Category Archives: Democrats

Texas vs. California Update for 6/17/13

Time for another Texas vs. California roundup! California’s mullet budget: conservative in the front, but with a long greasy, tangled mane of liberal spending and debt in the back. “Public pension costs are increasing simply because liabilities are growing faster … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Democrats, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Public Not So Hot on Unlimited Surveillance State

Or so says a CBS poll on the vast NSA/FISA/PRISM monitoring program. Republicans and Independents were pretty strongly against the government reading their emails and seizing their phone records. Democrats, on the other hand, were evenly split; evidently half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Obama Scandals | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fisking Obama’s NSA Conference (Part 1)

Obama gave his speech on the NSA scandal a few days ago. I wanted to fisk it because it’s eminently fiskable, and I don’t think that anyone else has done it (though Scott Shackford over at Reason took a stab). … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Jihad, Media Watch, Obama Scandals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

FISA/NSA/PRISM/IRS/Etc. Midday Obama Scandal Roundup for June 7, 2013

The torrent of Obama scandal information is flooding the news is something to behold. In contrast to the tiny drops of Benghazi information the MSM would begrudgingly dole out last year, every day seems to bring a new outrage about … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Media Watch, Obama Scandals | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

LinkSwam for May 31, 2013

The season has switched from not Summer to Summer here in Texas, so here’s a hot, humid LinkSwarm: In Europe, youth unemployment is climbing to scary, stratospheric heights. So scary I’m going to swipe their chart: Notice how countries that … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Economics, Media Watch, Obama Scandals, ObamaCare | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Ten California Cities Most Likely To Declare Bankruptcy

Who’s next on the California bankrupt city hit list? Well, USA Today has been kind enough to take a stab at it, and offers up the following likely candidates, listed alphabetically: Atwater Asuza Compton Fresno Hercules Mammoth Lakes Monrovia Oakland … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Democrats | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

LinkSwarm for May 6, 2013

Time for another LinkSwarm! Silly Joanne Chesimard. If she had just served her time, she’d have tenure by now. Europe is “bleeding out”. Youth unemployment? “59.1% of those under 25 are unemployed in Greece, 55.9% in Spain, 38.4% in Italy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Communism, Democrats, Guns, Welfare State | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Rosemary Lehmberg: Seen at The Gun Show

Hat tip: Dwight, who brings us news that Lehmberg “won’t be seeking reelection.” Well, duh. People who have been removed from office don’t run for reelection…

Posted in Austin, Crime, Democrats | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

LinkSwarm for April 26, 2013

For a startling change of pace, this week the Friday LinkSwarm will be on…Friday! So where are those violent mobs of Americans attacking Muslims the media keeps implying are common? Nowhere to be found. “Clearly, some observers fear ordinary Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Democrats, Jihad, Media Watch | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Gun Update for April 25, 2012

A random basket of gun news, including more fallout from the Senate’s failure to restrict gun rights: “Why is opposing the will of the majority a mark of “cowardice,” as Giffords says, rather than a mark of courage?… I suspect … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Guns | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment