Dec 20 2009

Where’s the mystery hospital?

In response to our “Where’s Webb?” post, many readers have written in offering good candidates for the state whose university health care facility will be the beneficiary of the $100 million payday under the mysterious provision at page 328 of the Obamacare manager’s amendment that the Senate will be voting on this week. Late [...]

Dec 8 2009

Send in the tools

Mark Hertsgaard raves about the “poem” with which Al Gore concludes the first chapter of his new book Our Choice. He characterizes the poem as “21 lines of verse that are equal parts beautiful, evocative, and disturbing.” Doesn’t verse require rhyme or meter?
Hertsgaard finds the poem to be “a surprisingly accomplished, nuanced piece [...]

Nov 1 2009

Scozzafava Endorses Owens

Vindicating all who criticized her as an unsuitable Republican nominee, Dede Scozzafava, having suspended her fading campaign yesterday, endorsed Democrat Bill Owens today.
UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds quotes Ms. Scozzafava, and comments:

Scozzafava on Friday: “I have been a Republican my entire life, I will be a Republican until I die. I believe in the [...]

Sep 16 2009

Bush Speaks, Maybe

Matt Latimer, a minor speechwriter in the latter stages of the Bush administration, is trying to cash in on his time in the White House with a new book titled Speech-less. It isn’t out yet, but the first installment has appeared in GQ. I have no idea whether the book is any good, [...]

Aug 22 2009

Marine vet David HedricK goes nuclear on Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) over Obamacare

In this video, via HotAirPundit, David Hedrick pounds Brian “Brown Shirts” Baird (D-Wash) on Obamacare. Baird had previously accused town hall protesters of “brown shirt tactics” and comparing them to a “lynch mob.”
The money quotes are: “Stay away from my kids” and “If Nancy Pelosi Wants To Find A Swastika, Maybe She Should Look [...]