The Mustering

Suit contesting Barack Obama's citizenship heads to U.S. Supreme Court Friday

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:40:34 -0500

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Friday whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. citizenship, a continuation of a New Jersey case embraced by some opponents of Obama’s election. (chicagotribune.com)

Why Rush Limbaugh is a leading American intellectual

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:58:00 -0500

The words “intellect” and “intellectual” deserve to be rescued from the myth-makers of the Left, which has decided in its amazing arrogance that it really owns those words. But that is just another sign of its narrow-minded cultism. The Left shuts out competing voices, like any other cult, and then becomes outraged when independent thinkers don’t agree with its “smelly little orthodoxies” —- as George Orwell famously called them. (Orwell started as a Leftist and then figured out the scam.) (American Thinker)

Sarah Palin: A digital superstar

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:56:55 -0500

Three weeks after the Republican ticket suffered a sweeping defeat at the polls, Sarah Palin continues to dominate search engine queries, cable news and online video sites. The only American politician who generates comparable interest is President-elect Barack Obama. No one else is close. (Politico.com)

The government’s huge bailout of Citigroup could fail to...

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:29:42 -0500

The government’s huge bailout of Citigroup could fail to restore investor confidence, says a noted finance professor. (Reuters.com)

President-elect Barack Obama promised to jolt the faltering U.S....

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:11:00 -0500

President-elect Barack Obama promised to jolt the faltering U.S. economy with a costly stimulus package next year. (Reuters.com)

The last thing we need is a Clinton in charge of foreign policy.

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:58:02 -0500

In matters of foreign policy, it has been proved time and again, the Clintons are devoted to no interest other than their own. A president absolutely has to know of his chief foreign-policy executive that he or she has no other agenda than the one he has set. (Slate Magazine)

Alan Colmes Leaving "Hannity & Colmes"

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:31:00 -0500

Alan Colmes is leaving his position as co-host of “Hannity & Colmes” at the end of 2008.

According to the FNC release, he will stay on as a liberal commentator for FNC and as host of The Alan Colmes Show on FOX News Radio. He will also begin developing a weekend program for FNC. (mediabistro.com)

Cartoon by Wayne Stayskal

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:53:03 -0500

Cartoon by Wayne Stayskal

Photo

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:35:00 -0500

Cartoon by Henry Payne

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:58:27 -0500

Cartoon by Henry Payne

Dick Morris Former Clinton adviser on ‘Hannity &...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:47:48 -0500

Dick Morris

Former Clinton adviser on ‘Hannity & Colmes’

President-elect Barack Obama and his inner circle fear that some...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:21:09 -0500

President-elect Barack Obama and his inner circle fear that some voters expect him to turn around the economy, wind down the war in Iraq and, perhaps, cure cancer — all by the Fourth of July. They know they must manage and lower those expectations (cbs2chicago.com)

IG Finds Jones-Kelley Acted Improperly; Strickland Orders One-Month, Unpaid Suspension

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:07:34 -0500

Regarding “Joe the Plumber” – Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who gained prominence during the presidential race when his questions of now President-Elect Barack Obama were highlighted by Republican candidate John McCain during the third debate – Charles found that not only had Jones-Kelley acted improperly but also that, of the 18 separate records checks conducted by various state agencies on him, “eight were conducted … without any legitimate business purpose.” (Ohio Capitol Connection)

Hard Left’s Honeymoon with Obama Is Already Over

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:55:39 -0500

Segments of Obama’s more radical supporters — mostly those who were quick to embrace the most liberal viable candidate — are not happy with his most recent political ploys. In their eyes, Lieberman betrayed the party by criticizing now President-elect Barack Obama and, even worse, by backing John McCain for president and speaking at the Republican Convention. And the possibility that Clinton will be added to the high level position of secretary of state is a far cry from Obama’s call for “Change.” (Pajamas Media)

Myth: Government Spending ‘Stimulates’ the Economy

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:52:33 -0500

Whenever the economy stumbles, politicians and interest groups commonly argue that government spending should be increased. Based on a theory known as Keynesianism, this increase is supposed to boost economic performance. Yet the notion that bigger government leads to more growth is both theoretically unsound and empirically false. (Pajamas Media)

Dating Intolerance: The eHarmony shakedown

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:05:48 -0500

Perhaps heterosexual men and women should start filing lawsuits against gay dating websites and undermine their businesses. Coerced tolerance and diversity-by-fiat cut both ways. (National Review Online)

Honestly, Another Abe?

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:41:45 -0500

No more talk of him being The One (Oprah), or a Jedi Knight (George Lucas), or a “Lightworker” (the San Francisco Chronicle), or a “quantum leap in American consciousness” (Deepak Chopra). Instead we have more humble and circumspect conversation about the man. Now he’s merely Abraham Lincoln and FDR and Martin Luther King, combined.

It’s a step down from divine redeemer, but you have to start somewhere. (National Review Online)

Why Lobbyists Will Love the Obama Era

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:35:00 -0500

Barack Obama promised the end of the era of lobbying as we know it during the campaign, but the National Marine Manufacturers Association didn’t get the message. Nor did the National Automobile Dealers Association. Nor did anyone else who can make a remotely colorable case for getting any precious drops of the bailout money sloshing around Washington. (National Review Online)

Why so many old Washington hands?

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:30:44 -0500

One by one, beginning with Joe Biden, Barack Obama is filling key positions in his administration with old Washington hands. Jim Geraghty provides the details. (Power Line)

Christian Woman Beaten With a Bible in the Castro District

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:50:47 -0500

Christian Woman Beaten With a Bible in the Castro District