Thursday Very Late Morning News and Views

Hello, Conflucians!!! I’m sorry to be so late with the news today–but better late than never, I hope. I see that President Obama has decided to speak about Florida preacher Terry Jones’ “burn the Koran” campaign. “You could have serious violence in places like Pakistan or Afghanistan,” Obama told ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “This could [...]

This is What a Leader Looks Like

Our Hillary… always giving the world something to talk about! No, I’m not just talking about Hillary’s condemnation of the Qu’ran burning that RD wrote about in her last post…although I will say this, Hillary’s statement was absolutely *pitch perfect* on that issue, both at the State Department Iftar dinner last night and today at [...]

Hillary says proposed Koran burning is a “disgraceful act”

Decent people don’t need Hillary to tell them this.  From the Telegraph, Hillary Clinton commented on the planned burning of the Koran by a minister in Florida: Clinton condemned the threat to burn the Quran during her remarks at a State Department dinner she hosted in observance of Iftar, the breaking of the daily fast [...]

Wednesday News

Good Morning Conflucians!! The fall political season is now in full swing since we’re past the “end of summer”. That is, we’ve just past Labor Day. Of course it’s still summer, but who’s counting. Ha, apparently still not Democrats. Couldn’t resist that one. Ah Democrats, the party that despises democracy most of all. So what’s [...]

New Polls: Democrats Heading for Disaster?

Hello Conflucians! It’s Tuesday after a long weekend, so we’re getting a slow start. Three new polls were released today, along with a forecast from a group of political scientists. The results don’t look good for Democratic chances in the November elections. MSNBC’s First Read asks whether “a GOP tidal wave [is] building.” With the [...]

Flim Flam strikes again: More Obama BS on SS (Open Thread)

This was what O said in my birthplace today (via WSJ): And to those who may still run for office planning to privatize Social Security, let me be clear: as long as I’m President, I’ll fight every effort to take the retirement savings of a generation of Americans and hand it over to Wall Street. [...]

Happy Labor Day: Outstanding in the Field

A couple of days ago, the BFF and I decided to blow a wad of cash, shaking our tiny fists in defiance at the vindictive economy gods.  And for the better part of a lovely day, we ate, drank and were merry at an Outstandinginthefield event.  The idea of Outstandinginthefield is to reunite the diner [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!! I took a little mini-break from my usual obsessive news reading over the holiday weekend. I figured if anything huge happened, someone would post it at TC and I’d learn about it that way. This week will be full of manufactured news from the White House, as President Obama goes on a [...]

Renewal of Research Tax Credit: What’s that you say, Lassie? The barn door’s open and the horse is gone?!

Today, the New York Times is reporting that Obama is planning to pitch making the Research Tax Credit permanent: As part of his pre-election push to spur the slumping economy and his party, President Obama this week will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend a popular but costly tax credit for businesses’ research expenses, and [...]

Morning News: Saturday morning cartoon/Labor Day weekend edition

Good morning, Conflucians. I’m writing you a quick Saturday roundup from Bastrop, Texas, just outside of Austin, where I’m spending this Labor day weekend. It’s cool and breezy out and I just want to grab a cup of coffee and curl up outside on a lazy lounge chair with a book, but before I do, [...]