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    The “Mount Rushmore of Sports” for Davenport, Iowa

    Friday, February 27th, 2009

    Although I cannot really stand to watch SportsCenter for the reasons listed here, I did catch their new “gimmick” (remember that stupid “Who’s Now?” gimmick, the bracket to find which athlete is the most “Now”?). The new gimmick is the “Mt. Rushmore of Sports.” In this new installment of creating news, ESPN suspensefully releases the [...]

    If We Only Had A Message

    Friday, February 27th, 2009

    …or a leader.
    Rasmussen Reports:
    When it comes to important national issues, 73% of adults nationwide trust the judgment of the American people more than that of America’s political leaders.
    The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 13% place more trust in the judgment of the politicians.
    That is pretty much conservatism in a nutshell, [...]

    The Daily Douche

    Thursday, February 26th, 2009

    You see the title to his post? “Krugman Pwns Jindal.” Yeah, that’s not a typo. He really meant “Pwns.” Whatever the derivation of the word “pwn” may be, it is now almost exclusively used by high school-age or early college-age “hip” kids to talk smack to each other and describe complete domination (not mere “ownership”) [...]

    Utah’s Four-Day Workweek

    Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

    What profitable business would do this? None, of course. Because businesses that are this deep in deficit and cannot turn a penny go out of business. Unfortunately, our government is everlasting.
    Six months after Utah became the first state government in the nation to adopt a four-day workweek, the money-saving experiment is attracting interest from other [...]

    Uh, Really?

    Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

    Cut to Chris Matthews saying “Oh, God.” I mean, really? What the hell is wrong with people in New Hampshire?
    PS - There is not, and never will be, any pictures of Rosie O’Donnell nude (or in anything revealing, for that matter) on this blog.
    PPS - Even if a nude Rosie O’Donell pic were on this [...]

    Obama “Claims” Himself “Most Accomplished”

    Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

    How stupid.
    The Obama administration is going into tonight’s pivotal speech to Congress with the belief that President Obama has accomplished more in the first 30 days in office than any modern president.
    Really? And what if that “stimulus” plan doesn’t stimulate anything but deficits? Since that is still a very real possibility, can we say [...]

    Spain to Take Guantanamo Detainees?

    Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

    Would someboy explain to me why this will make any practical difference?

    Spain’s foreign minister has said his country is prepared “in principle” to take in some inmates released from the Guantanamo Bay US military camp.
    Miguel Angel Moratinos was speaking after a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington.
    He said Spain would consider [...]

    Why Scrapping the Exclusionary Rule is Not Necessarily a Bad Idea

    Friday, February 20th, 2009

    H/t to Patterico.
    2/23/2009: And welcome RSMcCain readers!
    Some at the New York Times apparently have themselves all worked up over their fear that the current Supreme Court may do away with the Exclusionary Rule (the rule that excludes evidence that was seized in violation of the 4th Amendment from being used at trial against the person [...]

    This Is Why I Hate the NBA

    Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

    I love basketball and have played it my whole life, and I can’t get enough of college basketball. Further, I was a big NBA fan, even playing Fantasy basketball years ago. But the current “environment” in the NBA just got old. Granted, it has gotten better over the past year or two with great players [...]

    More Intellectual Freedom at School: Censored for Being Against Gay Marriage Update: Complaint Linked

    Monday, February 16th, 2009

    Food for thought: No one would seriously support banning interracial marriage, but no one would likewise attempt to claim that one’s belief that interracial marriage is wrong would be outside the protection of the First Amendment, either.
    To the story…And more power to this kid for filing a lawsuit to protect his rights:
    A college student has [...]

    Why Does Everyone Keep Saying the Stimulus is Obama’s ‘Major’ Victory? And Other Stuff

    Monday, February 16th, 2009

    AP:
    In a major victory for President Barack Obama, Democrats muscled a huge, $787 billion stimulus bill to the brink of final passage Friday night in hopes of combating the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
    I recognize that a big stimulus is a “victory” for tax-and-spend liberalism in general, but [...]

    Book Review: Inside Gitmo: The True Story Behind the Myths of Guantanamo Bay - A Review

    Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

    I’ll start by saying I enjoyed the book. It is a thoroughly researched, well-written, and interesting book. Whether you are a proponent or an opponent of the facility, this book is sure to arm you with the facts necessary to state your case (Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Cucullu is very fair and objective with his reporting [...]

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