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It appears that our friend Michelle Malkin coined a nickname for the "stimulus plan" that is beginning to sweep the nation: The Generational Theft Act of 2009. Such was the title of a column she wrote on January 7.  Since then, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) used the term in a February 3 piece posted at his website, and during a number of interviews on major and minor television networks. Last Sunday…

Hey, relax everybody! The Fairness Doctrine won't be coming back. And if you think it will be returning then you are just some paranoid conspiracy nut. Such was the assurance of Huffington Post blogger Craig Aaron on January 8:  ...the danger of the Fairness Doctrine coming back is completely imaginary. Yet somehow that hasn't stopped 124 Republicans from pushing a preposterous piece of…

A health policy expert who Keith Olbermann eviscerated during Thursday's "Countdown" (video embedded below the fold) has officially challenged the disgraceful MSNBC personality to a debate concerning provisions in the soon to be enacted stimulus plan.In a press release issued Friday, Betsy McCaughey stated (h/t TVNewser):If Keith Olbermann of MSNBC could defend the health provisions slipped into…

Americans expecting a serious discussion about the soon to be enacted stimulus plan certainly didn't find it on Sunday's "Meet the Press" which instead was sixty minutes of some of the most disgraceful Obama sycophancy since Chris Matthews bragged about getting a thrill up his leg when the Democrat presidential candidate spoke.Virtually every time host David Gregory or any of his guests opened…

Take a good look at NewsBusters. You will see story after story highlighting how the MSM "investigative journalists" constantly fail to do the jobs they are supposed to do. Just take a few of the recent stories here. Lack of interest by most of the media as to why President Obama returned a bust of Churchill to the British which was given to the White House as a gift; lack of investigation by "…

The battle between New London, Connecticut and the residents of its Fort Trumbull neighborhood began in 1998 when the City decided that it would redevelop the area for ultimate ownership by others and, if necessary, take the residents' properties for that "public purpose" -- not for "public use" (i.e., roads, bridges, schools, etc.), as the Fifth Amendment clearly intended. Susette Kelo and other…

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: You tell us.

Barack Obama loves Lincoln. It seems not a day goes by that he isn't quoting the Civil War icon or comparing himself to that great man. But it looks like we are finding one great leader that Barack Obama doesn't like so much: Winston Churchill. It appears that President Obama is dissing the Brit's most famous and stalwart leader by quickly returning the most famous bust of the man loaned to this…

You're a global warming alarmist yet we're experiencing the coldest winter in decades. What to do? What to do? Well, if you are "climate scientist" Chris Field, you go even further out on the limb and declare that the climate is warming up even faster than predicted despite evidence to the contrary right outside our doors. Here is the Reuters report about Chris Field sounding the global warming…

Not this again.  With Democrats in control of Washington, the possibility of the reinstitution of the Fairness Doctrine is getting stronger and the rhetoric is getting bolder. But this time, it's getting attention on the state level - the biggest state. Former Democratic California governor and current Attorney General Jerry Brown appeared on conservative talk host Michael Savage's radio show on…

“A coming episode of the acclaimed FX drama Rescue Me will tackle what may sound like a far-fetched plot line: that the attacks of Sept. 11 were an 'inside job,'” Brian Stelter reported in the New York Times, noting the ludicrous plot “may represent the first fictional presentation of 9/11 conspiracy theories by a mainstream media company (FX is operated by the News Corporation).” Actor Daniel…