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The Rising Cost of Education + More

April 30, 2012 by papundits

The Patriot Post Brief The Foundation “The truth is that the want of common education with us is not from our poverty, but from the want of an orderly system. More money is now paid for the education of a part than would be paid for that of the whole if systematically arranged.” –Thomas […]

The “What If” of John Edwards

April 30, 2012 by papundits

By Alan Caruba ~ So much in life depends on the “what ifs.” When it comes to American politics, however, the outcomes can be disastrous. It’s a lesson that we need to address more often. I got to thinking about this as the news of the John Edwards trial continues. For me, it’s not so […]

The Biggest Cover-up in American History

April 30, 2012 by papundits

By Amil Imani ~ In our previous article, “Exonerating President Obama”, we noted that the only Supreme Court precedent for the meaning of the term “natural born Citizen” in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution appears to be the Judge Harlan dissent in the United States v. Wong Kim Ark case. In collaboration with […]

Quicksand

April 30, 2012 by papundits

A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ Uncle Sam is trying to figure out what to do. Read More by Yaakov Kirschen at Dry Bones . http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/

CO2 Tax Australia – Hate The Tax, No Longer Rate The Problem

April 30, 2012 by papundits

By Andrew Bolt ~ Just two months before Australia’s Labor Government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard imposes a big job-killing tax to “stop” global warming, a new poll backed by the Australian Research Council finds the public thinks the problem actually isn’t worth the worry, after all: People’s concerns about industrial pollution, climate change, […]

Climate Science – What You Are Not Being Told – With Videos – With UPDATE

April 30, 2012 by TonyfromOz

UPDATE These original three Videos are from Doctor David Evans. Joanne Nova has recently added a Video of her own, and I have added this to the list of videos shown here. In this video, Joanne explains The Other Side Of Climate and how the Science is being corrupted by vested interests with their own […]

Sunday Music – I See His Blood Upon The Rose

April 29, 2012 by TonyfromOz

Today’s music video is ‘I See His Blood Upon The Rose’ from the electric folk rock band called Steeleye Span, from England. Link to Video at You Tube This video was posted to You Tube by tkdrbs113 Sometimes, the music comes to you when you least expect it to, and that’s the case with this […]

Forget Homeland Security, Now It’s About “Environmental Justice”

April 29, 2012 by papundits

By Alan Caruba ~ It is the nature of any government to seek to expand its authority. The Founding Fathers knew this and gifted Americans with a Constitution that limits authority devolving it to the states and to “the people.” Read the Tenth Amendment. It isn’t working. The freedoms they sought to establish and preserve […]

A Year Ago, IBD Noted Venezuelan Funding of Flawed ‘Gasland’ Documentary on Which EPA’s ‘Crucify’ Official Collaborated

April 29, 2012 by papundits

By Tom Blumer ~ A year ago in March, an Investor’s Business Daily editorial (“America’s Enemies Don’t Want U.S. Drilling”) informed readers that “the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington put out a Twitter post expressing disappointment that the documentary ‘Gasland’ didn’t win an Academy Award.” Specifically: “Sadly, ‘Gasland’ didn’t win an Oscar, because a Vzlan helped […]

Australian Politics And James Delingpole – From Today’s Bolt Report

April 29, 2012 by papundits

By Andrew Bolt ~ These three clips are from The Bolt Report for today from Australian TV. Andrew has as his first guest the British commentator and Climate Change sceptic James Delingpole. He also discusses some current ‘hot button’ political issues in Australian politics…..TonyfromOz. On Bill Shorten’s meltdown – saying goodbye to Gillard. And James […]

“Crucify Them”: The Obama Way

April 28, 2012 by papundits

By Michelle Malkin ~ Environmental Protection Agency administrator Al Armendariz, an avowed greenie on leave from Southern Methodist University, gave a little-noticed speech in 2010 outlining his sadistic philosophy. “I was in a meeting once, and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement, and I think it was probably a […]

After Massive Losses, Stimulus-Backed Company Asks for More Taxpayer Cash

April 28, 2012 by papundits

By Lachlan Markay ~ A financially troubled green energy company has seen its stock prices plummet to below a dollar per share (UPDATE: see below) since receiving a nearly $250 million federal grant in 2009. The company lost $257.7 million last year. Two of its clients make up half of its business, and one is also […]

Willful Ignorance

April 28, 2012 by papundits

By Tom McLaughlin ~ A lot of reaction to the “How Stupid Are We?” column last week, including one comment quoting the late George Carlin: “Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider.” That would be “more stupid,” George, not “stupider,” but it wasn’t […]

Climate Change Australia – Crisis? What Global Warming Crisis?

April 28, 2012 by papundits

By Andrew Bolt ~ The Productivity Commission doesn’t seem to share that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s guru Ross Garnaut’s conviction that global warming is a clear and devastating menace that demands huge sacrifices now: Direct observations of the climate show that average temperatures have increased over the past century both across Australia and globally. […]

Bribe the Vote + More

April 27, 2012 by papundits

The Patriot Post Digest The Foundation “Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.” –James Madison Government & Politics A $6 Billion Bribe for the Youth Vote Leftists are to be judged only by a promised future, never by the present or by what has been delivered. Case in point: student […]

Coincidences, Truth, and Propaganda

April 27, 2012 by papundits

By Alan Caruba ~ On April 18th I received an email from the Sierra Club announcing that “We’re endorsing President Obama for reelection. We’ve made too much progress over the past four years to give it all back to Big Polluters.” Among the Sierra Club’s many projects to plunge the nation back to the golden […]

EPA Regional Administrator’s Real Philosophy: ‘Crucify’ First, Intimidate Challengers Later

April 27, 2012 by papundits

By Tom Blumer ~ Yesterday, as apparently first reported at the Daily Caller, Oklahoma Republican Senator James Imhofe revealed that Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 administrator Al Armendariz had explained his enforcement philosophy towards companies within his jurisdiction as “[C]rucify them … Find people who are not compliant with the law, and you hit them […]

Send Four Corners Back To The Arctic To Explain

April 27, 2012 by papundits

By Andrew Bolt ~ (Australian) ABC TV Four Corners current affairs program said in 2008: MARIAN WILKINSON: If you want to see climate change happening before your eyes, scientists will tell you, go to the ends of the earth, and that is why we are here in the Arctic Circle… DR TED SCAMBOS, NATIONAL SNOW […]

Climate Change Not the Problem as FEMA Declarations Dramatically Slow

April 27, 2012 by papundits

By Matt Mayer ~ Apologists for the huge number of declarations issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) typically argue that climate change is the cause of the increase. The problem for these folks is that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just issued its 594-page special report on the topic and concluded […]