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Congressional Dems Target Conservative Media Advertiser

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 3:12pm

The bullying by Congressional committees of various unpopular industries has taken on warp speed.

But in a very disturbing new tactic, Congressional Democrats specifically are targeting a sponsor of conservative media shows, particularly the Glenn Beck Show, on a flimsy pretext:

Forget Goldman. New York Rep. Anthony Weiner has been shooting a bit...
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Leadership by the Wilfully Ignorant

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 11:55am

We are being led by ideologues who are wilfully ignorant of the legal topics about which they do not hesitate to opine. These people lack a simple inquisitiveness of the mind on topics about which they already have made up their minds.

First, Attorney General Eric Holder, the chief law enforcement official...

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Were We Indecent in 1980?

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 7:48am

In Graham v. Florida, the Supreme Court held that it violated the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments to imprison someone with no possibility of parole based upon crimes, other than homicide, committed while a juvenile.

These lines (at page 40 of the pdf.) in the concurring opinion by Justice Stevens,...

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Say Bye-Bye To Conn. Senate Candidate Blumenthal (D)

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Posted by    Monday, May 17, 2010 at 9:14pm

Richard Blumenthal, current Attorney General of Connecticut and Democratic candidate for Senate, has a problem. A big problem.

Blumenthal is considered the overwhelming favorite to keep Chris Dodd’s seat in Barack Obama’s hands.

But, if this NY Times report is true, Blumenthal’s days should be numbered, because he has flat-out lied about serv...

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Israel Is Not Liberal Enough

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Posted by    Monday, May 17, 2010 at 3:17pm

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Al Sharpton and Race Baiting Irony

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Posted by    Monday, May 17, 2010 at 10:00am

Apparently, it constitutes race baiting to mention Al Sharpton when criticizing the boycott of Arizona, according to Kevin Johnson, at ImmigrationProf Blog:

The Securetheborder.org website mentioned in Palin’s message includes the following “defense” of Arizona:

“instead of taking action to help, the state has come under attack by people who are misrepresenting Arizona’s...

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Get China To Boycott Arizona

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Posted by    Monday, May 17, 2010 at 9:01am

Also known as killing two birds with one stone.

We get to apologize to and beg forgiveness from China for the sin of Arizona seeking to enforce the U.S. immigration laws, thus satisfying the 11th Commandment, “thou shall apologize profusely.”

And, as the twofer, we get to outsource the boycott of Arizona, so...

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Pat Buchanan, Multi-Culturalist

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Posted by    Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 4:28pm

A lot of people are upset about these lines in Pat Buchanan’s column, Are Liberals Anti-WASP?:

If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats.

Is this the Democrats’ idea of diversity?

The reaction has been that Buchanan...

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Is It His Katrina Yet?

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Posted by    Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 10:30am

The evidence mounts of bungled permitting, delays in response, and understating the impact:

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The End Of His World As He Knows It

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Posted by    Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 8:45am

He just can’t wrap his mind around it. So he sinks ever deeper into his belief that we fail to understand.

But in fact, it is he who fails to understand:

Is “Left” becoming a four-letter word?

You’d think so lately with each day bringing more news of unconscionable conservative tilts in the...

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“What about the guys who gave you money when you were a Republican?!”

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Posted by    Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 8:23pm

For all you Charlie Crist fans out there, Crist’s answer was “I’m going to keep it” (at 3:10)(via The Buzz):

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Saturday Night Card Game (Racial Tinginitis)

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Posted by    Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 6:15pm

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:

Yesterday, Sam Stein, a lead reporter and blogger for HuffPo, ran a post titled

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Greece Syndrome Defined

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Posted by    Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 8:56am

The fiscal equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome:

A term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein government officials express adulation and have positive feelings toward unsustainable union contracts that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk posed by such contracts to the government.

Our politicians are hostages, they just don’t know...

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My Class Reunion, Elena Edition

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Posted by    Friday, May 14, 2010 at 3:46pm

It’s like a class reunion. My law school classmate Elliot Spitzer swears he didn’t date Elena Kagan. Now my classmate Ruth Marcus swears Kagan is not gay (and neither is Ruth, she makes sure to note).

The main point of Ruth’s column is that it’s tough out there for middle-aged women who...

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“Technically, it is not illegal to be illegal in Massachusetts”

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Posted by    Friday, May 14, 2010 at 11:49am

So says Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (remember her?), regarding the arrests in Boston of possible Times Square bombing suspects on immigration charges.

As reported by Where Are My Keys blog, via

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