Posts Tagged ‘commentary’
Amnesty One and Two — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Call it coincidence if you will; but the Fox News website had an interesting combination of headline stories laid out one above the other. The first, Investigators Recommend Rangel Get Slap on Wrist , was close enough to, Lawmakers: Amnesty Plan in the Works? …close enough to the casual observer one might come to the conclusion [...]
Statists Distrust Everyone — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, There’s an AP article by Rodrique Ngowi about competitive lock picking in the Houston Chronicle that caught my eye, one of those less than front page items off to the side intended to make you look at another advertisement. Go read the linked article; it’s enlightening and fun. Imagine for a moment what kind of hobbies [...]
Diversity and Tolerance — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, A leading headline this week had to do with Julea Ward, a student expelled from Eastern Michigan University’s graduate student counseling program because she held to her Christian belief that homosexuality was not moral. I guess this falls into the lefts all encompassing “diversity and tolerance” unless that diversity and [...]
Apparatchiks and News Media — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Rush Linbaugh, on his radio talk show yesterday, used a term which defined major news sources like CNN better than most, Apparatchiks . It shouldn’t surprise anyone to find Apparatchiks’ meaning linked to the former Soviet Union and other Communist states as our major market media have been pushing their leftist agenda for [...]
The New Financial Overhaul Bill — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, It’s Wednesday and Obama is supposed to sign the new financial overhaul bill passed by the Democrats , a bill filled with new regulations. The content of the bill is not widely known; but as with other pieces of legislation, we’ll have to wait until it’s signed into law to find out the particulars. “Large, failing [...]
Useless Auto Theft Statistics — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, This past week the Houston Police Department released a list showing the most popular cars stolen during the previous month. I may have seen the news blurb on KPRC; but it was printed on the Montgomery County Police Reporter’s website . The information provided is pretty much useless; data regarding year models stolen should [...]
Report to Homicide Division — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, When I was a young police officer with only a couple of years experience, being told to report to the office hardly ever meant you’d done a great job. “Report to Homicide Division”, goodness, what did I screw up this time? I’d gotten back from vacation and the note was waiting the minute I stepped in the door. Upon [...]
Humanitarian Aid Shipments to Gaza — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The stage is set for yet another assault on Israel’s blockade of Gaza. This time it’s a Libyan “charity” shipment of food and medical supplies which will challenge the embargo intended to keep militants from resupplying Hamas with rockets and mortar rounds under the guise of humanitarian aid. “Israeli Defense Minister [...]
Trouble Right Here in River City — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Somebody must have put in another pool table, look at all the trouble we’re in now. Heck, it’s gotten so’s a body can’t offer up a proper prayer or teach school without raisin’ up a ruckus. That Music Man feller’ passing through warned us about having a pool table; should’ve listened to him. Look what’s [...]
Journalistic Credibility — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Something caught my attention while browsing news articles on the internet this morning, a story explaining why CNN got rid of a journalist who’d been with them for 20 years because she wrote something on Twitter which was politically incorrect, something which might put her work ethic in a bad light. Imagine that; CNN’s [...]
Is Obama a Saboteur? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, I recently took my mandated continuing education course hours in order to maintain my occupational license as a locksmith in the State of Texas; passed by the way, the world is a safer place knowing that. There were two classes, each four hours worth of credits to adhere to guidelines set up by the Department of Public [...]
Is Gun Ownership a Fundamental Right? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The question of the day at News Radio 740am was, “Do you agree with the Supreme Court – is gun ownership a fundamental right?” The replies came back 52.26 % said “Yes”, 7.14 % said “No” while 40.59% went with “You’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands”. In the play My Fair Lady, Eliza confronted [...]
Obama’s Panel is Biased — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The Deepwater Horizon drilling disaster in the Gulf has been headlining the news for nearly two months. You might recall an advisory report submitted by oil industry specialists a couple of weeks ago, a report which was altered after it had been signed by the experts . Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar put a moratorium on [...]
In Loco Parentis or Just Plain Loco — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, There’s a story out of Provincetown , Massachusetts; a public school plans to hand out condoms to elementary school children regardless of parent's desires. My guess is the school board believes it has authority under “in loco parentis”. Don’t ask me why the phrase is prefaced with “in”; that’s just the way it is, [...]
No Budget This Year — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, There used to be a picture in my bathroom directly in front of the ‘throne’; a chance to ponder old sayings while taking care of important business. “Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life”, was on the first line as I recall followed by twenty or thirty classic one liners. The picture vanished some time back; [...]
McChrystal and the Wolves — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, our top U.S. war commander in Afghanistan, made the mistake of opening his mouth in front of the news media the other day; didn’t he ever watch the movie, Patton? It doesn’t matter if McChrystal has the best battlefield record or the worst at this point; he spoke out of turn on matters which don’t [...]
Just Say No to Elena Kagan — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The next Supreme Court Justice will be picked by Obama, that’s a foregone conclusion; but does it have to be Elena Kagan? The qualification process in times past has proven to be nothing more than a dog and pony show. Something which should act as a red flag of warning would be the way the Obama administration has prevented [...]
Awaiting Armageddon — Alan Caruba
By Alan Caruba I do not know what it is about Islam and liberalism that causes both to turn logic and truth on its head, but we have been witnessing it in different ways in recent days. First there was the “humanitarian” flotilla running the Israeli blockade of Gaza and then there was the appalling anti-Semitism of Helen Thomas, [...]
Bobby Jindal Versus Barack Obama: The Rematch — Chris Adamo
By Christopher G. Adamo On February 24, 2009 Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union speech to the resounding accolades of the liberal press. Barely a month after his inauguration, he still basked in the glow of the standard “honeymoon,” bolstered by an absurd level of media fawning based on his race and, much more [...]
Death By Obamacare — Phil Brennan
Perspectives with Phil Brennan Informed Views from Outside the Beltway It occurs to me that someone else might be writing my column - more appropriately my obituary,- if Obamacare were in effect now instead of four years hence. Last Wednesday night I had a heart attack. 911 responded promptly and summoned an ambulance to transport me to the [...]
We’re Doomed and Other Thoughts on the Economy — Alan Caruba
by Alan Caruba Writing about the national debt, Stephen Dunn, said, “At $13 trillion, that figure has risen by $2.4 trillion in about 500 days since President Obama took office, or an average of $4.9 billion a day.” – Washington Times, June 2, 2010. There are reports that the U.S. Treasury is predicting U.S. debt will be $15 [...]
B.P., P.R. And the Oil Spill — Alan Caruba
By Alan Caruba I have plied the magic arts of public relations since I left journalism in the late 1960s. There was no difficulty making the transition. PR is a form of journalism insofar as it packages information, but it adds the element of advocacy. The objective is the maintenance and protection of a good reputation and good will. By [...]
America Becomes a Two-Class Society — Schlafly
by Phyllis Schlafly The tremendous spending programs demanded by Barack Obama and voted into law by an obedient Democratic Congress have divided America into two classes: those who pay for the services provided by government and the freeloaders. Half of Americans, 47%, pay no federal income tax at all. That isn't the worst of it. Most of [...]
Just What Did You Expect? — Phil Brennan
By Phil Brennan Like a weed caught in a swirling eddy and drawn into the vortex of a powerful whirlpool, Barack Obama is being sucked into the depths of political inconsequence, joining such other notable presidents as James Earl Carter. The messiah capable of causing tingling sensations in the lower limbs of such worshipful acolytes as [...]
Is Sustainable Development Global Governance? — Henry Lamb
By Henry Lamb Betty Perry was not concerned about sustainable development or global governance; she simply wanted to save money when she decided not to water her lawn. It was, nonetheless, a decision that landed her in jail. Orem, Utah - like most other American communities, has been caught up in the sustainable development craze. The [...]
Media Distortions, Errors and Lies: Villifying Israel — Bryan Fischer
By Bryan Fischer What follows is an AP story about the latest seizure of a so-called humanitarian vessel trying to run the Israeli blockade of Gaza. As is typical with the out-of-the-mainstream media, it is rife with distortions, errors and flat-out lies. Commentary interspersed in bold. It cannot be repeated too often that Israel is [...]
Libs Flail About Trying to Save Dinosaur Media — Bryan Fischer
By Bryan Fischer The Federal Trade Commission has set itself to the task of saving media outlets that nobody wants to pay attention to anymore. The FTC is doing this for one reason: liberals are desperately afraid of losing their compliant stenographers and press agents. A 35-page "staff discussion draft" of "potential policy [...]
Mr. President: Flotilla Attack was Indeed “Tragic,” and “Unnecessary” … and Not Israel’s fault — Bryan Fischer
By Bryan Fischer President Obama yesterday said that the Israeli raid on the hate flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip was both "tragic" and "unnecessary." Of course he's right. But none of it - none of it - is Israel's fault. The terrorist-linked passengers on the flotilla are wholly to blame for refusing Israel's entirely legitimate blockade [...]
Wind Gauge Speeding Technique — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, One of the reading assignments from Neil Boortz led me to an AP story out of Ohio where their “highest court has ruled that a person may be convicted of speeding purely if it looked to a police officer that the motorist was going too fast”. My guess is Neil might not agree with the ruling or he wouldn’t have put it on his [...]
Grover Cleveland Defends Armenian Christians — American Minute
American Minute with Bill Federer A wedding took place in the White House, JUNE 2, 1886. One of three Presidents to marry in office and the only President to wed on White House grounds, Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom, and together they had five children. Cleveland, both the 22nd and 24th President, stated in his 2nd Inaugural, March [...]
