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This hilarious video merges current events in Washington D.C. with the Jerry Seinfeld universe to produce “Obamafeld.” My favorite scenes are where President Barack Obama “talks to” Republicans, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi “invites” the news cameras into the political discussions. Of course, the Joe Biden cameos are priceless, too. Read more »

The health care debate has seen a few vocal proponents of a single-payer universal health care system like those seen in Europe. But this Swedish-born author, having had long exposure to government-run health care, exposes some “hidden” aspects that come with socialized medicine that aren’t so wonderful. Read more »

You probably weren’t anyway, but in case you were waiting and hoping Rapid City Mayor Alan Hanks would veto the despicable council censure of Alderman Sam Kooiker, you can stop holding your breath. Read more »

Remember not long ago when former Alaska governor Sarah Palin caught a lot of grief for writing a few brief notes on her palm to use during a discussion at the National Tea Party Convention? Is Sarah Palin as dumb as U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA)? Feinstein had notes on her hand during a political debate–in violation of debate rules. Read more »

By the time social issues manifest themselves in the realm of politics, it’s too late—by then you’re fighting from a deficit. The ideas that produced these political points of conflict began long before and the process of affecting real change occurs over a generation or more, not one political term. Read more »

“How lucky it is for rulers,” Adolf Hitler once said, “that men cannot think.” The horrors that followed in Nazi Germany might have been easier to explain if Hitler had been right. But the problem is not so much that people cannot think but that they do not think. Or if they do think, as in the case of the German people, that thinking becomes muddled and easily led. Read more »

Defenders of California’s constitutional amendment on marriage presented their first witness Monday after the plaintiffs in the critical trial closed their case following two weeks of hearings. To start things off, lawyers defending Proposition 8 called to the stand Claremont McKenna College professor Dr. Kenneth Miller, who testified as an expert on American politics and California politics. Read more »

Sarah Palin, who was virtually unknown to Americans before 2008, believed her selection as the Republican vice presidential candidate of Sen. John McCain was “God’s plan,” said a top political strategist for the McCain presidential campaign. Read more »

Things are getting pretty exciting in Massachusetts where not long ago it was believed another Democrat would just waltz into the senate seat of the late Ted Kennedy. Republican Scott Brown has come from behind to lead in the polls, and he raised $1 million in one day yesterday. Read more »

The latest Gallup report finds conservatism is the top ideology in America. Conservatives (40%) outnumbered both moderates (36%) and liberals (21%) across the nation in 2009. Read more »

Things aren’t looking too bad for the GOP in 2010. The latest Rasmussen poll finds that on a generic ballot, Republicans are way ahead of Democrats. Even in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown is coming from long-shot candidate to a strong showing in the contest to fill the late Ted Kennedy’s senate seat. Read more »

RNC Chairman Michael Steele says in an interview with Sean Hannity that he’s not sure if the GOP is ready to lead if they win big in congress next year. If Steele is short on candidates that represent GOP values, he should talk to Tea Parties across the country; they are filled with people who unabashedly support the conservative values upon which the GOP is founded. Read more »

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is said to be “resting comfortably” in the hospital in Hawaii. His producer and website say he is okay and updates will be made at RushLimbaugh.com. Read more »

Various media outlets are reporting radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been rushed to the hospital via ambulance in Honolulu, Hawaii where he was vacationing. Reports say he is in “serious” condition. And the “tolerant” liberals on the Left are ecstatic with joy. Read more »

Democrats are stupid enough to think passing the unconstitutional government health care bill will help their chances in 2010. It will make them stronger…like swallowing rat poison. Read more »

Congressional Republicans are finally showing signs of a backbone and are calling for the reading of hundreds of pages of amendments to the 2,000+ page Senate health care bill. These amendments were drafted behind closed doors and few senators have even seen them, much less read them.

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Who is the worst person in the world? Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, has actually named me the “worst person in the world” for coming to the defense of political protesters who believed their First Amendment rights were being restricted. Read more »

In the wake of the firestorm created by the allegation that the White House is blackmailing Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) with the threat of putting Offutt Air Force Base on the base closure list if he doesn’t vote for the health care bill, 20 senators including Senator John Thune (R-SD) are calling for a probe into the matter. Read more »

There are certain issues in life that are non-negotiable, no matter how seductively the siren song of “compromise” may beckon. We understand that the way of Washington, particularly in the game of politics, is to “go along to get along.” However, at some point a line must be drawn. Read more »

The national Republicans have received wake-up calls in 2006 and 2008 and have so far failed to heed those calls. I wonder if this latest shocking wake-up call will make an impact. Read more »

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commentator Rex Murphy sums up the ClimateGate relations about monkey business in global warming data, stating we wouldn’t accept this kind of sloppy science at a 9th Grade science fair. Read more »