I-95 runs both ways, Mayor Bloomberg

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under Domestic Policy, General on May 18 

During a commencement speech at UNC-Chapel Hill, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a shot at North Carolina voters for having passed Amendment One, which amended the state’s constitution to recognize marriage as a male-female relationship. Bloomberg believes North Carolina singlehandedly proved how many a mile the civil rights march has yet to trudge. But it was Bloomberg who displayed a level of ignorance exceeded only by his colossal hypocrisy. Read more

All corporations aren’t created equal

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General on May 13 

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” What about corporations? Apparently, some corporations are more equal than others, or perhaps some are “people” whereas others aren’t. It depends on how an individual corporation’s political twig is bent. Read more

The Zimmerman conspiracy

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General on Apr 30 

So George Zimmerman is going to trial, where a jury will decide what actually happened between him and Trayvon Martin. Until the trial is finished mulish minds on both sides will cling to their predetermined versions of the truth. Such devout passions deserve their own conspiracy.

Generally, conspiracy theories represent easy explanations for otherwise unexplainable events, or they promote a political agenda. Thus we have “Truthers,” “Birthers,” and tyrannical secret societies propagated by the Illuminati. However, just because most conspiracies are built on fluff rather than substance doesn’t entirely discount the reality of conspiracies. We’re witnessing one in Sanford, Florida. Read more

Minister Farrakhan, the human conch shell

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General on Apr 24 

Most people believe you can hear the ocean roar if you place a conch shell to your ear. I’ve always thought the sound was more like a steady and annoying wind, the kind that blows endlessly in no particular direction. When you think about it in that light, Louis Farrakhan is quite like a conch shell. If you placed his head to your ear you’d likely hear the same sound. Read more

The real story behind “Hilary Rosen-gate”

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General on Apr 20 

Hilary Rosen’s feud with Ann Romney is over. Yet we’ve seen once again how quick a proponent of a woman’s right to choose will turn on another woman whose choice differs from liberal orthodoxy. Had Romney chosen to abort her five kids she’d have been Rosen’s heroine rather than her target. The same can be said if Ann had shunned family for a career. Read more

Racism with a side of fries

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General on Apr 10 

Ever wonder how a post-racial America might look? Well, keep wondering. Not only is racism a perpetual human flaw common to all races, but some people will find it when it needn’t be sought. They’ll look where it’s least expected, where no normal person would notice, where Burger King filmed a commercial with Mary J. Blige. Read more

So now we’re banning toy guns

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General on Feb 26 

Gun control activists built their anti-liberty agenda around a simple theme: Guns kill. Never mind that firearms — like any weapon or tool — can accomplish neither good nor evil without an operator. Firearms are so evil that children shouldn’t even play with toy replicas. But banning toy guns is ridiculous, isn’t it? Not so fast. Read more

Has everyone gone “Lin-sane?”

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General on Feb 23 

How can a single innocuous phrase land one ESPN employee a 30-day suspension, cause another employee’s termination, and prompt a national rant about racism? In a bygone day, when common sense trumped banal emotionalism, we’d have laughed at the possibility. But it’s today’s reality and we’re all worse for our so-called enlightenment. 

ESPN’s broadcast and electronic media employed the phrase “Chink in the armor” in reference to New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin’s first subpar performance. Lin is of Asian heritage. The offending parties became instant racists, and the comments pronouncing their guilt are as innumerable as they are mindless. My question is, quite honestly, has everyone lost their minds? Read more

Colonel Sanders, Ronald McDonald and Abraham Lincoln?

By Jarret Herrmann

Filed Under General on Feb 21 

In the Capitalist system, people’s images can become a commercial commodity with relative ease. Most of these images are trademarked by the company utilizing them to prevent unauthorized or improper use excepting parodies covered by the first amendment. However, what happens when the figures being used are not the product of an advertising think tank, but historical figures who are a part of the shared heritage of the nation? Consider the following advertisement:

Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t help but find the image of deceased American presidents dancing in order to sell furniture insulting. What do you think? Should there be regulations or trademarks in place to protect the dignity of our founding fathers and other historical figures, or would steps of that nature taken either by the government or private historical groups end up restricting free speech? Sound off in the comments!

Another addition to the PD Family

By David Kaiser, Editor

Filed Under General on Feb 19 

Congratulations to PD Editor and Composite guru Scott Robinson and his family, who welcome Sefiniah Anden Robinson.

Sefiniah was 9 pounds, 8 ounces, was 21.5 inches long and he has lungs that kept the entire nursery up all night.

Congratulations, Scott!

Donald Trump won’t pass wind in Scotland

By Jarret Herrmann

Filed Under General on Feb 17 

Yes, I got the fart joke out of the way in the title. If you live in some kind of void outside of time and space, you might not be aware that Donald Trump has a penchant for the dramatic and overblown. If you want to anger a disciple of Ayn Rand, just point to Donald Trump and ask if he represents her ideal of the wealthy master race with actions such as the following:

Not long after anointing Mitt Romney with his endorsement, Trump decided it was time to do some un-endorsing as well. His target: Scotland. Now, I’ve seen Braveheart and Rob Roy, so I know how messing with the Scottish usually ends up. Trump seems to have missed those films, because he has decided to blackmail the Scots, threatening not to build a golf course and resort there if they go through with plans to use offshore turbines for power generation.

But his campaign isn’t about making his coastal golf course more appealing – Trump insists it’s actually about “saving Scotland” and its environment.” You know what? Don’t worry about commenting if you believe that one. Instead, go ahead and email me – I own a certain bridge in London and I’m looking to sell.

CPAC: The Candidate’s Speeches

By Alaina Segovia

Filed Under General on Feb 10 

My wish for my weekend at CPAC was for Romney, Newt or Santorum to win me over. Yes, I know, that was a tall order and it didn’t happen, but one of them did make it a little easier to vote for him.
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CPAC Update

By Alaina Segovia

Filed Under General on Feb 10 

CPAC is my favorite time of the year…. Even more so than Christmas. And yes, I know that makes me a geek, but I embrace it. Last year I left thinking that I was going to run for Congress. This year, I’m just depressed.

The ACU (American Conservative Union who puts on CPAC annually) paraded true Conservative after true Conservative in front of us yesterday and this morning. We heard from the likes of Marco Rubio, Jim DeMint, Rand Paul, Bob McDonnell and Paul Ryan. It left us all thinking “What if”.
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There’s no off-season for the professionally offended

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General, Humor on Jan 28 

A professional athlete, no matter the sport, enjoys a certain time of year called the off-season. Off-seasons allow athletes to clear their minds and heal their bodies. As an added benefit, off-seasons prevent fans from becoming bored with the sport. Professional offense-takers should follow that example. Maybe their minds wouldn’t be so cloudy and the rest of us wouldn’t grow so sick of them.

Feminists head the herd when it comes to taking offense. They can find affront at the drop of a hat. Feminists have taken umbrage at everything from Victoria’s Secret to My Little Pony. Anything that fails to promote feminism’s “strong” woman — the bra-burning, gruff, nagging, sea hag — renders women doting airheads suitable for serving the patriarchal society.
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Rove’s 2012 Predictions

By Alaina Segovia

Filed Under Congress, General, Race for White House 2012 on Dec 30 

Karl Rove has made a few political predictions for 2012.  What say you?

  1. Republicans will keep the U.S. House, albeit with their 25-seat majority slightly reduced. In the 10 presidential re-elections since 1936, the party in control of the White House has added House seats in seven contests and lost them in three. The average gain has been 12 seats. The largest pickup was 24 seats in 1944—but President Barack Obama is no FDR, despite what he said in his recent “60 Minutes” interview. Read more

Herman Cain: Secretary of Defense

By Alaina Segovia

Filed Under Domestic Policy, General on Dec 28 

Speechless?  Yeah, I was too when I first read the headline on The Daily Caller.  Apparently Cain has completely lost his mind since “suspending” his presidential campaign due to allegations of sexual harassment and a 13-year extramarital affair.

This is the very same Herman Cain that did not know whether he was for or against Obama’s Libya policy and falsely claimed that the Taliban was playing a role in Libya’s new government.  This is also the same guy that insisted that leaders don’t need to know anything about world affairs, they just need to provide clarity and a competent staff.  In an interview with The Daily Caller, Cain had this to say about the expertise needed to be Secretary of Defense:

You don’t need to have defense expertise.  You don’t even need to have military expertise.  You need to have leadership expertise.  That’s what I would bring to that job.

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Santa Claus ain’t coming to town

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General, Humor on Dec 23 

No need to watch out.

You might as well cry.

Go on and pout, I’m telling you why.

Santa Claus ain’t coming to town.

There won’t be any reindeer, or sleigh for you to see.

We’ve banned them all so we can prove our great sensitivity.

It’s no joke! The North Pole’s favorite son was banned from his annual appearance at the Hollings Cancer Center in South Carolina. Said spokeswoman Vicki Agnew: “Because of our state affiliation, we decided not to have a Santa presence this year.” The Center, Agnew continued, wanted to be “more secular and respectful to all beliefs. People who are Muslim or Jewish or have no religious beliefs come here for treatment.” Read more

Tebow and liberal hypocrisy

By Steve Feinstein

Filed Under General on Dec 16 

What are we to make of the almost universal condemnation by the liberal media of the Denver Broncos’ quarterback Tim Tebow?

Tebow, an underperforming young NFL player who had previously failed to live up to his lofty college reputation, was recently pressed into the starting role as quarterback for the Broncos. He has responded by leading the Broncos on an extended winning streak, with several of the games being won in improbable fashion with last-minute rallies.

After each victory, Tebow gives thanks to G-d with an obvious, unashamed on-field display of reverence.
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In praise of profit

By Steve Feinstein

Filed Under General on Dec 1 

As the public spectacle of the increasingly bizarre Occupy movements continues to unfold before our eyes, one overriding theme is becoming apparent:

Big Business (and their relentless pursuit of profits) is bad, evil, and inherently untrustworthy.

Is that really the lesson we want to take away from this mess? The same old clichés, presented for the same old reasons? How trite. How tired. How wrong.
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A picture worth a thousand Squatters

By Anthony W. Hager

Filed Under General on Nov 25 

It began as a gaggle of unnoticed activists, grew to national status, and became a cesspool of licentiousness, crime, lewdness, and violent threats right before our eyes. Big Labor and the Communist Party USA support its murky agenda, as do domestic and international statists right up to President Obama. Welcome to Squatting Any Street. 

Amidst the slogans and chants emanating from impromptu communes across the country, the only clear message from Squatting is that banks suck and Squatters are entitled. Other than that, Squatting Any Street’s message has been incoherent. Yet no internal chant or external criticism can define Squatting with the clarity of a single photo taken at Squatting Los Angeles. Read more