Kindergartner handcuffed for having a tanturm
February 29, 2008
When you and I had tantrums, our mothers would place us in time out, maybe a little spankin’ but never handcuffing us. That’s for adults play only. Get this.. (...)well, edwin, it’s still good for absolutely nothin’
February 29, 2008
I just came across some photos I took at one of the large protests against the war in Iraq I attended back in 2002 in D.C. We were not allowed to march by the White House at all, only around it. (...)Barry’s Lose Your Job and Your Shirt Act
February 29, 2008
Barry Hussein has a plan for you to lose your job, pay higher taxes and pay more for goods and services, he of course thinks this is a great idea and will be one of his priorities when he is anointed to the Holy Office of President. (...)Buckley was a Good Man and a Great Conservative
February 29, 2008
WFB Jr. is a good example of why I’m not a conservative. (...)Remarks from Jonah Goldberg
February 29, 2008
Last Weds. night Jonah Goldberg, author of Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, did a book signing at the Hunts Club in Chicago. (...)Have you heard? McCain wins.
February 29, 2008
Some Friday fun—enjoy: Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election EarlyThe Pork Report
February 29, 2008
Rob Port, our top Oink blogger, is with the misses and should have a new baby by the weekend (CONGRATULATIONS ROB!!!). So I’m filling in for him while he takes care of family business.
Which gives me a perfect chance to plug some of the web’s newest pork watchers. As mentioned earlier, Citizens Against Government Waste recently launched The Swine Line, a site dedicated to blogging the pork out of Washington. Then, there is PorkBusters, a blog we all know and love.
And now we have the Pork Report, a project of Americans for Prosperity.
This morning I had a chance to exchange e-mails with Collin Hitt, Sangamon County Chapter Leader for the Illinois branch of Americans for Prosperity. He pointed me to a great post that provides insight on what the Illinois Chapter of AFP is up to with regard to pork reporting, and he provided some info on what they plan on doing.
When I asked what the objective was, I got a straightforward and quite encouraging response.
-keep people informed of AFP’s work to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the state. In particular, we will be trying to uncover earmarked projects and member initiatives.
- to give taxpayer activists a(n edited) platform to report for themselves pork in their area; there is a tab that will have guest posts
from activists across the state.- to expose pork projects, through the work of its editors (the AFP-Illinois team).
I also asked about future plans, and was pleased to read this.
Over time, we will be uploading webtools and data tools that will allow people to root through government grants and such, and perhaps find suspicious projects for themselves. We are also courting a couple of lawmakers to guest post on pork.
Sounds like a pork fighting heavyweight in the making! Check them out and grab their RSS feeds while you’re there.
(Real) Smart Talk from McCain
February 29, 2008
News Blooper Osama = Obama
February 29, 2008
On MSNBC, Barack Obama is mentioned but shown is a photo of Osama bin Laden. Hmmm.
Ted Kennedy Embarrasses Himself By Singing in Spanish
February 29, 2008
Not only is he off key, can’t sing, and sings like a cat in heat, his ability to sing a Spanish song was a train wreck. Here’s the video.
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