When Silliness is Serious, by Bishop Council Nedd II
When Silliness Is Serious by Bishop Council Nedd II (bio) To make a point about frivolous lawsuits, Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers decided to sue God. Millions of people the world over undoubtedly got a snicker over his efforts to get a county court to stop God from causing "calamitous ...
Blacks and Anemia Medications, by Lee H. Walker
Blacks and Anemia Medications by Lee H. Walker (bio) Have you heard federal regulators want to cut back on the amount the government will pay for certain drugs for cancer patients and people on kidney dialysis? Any changes in how the government regulates health care assistance should be of ...
I Forgive Dog the Bounty Hunter, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin
I Forgive Dog the Bounty Hunter by Darryn "Dutch" Martin (bio) I won't deny that I was sickened and repulsed when I first heard the racial tirade of reality television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman. Despite the fact that it occurred in a private telephone conversation with his son Tucker ...
Government Can’t Take Away Your Rights If You Give Them Up, by Lisa Fritsch
Just because kids seem to go into heat when they hit puberty doesn't mean our government-run schools should be allowed to treat them like dogs. It used to be that parents were a source of reason and wisdom for whom children could learn valuable life lessons and common sense. This ...
New Law of the Sea Treaty Website to Help Close “Information Gap” About Treaty
Washington, D.C. - As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes on the controversial Law of the Sea Treaty October 31, The National Center for Public Policy Research is unveiling a new website providing educational resources on the Law of the Sea Treaty (also known by the acronyms LOST and UNCLOS) ...
The More People Know About Sea Treaty, The Less They Support It
Statement of David A. Ridenour, Vice President, The National Center for Public Policy Research on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote on the Law of the Sea Treaty this morning: The more people learn about the Law of the Sea Treaty, the less they like it. That's the message from ...
Newt Gingrich’s Contract with the Earth
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has a new book out, "A Contract with the Earth," which, Publishers Weekly says, calls for "businessmen and conservationists to form 'compatible partnerships'" on the environment. "Compatible partnerships" between business and "conservationists" usually run along the lines of businesses forking over loads of ...
House Passes Massive Heritage Area Bill, But Not Without Controversy
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1483, the "Celebrating America's Heritage Act." The bill would create six new national heritage areas, including the controversial Journey Through Hallowed Ground heritage area, and increase federal funding for nine existing heritage areas by 50 percent. That's the bad news. But the ...
Sane People Believe the Reverse
So you are a group who believes that we must disregard our proud American heritage.You are a sorry bunch.You probably also believe in legalizing drugs because there is money to made.Or why not sell the Washington Monument to the Communist Chinese. Frederick Schroeder That silly letter is probably a response ...
U.S. House Approves Race-Based Government in Hawaii
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a far-reaching bill that would create a race-based government with substantial power over the affairs of the state of Hawaii. The "Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007" (H.R. 505, also called the "Akaka Bill") was adopted by a 261-153 ...
Congress Votes to Line Special Interest Pockets, Threaten Local Rule
Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the "Celebrating America's Heritage Act" (H.R. 1483) which would send over $135 million of federal pork to special interest groups in select members' districts. The bill would create six new national heritage areas, including the controversial Journey Through Hallowed Ground ...
Environmental Groups, Lawsuits and Wildfires
Michelle Malkin has a good post up today on wildfires and environmental obstructionism. I recommend the whole thing. Michelle recommends our 2005 e-mail alert "Forest Reforms in the Crossfire" by Dana Joel Gattuso. Dana notes that certain high-litigious environmental organizations have made dangerous mega-wildfires more likely: On July 1, the ...
John Stossel on Global Warming
The Stop The ACLU blog has the video. Hat tip: Brad Wilmouth, writing at Newsbusters (Brad's post inclues a transcript of Stossel's piece). _____ Labels: Climate, Environment, Media ...
SCHIP’s Next Controversy: New “Ad” Tells Kids to Smoke
This mock ad appearing on You Tube will no doubt be controversial, but it makes an accurate point. The SCHIP expansion the Democratic leadership is fighting for is to be funded by smokers. There aren't enough smokers now to fund the program. Here's more on the SCHIP/tobacco issue from David ...
Pepsi Gets Political
PepsiCo's political activism is helping to cause elected officials and government bodies (such as the U.S. Conference of Mayors) to call on people not to buy PepsiCo's Aquafina -- America's bestselling brand of bottled water. Pepsi stockholders might wish to take note ...
Democrat Leadership Limits Options for Frost Family and Other SCHIP Recipients
Nancy Pelosi has been critical of people who questioned whether the Frost family of Baltimore really needs other people to pay their health insurance premiums. Yet it turns out she's not so pro-Frost herself: SCHIP-Expansion Backers Oppose Choice; Democratic Leadership SCHIP Bill Blocks Insurance Options for the Frost FamilyAs the ...
In Which We Are Condemned As Big-Spending Quasi-Liberals (on SCHIP, No Less)
Dale Franks at QandO is bitterly complaining about my complaint that the Democrat Congressional leadership and its handful of Republican allies have a provision in their SCHIP expansion bill forbidding SCHIP families from making use of FSAs and MSAs offered by employers, even if such employer-based plans meet the families' ...
Pete Stark on SCHIP and the War
https://youtu.be/7lTUB5_l0Mg Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his gang were so, so upset that Rush Limbaugh used the term "phony soldiers." Will they object to what Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) said on the floor of the House? "You don't have money to fund the war or children. But you're going ...
SCHIP-Expansion Backers Oppose Choice; Democratic Leadership SCHIP Bill Blocks Insurance Options for the Frost Family
Washington, D.C. - As the U.S. House of Representatives votes today in what the Democratic leadership hopes will be a successful override of President Bush's veto of its SCHIP expansion bill, The National Center for Public Policy Research wants to know: What does the Democratic leadership have against choice? "Buried ...
The Debt Tsunami Begins: First Baby Boomer Files for Social Security
Kathleen Casey-Kirschling became the first baby boomer to file for Social Security retirement benefits today, prompting warnings from those in the know that both Social Security and Medicare are both desperately insolvent. A Fox News report excerpt tells part of the story: ...David Walker, the comptroller general of the Government ...
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