Michael R Shannon

Hurricane Sandy: Obama’s Social–Worker–in–Chief Moment

Hurricane Sandy — much like Barack Obama — turned out to be an over–hyped phenomenon that failed to deliver. Our…

14 years ago

Private Sector Ends Unwanted Alien Invasion

Prince William County, VA is suffering the ill effects of another alien invasion and a collection of politicians is engaged…

14 years ago

Mitt Romney Debates Candy Obama

The Commission on Presidential Debates lowered the altitude for the second contest by 5,200 feet and simultaneously dropped the level…

14 years ago

Gargoyle Joe Is Your Debate Firewall?

What does it say about a campaign when its hope for putting a stop to a precipitous decline in the…

14 years ago

The Media Beats a Dead Macaca

Former Virginia GOP Senator George Allen has always been more politician than movement conservative. Allen throws us the occasional social…

14 years ago

Where’s that Teleprompter When You Need It?

Not only did Mitt Romney win the first presidential debate, he was also victorious in the battle of the flag…

14 years ago

Finally a Democrat on the Right Side of Taxes

Tim Kaine — known here as Gov. Flowmax after closing Virginia’s interstate rest stops — occasionally comes down on the…

14 years ago

MSM Twits Distort a Tweet

When reading MSM stories concerning the hypocrisy of Republicans or conservatives it is often difficult to decide whether the reporters…

14 years ago

Taxation Without Participation

Michael Kinsley described a “gaffe” as anytime a politician is caught telling the truth. This is particularly accurate for Republicans…

14 years ago

President Obama: Jihad Your Chance to Win the Election

The term for Christians and other non–Moslems living in Islamic countries is “dhimmi.” Think of it as Jim Crow with…

14 years ago

Social Security: Issuing Checks & Hollow–Points

Some of the more excitable members of the conservative Internet commentariat sounded battle stations when they learned the Social Security…

14 years ago

Dang! I Missed Todd Akin’s Keynote Address

Life for a Comcast customer can be so frustrating. I’ve just gone 10 rounds with my DVR and the cable…

14 years ago

The Inverse Political Ratio Between National Prominence and Life.

  When Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell ran in 2009 the Washington Post spent the campaign trying to persuade the FTC…

14 years ago

You Don’t Have to Be President to Impose Amnesty

Where I live we’ve already had extensive experience with small scale unilateral amnesty for illegal aliens without actual legal authority.…

14 years ago

Conservative Pacifists in the Culture War

What the Occupy DC movement failed to accomplish last November, Americans for Prosperity did quite nicely on their own last…

14 years ago