May 20, 2012

No “R.I.P.” For This One: Kim Jong-Il Dead

Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By John Tabin on 12.18.11 @ 11:59PM North Korean State TV says the Dear Leader has departed. Here’s what Vaclav Havel, the anti-Communist hero whose death we also learned of today, had to say about about Kim Jong-il: The Northern part of the Korean peninsula is governed by [...]

“They Have This Conscience Thing”

Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Joseph Lawler on 11.22.11 @ 11:20AM From LifeNews:  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is at it again, bashing Catholics for their pro-life position when she has promoted abortion in defiance of Catholic Church teaching at every turn. This time, Pelosi is upset that the nation’s Catholic bishops [...]

Smoke This, Mr. Brokaw

Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Quin Hillyer on 10.31.11 @ 1:24PM Reactions like this from Tom Brokaw are exactly why Herman Cain’s smoking ad was so brilliant. If poor widdle Tommy Boy is upset by people smoking, it makes me more inclined to support smokers. It’s just disgusting for all the nimrod [...]

This is the Republican Field

Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By John Tabin on 10.25.11 @ 10:57PM Quin: I agree that Jen Rubin’s post hits the mark; this was indeed “not a day to be proud of the GOP field.” But I feel you aren’t sufficiently succumbing to despair. I hate to break it to you, but this [...]

Reagan Saw This Coming

Ronald Reagan saw this coming, and Barack Obama is making his prediction come true. Moammar Gaddafi got what was coming to him.  Of course, the concern now is the jihadist and al-Qaeda elements that are positioned to replace him.  Years ago, Ronald Reagan called Gaddafi the “mad dog of the Middle East” and said that [...]

Does this Fat Make Me Look Green?

AmSpecBlog By Chris Horner on 9.6.11 @ 9:53AM The Department of Energy’s daily compilation of stories they believe will make their black hole for hard-earned taxpayer money look edgy and swell includes a fashionable note today: LATER ALLIGATOR: Per The New York Times, researchers at the University of Louisiana think they have identified a potential source for biodiesel [...]

What is a nice Latino like me doing at a Tea Party like this?

Even though I have donated to Michele Bachmann’s campaign, I am not of the Tea Party. I am for it, but not of it. In order to explain “for, but not of,” I may also provide conservatives with an insight into their complex relationships with the Latino community going into 2012. Here goes. The Bronze [...]