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ARRA agitprop.

Nobody in the White House is going to call the president’s “mileage and pollution” plan what it is. It’s a $1,300 car tax. On the working class. On the middle class. On everyone who has responded to the government’s consumption-mania incentives — loosened credit, tax deductions — and bought/planned to buy a new car without [...]

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Photoshop via W.C. Varones Arnold Schwarzenegger was so preoccupied with lecturing the national GOP about the need to “rebrand” itself and move left that he forgot to mind California’s own business. Today, his desperate tax-and-spend ballot measures are expected to all go down in flames at the polls. Tea Party activists of all political stripes [...]

The diversity-mongers on Barack Obama’s FCC bean-counting panel don’t like how a private radio ratings system is working out for their pet stations. So they’re putting pressure on the government to make Arbitron change its measurement tools to ensure politically correct results. Brian Maloney at The Radio Equalizer reports. Who needs the Fairness Doctrine? The [...]

Regular readers will remember Mauricio Celis. Guest-blogger See-Dubya was on the Friend of Hillary’s trail in January 2008, tracked his Mexican money laundering ties and bizarro police impersonation antics, and reported on his indictment. Today, he was re-sentenced to 10 years’ probation for impersonating a lawyer. It’s the Demo-crook wrist slap of the day: A [...]

Shovel-ready.

If you haven’t phoned your congressional reps yet over the ever-increasing cost of the Dems’ c(r)ap-and-t(i)rade global warming proposals, what are you waiting for? Call 202-224-3121. As I’ve noted before, the national eco-taxes are in trouble with nervous Blue Dog Democrats. But the plan isn’t going to go down without the mobilization of tens of [...]

The House Republicans are not letting up on Nancy Pelosi. Good. GOP House Leader Boehner says put up the evidence that the CIA lied or apologize: And the House GOP Conference is pounding the Democratic culture of corruption: “Tonight, House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter will lead Special Orders live on CSPAN to review where [...]

I noted over the weekend that charity-stingy First Lady told the grads at UC Merced to “give back.” Via Vanessa Richardson at WalletPop , the Merced Sun-Star reported on the price tag for Michelle O’s lecture: The Merced Sun-Star reports the school’s commencement budget has ballooned from $100,000 to $700,000 to accommodate Obama on campus. [...]

Your lunchtime must-read from Steven Malanga in the City Journal: Obsessive Housing Disorder. Bottom line: Ultimately, the goal should be to end subsidies that amount to a government project to direct homeownership to places where Washington believes it should be taking place. That kind of political meddling in this vast marketplace has wreaked havoc time [...]

ObamACORN and the Fishwrap of Record.

Crossing the gaffetastic line.

Well, this should make you feel nice and comfortable when you fly: News 8 has recently revealed serious flaws in the way the FAA licenses mechanics who fix planes. There is evidence of years of problems in testing these mechanics. There is also evidence that hundreds of mechanics with questionable licenses are working on aircraft [...]

“He might have called for toning down the rhetoric but his abortion policies are tuned up on steroids.” – Greg Mueller.

GIVE.

In advance of the Tuesday special election to tax the wazoos out of Californians, KFI’s John and Ken held another revolt rally today. Liveblogging here, including this terrific photo: You won’t see it in the L.A. Times. They only cover rallies they agree with, remember? Gov. Taxinator is pulling out all the stops with a [...]

Several Utah media outlets report tonight that GOP Gov. Jon Huntsman will step down and accept President Obama’s nomination as US ambassador to China. Governor Jon M. Huntsman Jr. will resign and accept an appointment as ambassador to China, ABC 4 has confirmed. A press conference has been called for Saturday morning at the White [...]

An estimated 20,000 protesters are expected this weekend to oppose Catholic Notre Dame’s embrace of abortion militant Barack Obama. Eighteen were arrested today at the gates of the university. More than 360,000 have signed a protest petition. The White House is pooh-poohing the controversy: The White House has responded to opposition to President Obama’s appearance [...]

The brilliant Jim Treacher has created a new art form: Pelosi haiku…or Pelosiku. Check out his inspired poetry collection at The Green Room. Sample: What’s this trigger do? Ouch, my right foot really hurts Let’s try the left one *** As I tell my tales Watch me blink out in Morse Code: “I’m a lying [...]

There’s more on “Rick Duncan/” Rick Strandlof, the fake Marine anti-war activist who managed to dupe Colorado politicians, leftists, and the local media for years. First, “Duncan’s” veterans’ group has disbanded. Next, the Denver Post, which had quoted him extensively, now jumps on public officials who happily pimped “Duncan”/Strandlof: Dems red-faced over veteran imposter Democrats [...]

Josie Bluhm, age 4. R.I.P.

The nose knows.

Washington can’t meet the Cheerios Standard by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2009 I think it’s time we applied the same advertising standards to Washington’s legislative products that the feds apply to breakfast foods. The Food and Drug Administration rapped General Mills this week for making misleading claims about the benefits of Cheerios. The food [...]

Back on March 24, Arlen Specter announced his opposition to Big Labor’s card-check legislation, the “Employee Free Choice Act.” Some conservatives cheered. But as I noted at the time, Specter left the door wide open in his Senate floor statement: “I would be willing to reconsider Employees’ Free Choice legislation when the economy returns to [...]

Sharing a bit of good news about the JROTC program in San Francisco, which I’ve blogged about for the past several years. The school board has voted to restore the program after an extraordinary public backlash and campaign by past and present cadets — many of them minority students — to bring it back: A [...]

Photoshop credit: David Johnson We had dueling press conferences this morning with Nancy Pelosi accusing the Bush CIA of lying to her about waterboarding and House GOP leader John Boehner defending the integrity of the briefers. Pelosi had a particularly frozen look on her face throughout her presser as she repeated the “Bush lied about [...]

I blogged yesterday about Obama’s $108 billion IMF bailout. Sen. Jim DeMint says: “I’ll fight to stop it.” DeMint will be offering an amendment to strip the $100 billion for the IMF. Where do your senators stand? Ask: 202-224-3121. On another front, Sen. Tom Coburn has been watchdogging the ongoing World Bank bailout. According to [...]

Hey, the amorphous TARP bailout program has been used for everything else under the sun, why not as a cover for debt-laden California? Barney Frank thinks it’s a peachy idea: California Treasurer Bill Lockyer on Wednesday formally requested federal help to backstop a wave of short-term borrowing the cash-strapped state will need to undertake this [...]

Truly unhinged.