I was saying just yesterday, team Romney needed to find some of these ex-Delphi workers who had their pensions looted at the hands of the Obama administration and let them tell their stories. A new TV ad from the conservative advocacy group, Let Freedom Ring does just that. Via Matthew Boyle of The Daily Caller: … Continue reading
Breaking News today at the Daily Caller: Emails obtained by The Daily Caller show that the U.S. Treasury Department, led by Timothy Geithner, was the driving force behind terminating the pensions of 20,000 salaried retirees at the Delphi auto parts manufacturing company. The move, made in 2009 while the Obama administration implemented its auto bailout … Continue reading
Once again, my friend in DC weighs in on the state of the 2016 presidential horse race: As most polls predicted, and I agreed, that Trump would get the GOP nomination, my further prediction was that he will pick either Cruz or Perry as VP, but that would eventually come around only after a brief … Continue reading
The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. “As an American liberal with impeccable credentials, I would like to say that political correctness is going to kill American liberalism if it is not fought to the death by people like me for … Continue reading
Obama wasn’t in office very long before his hyper-partisan administration was using brute political force to punish his political foes. It began almost immediately with the firing of Americorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin who ran afoul of Obama when his investigation identified misuse of AmeriCorps funds by a prominent Obama supporter. As the Obama administration winds to … Continue reading
Yes, once again, It’s time to present this week’s statuette of shame, The Golden Weasel!! Every Tuesday, the Council nominates some of the slimiest, most despicable characters in public life for some deed of evil, cowardice or corruption they’ve performed. Then we vote to single out one particular Weasel for special mention, to whom we … Continue reading
Every week on Monday morning , the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question: Who Are Your Three Favorite Heroes In American History? Why? Wolf Howling :The first great American hero is our deity, … Continue reading
NBC News: Earth Day Leader Killed, Composted Girlfriend: Ira Einhorn was on stage hosting the first Earth Day event at the Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on April 22, 1970. Seven years later, police raided his closet and found the “composted” body of his ex-girlfriend inside a trunk. A self-proclaimed environmental activist, Einhorn made a name … Continue reading
The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. “Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.” – President Ronald Reagan “Under democracy one party always devotes … Continue reading
There are so many delightful versions of this popular hymn on Youtube, it was hard to choose just one – (so I chose several.) Here are the T Sisters with their rendition: The Oakwood University Aeolians: Their lovely soprano’s opening will knock your socks off. Here’s an arrangement by the composer Z Randall Stroope. Vijay Singh leads … Continue reading
I think someone may have slipped Vice President Joe Biden some truth serum this morning before his speech at the House Democratic Caucus retreat in Philadelphia. Veering off the “everything’s coming up roses” narrative Obama spun in his SOTU speech, Biden told Democrats that, “To state the obvious, the past six years have been really, … Continue reading
Obama, Holder and Sharpton want us to have a “national conversation on race,” but on their terms – which casts blacks as victims of white racism/bias and violence. An honest conversation on race would acknowledge the high crime rates among young black males who commit over 50% of the homicides. The conversation we should be … Continue reading
Armed and Dangerous: Gramscian damage: A post from 2006 with special relevance today as it relates to the racialist and feminist propaganda that is currently besieging the nation. Americans have never really understood ideological warfare. Our gut-level assumption is that everybody in the world really wants the same comfortable material success we have. We use … Continue reading
I thought it might be useful to compile these all in one place and update as needed. (There will be more.) THE GRUBER TAPES #1: Gruber proudly cites the lack of transparency in crafting the bill, taunting the American people as to stupid to notice the subterfuge. “Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. … Continue reading
Bill Ayers vs Dinesh Dsouza Debate. America Isn’t ‘Inherently Evil’! The Kelly File: Watch the debate and it will become apparent early on that Bill Ayers is Barack Obama unfiltered. “America” The Movie: Trailer 3: Truth Revolt: Bill Whittle: Losing the Peace in Iraq: History is written by the victors. But it doesn’t take a … Continue reading
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