Thursday, July 04, 2013

FINAL THOUGHTS: Dependence Day with Bill Whittle

FINAL THOUGHTS: Dependence Day with Bill Whittle.

SOME PICTURES FROM THE MANASSAS FIREWORKS SHOW

SOME PICTURES FROM THE MANASSAS FIREWORKS SHOW:

The Manassas fireworks display is usually better that that on the Washington D.C. mall. This year was no exception.

OBAMACARE DELAY and the shape of things to come

OBAMACARE DELAY and the shape of things to come.
[B]y eliminating the employer mandate but keeping the individual mandate, the administration is ... put[ting] the government in the position of causing people to be dumped from employer coverage and then fining them for not getting individual coverage.
Not to worry; they're just little people. Who cares about little people.

AUSTIN, TX: Making abortion rights look bad

AUSTIN, TX: Making abortion rights look bad, two women at a time.

THE SAD TRUTH about wind energy

THE SAD TRUTH about wind energy. For 5 years I lived about 30 miles south of the Tehachapi wind turbines. Whenever we drove up into or through the Tehachapi mountains (which was often), we never saw more than 50% of the wind turbines ever spinning.

Via Instapundit.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY: The President's Address to the Nation

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY: The President's Address to the Nation.

Just not the current President; he had nothing to say to the nation.

POWERLINE: The Eternal Meaning of Independence Day

POWERLINE: The Eternal Meaning of Independence Day.

A PENTECOSTAL, A SOUTHERN BAPTIST, AND A CATHOLIC walked ...

A PENTECOSTAL, A SOUTHERN BAPTIST, AND A CATHOLIC walked into the Press Club ... and told the Obama administration to fu back off.

WISHFUL THINKING: How to Make Enviromentalists Become...

WISHFUL THINKING: How to Make Enviromentalists Become Climate Skeptics. The problem with this 'reverse psychology' approach is that deep down at their core, environmentalists really don't want unicorns and fairy dust; they want dungeons and dragons.

NEWT GINGRICH: Three Anniversaries

NEWT GINGRICH: Three Anniversaries.

MICHELLE MALKIN: Rescuing citizenship and civic virtue

MICHELLE MALKIN: Rescuing citizenship and civic virtue.
Citizenship — good citizenship — is not just a piece of government-issued paper. It is not merely a bureaucratic “status.” It’s a lifelong practice and propagation of founding principles. A nation of low information is just half the problem. A nation of low character cannot long remain a free nation.
Amen.

GOVERNMENT'S FOURTH OF JULY WATCH LIST

GOVERNMENT'S FOURTH OF JULY WATCH LIST: Be on the lookout for backyard barbeques.


INCOMPETENCE: Why California can't have nice things.

INCOMPETENCE: Why California can't have nice things.

The Left's incompetence, actually.

MASSACHUSETTS: the latest state to consider enacting onerous and probably racist photo ID requirements

MASSACHUSETTS: the latest state to consider enacting onerous and probably racist photo ID requirements -- for food stamps.

SO WHY NOT tax late-term abortions

SO WHY NOT tax late-term abortions? 'Sin taxes' are nothing new; tobacco and liquor are obvious examples. But how about fat taxes on junk food and soft drinks? And aren't progressive income taxes essentially taxes on the sin of being successful?

JEFF JACOBY on Independence Day

JEFF JACOBY on Independence Day:

In this proud land, where freemen cherish
Untrammeled thought and action free,
Where tyranny but breathes to perish,
Thy chosen home must ever be!
Words that transformed the world.

THE FIRST EVER INDEPENDENT'S DAY

THE FIRST EVER INDEPENDENT'S DAY.














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