The American Federalist

Lies and More Lies

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:25:46 -0400

President Obama spoke to the Congress and the country about health care in a speech Wednesday night. The full text of the speech is available here. I have not witnessed previously any…

Van Jones, Obama Green Jobs Czar out

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:11:52 -0400

Van Jones, Obama Green Jobs Czar out:

The Wall Street Journal is reporting early this morning,
that Van Jones, White House advisor for ‘green jobs’ has resigned. Jones and the White House had come under pressure when it was…

UK NHS Adopts Patient Murder Protocol

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:42:40 -0400

UK NHS Adopts Patient Murder Protocol:

An extraordinarily alarming story in the UK Daily Telegraph describes the adoption by Britain’s National Health Service of a protocol to end the life of patients considered terminal by…

Roanoke Times Anti-Cuccinelli Screed

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:30:44 -0400

Roanoke Times Anti-Cuccinelli Screed:

Dan Case, metro columnist for the Roanoke Times, has an anti-concealed carry permit screed up this morning attacking Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli for his work on the…

Cash for Clunkers Clunks Out

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:50:51 -0400

Cash for Clunkers Clunks Out:

Bloomberg News reports Thursday evening that six days into the Cash for Clunkers program, established in the Iraq and Afghanistan War funding bill, the program is being closed because all…

Economy Mending?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:50:51 -0400

Economy Mending?:

The Money section of USA Today’s Thursday print edition was headlined, Reports show economy mending. Obama sees ‘beginning of the end of the recession’. I do not know what story USA Today’s editors…

A district in Michigan's idiot has been found in Washington

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:11:45 -0400

A district in Michigan's idiot has been found in Washington:

With a hat tip to Netrightnation, we consider the curious statement of Representative John Conyers (D-MI) on exercising the duties of congressman. Mr. Conyers avers:

“What good is…

Health Care Fantasyland

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:59:28 -0400

Health Care Fantasyland:

Tamara Dietrich, a local columnist for the Newport News Daily Press is among the latest uninformed and uninforming media types to consider the current proposals in Congress to reform…

Clinton's Curious Chat

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:43:59 -0400

Clinton's Curious Chat:

Hillary Clinton delivered a 30 minute chat in Washington today, billed by the State Department she heads as a major foreign policy address according to the Washington Post, and riddled…

Does Obama Read What TOTUS Tells Him?

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:58:45 -0400

Does Obama Read What TOTUS Tells Him?:

John Stossel on his John Stossel’s Take blog notes that President Obama declaimed the following to a rapt audience in Ghana:

“No business wants to invest in a place where the government…

Obama and Afghanistan: Making the Vietnam error?

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:25:36 -0400

Obama and Afghanistan: Making the Vietnam error?:

A Strafor article today (Strategic Calculus and the Afghan War) refreshes our understanding of the current military efforts in Afghanistan. Afghanistan by itself is of little or no…

DC Metro Crash Update

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:13:11 -0400

DC Metro Crash Update:

In the beginning there was the very public utterances that the June 22 DC Metro crash was the result of underspending on urban mass transit, failure to fund new rail cars, and the lack of a…

Obama on Tyrants

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:04:36 -0400

Obama on Tyrants:

Reuters reports today on political events in Honduras where the Armed Forces sent President Zelaya into exile at the direction of the Supreme Court. Zelaya who was limited to a single four…

House Votes to Return U.S. to Pre-industrial status, How Virginia's delegation voted

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:38:58 -0400

House Votes to Return U.S. to Pre-industrial status, How Virginia's delegation voted:

The House of Representatives voted late this afternoon to return per capita energy consumption to the same level as 1875 by 2050. This pre-industrial level of carbon consumption is expected…

DC Metro Crash: Not old trains but failed signals

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:38:57 -0400

DC Metro Crash: Not old trains but failed signals:

In a rush to demand more tax dollars for transit systems, federal officials and lobbyists were quick to blame the supposed aging rail cars for the June 22, 2009 crash that killed 9 and…

I Stand With Obama

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:20:57 -0400

I Stand With Obama:

Much as it may surprise my friends and readers, today I can honestly stand with President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. I join them in uninviting all Iranian diplomats from…

Obama on Deeds, Interpreted

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:29:40 -0400

Obama on Deeds, Interpreted:

President Obama, unsurprisingly, would like Virginians to support Creigh Deeds in his race for Governor of Virginia. One may, of course, take President Obama’s words in this instance the…

Real Pork

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:28:50 -0400

Real Pork:

Emporia Virginia- The Virginia Pork Festival. In contrast to the Porkulus and other bloated self indulgent federal expenditure, Emporia has on offer today a true taste of American, the Virginia Pork…

Obama turns U.S. against Israel

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:28:48 -0400

Obama turns U.S. against Israel:

Stratfor, the commercial global intelligence outfit has a remarkable article today analyzing the Obama administration’s change in policy and relationship with Israel especially with…

NK solution - The Goreacle

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:28:37 -0400

NK solution - The Goreacle:

The New York Times News Blog - The Lede noted on Saturday that the Obama Administration might send either Bill Richardson or Al Gore to North Korea for negotiations resolving the current…