The Final Voyage of the USS Enterprise

Mark Krikorian crystallizes the problem of naming ships after living people.

NewsReal Sunday: Record Breaking Deficits Will Enslave Our Children

Obama’s spending is far worse than those before him and will bury our children in debt. February’s deficit spending numbers were more than ALL of 2007.

Yes, Obamacare Is Romneycare

Farewell, Mitt.
As they cast the 216th vote last night, Nancy Pelosi and her minions also smashed Mitt Romney’s presidential ambitions. There is literally no substantial difference between Obamacare and Romneycare. The fundamentals are exactly the same: an individual mandate is placed upon all citizens to purchase health insurance, with subsidies handed out to those in [...]

Democrats Drop Deem and Pass. Good News or Bad News?

This is breaking news: Democrats in Congress have abandoned deem and pass (or the slaughter house rule). After thinking about it for a while, I realized that my initial reaction may have been wrong. As Ed Morrissey explains at Hot Air:
If anyone wonders which it is, Major Garrett of Fox News helpfully tweeted that he [...]

John Murtha dies at 77 – POLITICO.com

Rep. John Murtha, a Vietnam veteran who became one of the most powerful members of the House serving four decades representing western Pennsylvania, has died at 77.Murtha was the longest serving member of the Pennsylvania delegation — a milestone he passed just this past Saturday. He had been hospitalized in recent weeks with a gall [...]

State of the Union: Lame Duck Rising

Even Obama, Biden and Pelosi seemed bored during the State of the Union Address. Obama couldn’t even gin up enough energy to discuss “Gitmo”. But it does not matter what he said. It’s all over for his presidency.

The Democrat Party now understands just how bad they blew it in 2009. This is good for the [...]

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Scott Brown’s Victory: Grandiosity Takes it on the Chin

“I mean in a way Obama is standing above the country, above—-above the world, he’s sort of God” (Evan Thomas, Newsweek)
When the Intrade betting line was 83-17 in favor of Scott Brown, (at 3 pm Tuesday), I was still suspicious. Democrats outnumber Republicans 3-1 in Massachusetts. But the simple message of Scott Brown did prevail. [...]

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Dave Barry’s year in review: 2009 – MiamiHerald.com

It was a year of Hope — at first in the sense of “I feel hopeful!” and later in the sense of “I hope this year ends soon!”It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, [...]

The Death Of Moderate Democrats – by Dick Morris

How Parker Griffith’s Party switch illustrates the Achilles’ Heel of the Democratic regime.

NewsReal Sunday: Oops, Democrats Admitting Abortion Will Be Taxpayer Funded

Pelosi and Sebelius have let it slip that abortions will be payed for by the American taxpayer in new health care reform.

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