By Shane Vander Hart
The first edition of Latte Links this year as I sit poolside at the Holiday Inn Express in Valparaiso, IN.
Radar Online: Oops! Wikipedia Pronounced Rush Limbaugh Dead (HT: News Reel Blog). His hospitalization is bringing out the hate brigade.
January is National Mentoring Month
Congrats to Iowa State beating Minnesota 14-13 in the Insight Bowl.
Des [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Some outrageous news from The Hill today, Secretary Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign pollster, Mark Penn’s public relations firms received almost $6 million in stimulus money. Also, one of President Barack Obama’s campaign advisors also benefitted from stimulus money, Alexander Bolton reports:
Federal records show that $5.97 million from the $787 billion stimulus helped [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Some miscellany I’m reading while rendering video. Always a fun job, so if you are looking for video from the “Leadership for Iowa” event that I was at last night… hopefully will have some video up tonight of Governor Tim Pawlenty’s speech (no promises), and video of the different gubernatorial candidates and a [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Miscellany on this warm autumn Tuesday in Des Moines. Sunny fall days are awesome!
Al Mohler: The Idolatrous Religion of Conscience – A Lutheran Lesson for Us All
Sarah Palin: East Coast Races Impact All Americans
WSJ: Is ObamaCare Pro-Life? by James Freeman
Annuit Coeptis: Sarah Palin’s Call to Arms (HT: Josh Painter)
Tim Challies: Sex Detox - [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Some stuff I’m reading while watching Iowa play Michigan State tonight. Go Hawkeyes! If they win this game it will mark the first time they’ve been 8-0. Anyway, here’s the latest links.
NextGen GOP: Obama and the Media
William Jacobson: The Most Monumental Power Grab You Never Heard About
La Shawn Barber: A Person Among Us
FuturePundit: [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
1. Common Sense from a Common Man: The HC Monstrosity – All 1,018 Pages by Peter Fleckenstein
Since Congress doesn’t want to read the Health Care Bill and Obama, ACORN, Unions, Lawyers, & Special Interest Groups don’t want you to know whats in this monstrosity, I decided to do it myself. I’ve taken [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Following up on the AP article (the same AP who needs to learn to google) on an illegally leaked investigator’s report concerning Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s legal defense fund. James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal says there different rules in effect for Sarah Palin.
One can certainly see how a legal defense fund [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
1. The American Spectator: Hillary’s Saari Tour of India by Ken Blackwell
Last week’s controversy had Hillary in a burqa – with liberal blogress Tina Brown claiming that President Obama was treating his Secretary of State like a "Saudi wife." But this week, Mrs. Clinton is in India. She is the latest of [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
I’m a little late to the party here, but I did want to share some thoughts on President Obama’s June 4 address is Cairo, Egypt. The full text of his address can be found here.
First there was no mention of terrorists, terrorism, and nations supporting terrorism. Not surprising though since he [...]
Friday Friends Open Thread
Space Shuttle Endeavor 7/16/09 Lift-off From REUTERS/Scott Audette
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