Archive for October, 2010

Did Jack Conway Help His Brother?

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Daily Caller: Jack Conway, the Democratic attorney general of Kentucky who is running for U.S. Senate, says he was not involved in a recent criminal investigation involving his brother and drug trafficking. But it appears he — along with other law enforcement officials — tipped his brother off about the investigation. The campaign made a [...]

Go Marco Go!

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Love it.

Early Voting: Nevada

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Excellent data from George Mason University Assistant Professor Michael McDonald: Party Percent Dem 42.4% Ind 15.1% Rep 42.5% Interesting: (this despite over a 5% deficit in voter registration to the Democrats) This is week one data for 2010 v total for 2008 early vote. Interesting to see if this pattern holds next week, if so [...]

Simply Lovely

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Diana Doherty teaches a Master Class for The YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011. And the gorgeous oboe passage from Tchaikovsky Symphony 4 — Second Movement.

Obama the Smart Guy

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Who purposefully gets Abraham Lincoln wrong: On Wednesday during a speech in Parma, Ohio, President Obama decided to quote a former President to help justify his policy initiatives: “But in the words of the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, I also believe that government should do for the people what they cannot do better for [...]

True The Vote

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

True The Vote needs our help. People laugh at election fraud, but Melissa Clouthier documents it and concludes: If the Democrats care so little for the American electoral process, Republicans and the Tea Party folks need to get involved. They cannot be pushed away for fear of being called racist or bigots. They must continue [...]

Oops! In NM-1

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Classic Fail: When 69-year-old Liz Sumruld looked into a television camera for a Rep. Martin Heinrich campaign ad and said she “couldn’t get by” without her $530 monthly Social Security check, she never dreamed her own lifestyle would become an issue in the 1st Congressional District campaign. But that’s what happened when word trickled out [...]

Welcome to Nevada, Mr. President

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Sharron Angle hits one out of the park:

CBO: ObamaCare Discourages Work

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Duh, but at least it comes from an organization The Left will have a harder time demonizing: Congressional Budget Office director Doug Elmendorf said Friday that ObamaCare includes work disincentives likely to shrink the amount of labor used in the economy. In a speech on ObamaCare’s economic impact outside the health care sector, Elmendorf said [...]

Dangerous Disparate Impact

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Roger Clegg: But there are two issues here: Whether there is “disparate treatment,” that is, whether whites and blacks actually are being treated differently because of their race, or merely “disparate impact,” that is, whether school discipline policies are not written, intended or applied discriminatorily but simply have led to racially disproportionate results. The Obama [...]