison, and McCain and posted their statements, or more...

December 3, 2009

Sen. Hutchison Remains Silent on Climategate

Texas Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has released no comment on Climategate.When contacted by AT, via both email and telephone, Sen. Hutchison’s press office was unable to respond to an inquiry concerning whether or not the Senator has...

December 3, 2009

Sen. DeMint Has Yet to Comment on Climategate

Senator Jim DeMint (R.SC) has not yet commented on Climategate.In an email received from his press spokesperson, and confirmed via telephone, AT learned that,“Senator DeMint has not put out a statement on the matter yet. When I [press spokesper...

December 3, 2009

My Neighborhood Jobs Summit (satire)

When I heard that the President was encouraging average citizens like me to host their own local Jobs Summit, I was jazzed.So like the President, having a bit of experience in the community organizing venue myownself, I knew the first task was to des...

December 2, 2009

Gingrich statement on Climategate

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has released a statement on Climategate. In a previous blog , AT readers were promised an update on Gingrich's then pending statement on Climategate. Here it is:On the climate change scandalby Newt GingrichTw...

December 1, 2009

Moveon.org spinoff group opposes Bernanke reappointment

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) is soliciting support to oppose the reappointment of Ben Bernanke as Fed Chair.PCCC does its name: It supports the campaigns of progressive Democrats and the progressive causes for which they stand. An...

December 1, 2009

Sen. Lindsey Responds to Query Concerning Climategate

Senator Lindsey Graham’s office has responded to a query from AT about the Senator’s response to Climategate.In an email response, a representative from Senator Graham’s press office has stated the Senator’s position:Here is w...

November 30, 2009

Sen. Mitch McConnell Remains Silent on Climategate

The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, has not commented on Climategate.A spokesperson from Senator Mitch McConnell’s (R.KY) office responded to a query from AT as to whether or not McConnell had issued a statement concerning Climategat...

November 30, 2009

Gingrich statement on Climategate said to be pending

According to the press office of Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions, a statement from Gingrich concerning Climategate is pending.A spokesperson for American Solutions told AT that Gingrich has made “no public statement yet” on Clima...

November 25, 2009

McCain Silent on Global Warming Hoax Emails

Attempts to locate a statement or press release from Senator John McCain concerning Climategate have, so far, met with negative results.Senator McCain’s website indicates that his most recent press release (Oct 19) was a joint statement issued...

November 24, 2009

RNC Remains Silent on Global Warming Hoax Emails

The Republican National Committee has no comment on the emails that suggest that manmade global warming is a hoax perpetrated by biased “scientists.”The RNC press office (202-863-8820) states that all RNC press releases are posted on its ...

November 20, 2009

Apology ideas submitted to Obama's Speechwriter

(Emailed November 19, 2009 to Joe Biden for forwarding.)Jon FavreauWhite House Speechwriter1600 Pennsylvania AvenueWashington, D.C.Jon,Recently, President Obama solicited “demonstrably good ideas” on how to improve the economy. In the spi...

November 17, 2009

It's Time Obama Apologize to 1945 Germany

In China, President Obama apologized for America ... again. The problem with frequent apologies is that they soon beg the question: Where does one stop, once one starts?  In China, “He acknowledged America's shortfalls and went out of his ...

November 14, 2009

It's time Obama apologizes to the Barbary Pirates

It’s about time President Obama apologizes for a former president’s meddling in the affairs of Morocco.From the 11th - 19th Centuries, the Barbary Pirates operated out of Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers, Sale and other ports in Morocco raiding mo...

November 12, 2009

The President's December Job Summit

Obama’s planned December Jobs Summit is exactly what a community organizer would do.Today, President Obama announced that he would host a Jobs Summit in December.  The question, he said, is – How do we add jobs and grow the economy?...

November 11, 2009

A Partial Lexicon of Current Political Speech

Here’s a partial lexicon of contemporary political speech for AT readers. Feel free to add to it in the comment section.Unemployment rate – This is a virtual number roughly equivalent to half the actual number of people who are unemployed...

November 10, 2009

The RNC Funded 40% of Cao's Campaign

Over one-third of Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao’s 2008 congressional campaign was paid for by the Republican National Committee.Cao was the lone Republican “Yes” vote for the Pelosi healthcare reform bill.According to Fed...

November 9, 2009

Carl Menger on Societal 'Transformation'

Austrian economist Carl Menger (1840-1921), founder of the Austrian School of economics, gave us a definition of the “transformation” underway in today’s America. “It may well appear deplorable to a lover of mankind that posse...

November 9, 2009

'The future is Cao' said GOP House Leader Boehner

When “Joseph” Cao was elected to the 2nd Congressional District in Louisiana, House Minority Leader John Boehner hailed him as representing the GOP’s future. Cao was the only Republican to vote for the Pelosi healthcare reform bill ...

November 8, 2009

A voice from the past predicts the future

Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992), winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, warned us about last night's vote for national healthcare "reform".F.A. Hayek was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics (1974) in 1974, an award not polticized ...

November 5, 2009

The Political Handicapping of 'Norm' Hsu

Norman Yung Yuen Shu frog walked off to jail for 294 months, but his political handicapping remains impressive. The scope of “Norm” Hsu’s Ponzi scheme faded in the wake of Bernie Madoff’s astonishing scam. In comparison, Norm...

October 31, 2009

USSR Humor and the Jobless Recovery

A story from the old Soviet Union helps us understand claims that a jobless recovery is underway. Once upon a time four of the historic leaders of the old Soviet Union were on a train going across the Siberian wilderness: Lenin, Stalin, Kruschev and ...

October 31, 2009

Jake Tapper: an ABC News Real Reporter

ABC News fields at least one real reporter. He’s White House correspondent Jake Tapper.Most AT readers, like many Americans, are thoroughly convinced that the legacy media reports with a bias toward Obama and the policies of his administration....

October 31, 2009

A Lobbyist By Any Other Name

The recently released list of White House visitors suggests the new Obama definition of “lobbyist” as someone making a case to advance a special interest they get paid to represent.Sounds like the old definition.So what if Oprah dropped ...

October 28, 2009

The First Say-to-Play President

We have a Say-to-Play President.We all know what Pay-to-Play means. Former Illinois Governor Rod “Blago” Blagojevich elevated that phrase to national prominence.  Now, once again straight out of Chicagoland politics, comes another ph...

October 21, 2009

Feds Botch Swine Flu Vaccine Distribution

The federal government is slow to distribute the N1H1 vaccine. And these people want to run our entire healthcare system?Today, a Senate hearing is underway concerning the Swine Flu and the slow distribution of the N1H1 vaccine. The CDC, and not priv...

September 30, 2009

A House Committee Discusses 'The Future of Newspapers'

Last week a congressional committee heard testimony on the future of newspapers and the proposed H.R. 3620. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) chairs the House Joint Economic Committee (JEC).  The JEC met on September 24 to hear testimony from indus...

September 17, 2009

President Jimmy Carter's Cabinet

Since former President Jimmy Carter has established himself as the arbiter of race-based motives, perhaps we should examine his Cabinet members for racial inclusiveness.In his four years as President, Carter had 20 Cabinet members: Cyrus Vance; Edmun...

September 14, 2009

Bill Maher Pulls a Don Imus

Alleged comedian Bill Maher followed in the footsteps of shock jock Don Imus with a "ho" joke, this one targeting Michelle Obama. It came in the context of Maher accusing DRUDGE of "subliminal racism" by posting a headline that re...

September 3, 2009

LATimes Got The Finger Wrong

Looks like the LATimes got the story of a clash between pro- and anti-Obamacare protesters totally backwards.This was the lede in a September 3, 2009 LATimes blog (scroll down to find it under "Man bites off man's finger at Obama healthcare rall...

September 2, 2009

Different Virus, Different President, Different Media Treatment

The legacy media treated President Bush's handling of the H5N1 virus differently than it's treating President Obama's handling of the H1N1 bug. Here are several samples of how the legacy media characterized Bush's handling of the avian flu:ABC News, ...

August 9, 2009

Note to CNN's Blitzer: Coalition Deaths in Afghanistan Near 1,300

Throughout the Bush administration, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer diligently kept us informed of U.S. casualties in Iraq. Where is he now?Someone needs to alert Wolf that the K.I.A.  (Killed In Action) count for Coalition forces in Afghanistan is onl...

August 8, 2009

NYT Outs Obama's Backwards Afghan Strategy

The New York Times has outed President Obama’s bassackwards strategy of surging troop strength in Afghanistan without a plan. An August 6, 2009 NYT’s article entitled “White House Struggles to Gauge Afghan Success” begins,As ...

August 7, 2009

The Decline in July Unemployment Really Means An Increase

President Obama interprets the decline in the official unemployment rate from June's 9.5% to July's 9.4% as a sign of "light at the end of the tunnel." But it's more likely a on-coming train.President Barack Obama said the dip in the unempl...

August 6, 2009

The First Obama Misinformation Suppression Program

Last September, in the midst of the general election campaign, two St. Louis city and county attorneys, and a local sheriff, made news with the first Obama misinformation suppression program.Remember when this story broke last September?“Misso...

August 6, 2009

The Top Ten 'Clunkers' Are All Detroit Brands

The National Highway Traffic Administration today released up-to-date "Cash for Clunkers" statics. The numbers tell a tale when "clunker" brands are compared to new vehicles purchased in exchange. Here's the raw data (bolded in or...

August 5, 2009

Sen. Carl Levin & the Convenient Surge

An opponent of the surge in Iraq, Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich) is now calling for one in Afghanistan.According to Bloomberg.com, Levin has stated in letters and face-to-face meetings with National Security Advisor Jim Jones that, “Any further p...

August 5, 2009

Time to Inform on Ourselves

The White House wants us to inform on those who are disseminating (what they consider as) misinformation about Obamacare.  Let's accommodate them. Many of us have, no doubt, spoken with friends and neighbors about it the healthcare bill pending ...

August 4, 2009

Cash for Clunkers Stimulates Foreign Brands Most

Six of the top ten brands of new vehicles purchased through the Cash for Clunkers program are foreign. According to a source inside the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the top 10 new vehicles purchased (total of 157,000) are:Ford Focu...

August 3, 2009

Don't Let Sleeping Blue Dogs Lie

It’s time to hold the Blue Dogs accountable for their statement on health care reform.In a press release on their website, the self-avowed, fiscally-conservative, Democrat Blue Dogs state:“Blue Dogs believe fundamental reform of our heal...

August 1, 2009

What To Ask Your Congressperson About Obamacare (Part 7 of 7)

Here’s the last of just 25 possible questions about H.R.3200, AKA Obamacare, you can ask you Congressperson during the August recess.Question 21: Section 1131 proposes changes to the Social Security Act that pertain to payment to hospitals....

August 1, 2009

Carl Icahn's Obama Prophecy Coming True

Back in May 2008, Carl Icahn predicted how Barack Obama's policies, if Obama were elected president, would impact the economy. So far, Icahn's prophecy is coming true.According to a May 22, 2008 Bloomberg article by Michael McGee:Billionaire investo...

July 31, 2009

What To Ask Your Congressperson About Obamacare (Part 6)

If you've been tracking with this series, you're learning, along with me, that H.R.3200, also know as Obamacare, isn't a "reform" of America's health care system - it's a nearly complete government takeover.   If your Representati...

July 30, 2009

What To Ask Your Congressperson About Obamacare (Part 5)

Here’s the 5th installment in a series of questions you can ask your member of the House of Representatives concerning H.R. 3200 – also known as Obamacare.The entire bill can be read here.  This website will help you find ways to co...

July 29, 2009

What To Ask Your Congressperson About Obamacare (Part 3)

"What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?"House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) said this during a speech at a Natio...

July 29, 2009

What To Ask Your Congressperson About Obamacare (Part 4)

Here’s the 4th installment in a series of questions you can ask your member of the House of Representatives concerning H.R. 3200 – also known as Obamacare.The entire bill can be read here.  This website will help you find ways to co...

July 28, 2009

What to Ask Your Congressperson about Obamacare (Part 2)

Here's the second installment in a series of questions you can ask your member of the House of Representatives concerning H.R. 3200 - also known as Obamacare.The entire bill can be read here.  This website will help you find ways to contact your...

July 27, 2009

What to Ask Your Congressperson about Obamacare (first in a series)

Here's the first installment in a series of questions you might ask your member of the House of Representatives concerning H.R. 3200 - also known as Obamacare.The two-thousand, five-hundred and forty-one (2,541) sections of the bill can be found here...

July 26, 2009

America's Descent Into Totalitarian Democracy

Over fifty years ago, Jacob Leib Talmon defined the battle now underway for America's soul by comparing liberal democracy with totalitarian democracy. Talmon (1916-1960), Professor of Modern History at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, wrote The Origins ...

June 20, 2009

Conservatives & The Austrian School of Economics (Part 3)

The anti-capitalist mentality has been around a long time, but this is the first time it has wholly-owned the White House.Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973), a leading scholar of the Austrian School of Economics, wrote The Anti-Capitalist Mentality. First ...

June 19, 2009

Conservatives & The Austrian School of Economics (Part 2)

Conservatives would do well to arm themselves for the debate over national economic policy by stocking up on ammunition from the Austrian School of Economics. Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) is the recognized founder of the Austrian School.  His b...

June 18, 2009

Conservatives & The Austrian School of Economics (Part 1)

There may be something new on the shelves of your local bookstore – works representing the Austrian School of Economics.In the post-World War II decades, the U.S. and Great Britain largely adopted the thinking of economists John Maynard Keynes...

June 17, 2009

Beware of the Other 'R' Word

Not "r" for recession, but for robust - a key word in the Lexicon of Politico-babble.   Be alert to the likely presence of duplicity when a politician uses the word robust.  In the Lexicon of Politico-babble you'll find it li...

June 14, 2009

New Taxes to Fund National Healthcare (satire)

Former Congressman Charlie Rangel announced several Revenue Enhancement Initiatives to help fund national healthcare.In the wake of recent passage of the Free Health Care for All Bill, the administration’s new Tax Czar, Charlie Rangel, introduc...

June 13, 2009

President Obama Names Little League Czar (satire)

The naming of a Little League Baseball czar came as a surprise to parents and players alike this week.President Obama appointed former Senator Tom Daschle to the role of Little League Baseball (LLB) czar. In his introduction of Daschle to the nation ...

June 13, 2009

Obama Learned Power Politics From The Daleys

Old guard Beltway politicos marvel at Obama’s skill at concentrating power. He learned it from the Daley’s.Chicago is nicknamed “the City that works.”  The Office of the Mayor, where power has been centralized, sees to it...

June 13, 2009

Brit Paper Outs Obama's Shrinking City Plan

The U.K. Telegraph reports that the Obama administration is studying a vast urban renewal project for America.Several British papers are keeping closer track on the Obama administration than the U.S. legacy media. On June 12, the Telegraph reported:...

June 13, 2009

International Debt Brings International Threat

Both political parties have spent the nation into a place where America’s freedom to act in her self-defense interest is inhibited.There are at least three ways to interpret the relationship between China and N. Korea. The Noko’s are a pi...

June 11, 2009

When Gas Hits $3 a Gallon Who Will Be Blamed?

When gas tops three dollars a gallon and beyond, will the media blame Obama as it did Bush? On Obama’s inauguration day the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the US was about $1.80.  It’s been climbing ever since.Let’s ...

June 10, 2009

The Supremes Hear, See, and Speak No Evil in Chrysler Deal

The SCOTUS decided not to hear the claim of misapplication of bankruptcy law from the Indiana Fund bondholders in the Chrysler restructuring.At least four of the nine judges had to have seen cause to hear the case for it to move to the full Court, an...

June 8, 2009

Is SCOTUS Preparing a Landmark Decision Against Obama?

In a one sentence order, Justice Ginsburg left open the possibility that the SCOTUS may scotch the Chrysler-Fiat deal that gives 29 cents on the dollar to the Indiana Fund and other Chrysler bondholders.Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Order read a...

June 7, 2009

Tomorrow May Bring A Chilling Effect On Corporate Bonds

Those who own or may consider buying bonds in companies with substantial union membership will be closely watching the Supreme Court tomorrow.The Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund, Indiana State Police Pension Trust, and the Indiana Major Move C...

June 7, 2009

Who's minding the store at the Fed?

Shocking video reveals an utter lack of auditing on taxpayer megabillions being shoveled out the door.Hat tip: Silver Bear Cafe...

May 27, 2009

Secretary Ray Lahood, Meet Friedrich Hayek

The federal bureaucrat who intends to "coerce people out of their cars" needs to read Friedrich August von Hayek and be tutored in government coercion.As noted in the American Thinker yesterday,Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood told a gro...

May 26, 2009

Time to Remember an Obama Promise

This is a good time to remember an Obama campaign pledge that could come into play any day now.During the second debate between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, Obama said this:"We cannot allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon. ...

May 25, 2009

Obama Reaches the Limits of His Oratorical Prowess

Two recent events demarcate the boundaries of President Obama's speech-making skills. One national. One international.First, it was former Vice President Dick Cheney's speech on the same day as President Obama's about the same topic: national securit...

May 23, 2009

Obama Blames 7 Straw Men for Being 'out of money'

Unable to blame Bush directly for current and pending budget deficits, President Obama has taken to blaming Straw Men.On Saturday, May 23, during a C-SPAN interview with Steve Scully, the President had this exchange according to DRUDGE:SCULLY: You kn...

May 18, 2009

Obama's Methodist Language at Notre Dame

Did President Obama borrow language from a United Methodist Church TV ad during his address yesterday at Notre Dame?The United Methodist Church occasionally airs a television advertisement based on a trilogy of openness.  It's tag line is:"...

May 15, 2009

Friday Tales From 57 States: A Week of Jocularity

“He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh.” Psalms 4.2aAnd so it came to pass that, in the month of flowers, there was much jocularity in and around the POTUS Palace.It pleased His Obamaness to gather together prominent members of the T...

May 15, 2009

Obama Chutzpa, Deflection By Reflection

The Obama administration must be feeling the heat on the budget deficits, because the President is now deflecting by reflecting.This from Bloomberg.com: May 14 (Bloomberg) – President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “u...

May 14, 2009

Obama, Detainee Photos, and Vanity Arson

President Obama announces the pending release of “tortured” detainees’ photos, awaits the firestorm, then plays the hero by reversing his decision. There’s a name for this behavior in the professional firefighter community: ...

May 13, 2009

Is Vertical Central Planning Our Future?

What began with the banks has spread to the auto companies. Are the insurers of home-and-car next?Alan Aronoff wrote in an American Thinker piece entitled “The Politicization of the Auto Industry” that,“The American automotive indu...

May 13, 2009

Afghanistan: Obama's Vietnam?

President Obama is embarking on a very dangerous path in Afghanistan that could become his Vietnam.It’s risky to draw parallels between wars, since each in unique. The Left was, and some still are, determined to liken the Iraq War to Vietnam. B...

May 10, 2009

Ill-Equipped Troops, Where's NYT's Outrage Now?

The New York Times jumped on the story of ill-equipped troops being sent into a combat zone in 2004; so where are they in 2009?This appeared  Thursday, May 7, in Newsmax.com:CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S. troops are bein...

May 9, 2009

Saturday Tales From 57 States: The Great Distraction

As His Obamaness herded the Clan of Donkeys into the deepest trough in the history of the Realm of 57 States’ budgets, there was much to distract the people’s attention.Lo, in the time of The Great Distraction, while the Lords and Ladies ...

May 6, 2009

Obama, Hayek, Central Planning and Despotism

"A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers."  F. A. Hayek (1899-1992)President Obama’s attempt to circumvent the Rule of Law in the bankruptcy deliberations concerning the ...

May 4, 2009

Tales From 57 States: The Elephant Stampede

Lo, after the Clan of Elephants lost the great POTUS race to His Obamaness, the elder elephants gathered around a watering hole to ask, “What is it we must do to run faster than Donkeys?”And behold, many and varied were the ruminations fr...

May 4, 2009

Obama's Ethical Toggle Switch

Tracking Obama’s ethics is like studying the action of a toggle switch. Think back to that now famous exchange during the Saddleback Presidential Candidates Forum on August 17, 2008, where we heard this:WARREN:...Forty million abortions, at wha...

May 3, 2009

March Turns Deadly in Iraq

April was the deadliest month since last September for U.S. forces in Iraq. So where are the calls to withdraw?Eighteen American military personnel died in Iraq last month. Iraqis suffered their largest number of fatalities this year as bombs killed ...

May 2, 2009

Saturday Tales From 57 States: His Obamaness and The Chrysler

So many and varied were the powers of His Obamaness that with tongue alone He could change the meaning of words, as happened one day in the Realm of 57 States.Once upon a time, His Obamaness, POTUS in the ninth year of the third millennium, spoke to ...

May 1, 2009

1993 World Trade Prosecutor Calls Out Eric Holder

Today, this letter from Andrew McCarthy to Eric Holder was posted on National Review and then mentioned on Rush Limbaugh’s show and posted to his site. McCarthy wrote Willful Blindness: Memoir of the Jihad.  He was a prosecutor i...

April 30, 2009

Four Insights from Obama's Press Conference

In a press conference void of spontaneity along a cafeteria line of generally superficial questions, it takes a microscope to find insights.  But here are four.1.  What's been going on inside the Beltway while the media attention has been f...

April 30, 2009

Tales From 57 States: Arlen the Flying Elephant

As His Obamaness came to the 100th day of His reign as POTUS, he was blessed by a marvelous sight when a flying elephant landed at His Palace.Once upon a time there was a Senator named Arlen the Dumbo. Arlen got his name from a cartoon character from...

April 29, 2009

David Broder and the Passing of Old Media Journalism

The demise of David Broder's objectivity as an old media journalist illustrates the end of an era.Broder was once a fixture on the Sunday morning news shows like Meet the Press and Washington Week in Review. His deadpan, professorial demeanor support...

April 28, 2009

Tales From the 57 States: His Obamaness Has 'A Gift'

During the week of the anniversary of His Obamaness’ reign as POTUS for 100 days, much happened that displayed his oratorical prowess.It came to pass that Prince Harry, Leader of the Senate, scribed words of great admiration concerning His Obam...

April 25, 2009

Saturday Tales From The 57 States: The Three Amigos

After the Mid-April Day of Tribute, His Obamaness journeyed south of the border in search of three amigos and found them.It came to pass that, after coin collection from some of the people of the 57 States, His Obamaness journeyed south to sit with t...

April 24, 2009

My Apology Tour Inspired by Our President

I’ve been inspired by watching our President travel the world apologizing for America, so I decided to follow his example.Someone once said confession is good for the soul. I forget who. Perhaps a Priest, since they hear confessions regularly. ...

April 22, 2009

Obama's Compartmentalization Tactic Has a Shelf Life

Right now, the President’s compartmentalization tactic is working, but it has a shelf life.Compartmentalization is a tactic to insulate the top level of an organization, be it one engaged in legal, nefarious or human intelligence gathering, fro...

April 21, 2009

Why Obama's Blame Game Must Eventually Fail

Our President is working a list of nations he feels we’ve offended and he’s apologizing. Ultimately, that behavior will bite him back.Significant apologies drag sea anchors called consequences.  You accidently bump into someone in an...

April 21, 2009

Gen. Barry McCaffrey (ret.) Alleges US Military and CIA 'Murdered Dozens' of Detainees

A retired Army General's startling new accusation about torture passed without follow-up from the host of MSNBC News Live, apparently accepted as fact.At approximately 3:51 pm (Eastern), Monday, April 20, 2009, during the broadcast of MSNBC News Aliv...

April 20, 2009

When Will Congress Investigate the Death of Somali Pirates?

The redux debate over enhanced interrogation techniques (EIT) promises to provoke a new flurry of Congressional investigations. So when will Congress investigate the killing of three Somali pirates?The decision to release TOP SECRET memos addressing ...

April 20, 2009

New Foundation Built on a Failed Old One

Let's begin with this excerpt is from Charles Krauthammer, April 17, 2009, Washington Post column entitled “The Sting in Four Parts:”“Franklin Roosevelt gave us the New Deal. John Kennedy gave us the New Frontier. In a major domes...

April 18, 2009

Saturday Tales From The 57 States: Pirates, Poodle, and the Panda

Near the time of the Annual April Day of Tribute, His Obamaness was vexed by Pirates, the Poodle, and the Panda. It happened thusly. During a gathering of wealthy nations in Europa, Poodle, Leader of the Gauls, had shown wide smiles and much joculari...

April 16, 2009

A Parliament Didn't Get the Last Tea Party Either

Deliberative legislative bodies tend to be dismissive when the people express an opinion the ruling class doesn't share. It started with a handbill posed on November 29, 1773 inviting Bostonians to attend a meeting to plan a protest of taxes on tea. ...

April 15, 2009

Texas' Gubernatorial GOP Primary Battle Lines Drawn

Texas Governor Rick Perry opened fire on his likely leading challenger in the GOP gubernatorial primary campaign in 2010, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.Last week, Perry announced his support of Texas House Concurrent Resolution (HRC) 50.  It reaf...

April 13, 2009

Obama Sees Light at the End of the Tunnel

It will take months, perhaps years, to know for sure, but President Obama may have recently had a Robert McNamara moment concerning the economy.According to an article in the Washington Post:“President Obama said today [April 10]  that th...

April 12, 2009

Glenn Beck Pops Up Next in the MSM Shooting Gallery

FOX News’ Glenn Beck is putting himself right in the crosshairs of the big liberal media by doing something relatively unique – teaching history to his viewers.Recently, the Obama administration joined with the MSM in an unsuccessful effo...

April 12, 2009

The Spirit of United Flight 93 Lives in a Ship's Crew

As details of the Maersk Alabama episode emerge, one clear lesson surfaces: The Spirit of United Flight 93 lives on.The ending of the hostage story at sea will soon be followed by the requisite second guessing and questions. Not to mention the inevit...

April 11, 2009

Saturday Tales from The 57 States: Joseph the Dreamer Speaks

Early in the reign of His Obamaness as POTUS, His VOTUS, Joseph the Dreamer, again brought comic relief from the weighty issues of The 57 States.  It came to pass thusly: Toward the end of the third moon of His Obamaness’ rule, Joseph said...

April 11, 2009

Robert Gibbs Joins Ron Ziegler and Baghdad Bob

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs recently completed a trifecta of famous press secretaries who humiliated themselves before the world. On April 17, 1973, Nixon Press Secretary Ron Ziegler gained near immortal status when, in the midst of the ...

April 9, 2009

Biden Sings a New Tune on the Iraq War

Today, Vice President Joe Biden sings a different tune about the Iraq War than he sang 18 months ago.This week, Biden spoke at a welcoming event for members of the XVIII Airborne Corps returning to Fort Bragg, N.C. after 15 months deployment in Iraq....

April 9, 2009

WaPo's Dana Milbank Goes From Ridicule to Silence

Three years ago, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank ridiculed President Bush for protocol indignities during a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao.  Today, Milbank is silent.On April 21, 2006, in a column entitled “China and Its Pres...

April 7, 2009

Tales from the 57 States: His Obamaness in Europa

During the salad days of his reign as POTUS, His Obamaness made a pilgrimage to Europa to sit with the rulers from many wealthy kingdoms. On his journey there, Himself was accompanied by a great entourage of town criers, attendants, courtiers, and sy...

April 7, 2009

MSM Now Ignores American War Casualties

During the Bush administration, the MSM often and somberly reported the deaths of American military personnel. Today they’re largely silent.The death of American service personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan was big news during the Bush administra...

April 5, 2009

The New Golden Rule of Bailout World

The new Golden Rule governing bailout initiatives planned by the Obama administration is based on the premise that those handing out the gold can break their own rules.A Washington Post article, dated April 4, entitled “U.S. aims to help firms ...

April 5, 2009

So, Are We Cowardly Arrogant, or Arrogant Cowards?

Sticks and stone will break our bones, but what are insults from the Obama administration doing to our national psyche?First, Attorney General Eric Holder called us cowards. Sure, it was framed in the context of interracial issues, but a coward is a ...

April 4, 2009

More Tales from the 57 States

It came to pass in the ninth year of the Third Millennium that, in the great race for who would be Potus, His Obamaness bested John the Warrior, and quite handily.  So it was that, upon his coronation as Potus, His Obamaness faced a challenge to...

April 2, 2009

Hunting for the Government Goodwrench Office

I’d like a new pickup truck and the GM models look nice. So I went hunting for the government office that will stand behind warranties, just in case.So I searched for the government office I’d contact if GM didn’t do all I thought i...

March 31, 2009

Two Years Since Obama's Iraq Retreat Deadline

Today is the second anniversary of the date Senator Barack Obama called for U.S. troops to  have been withdrawn from Iraq.  Imagine what the Middle East would be like today had his advice been taken. Looking back, it appears his call for re...

March 30, 2009

Did ABC's Ann Compton Ask a Racist Question?

On March 24, during President Obama’s press conference, did ABC News reporter Ann Compton ask a racist question?  Here’s the odd exchange that happened when Ms. Compton was clearly surprised when Obama called on her to ask a question...

March 28, 2009

NYT 2000 vs. 2009: Profile in Inconsistency

In 2000, the NYT rushed to defend a judiciary attacked by “right wing conservative extremists.” So, where’s their outrage when left wing extremists are the attackers? On December 4, 2000, NYT ran Bob Herbert’s op-ed enti...

March 24, 2009

Economic Warnings From A Man Who Was Right

Peter Schiff, who predicted the current financial crisis back in August 2006, is today warning about the government's borrowing and bailout binge.Go here and click on the top listed video clip and you'll find a 7-minute segment from a March 19, 2009 ...

March 14, 2009

What's a 'Sound' Economy Anyway?

When politicians talk about the U.S. economy, skepticism is in order as the meaning of words shifts.The media is heralding President Obama’s new optimistic tone when addressing the economy. Most recently he said,“If we are keeping focus o...

March 11, 2009

Biden's Inadvertent Path to Peace in Afghanistan

Without knowing it, Vice President Biden suggested a path to peace in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan: Hire them. The Obama administration, speaking through the mouth of Joe Biden, has parsed the Taliban membership like a verb.  On Ma...

March 11, 2009

The Bipartisan Nature of the Other White Meat

Wonder who the biggest pig farmers are in the FY2009 Omnibus Bill pending in Congress? Here are several.An earmark is an identifying brand on the ear of a domestic animal. The folks at the Taxpayers for Common Sense list the U.S. Senators with the b...

March 9, 2009

Doublespeak from Newt Gingrich

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich displayed classic doublespeak as he expressed two contradictory beliefs at the same time. During the airing of NBC’s Meet the Press on March 8, Gingrich had this exchange with the host: MR. G...

March 7, 2009

Is Class Warfare the New Civil Rights Movement?

The March 5 march in NYC of “taxpayers” furious with proposed city budget cuts may be just a preview of things to come.A reporter for the CBS News affiliate in New York City writes that,A massive budget backlash came to lower Manhattan o...

March 5, 2009

Cramer vs. Cramer

The host of CNBC’s Mad Money , Jim Cramer, has responded to the White House’s reaction to his criticism of President Obama. Here’s one response to Kramer’s reaction.Cramer offered a rebuttal to Press Secretary Robert Gibbs...

February 23, 2009

Citi and the Slow Boiling Frog

The slow boiling frog theory is on display with the U.S. Government’s prospective ownership of a significant share of Citigroup, Inc. Here’s one definition of the theory:The boiling frog story states that a frog can be boiled alive if th...

February 23, 2009

Space Brain Drain in Reverse Ahead?

Candidate Barack Obama promised, if elected, to “delay” NASA’s Constellation program -- its next generation of manned space flight. Will a space brain drain in reverse follow?As reported  on American Thinker last April, the las...

February 22, 2009

Obama's New Budget Deficit Math

President Obama is preparing to walk federal deficit calculations through Alice’s looking glass and into his Wonderland of New Budget Deficit Math.Here’s the lead paragraph in the Washington Post’s article entitled “Obama to U...

February 21, 2009

Meet Joe the Plumber's Brother: Rick the Trader

Last year a casual neighborhood visit from Obama, during a photo-op door-to-door campaign, produced Joe the Plumber.  Now, from an equally unlikely source (CNBC), comes Joe's blood brother -- Rick Santelli. The issue is still the same: spreading...

February 8, 2009

Why I Like Joe

I like Joe, not plumber Joe, although I do like him, but Joe the VP.  He makes me laugh.Lately, I've noticed a somewhat disparaging tone in some of the linguistic, and even artistic (e.g., the cartoon* recently displayed on this website, reprodu...

February 7, 2009

Republican Defeat By Moderation

The capitulation of a cabal of Republican Senators concerning the stimulus bill is just another example of defeat by moderation. Political pundits will place blame or credit, depending on their bias, on a few Republican Senators. But they’re on...

February 6, 2009

Obama's New Definition of 'Bipartisan'

In the President’s dictionary of political terms, “bipartisan” means this: If I, the President, listen to your ideas, then you must accept mine. It’s unilateral bipartisanism. Barack Obama’s fundamental mindset of Orwell...

February 5, 2009

A GOP Defining Moment for '10

The 2010 mid-term election results will be significantly influenced by what Senate Republicans do in response to the proposed stimulus legislation. For better or for worse. If GOP Senators either support, or appear to support, a non-stimulus stimulus...

February 5, 2009

The only thing we have to fear is catastrophe itself

"Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."   - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, First Inaugural ...

January 29, 2009

Eleven Brave Democrats

Yesterday 11 Democrat members of the House of Representatives joined 177 Republicans and voted against the Obama stimulus bill. If one of them represents your district, he deserves a message of encouragement in the face of future recriminations from ...

January 28, 2009

America's New Indentured Servanthood (updated)

With today's likely vote in the House of Representatives for an $825 billion economic stimulus bill, the peoples' house will take a long stride toward the new era of our collective indentured servanthood to the master that is the Federal Debt. Whatev...

January 27, 2009

Tim, Our New Tax Tabulator

Now that Timothy Geithner has been confirmed by the Senate as the new Secretary of the Treasury, what was the big deal about him not paying his taxes?Tim said all the right things at his Senate confirmation hearing.  Like, I believe that confide...

January 26, 2009

Nancy in Wonderland

Nancy Pelosi takes us through the looking glass by defining a reduced birth rate as an economic stimulus.If I still had his phone number, I'd call a man I knew once who worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers letting contracts for the constructio...

January 17, 2009

The Sullenberger Combination

Captain Chesley Sullenberger gave us a glimpse of what's long been lacking in our national political leadership -- the complete combination of competence, leadership and courage.The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 had, in multiple ways, prepared...

January 14, 2009

Democratic Senator Commits 'Macaca' Offense

Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) has committed a George Allen-like "macaca" offense. We await outrage from the Washington Post.Remember back in 2006 when the WaPo excoriated former Sen. Allen (R-VA.) for using the word "macaca" to ref...

January 12, 2009

Bush gives up on capitalism

It all happened so fast. George W. Bush admits that the bailout deep-sixed capitalism: "I readily concede I chucked aside my free-market principles when I was told ... the situation we were facing could be worse than the Great Depression," ...

November 24, 2008

The Dallas I.S.D. and a push to federalize public schools

"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. Things that we had postponed for too long, that were long-term, are now immediate and must be dealt with. This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before....

November 20, 2008

A New Pledge of Allegiance?

A new political era in America may require a Change in our Pledge of Allegiance -- one in which we can Hope.  How about this one?I pledge allegiance to the Government of the United States of America,and to the New Collectivism for which it stand...

November 20, 2008

Rahm Emanuel and the Classless Society

Rahm Emanuel co-authored a book that reads like the precursor to Obama's primary campaign document, Blueprint for Change, Obama and Biden's Plan for America. Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Reed wrote The Plan, Big Ideas for America (copyright 2006, amazon.co...

October 24, 2008

Plumbing Biden's Mysterious Warning

Did Joe Biden alert us to an impending international crisis, or did we just dream that? After Biden repeated his warning the second time in Seattle on October 20, he disappeared into a rabbit hole. Did we see the old media hound him for an explanatio...

October 23, 2008

A New Media Motif: Vote Obama & Avoid Race Riots

The Hill.com introduced what could become a key media motif in the week before the election: If you vote against Obama, you could cause a riot.At least in modern American history, this will be the first of its brand of political extortion perpet...

October 22, 2008

When Racism Distorts A Journalist's Logic

An editorial columnist for the Kansas City Star shows us what would likely become the default defense against criticism leveled at a President Obama's administration. It'll be about racism.The Drudge Report today posts this link: PAPER: ‘Social...

October 21, 2008

Joe Biden's Dated Notion of Crisis

Last Sunday, when Joe Biden predicted that a President Obama would soon be tested by one of our enemies he displayed dated crisis management notions.Here's what Joe said,"Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at th...

October 19, 2008

Lieberman's Carpe Diem Time Has Come

Although Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama is no surprise, it does have some impact on the election.  Now it’s Lieberman’s turn to match that impact.Senator Lieberman has been, as we know, an up-front, literally, suppo...

October 19, 2008

General Powell & The Long Patrol

Today on NBC’s Meet the Press, Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama and walked off his long patrol with the political party that made his career. LBJ said it was OK to piss from inside the tent facing out, or from outside the tent facing in. But ...

October 18, 2008

Thugocracy attacks Joe the Plumber's Audacity

Thugocracy describes what's been happening to an average, 35-year old American citizen named Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who lives in Holland, Ohio. The media labeled him "Joe the Plumber." He's become the first citizen-victim of liberal th...

October 17, 2008

The AP Take A Business Hit

The Associated Press (AP) is being dumped by the Tribune Company.  According to Editor&Publisher (link repaired), The Tribune Company has given a two-year, pink-slip notice to the AP.  The announced reason pertains to pricing.The T...

October 16, 2008

Obama's Election Night Plans

CBS Channel 2 TV in Chicago has reported on the Obama Campaign's plans to host a huge victory party in Chicago's Grant Park on election-day evening. This could be a problem.Jay Levine reports:"It's not a done deal yet, but all indications are th...

October 16, 2008

Digging dirt on Joe is a bad idea

This afternoon ABC's Charlie Gibson reported on his hourly radio news report the results of his network diggin' dirt on Joe the Plumber.Gibson reported that Joe has a "lien" for failing to "pay his property tax."  The lead-in...

October 15, 2008

Obama's Talking Points For Tonight

The Obama Campaign has released its talking points for tonight’s debate. You can find them on DRUDGE. The ten points blend misdirection, obfuscation and fuzzy math. Here’s a look at five of the talking points and their inherent ...

October 13, 2008

Introducing Bill & Bernadine To 30-Something & Younger Voters

If you were an adult in the early 1970's and attentive to current events, you may not need an introduction to William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. This is for 30-something and younger voters.If the Bill Ayers controversy involving Barack Obama harks ba...

October 8, 2008

The Premise of Obama's Brand of Socialism

One quick exchange happened during yesterday's presidential debate wherein Senator Barak Obama revealed his understanding of the nation's economy.  Many missed it.Here's what he said, "But understand this: We also have to look at where some...

October 5, 2008

Hillary's Texas Money Bundler: the rest of the story

Since last November, we've tracked presidential campaign fund-raising efforts in and around the heavily-Hispanic, Texas border town of McAllen, Texas. The money trends there have shifted in the last two months.On November 27, 2007, a piece entitled ...

September 28, 2008

'Burning Down The House'

An eleven-minute video that gives historical perspective to the current financial crisis is now available on YouTube. Entitled “Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?”, it moves fast and covers a lot of historical ground...

September 27, 2008

Missouri's Obama Truth Squads (updated Governor's statement)

Last Tuesday, CBS affiliate Channel 4 TV News in St. Louis reported that some Missouri sheriffs and prosecutors have formed a truth squad to target anyone who engages in misleading ad or statements about Senator Obama.Here's the transcript of the led...

September 26, 2008

Obama's Ghostbusters Strategy

Will someone please help me understand Senator Barack Obama's statement that "I'm sure they'll call me if they need my help?"  He was talking about the Washington D.C. pow wow to resolve the financial crisis and his unnecessary presenc...

September 26, 2008

Chicago Sun Times Continues to Examine Obama

Investigative reporters from Chicago's Sun Times continue to examine the record of former Illinois State Senator Barack Obama. A new story emerged there yesterday.In a September 25 article entitled "Obama grant being probed," Sun Times' rep...

September 25, 2008

Obama's Multitasking Comment

The irony in Senator Barack Obama's comment about a president needing to be able to do two things at once passed without notice.  It was more than an indirect put-down of McCain. It revealed the focus of Obama's life -- himself.When asked about ...

September 23, 2008

Has George Will Gone Native?

In a Washington Post article entitled "McCain Loses His Head," conservative columnist George Will hammers McCain for calling for the resignation of Chris Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Toward the close of his...

September 18, 2008

Obama Trash Talk Alert - 9/18/08

Barack Obama continues to dial up his trash talk, offering more evidence of his proclivity to use such language when under stress.  Yesterday in Nevada, he encouraged his followers to do likewise.This from the SFGate.com: The feistier, more sarc...

September 9, 2008

Obama & ACORN: Old Media Negligence on Parade

How come the old big media has ignored Barack Obama’s association with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)?American Thinker writers, including Patrick Casey and Rick Moran, have addressed Obama’s links to ACO...

September 9, 2008

Obama Trash Talk Alert - 9/9/08

Barack Obama's proclivity to use trash talk when under stress, noted earlier on the American Thinker, continues.In this posting on Politico today, Ben Smith reports that:Amie Parnes reports from Lebanon, VA:  Obama poked fun of McCain and Palin'...

September 8, 2008

Obama Dials Up His Trash Talk

trash talk: "to use disparaging or boastful language" (dictionary.refererce.com) or,"In the course of a competitive situation putting down your opponent verbally or saying how good you think you are." (urbandictionary.com)  I...

September 7, 2008

So Whose Houses Count Anyway?

Remember the dust-up before the conventions about how many houses the McCain family owned and how the old big media played that up, but then quickly backed away when the McCain campaign started bringing up Obama’s sweet Chicago real estate deal...

September 7, 2008

Obama Dials Up His Trash Talk

trash talk: "to use disparaging or boastful language(dictionary.refererce.com) or,"In the course of a competitive situation putting down your opponent verbally or saying how good you think you are." (urbandictionary.com)  It's tim...

September 6, 2008

One Unlikely VP Debate Question

The Democrats, supported by their allies in the old big media, never tired of highlighting Vice President Dick Cheney’s absence of military service based on student draft deferments.  But how much have we heard about Senator Joseph Biden...

September 5, 2008

Ground Noise and Static

The three adult children who took turns disrupting John McCain's acceptance speech last night, now being heralded as heroes by some left wing blogs, are off-springs of the steady lineage of vitriolic shrill that's come from Al Gore (of "He lied ...

September 5, 2008

Breaking News: New Intelligence Discovered

Last night, September 4, on CNN’s Larry King Live Show, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo announced a startling scientific discovery that is sure to capture the attention of anthropologists and biological scientists around the world. The ann...

September 1, 2008

Episode 4, Tales of 57 States: The Elephant Clan Gathers

After the Clan of Donkeys picked their champions in the race for Potus and Potus, Jr., the Clan of Elephants gathered for the same reason. Now it was clear that John the Warrior would be chosen lead pachyderm. But the choice of who would run with Joh...

August 28, 2008

Tales from 57 States: The Donkey Clan Gathers

In the third Silly Season of the Third Millennium, the Clan of Donkeys met near the Mountains of Rock to choose their champion for the race where the winner would be crowned Potus of the 57 States.As was preordained by Donkey votes among all the vill...

August 16, 2008

My European vacation

Old buildings, small cars, good drivers, thin attractive women, weak looking young men, high prices with weak dollar (e.g.,2.1 to 1 in UK), more old buildings, dead churches (representing many old buildings), good food, packed McDonalds (?)...

August 16, 2008

The Saddleback Forum

It's going to be interesting to watch the old media spin Rick Warren's Saddleback Forum as a case of the young, post-modern, global politician comparing favorably to the aged, Vietnam-era, American-exceptionalist...

July 27, 2008

A Tale from the Land of Fifty-seven States

In the eighth year of the third millennium, near the time the earth's Great Cooling began, a London town crier called Gerard the Baker heralded the coming of the Child who was the Anointed One. The London Baker's news fell upon many among the people ...

July 22, 2008

Follow-up #2: 'Hillary's Texas Money Bundler'

Obama's and McCain's fund-raising efforts are running close in a key border area in and around McAllen, Texas, and area rich in Hispanic voters. Back on November 27, 2007, American Thinker ran an article concerning Senator Clinton's extraor...

July 21, 2008

What the Old News Media Risks From Its Bias

Somewhere during this campaign the old news media reached the tipping point and their bias meter slid into the red zone. Have their owners considered the possible unintended consequences of this? Somewhere, perhaps with the now famous Saturday Night ...

July 17, 2008

McCain & Obama Education Plans Are Worlds Apart

McCain spent about half of his speech yesterday to the N.A.A.C.P. outlining his education plans for America. The audience heard an approach much different than the plan proposed by Senator Obama.McCain touted his support for the D.C. Opportunity Scho...

July 12, 2008

Dallas Co. Commissioner Takes Race Sensitivity to Outer Space

This week’s Idiotic Race Sensitivity Award goes to Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. Dallas County Commissioners are facing a $35 million budget shortfall.  And, they hold 618,000 unpaid traffic tickets dating back years. A whit...

July 10, 2008

Senate Bill 2433

While the Global Poverty Act of 2007 could come up for a vote in the Senate at any time,  the good news is that its huge potential price tag would require, it seems, further legislative action if it passes the Senate in its current form.In earli...

June 26, 2008

Obama's Global Tax Bill Coming Soon

The Global Poverty Act of 2007 (S.2433) is coming up for a Senate vote sometime after the July 4 recess, according the office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Once Harry Reid and the Democrat leadership put it on the calendar, we could have as little...

June 23, 2008

Condensed Version of McCain's Ottawa Speech

On June 20, John McCain delivered a 2,000-words speech to the Economic Club of Canada. In case you missed it, he's a paraphrased condensed version in outline form, with the word count allotted to each topic indicated.   Brief comments will ...

June 21, 2008

Obama's Meta-Message Surfaces in Jacksonville

A long campaign gives time for the candidate's meta-message to emerge. Not always intentionally, nor to their advantage. A significant element of Barack Obama's meta-message emerged at a fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida on Friday, June 20, 2008.He...

June 7, 2008

The D-Day story the MSM didn't tell again

Another D-Day anniversary has come and gone, and still the media won't report the news they don't want you to see.I witnessed the invasion at Normandy on D-Day in 2004, on the 60th Anniversary.  No doubt they were back there again this D-Day, as...

June 4, 2008

Meet Obama's Reparations Model

While some question the impact of preaching from the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ on Senator Obama's thinking, the influence of one of Trinity's most recommended authors on Obama is clear. Three of Randall Robinson's books are avail...

June 3, 2008

What comes after cap & trade?

Now that we're flirting with the Cap & Trade scheme proposed in the pending Climate Security Act before Congress, how about resurrecting the selling of indulgences and applying it to speech perceived as dissing another?  Call it Dis & Tr...

May 31, 2008

Follow-up: 'Hillary's Texas Money Bundler'

Back on November 27, American Thinker ran an article concerning Senator Clinton's extraordinary success at raising money in and around the border town of McAllen, Texas.  Correspondingly, Senator Obama's fundraising efforts were doing poorly....

May 28, 2008

Scott McClellan's payback

Scott McClellan's tell-all book is making big waves. In the last election for Texas governor, Republican Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn (using the slogan "One Tough Grandma" based on her cost-saving reputation as Comptroller...

May 27, 2008

Obama Words That Matter

Barack Obama's core campaign document is not just electioneering eyewash.  It's conveys his intended presidential agenda, and, as billionaire investor Carl Icahn said recently, it could lead to "Runaway Legislation." Senator Obama has ...

May 18, 2008

In Defense of the Cowboy

Who is Robert L. Gibbs and what does he know about cowboys anyway?Gibbs is the communications director for Barack Obama.  During the 2004 campaign he was John Kerry's press secretary, until fired.  Gibbs was criticized for his connection wi...

May 16, 2008

Bush Throws, Obama Yelps

"When a stone is thrown into a pack of wolves, the one that yelps is the one that is hit."   - Popular saying. Source unknown.The mystery concerning President Bush's remarks before Israel's Knesset wherein he quoted a World W...

May 15, 2008

The Obama-McCain relationship: some context

This letter from Senator McCain to Senator Obama in 2006 is an historical reminder for past tension between the two men.  February 6, 2006 The Honorable Barack Obama United States Senate SH-713 Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Obama: I would li...

May 5, 2008

Brevard County Braces For Space Race End

The Brevard County Commissioners and several of Florida's congressional representatives recently met to discuss the end of the Shuttle program and the impact NASA's uncertain future may have on the Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center area. That f...

April 17, 2008

Obama's Debate Mussitations on Iran

A mussitation is a low continuous indistinct sound sometimes accompanied by lip movement without the production of articulate speech.  Obama mussitated last night in an exchange concerning Iran and nuclear weapons.  The criticism of ABC's h...

April 3, 2008

Newsweek's Hirsh Ambushes McCain

Last July, Newsweek's Michael Hirsh lamented the apparent collapse of John McCain's candidacy as illustrative of the "sad fact of political life in Washington" that Americans don't want former military people for presidents.  Last week...

March 29, 2008

A CEO in Denial

The newspaper industry's attempt to put lipstick on a pig is sad. The pig is till a pig and the industry is collapsing before our eyes. Perhaps you've read the recent Editor & Publisher article entitled "NAA Reveals Biggest Ad Revenue Plunge...

March 26, 2008

Greatest Generation II

It's better that I'm not near a television this week.  I didn't have to witness the talking news heads somberly remind us that the Killed-In-Action count in Iraq has rolled 4,000, and how the war there has been going on for five years. (They say...

March 20, 2008

NYT, Obama, Feb 6, 1990

The headlines of the article written by Fox Butterfield that appeared in the February 6, 1990 issue of the New York Times read "First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review."  Here are some excerpts:"The new president of the [...

March 20, 2008

What is Obama's Authentic Voice?

Barack Obama adjusts his vocal intonations to fit his audience.  It makes us wonder, "what does his authentic voice sound like?"  Like all of us, he only gets one true voice.Hillary Clinton was justly ridiculed when she tried to t...

March 5, 2008

Questions For Obama

After watching debates, hearing his speeches, and reading Obama's policy visions, many questions remain about how he'd change America.  We'd like to see some shot-from-the-hip questions with a few straight answers b...

March 5, 2008

Barack Fuzzies Up On Iran

As it pertains to his position on Iran, will the real Barack Obama please stand up!Thanks to Steve Gilbert at Sweetness & Light , and to Clarice Freeman, for American Thinker readers, for bringing to our attention a Chicago Tribune article entitl...

March 2, 2008

Obama Bends McCain's Straight Talk

John McCain's straight talk about the possible length of U.S. presence in Iraq opened him up to a distorted quote by Barack Obama.   On January 3, 2008, at a town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire, McCain said this to a man who began his...

January 22, 2008

Postmortem on the Thompson Campaign

The autopsy on the Thompson campaign will find that it succumbed to a host of -ion diseases: equivocation; expectation; communication; and perception. Equivocation:  Last summer the "will he or won't he" saga of Fred's potential entry ...

January 18, 2008

Dick Morris' Cracked Crystal Ball

Bill Clinton’s former advisor and campaign director has parlayed his past affiliation with the Clinton’s into a career in political punditry. He often has extremely valuable insights, but his predictions of late don’t compare w...

January 8, 2008

NYT Editorial, Plus Six Months

Six months ago, last July 8, the New York Times published an editorial entitled "The Road Home"  and called for the U.S. to exit from Iraq and abandon a lost cause.  The first sentence read:It is time for the United States to leav...

December 27, 2007

Gray Lady Busts Former First Lady's Mantra

The New York Times' Patrick Healy busted Hillary Clinton's experience mantra in his December 26 piece entitled "The Resume Factor: Those 8 Years as First Lady." Back in the October 30, 2007 Democratic Debate, Senator Clinton recited her exp...

December 19, 2007

Major League Baseball At The Bar

It isn't necessary to have been a Cubs fan, born and raised in Chicagoland, to mourn what performance enhancement drugs have done to major league baseball, but it helps.  Once upon a time, there wasn't a better place to understand the big league...

December 18, 2007

The Tortuous Discussion of Water Boarding

The narcissistic stridency of partisan language in American politics today lacks the maturity to measure the full negative impact it can exact on America's worldwide image.  The relentless discussion of water boarding is an example of politician...

November 21, 2007

The next big MSM storyline

Mark your calendars. The next big MSM storyline on the Democratic candidates surfaced this week and awaits embellishment in the days leading up to the Iowa Caucasus.  Barak Obama, the Dragon Slayer, is the front-runner in Iowa.   Accor...

November 16, 2007

Debate Lost the Debate

The Las Vegas Democratic Debate began with the fanfare of an NBA game.  The players individually took the court to the cheers of their fan groups in attendance. Wolf Blitzer allowed a paparazzi moment for team photos while he briefed us on ...