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I recently made a post about the many black voters who support Barack Obama just because he's of a similar racial background, lamenting that this was, clearly, a form of racism. One of the commenters (joneskr) noted, correctly, that black voters have consistently supported Democrat candidates in overwhelming numbers and this resulted from the Republican Party's failure to reach out to black voters. I think it would be more accurate to say that the Republican Party simply refuses to pander, placate, and exploit black voters on the basis of their skin color for the sake of political power, but that's...

Media vultures are now poring over Sarah and Todd Palin's tax returns. The Associated Press article insinuates that it's possible the Palins may have underpaid the IRS by $2,000. Yet while they zealously seek to manufacture another fake scandal for the Palins, mainstream media outlets are ignoring, perhaps conveniently, the fact that Joe Biden, wealthy in his own right, has given less than pennies on the dollar to charity over the last decade.

Obama and the Democrats claim the environment as an issue solely their own. But are they ready to lead? The New York Times had a great article yesterday about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in my home state of Washington, detailing the facility's role in the Manhattan Project and production of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, ending World War II. Today, it's a environmental clean-up project that costs the federal government $2 billion a year. The NYT reports that the project is "thought to be the world’s largest environmental cleanup." Surely the Democratic presidential candidate has something substantive and thoughtful to...

I walked into work a few weeks ago and caught my boss watching a video online called "Loose Change." It's basically the audio/visual bible for left-wing 9/11 conspiracy theorists. I yelled at her for allowing evil lies to get into her head and she replied that she was "bored" and it was "just interesting." It still makes me sick, as we remember today those horrible acts, that there is this vocal, energetic minority out there that pumps this cancerous information out into the ether. Worse yet, many foreigners seem to believe it as a matter of accepted fact. From a...

I opened the International Herald Tribune today here in Korea and read an absolutely precious letter from a Mr. Bruce Joffe of Piedmont, California (who, as far as I can tell is a professional writer of leftist letters to the editor): "How can I say this in a politically correct manner? A four-month baby needs a lot of time in the arms of its mother. Most mothers feel a similar need to be close to their baby. And a Downs Syndrome baby needs even more maternal attention. So what kind of family values is Palin exhibiting by going off on...

"The Politico," an internet website that's apparently popular among the high school and younger set (and possibly run by the same), published an article yesterday titled "Scholars question Palin credentials." As the headline suggests, this was a very scholarly article, written about the many scholars (four exactly) who have drawn from their vast scholastic knowledge and wisdom and have all uniformly declared that our new Vice President, Sarah Palin, is "the most inexperienced person on a major-party ticket in modern history." They couldn't possibly be biased, now could they? Media watchdogs have called these "scholars" out.

The Democrat reaction to McCain's choice of Palin has revealed their vicious nature. Some of them have really lost it (Andrew Sullivan circulates a smear that she's a "bad mother," Ben Smith makes a tenuous, desperate allegation that Palin hates Jews, Far-lefties at Think "Progress" ridicules her for looks and having appeared in a beauty pageant). All this divisiveness and hate from the left has me thinking. If you're like me, you have been personally affected by the vicious, violent hate exhibited by the leftist partisans. (I saw one of them rip of my windshield wiper in 2005 because he...

I made the mistake of watching the whole of Joe Biden's keynote DNC speech at the gym tonight. How underwhelming! Forgiving the inadvertent (and repeated) stumbling and bumbling, the substance of the speech itself was just painfully awkward. Here's my attempt at cataloging the awkward gaffes.

Joe Biden's long history of strident arrogance is coming back to haunt him. The elitist campaign that lamented the "bitter" citizens who "cling" to weapons and religion just brought on another pol cast from the same mold. Click link to view the videos and get the message out.

The McCain campaign is hitting back hard against the Biden pick. And they have ammo. The source? Umm, that would be a certain Joe Biden. Click below to view the footage:

I've had this epiphany lately -- what really bugs me about about liberals doesn't have nearly so much to do with their left-wing socialist policy positions, but more their attitude. It's this self-righteous, sanctimonious arrogance. Everything they say is just dripping with it. So this is why Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden is particularly notable. It would have been very difficult to take a campaign like Barack Obama's and make it even more arrogant. Well, yes, he can (si, el puede)! As if one back-slapping, smarmy BSer wasn't enough for you, now we've got two!

Calling Barack Obama's speeches "a run-on string of embarrassing, sophomoric Hallmark bromides," Ann Coulter nailed the central issue of the '08 election all the way back in February. After watching Obama's recent speech in Berlin (I use the word "speech" liberally -- Obama was speaking, but use of that word normally implies the communication of ideas, which this "speech" omitted) this idea came back to me. But while some used to argue that Obama's persistent failure to take a stand on anything would, ultimately, be his downfall, it's become clear that this is really the primary reason for his success....

Everyone has a different theory as to the direction in which Senator McCain should go with his VP pick for the ticket. Some say choosing a Democrat like Joe Lieberman would appeal to moderates and independents--I like that idea only because it would drive the hyper-caffeinated left-wing blogosphere into apoplectic conniptions. But there are practical matters to consider. If, heaven forbid, a Vice President Lieberman assumed the presidency, one would assume he would affiliate himself with the Democrats. Unacceptable. So we're left with the slate of rumored Republican picks, among them Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, former...

Conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg often jokes that Jimmy Carter is history's greatest monster. It's a line that's ha-ha funny because it's absurd on it's face--whether you hate Jimmy Carter or... um, really hate him, he's a generally harmless old podunk fart, right? Well, unfortunately it seems Jimmy is doing his best to live up (down?) to his moniker.

Is Barack Obama smarter than a 5th grader? Umm.. How about a pre-schooler? We all know how the left-wing media loves to poke fun at Bush's gaffes, but will they play fair when the candidate they dote and fawn over makes a blooper? Roll the tape:

Let's say you're a young person working for a large, well respected corporation with a very pronounced global presence and an acute need for an increased workforce. Your job is difficult, but also very personally fulfilling. Despite the fact that you love your job, you find yourself thinking about moving on. Sensing this, your boss comes to you and says: "I hear you're thinking about quitting. We really value your work and we need you to stay. It's hard to find qualified employees like yourself so we'd definitely like it if you stayed on. But, just so you're aware, if...

The news media successfully predicted 10 out of the last 3 recessions, so obviously we can trust them about the current one they keep trying to ram down our gullets, right? Well, I suppose if you define a "recession" as being in a generally pessimistic, defeatist mood and really wanting Barack Obama to win the next election, then yes, the news media is in the midst of one of the most pronounced recessions in the whole of human history. The rest of us, though... aren't actually doing so bad. Job losses aren't materializing as predicted, the dollar has begun a...

No doubt, Barry Obama's supporters are earnest and passionate about their guy. There are those that worry, though, that this passion is rooted primarily in a visceral, emotional attachment to the abstract, amorphous idea of Barry Obama. The idea of who this man is and why he was (as the fervent would claim) sent to us from the right hand of God the Father is different for everyone, unique to each individual supporter, and really only constitutes his or her personal passions, which they project onto their blank-slate/empty-suit faux-savior.

CONFER: Why your loved ones have left NY The chances are very good that you know someone who has left New York. According to the US Census Bureau, from July 2006 to July 2007 the Buffalo-Niagara region lost 5,166 people and since 2000 the Rochester area has lost over 7,300 of its residents. The numbers are staggering but they tell little of the toll on our society. Emotionally, it can be quite taxing for families to be torn apart by this mass exodus with many older parents and grandparents wondering if they’ll ever see their children and grandchildren again. Socially,...

Barack Obama believes in change. That sounds absolutely fantastic until you start asking "what, exactly, are we changing?" When it comes to you and your family's finances, the "change" Barack believes in basically means changing your money into the government's money. And while it is a given that every Democrat wants to raise taxes, Barack's plan is especially dangerous. Barack has said he wants to raise the capital gains tax, basically a tax on profit from the sale of investments in stocks or bonds, from its current 15% to as much as 28%. When asked why a hike to 28%...