Philadelphia Conservative Examiner

McConnell: Dems are prepared to throw Public Option overboard

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:24:34 -0700

My writing partner, Bill Dupray, and I just got off a blogger conference call with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to discuss the state of the health care debate. The conversation covered the issues of the Administration's heavy-hande...

Question not asked: How did Iran learn of our intelligence?

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:01:52 -0700

The plethora of press reports on the Qom nuclear-enrichment program focus largely on the history of our intelligence and President Obama's joint press conference, passing quickly through what appears to be a compromise of that intelligence to the Ira...

Netanyahu UN Speech Transcript & Video, Sep 24, 2009

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:02:41 -0700

A true leader addresses a difficult topic in a challenging environment, and shines. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen... Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a sta...

Plot thickens: The HC Gag Order came from ex-Baucus staffer

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:34:32 -0700

And if only it ended there: There is direct precedent from HHS stating that such a prohibition violates free speech. Let's start here. Who issued the gag order? Jonathan Blum, acting director of a regulatory office in the Centers for Medicare and ...

Exclusive: House sources say "very good" chance Cap and Trade dead

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:56:38 -0700

One of my three writing partners, Bill Dupray, I just concluded a blogger conference call with the House Whip Team. On the call were Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Erik Paulsen (R-MN).The major news from...

McConnell continues fight on Senate floor today

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:09:15 -0700

Speaking on the Senate floor today, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell again highlighted an issue he first raised yesterday (video here) about how Democrats reacted to a health insurance company trying to inform its customers about how proposed...

McConnell on Senate floor: Video, briefing paper, and transcript

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:27:37 -0700

Here is the video of McConnell slamming the Administration and Senators who oppose free speech. It is a beautiful thing. McConnell's office just confirmed to Patriot Room that ABC will be airing a story on this tonight at 6:30PM. Senate Repu...

US Senate Election 2010

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:38:55 -0700

There's a total of 37 US Senate seats going to the voters in the 2010 cycle (including Kennedy's seat). The overall split of present party holders is dems 19, pubs 18. (This is much more of a balanced exposure than 2012: 33 seats up - 23 dems, 9 pu...

60 Minutes sucks even in Australia: Overtly biased report on Israeli Settlements

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:37:55 -0700

See this nice looking man? I bet him momma loves him dearly, and is so very proud of all he has accomplished. Liam Bartlett is one of the talking heads for Australia's version of "60 Minutes." Hearken back to the days of yesteryear when ...

Putting brakes on Cap & Trade before false deadline of Copenhagen in Dec 2009

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:13:23 -0700

Word out of the Senate is that Obama wants the Cap & Trade legislation passed before the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference schedule for December 7-18, 2009. A Republican Senate source that I spoke with shared that the dems are keen on quick a...

Senate Backroom - Sept 21, 2009 - Reid to cram HC thru Senate by mid-October

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:41:00 -0700

I learned today from a Republican Senate source that Sen. Reid plans to force a floor vote on the health-care legislation during or around Columbus-Day week (the holiday is October 12, 2009).Specifically, the Finance Committee is going to begin mark-...

Secret testimony leaked: Sens. Conrad, Dodd lied

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:13:56 -0700

Secret testimony of closed-door Congressional hearings has been leaked to AP.The senators' story from previous public statements: Both senators have said that at the time the mortgages were being written they didn't know they were getting unique dea...

The Truth: Gates racially profiled the white cop

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:22:54 -0700

Imagine just one change of fact: The responding officer was black. Would Gates still have said: "Why? Because I'm a black man in America?" or "I'll see your mama outside." Probably not. I suspect he would have asked the cop...

CBO: Changes to health-care bill save nothing

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:49:07 -0700

The second substantial blow to Obamacare is in: Over the ten-year, trillion-dollar program only $2 billion will be saved with the latest compromise.The compromise between the Blue Dogs and congressional leaders to establish an entity outside the gov...

Video: Blacks step up to support cops, "Racial pimping"

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:45:34 -0700

This is so drenched in common sense, one wonders from where Obama gets his advice.

Reuters and AP Distort Key Netanyahu Statement

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:45:17 -0700

Dig not even so very deeply, and the anti-Semitic bias of major news organizations leaps out at you. It is beyond sad - it is pathetic.Here is how the AP reported Netanyahu's statement:On Sunday, Netanyahu told his Cabinet there would be no limits o...

Obama going after state gun laws

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:20:24 -0700

Obama's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is claiming constitutional supremacy to kill the 10th Amendment-driven state statutes to exempt in-state firearms from federal regulations. Their mode? Reminding gun dealers of their fede...

Gitmo is the new pink!

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:49:56 -0700

I'm feeling pretty badly for Obama. The poor guy is just getting slapped silly on the foreign front. His domestic plans are unraveling like a cheap sweater. The stimulus ain't stimulating, and the rumbles of withdrawing it are being heard. Congre...

House reverses Obama on car dealerships - they remain open

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:07:43 -0700

It seems Obama's star power is fading rapidly. The Treasury Appropriations bill was passed 219-209 yesterday in the House. The roll call shows that the 219 is 215 dems and 4 pubs.Tucked away in the bill is a provision that is a bit of extortion: N...

Obama greeted in Africa with song that slams America and him

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:30:18 -0700

Obama was greeted with this rather interesting song - as the leaders in the country sang the refrain.While the non-critical thinkers will be swaying to the reggae beat and swooning with the "Ba-rack O-bam-a" repetition, they will fail to ac...