Monthly Archives: September 2010

Everyone Draw Mohammed Day Creator Molly Norris Goes Into Hiding

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Molly Norris, the cartoonist who created Everybody Draw Mohammed Day as a joke, has now gone into hiding because American-born, Yemen-based imam Anwar al-Awlaki has put a fatwa on her head. As the WSJ asks: Where’s Obama standing up for … Continue reading →

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More on the Left’s Obsession with Sarah Palin

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Today’s New York Times reveals that the Democratic Party isn’t just going to run against Bush this fall. Mainly they’re going to run against Sarah Palin. It’s interesting to see the irrational sputtering and fuming from the left on Palin, … Continue reading →

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Brit Banned from U.S. for Calling Obama a Prick

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Lawrence Person

They told me that if I voted for McCain, America would ban people for criticizing the President. And they were right! Can anyone recall an instance of a foreign national being banned from the U.S. for merely criticizing Bush? (Hat … Continue reading →

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Greece: Even worse than you thought

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Lawrence Person

This piece by Michael Lewis in Vanity Fair is a real eye-opener. No matter how fiscally inept and corrupt you thought Greece’s government, the picture it paints is much worse, of a country where no one blows the whistle on … Continue reading →

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An Explanation for the Left’s Irrational Hatred of Sarah Palin

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Lawrence Person

“Oooo, I don’t like that woman,” said a non-conservative of my acquaintance when Sarah Palin’s name came up. And indeed, the reason for the American left’s pathological hatred of Palin, a reaction based on a visceral emotional reaction rather than … Continue reading →

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1. Buy Booze, 2. Get Liquored Up, 3. Buy Gun While Drunk, 4. Pass Background Check, 5. ???

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Lawrence Person

So the city council of Carrollton, TX, in their infinite wisdom, is trying to decide whether to ban gun stores within a certain distance of a liquor store. Like many gun-grabber ordinances, this one has a certain facile logic working … Continue reading →

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Man Confronts 20 Gang Members Outside Home with AK-47. Guess who gets arrested?

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Right after one of the gang members said “Oh you’re dead. I’m gonna kill your family and your babies. You’re dead.” If this was Texas, we’d be reading about how police arrested the gang members, or maybe how a grand … Continue reading →

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“There are no moderate Democrats in Congress”

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Lawrence Person

This Jim Geraghty piece up on NRO, in which he he interviews longtime GOP insider “Obi Wan” about the coming election, is well worth a read. This is the quote I found most striking: “There are no moderate Democrats in … Continue reading →

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Went Over Like a Lead Balloon

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Dwight was one of many people to point out that the EPA’s plan to ban lead ammo appear to be dead for now. But the fact they even considered it says a great deal about the Obama Administration’s hostility to … Continue reading →

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