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Marist Poll: Obama Hits Lowest Approval Mark, especially among Independents

2010-02-09T15:02:45Z

“Indie” here means independent voters. From Hotline On Call : Independent voters see Pres. Obama in a negative light by a nearly 2-1 margin, according to a new Marist College survey, while almost half of voters say he has failed to meet their expectations. The poll, conducted Feb. 1-3, showed just 44% of registered voters approving of Obama's job as president. 47% disapprove. But among indie voters, Obama's approval rating sits at a terrible 29%, while his disapproval rating is...(read more)

Obama Administration Admits It Wrongly Tracked Abortion Groups in Wisconsin

2010-02-09T14:52:54Z

You know how dangerous those pro-life groups are. The government needs to keep a close eye on them. They are domestic terrorists, don’t ‘cha know <tongue firmly implanted in cheek>. Not to mention that the majority of Americans now consider themselves “pro-life”. From Life News : The Department of Homeland Security admitted today that it improperly conducted a threat assessment on pro-life and pro-abortion groups in Wisconsin. The assessment came before an expected rally...(read more)

Lipstick

2010-02-09T14:32:11Z

Day By Day© by Chris Muir....(read more)

Ice Age: West Wing Buried in Snow

2010-02-08T23:55:54Z

From the Associated Press : The snow is piled up in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Mid-Atlantic residents were buried by a blizzard that the president jokingly called 'Snowmageddon.'...(read more)

Obama's Crib

2010-02-08T21:26:05Z

Day By Day© by Chris Muir....(read more)

Snowjob

2010-02-08T21:24:58Z

Day By Day© by Chris Muir....(read more)

The great global warming collapse: As the science scandals keep coming, the air has gone out of the climate-change movement

2010-02-08T15:52:04Z

From the UK Globe and Mail : In 2007, the most comprehensive report to date on global warming, issued by the respected United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, made a shocking claim: The Himalayan glaciers could melt away as soon as 2035. These glaciers provide the headwaters for Asia's nine largest rivers and lifelines for the more than one billion people who live downstream. Melting ice and snow would create mass flooding, followed by mass drought. The glacier story was reported...(read more)

RFK, Jr. 15 months ago: Global warming means no snow or cold in DC.

2010-02-08T15:49:48Z

You gotta love it when liberals make these kinds of proclamations. From the Washington Examiner : Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who flies around on private planes so as to tell larger numbers of people how they must live their lives in order to save the planet, wrote a column last year on the lack of winter weather in Washington, D.C. In Virginia, the weather also has changed dramatically. Recently arrived residents in the northern suburbs, accustomed to today's anemic winters, might find it astonishing...(read more)

Senator Richard Shelby Goes to Bat for Major Financial Benefactor

2010-02-08T15:41:22Z

David writes: Senator Shelby has placed a hold on ALL of Obama’s nominees and in return wants billions in earmarks for Alabama and an Air Force tanker contract for his client, EADS (the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, which owns AIRBUS). Shelby is just an opportunistic lawyer-politician who 1986 won, as a Democrat, the Senate seat held by Republican Jeremiah Denton, a retired Navy admiral and long-time resident of the Hanoi Hilton, as the Democratic Party regained control of...(read more)

Obama Praises Navy "Corpseman"

2010-02-08T14:10:54Z

Not just once, but two times Obama mispronounces “corpsman” as “corpseman”. HT: David D....(read more)

Obama on the Constitution

2010-02-08T14:08:27Z

From the Canada Free Press : Recently I’ve noticed several things that the Progressives are having trouble with. Well, actually a LOT of things, but this article will focus on just a few of them. First of all, Obama, like most Progressives, seems to have a problem identifying the U.S. Constitution. In his State of the Union address , Obama stated that “We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal…...(read more)

Herbert Marcuse’s “Repressive Tolerance”

2010-02-08T04:49:04Z

Dr. A writes : Indiana University’s recent refusal to have a conservative-leaning speaker on campus is just one of an increasing number of such acts of “repressive tolerance” at universities nationwide. Ideologues of the Academic Left demand toleration of every sexual and social perversion known to man, but systematically refuse to allow speakers or programs that hint of anything biblical or conservative. This hypocrisy of the Left in such matters of free speech and “tolerance”...(read more)

Cushion for higher ed proposed: Idaho lawmakers say accounts for colleges, universities should be established to reduce pain of tight budget years

2010-02-08T04:43:36Z

Think of this as Social Security for Idaho’s colleges. We all know how well the Social Security Ponzi scheme works. Now we’ll do the same for Higher Ed. The following article ran in the Lewiston Tribune . In the midst of famine, two Idaho lawmakers are imagining a feast. Sen. Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston, and Rep. Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, will propose legislation this session to create a higher education savings account, similar to what's already in place for public schools. The funds would...(read more)

Hear no Climategate, see no Climategate

2010-02-08T04:40:01Z

The following commentary by Michael Costello ran in today's Lewiston Tribune . Costello is always well worth reading. You can find a copy on his website: The Pajamahadin . Mike pulls together all of the data in one place and makes a compelling argument. Is this a scientific scandal or a journalism scandal? It took an inordinately long time for the original Climategate scandal to percolate to the surface of the mainstream news media's consciousness. In that one, files were hacked from the...(read more)

Christ Church sponsored the pro-life march?

2010-02-08T04:28:12Z

The following “Ink” by Vera White appeared in today's edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News . The INKster keeps talking to people still wondering why the Jan. 23 University of Idaho Vandal Appreciation Day Parade in downtown Moscow also included an anti-abortion rally in Friendship Square. She understands the parade drew a good turnout and rightfully so, since this was the Vandals' first bowl win in 11 years. But the Dec. 30 Humanitarian Bowl win against Bowling Green State...(read more)

Sarah Palin: ‘Bi-partisanship’ out

2010-02-08T04:18:30Z

From the Canada Free Press : Sarah Palin hit the nail on the head when she told the Tea Party Nation Convention that this repeated mantra of ‘bi-partisanship’ needs to find exit. Quickly. Like right now. When Congressmen continue to boast on their bi-partisanship, it reveals their lack of conviction. That’s the upshot of what Palin was declaring. For an elected official to state sweet things to media by continually bragging on how nicely he reaches “across the aisle”...(read more)

Legislative Update # from Rep. Tom Trail

2010-02-08T04:13:04Z

From Rep. Tom Trail (R-Moscow). Constituents — There was at least one good piece of news to come out of the Idaho Legislature this week. Sen. Schroeder and I along with five other Central Idaho Legislators attended the State Park Board meeting on Wednesday to urge the Board to overturn their decision to close Dvorsach State Park. There was an excellent turnout of both legislators and citizens at the meeting. The Board unanimously approved reopening of the Park and Director Merrill has given...(read more)

Palin: No monarchy for tea party

2010-02-08T04:00:30Z

From the Tribune : The burgeoning tea party movement should remain leaderless and decentralized, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Saturday, calling the effort "bigger than any king or queen of the tea party." "Put your faith in ideas. I caution against allowing this movement to be defined by one leader or operation," she told the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. The small government movement is "a ground-up call to action that's...(read more)

The highest toilet in the Valley

2010-02-08T03:55:47Z

From KLEW TV in Lewiston: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a toilet? Hahn Rentals boosted a porta-potty 126 feet into the air along Thain Grade last week. General Manager Larry Bean said he came up with the idea Monday night, that in his younger days he would do radical displays, but hasn't done it in decades. The store has received lots of phone calls Tuesday and he said he did it to inspire other employees to come up with display ideas. Bean said it only took a couple of minutes...(read more)

Is this guy for real?

2010-02-08T03:47:39Z

From The Politico : President Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that local opposition is likely to nix the administration’s plan to hold the trial for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City. “I have not ruled it out,” Obama told Katie Couric of CBS News. “But I think it’s important for us to take into account the practical, logistical issues involved. I mean, if you’ve got a city that is saying ‘no,’ and a police department that’s...(read more)

WaPo: Dem. lieutenant governor candidate exits Illinois race

2010-02-08T03:46:35Z

“Democratic leaders had not considered him a threat to win and didn't highlight his past during the campaign.” David D. asks the hard question: Another disgraced Chicago politician who drops out only a few days after winning the nomination. If you did not think Chicago politics was a dirty game, consider the reporter's statement above. It wasn't the opposition who would have exposed his record, but his own party if they thought he would have won. Makes you wonder if they did...(read more)

Abortion is a private matter?

2010-02-08T03:34:46Z

The following letter to the editor appeared in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News : Larry Kirkland's Jan. 27 Town Crier concerning abortion disconcerts me. Murdering babies disconcerts me, not an editorial. He is overly glib in his proposal that women with unwanted pregnancies should just opt for adoption. He believes this not only "saves babies" but women from "post-abortion trauma." There are a couple of things I'd like to point out to Kirkland. First, the 1973...(read more)

Latah Eagle/Boomerang to cease print edition

2010-02-08T03:26:55Z

As reported in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Kai Eiselein, publisher of the weekly Eagle/Boomerang , made a gut-wrenching business decision earlier this week. The community newspaper he purchased in July ceased publication of a print edition, but will continue its online presence. The economy has hit his advertisers hard and many accounts receivable are not current, he said. That makes it difficult to meet business obligations. "There comes a time when you have to stop digging a hole,"...(read more)

Shirley Ringo Legislative Update

2010-02-07T13:14:41Z

The following is from Idaho District 6 liberal Democrat, Rep. Shirley Ringo: One of the early and critically important actions of the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee involves the official projection of general fund revenue for fiscal years 2010 and 2011. This is an action with great political implications. Those who are extremely conservative and push for reduced state-funded programs will try for a low number. On Friday, February 12, JFAC will probably take action. In all probability...(read more)

Cruel Logic: Ideas have Consequences

2010-02-06T19:33:49Z

Ideas have consequences. A brilliant serial killer videotapes his debates with college faculty victims. The topic: His moral right to kill them. Written and directed by Brian Godawa. HT: Yoost N....(read more)

Ignorant liberals in denial? How Planned Parenthood Duped America

2010-02-06T15:47:43Z

While I have no doubt that some liberals are ignorant, and some are in denial, I fear that the vast majority are going into this with their eyes wide open and in the full knowledge of what they are doing. And while they claim to be anything but racist, the outcome of their words and deeds shows otherwise. This is from the website Black Genocide . At a March 1925 international birth control gathering in New York City, a speaker warned of the menace posed by the "black" and "yellow"...(read more)

Thanks to Barack, as many as 12 Senate seats are winnable by the GOP

2010-02-06T02:19:23Z

From The Washington Times : The long-shot bid by Republicans to retake control of the Senate is suddenly in play, as the prospect of high-profile Republican candidates entering the fray has pushed the GOP even or ahead in polling for 10 races. The potential candidacies of former Republican Govs. George E. Pataki in New York and Tommy G. Thompson in Wisconsin are improving the polling fortunes of the party as it pursues seats long in the hands of Democrats, while the anti-government "tea party"...(read more)

L.A. Confidential: Seeking Reasons for Autism's Rise

2010-02-06T02:14:09Z

From the Wall Street Journal : Why is a child born in northwest Los Angeles four times as likely to be diagnosed with autism as a child born elsewhere in California? Medical experts have pondered for years why autism rates have soared nationwide, and why the disorder appears to be much more prevalent in certain communities than in others. Now, some recent studies that zero in on California may shed some light on these baffling questions. Researchers from Columbia University, in a study published...(read more)

Group Blasts IU for Refusing Speaker

2010-02-06T01:11:25Z

How often this story is repeated, from campus to campus across America. From Campus Reform : Campus reformers at Indiana University are fighting back against gross liberal bias and bureaucracy to bring free thought, and a free market thinker, to campus. IU’s Union Board Lecture Committee turned down free market champion Dr. Thomas Woods as a campus lecturer because he lacked “sufficient academic credibility” in the opinion of the IU Economics Department. But Dr. Woods was educated...(read more)

Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

2010-02-06T00:36:01Z

Half-way across the globe, And we're standing on new ground Screaming 'cross the waves You can't hear a sound There's no fair trials, no trade, no liberties No tea! We've colonized America. We won't stand for tyranny! O king: And its too late to apologize. Its too late! I said its too late to apologize Its too late! We've paid your foolish tax, read the acts And they just wont do. We want to make it clear, we believe this much is true: All men were created with certain...(read more)