http://rightwingnation.com Smacking idiots is a spectator sport Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:56:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Military Times: McCain, R-Ariz., handily defeated Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., 68 percent to 23 percent in a voluntary survey of 4,293 active-duty, National Guard and reserve subscribers and former subscribers to Army Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times and Air Force Times. Look for Obama to pull an Al Gore, and try ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/06/paging-al-gore/ When I first saw this this morning, I decided to hold back until there was confirmation -- not because of IUSB Vision, but because it was an unconfirmed email message from Greta van Mymouthisallscrewedupononeside. Well, the proof is in the video. The President of the L.A. chapter of NOW (as in ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/05/confirmed-4/ Stuff like this really honks me off, and this is even worse (Darren, you owe me blood pressure medication). Teachers at Soquel High School have agreed not to wear "Educators for Obama" buttons in the classroom after a parent complained that educators were attempting to politically influence his daughter and other ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/05/here-we-go-again-3/ From Sebatian's blog: There was a day when people were content to be stupid in private. Thanks to the ‘net we can all share the moment with this dude. welcome to the new america where stupid is a fashion accessory http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/05/comment-of-the-day-2/ (The booby prize goes to anyone who can tell me what movie the title comes from.) Contains four of the basic food groups: Cream, butter, corn, and pork! Seriously, this is a great way to cook overly lean pork chops and keep them moist. Corn with cream 4 ears corn 4 T. butter 1/2 c. ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/04/so-good-and-so-good-for-you/ I feel vindicated. I've been poo-pooing the "health" freaks for years about those dreaded animal fats. Suddenly, with the "trans-fat" hysteria, animal fats are fashionable again. Even lard is making a comeback. But I'm not going to talk about lard today. I'm going to talk about butter. If you've ever tried cooking ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/04/butter/ Sing it, sister! ABC News' Teddy Davis, Rigel Anderson, and Arnab Datta Report: Speaking to Fox News on Friday, Sarah Palin indicated for the first time that she does not consider Barack Obama qualified to be commander in chief and sharply criticized him for saying last year that U.S. troops in ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/04/pitbull-of-the-leash/ Here in a while. I think the Purdue game is in Lafayette, but an early start is always a good thing, even if you don't have tens of thousands of additional cars to avoid. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/04/errands-5/ And this: http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/04/and-this/ http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/04/and-more-like-this/ Jim Treacher: Joe hasn’t mentioned anything yet about how this reminds him of FDR’s comments on the Cuban Missile Crisis in his interview with Arsenio Hall. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/03/funniest-debate-comment/ who isn't crazy about Palin, after the debate. "She killed." The Luntz focus group says Palin. The Anchoress has a good roundup of reactions. The sure proof that Palin shredded Biden? Reuters wants to check Palin's ears for headphones. This sounds familiar. Didn't the nutballs insist that Bush had an earpiece in one ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/03/peggy-noonan/ Week: http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/02/more-like-this-please/ For some reason, Indiana flies below everyone's radar (except for Hoosiers, obviously). Other than Bayh and Lugar -- Bayh because there was all that talk about putting him on the ticket, and Lugar because he's been in the Senate longer than Methuselah and has had enough time to make a ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/02/long-silence-broken/ I got swamped with email. I still have 80-some messages to go through, and I've deleted all the spam. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/02/dear-lord/ A whole dorm at Stanford -- of Palin fans. You can’t see Russia from Stanford University, but one of its newly decorated dorms sure feels like Sarah Palin’s hometown. The all-male ground floor of the Serra building is designated for the “First Dudes,” and the women’s floor is reserved for “Hockey Moms.” ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/02/somebodys-not-going-to-like-this/ http://rightwingnation.com/2008/10/01/getting-something-to-eat/ Instapundit: To test Nancy Pelosi’s hypothesis that after eight years of President Bush the economy is in far worse shape than it was under President Clinton at a time of “budget surpluses,” I went to Lending Tree to see what kind of mortgage terms I could get to buy my first ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/30/testing-the-hypothesis/ From the youtube page: Sing for Change chronicles a recent Sunday afternoon, when 22 children, ages 5-12, gathered to sing original songs in the belief that their singing would lift up our communities for the coming election. Light, hope, courage and love shine through these nonvoting children who believe that their ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/30/creepy-as-hell-2/ At first glance, it looks like Obama has a good idea. Adopting a proposal backed by some House Republicans, he wants to hike the FDIC insurance limits from $100,000 to $250,000, which would, presumably, restore faith in banks while giving small business owners a place to park their cash. There are just ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/30/uh-huh-4/ I got chided over at Hot Air by somebody who claimed the "facts" have been out there for two weeks, and I just wasn't paying attention. Sorry, but no, they have not. Where are the economic analyses balancing a bailout against none? I'll tell you where they are: Nobody has bothered ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/30/this-is-what-math-is-for/ I forgot something I needed for one of those errands, so here in a little while, I'm going to have to go back downtown. Duh. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/30/brilliant-8/ Off to mail those Congress critter letters, and do another errand. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/30/back-3/ I'm sending this to Peterson, Specter, and Casey today. It seems imprudent to rush a bailout bill. There have been no committee hearings, and as far as I have been able to tell, very little data. Forbes reported this week that, “’It’s not based on any particular data point,’ a Treasury ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/30/a-letter/ There's no problem at Fannie Mae, you wingnuts! http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/29/what-problem/ From -- of all places -- the LA Times, about that $700 billion. "It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number." They made it up to be sufficiently ginormous to frighten everyone into rapid action. And it worked. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/29/so-much-for-data/ The Obama thugs hacked Macsmind. What's ironic is that for the last eight years, idiots have been going on TV claiming they're being silenced (while speaking on TV) and howled about the Bush-Cheney fascist state, and free speech. Except the only fascist tactics and free speech violations have been by the ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/29/nasty-little-fascists/ By now, everybody's heard how Obama piped up and said, "I wear a bracelet too!" then had to look at it because he didn't know the soldier's name. Well, it turns out that the family of that soldier have repeatedly asked Obama not to wear it, or use their son ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/28/bracelet-debacle-even-worse/ Opposition to the bailout continues to grow. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/28/good-news-for-a-change/ Biden speaks for McCain. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/28/this-ones-going-to-hurt/ Tax breaks -- that is, stealing less money from businesses -- is not corporate welfare. This is corporate welfare. The loan package for automakers would reward them with $25 billion in below-market loans, costing taxpayers $7.5 billion to subsidize the retooling of plants and development of technologies to help U.S. carmakers to ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/28/note-for-confused-liberals/ Started the prednisone yesterday, and the hip is much better today, but after doing errands (not so great an idea), it's starting to hurt hurt. I'll hold off on the pain pills as long as possible, but the problem is that sitting hurts. So I'm going to lie down. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/27/ow/ Obama invoked Kissinger while defending his "talk with no preconditions," and Kissinger slaps him down for misquoting him. Then, Biden pulls a John Kerry in Pennsylvania. Campaigning in Pennsylvania coal country on Thursday, the Democratic vice presidential nominee said the government should steer more money to clean coal — a term used ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/27/a-gaffe-laugh-a-minute/ Looking at the "Catholic vote." http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/27/pointer/ The first post-debate debate ad. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/27/that-was-fast-2/ 300 retired Generals and Admirals endorse McCain. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/27/eat-this-wesley-clark/ Breaking news: Obama is a jackbooted thug. Barack Obama’s campaign is trying to silence the National Rifle Association’s latest ad campaign using strong arm tactics by threatening them with possible legal action if they run the ads Why the thuggery? Because the NRA is right, and Obama doesn't want you to know ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/26/heres-a-surprise/ Even Bill Clinton admits it. Noel Sheppard reports: Going very much against the media meme that the current financial crisis is all George W. Bush and the Republicans' fault, Bill Clinton on Thursday told ABC's Chris Cuomo that Democrats for years have been "resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/26/amazing-5/ Seriously. These are the three candidates running for Peterson's House seat. Thompson is the Republican, McCracken is the Democrat, and Fryman is the Libertarian. No matter who wins, we'll have the ugliest representative in the House. http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/26/sheesh-5/ This time, from Obama: A $100,000 state grant for a botanic garden in Englewood that then-state Sen. Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is now under investigation by the Illinois attorney general amid new questions, prompted by Chicago Sun-Times reports, about whether the ... http://rightwingnation.com/2008/09/26/yet-more-sleaze/