As thousands descend on the capital to push for more gun rights, we get this sad story out of Knoxville: An official says several people have been shot outside a Knoxville hospital and the suspected shooter has died of a self-inflicted gunshot. There were conflicting reports about the number of those shot Monday. Police spokesman […]
Another big get for the military: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that an Iraqi intelligence team had found and killed al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Maliki said the team had also killed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the purported leader of al Qaeda’s local affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq. The […]
Yesterday Bill Clinton gave some advice to President Obama on his next pick for the Supreme Court: S”But it’s not predictable. I’d like to see him put someone in there, late 40s, early 50s, on the court and someone with a lot of energy for the job.” Clinton said his wife would be “great” at […]
Appearing on the Washington Times right now: Obama skips Polish funeral, heads to golf course And when you read the article, you start getting an eerie feeling of déjà vu: Mr. Obama has played golf far more often than former President George W. Bush. In his eight years in office, Mr. Bush played just 24 […]
Former 1/2 term governor Sarah Palin is again rambling on about things she has no clue on: Sarah Palin criticized President Barack Obama on Saturday for saying America is a military superpower “whether we like it or not,” saying she was taken aback by his comment. “I would hope that our leaders in Washington, D.C., […]
Last night the New York Times published a late night bombshell: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has warned in a secret three-page memorandum to top White House officials that the United States does not have an effective long-range policy for dealing with Iran’s steady progress toward nuclear capability, according to government officials familiar with the […]
If Fred Phelps and his band of merry little hate mongers don’t boil your blood enough, check out this from Fox: Westboro has been accused of being a hate group, but one detail that has been largely overlooked is that, unlike most hate groups, this group is not required to pay taxes because of its […]
When polls ask about Sarah Palin running for President in 2012 she fares very poorly. People attend her speeches, but so many seem to go to see a star, not because they consider her a serious force in American politics. Well the lack of seriousness in Sarah Palin has now run over into her television […]
A new poll out has found that a majority of Minnesotans are embarrassed by their most famous member of Congress, Michele Bachmann: A new survey of Minnesotans shows that a majority of residents — 56 percent — are embarrassed by Rep. Michele Bachmann. The release of the survey, commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, […]
Wow – what a potty mouth: Hamilton County Republican chairman Alex Triantafilou accuses Rep. Steve Driehaus of using ‘a vulgarity’ in a fundraising email, and is demanding an apology. The vulgarity: “tea bagger.” The Driehaus campaign calls the GOP release “nonsense” and says “no offense was intended.” Spokeswoman Melissa Wideman cites the Oxford American Dictionary […]