Confused Americans for Truth

306 entries

• McCain Pulls off Huge Media Coup
  Apparently, candidate McCain is finally learning how to get his message out. Last week, presumptive President Barack Obama penned an editorial in the New York Times outlining his new plan for Iraq. Obama's new plan involved setting a timetable for...
  
  # At July 21, 2008 6:28 PM | Tags: Barack Obama bias campaign 2008 humor John McCain journalism liberals New York Times satire
• Obama Faces Security Problem on Foreign Tour
  The Obama campaign staff is reportedly upset with John McCain for letting slip some details about Senator Obama's highly-publicized trip to the Middle East. I have a hard time understanding their concern. Obama certainly has nothing to fear from the...
  
  # At July 19, 2008 6:45 PM | Tags: Afghanistan Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative foreign policy Hillary Clinton humor Iraq John McCain politics satire
• The Real Story Behind Obama's Religion
  Rumors continue to circulate that Barack Obama is a Muslim. These rumors persist because Obama spent part of his youth living in Indonesia, where he attended a Muslim school. The theory is that Obama is some sort of sleeper agent...
  
  # At July 17, 2008 1:32 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative humor liberals Muslim politics religion rumors satire
• Another Obama Rumor that Needs to be Debunked
  There have been several crazy rumors about the circumstances of Barack Obama's birth. In particular, some people believe that Obama is not an American citizen, and they've invoked Tom Sowell's name in an attempt to give that belief a respectability...
  
  # At July 9, 2008 7:07 PM | Tags: Barack Obama citizenship conservative Democrats humor paranoia satire
• McCain Moving to the Right
  Here's a question: if 2008 is the year of the liberal, why are both candidates moving to the right? The theory is that you go to the extremes to get the nomination and then move back toward the center in...
  
  # At July 8, 2008 4:46 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative issues John Kerry John McCain politics
• Pop Quiz: What's the Worst Thing You Can Do in an Oil Crisis?
  In the past, I have discussed the phenomenon of Inventory Profits. In an environment where prices are increasing, a failure of the supply to meet the demand causes profits to increase by an unusually large percentage. About a month ago,...
  
  # At June 26, 2008 3:36 AM | Tags: conservative Democrats economics energy gas prices liberals oil taxes windfall profits tax
• Even with Green Jobs, It's the Long Run and Maynard Keynes is Dead
  Environmentalists will tell you that the future is a new, better, cleaner world, with green jobs fueling a whole new economy. The problem is, it's economic nonsense. If I come up with a less expensive way to generate energy, then...
  
  # At June 21, 2008 6:33 PM | Tags: conservative economics environmentalism ethanol liberals pizza politics
• Obama Opposes New Policy, Claims Change Would be The Same
  Admit it. You've all known this headline was coming. Here's the story: it's about offshore oil drilling. Obama says that the answer to high oil prices is to reduce consumption. This has been the goal of every U.S. President since...
  
  # At June 17, 2008 1:44 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative drill now economics energy fatherhood George W. Bush liberals oil philosophy politics renewable taxes
• Phone Call from Deluded Democrats
  
  
  # At June 13, 2008 5:58 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 Congress conservative Democrats ethanol gas prices gasoline humor liberals Melissa Bean oil Peter Roskam politics satire taxes
• A Corny Excuse for a Green Fuel
  Higher fuel prices mean higher food prices: after all, you need to transport the food from the places they grow it to places where they eat it. But there is another big component of the rising cost of food that...
  
  # At June 9, 2008 6:28 PM | Tags: Barack Obama Brazil conservative corn economics ethanol food prices John McCain oil Republicans sugar cane
• The Tony Rezko Thing
  The headline in the L.A. Times describes Tony Rezko as an "Obama ally", but in fact, Rezko is just another one of the many Illinois citizens who unselflishly commit white-collar crimes to provide employment for federal prosecutors. In this case,...
  
  # At June 8, 2008 4:19 PM | Tags: Al Gore Barack Obama campaign 2008 campaign finance reform Congress conservative corruption Democrats free speech Illinois John McCain McCain-Feingold parody politics Rod Blagojevich Tony Rezko
• Beginnings and Endings
  Last Tuesday, there was a general expectation that Barack Obama would clinch the Democratic nomination. As a superior life form, I don't want to look foolish, so instead of discussing the end of Hillary's campaign before any votes were counted,...
  
  # At June 7, 2008 2:58 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservatives Hillary Clinton John McCain journalism
• Ann Coulter and the Wright Stuff
  I have always seen Barack Obama as a basically decent guy who simply lacks the experience to be effective going toe-to-toe with this nation's enemies. There is, however, another Obama out there, the soft-spoken paranoid lunatic described by Ann Coulter....
  
  # At April 29, 2008 11:59 PM | Tags: Ann Coulter Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Jeremiah Wright Mahmoud Ahmadinejad philosophy politics religion
• Why You Should Vote for John McCain
  Tonight as I listened to the news reports about Hillary Clinton's win in Pennsylvania, it occurred to me that perhaps I'm following the Democratic nomination process so closely because it helps me to forget that the Republican candidate is John...
  
  # At April 22, 2008 11:41 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservatives Hillary Clinton humor John McCain Mitch Daniels satire terrorism War on Terror
• Think of it as a Quiz, not an Investigation
  Long before I was born, Bruce worked for a small software house located in Boston. One day, they asked him to evaluate database packages. He made a quick survey of what was available and recommended two possibilities. They asked him...
  
  # At April 5, 2008 3:45 AM | Tags: Barack Obama conservative David Petraeus Democrats Hillary Clinton humor Illinois Iraq Jeremiah Wright Nancy Pelosi politics
• Free Speech and Public Education
  In the fall of 1966, for reasons I do not completely understand, the young lady who taught sixth-grade English at Maercker Junior High School informed Bruce that he was prohibited from writing about cats. At the time, Bruce argued-- correctly...
  
  # At April 1, 2008 12:52 PM | Tags: Christianity church and state conservative education free speech philosophy public schools religion
• Obama Reassures Detractors with Photo
  I am bending over backward trying to help Obama prove he has the right stuff to be President, and this latest stunt is not helping. The problem is that Barack Obama goes to a church with a nutty pastor. Despite...
  
  # At March 20, 2008 11:29 PM | Tags: Barack Obama Bill Clinton campaign 2008 conservative humor Jeremiah Wright satire
• Barack Obama and the Power of Love
  Sitting in the pew does not mean you endorse the opinions expressed in the pulpit. After all, the ardently pro-choice John Kerry was a Catholic. So, I don't think Barack Obama's rogue preacher Jeremiah Wright tells us something disturbing about...
  
  # At March 20, 2008 8:45 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative humor Jeremiah Wright John Kerry parody politics religion
• Here's How Barack Obama Can Prove He Has What It Takes
  Okay, folks, I've been thinking that I have not been giving Barack Obama a fair shake. Maybe he's not an empty suit. Maybe he in fact has what it takes to lead this country for the next four years. Barack...
  
  # At March 7, 2008 12:11 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Democrats foreign policy Hillary Clinton humor Iran nuclear proliferation
• Crossing Over in Texas
  Hillary Clinton is still alive, and Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy is unhappy. Kennedy believes that Clinton won in Texas because Republicans crossed over to mess up the Democrats. Rush Limbaugh urged his listeners to vote for Hillary because...
  
  # At March 5, 2008 8:47 AM | Tags: Barack Obama Bud Kennedy conservative foreign policy Hillary Clinton Jesse Jackson John McCain Laura Ingraham politics Rush Limbaugh
• The Parable of the Woman Who Cried Wolf
  It's a cruel paradox. To most people, Hillary Rodham Clinton is the woman who would do anything to become President. Now, all her plans are going up in smoke. She's out there desperately trying to convince people that Barack Obama...
  
  # At February 27, 2008 6:41 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton humor
• McCain Under Fire
  It's important to remember that John McCain's reputation for integrity and straight talk comes not from any personal honesty, but from the fact that he is willing to betray his fellow Republicans. This is an artifact of a peculiar mindset...
  
  # At February 22, 2008 10:34 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 campaign finance reform Condoleezza Rice conservative integrity John McCain liberals Nancy Pelosi philosophy
• I Have a Secret About Secret Prejudices
  An online Newseek article about prejudice begins with the following paragraph. Some experts argue that even the most politically correct among us may harbor unconscious prejudices against ethnic groups, women, gays and others. Can these dark impulses shape our actions?...
  
  # At February 12, 2008 9:13 AM | Tags: blogging Christianity conservative emotions J Kelly Nestruck John McCain liberals Michael Medved philosophy prejudice psychology
• McCain Victory Shows Bipartisan Support for Bipartisanism
  Apparently, the economy is the top issue in this campaign. This means that the campaign is not about issues at all. See, legislation related to the economy has a tendency to be hundreds of pages long and loaded with arcane...
  
  # At February 10, 2008 7:19 PM | Tags: bipartisanship campaign 2008 Congress conservative economics John McCain politics
• I Have an Issue with McCain's Personality
  While trolling the web for analysis of the Republican party's current situation, Bruce found this article by movie critic and talk radio host Michael Medved. Mr. Medved argues that political parties are best served by a nomination process that revolves...
  
  # At February 7, 2008 4:35 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative humor issues Jimmy Carter John McCain Michael Medved Mitt Romney parody politics Ronald Reagan
• Not So Super Tuesday
  The big story, of course, is the strong showing by Mike Huckabee, who has a good chance at a consolation-prize vice presidency under overall winner John McCain. This is, unfortunately, a defeat for the conservative movement. It may be a...
  
  # At February 6, 2008 3:56 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative economics Hillary Clinton Iraq John McCain Mike Huckabee politics
• Hillary Clinton's Feelings Make Me Want to Cry
  Last night, Hillary Clinton played the crying card again. It was not quite the same as the big cry before New Hampshire. This time, we have only Hillary's word that tears were forming. More importantly, these more recent tears are,...
  
  # At February 4, 2008 2:10 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative emotions Hillary Clinton John McCain liberals Ronald Reagan
• Just a Reminder
  The reasons we went to Iraq do not change the fact that we are there now. The question of withdrawal should not be in terms of when we withdraw, but in terms of what we should do so that the...
  
  # At February 1, 2008 1:53 PM | Tags: conservative Iraq terrorists War and Peace
• The New McCain Isn't Even Electable
  You can take all the polls you want, but John McCain cannot win against Hillary Clinton. See, this might have been possible once, but the new McCain we've been seeing since Florida is running as a conservative, and this is...
  
  # At January 31, 2008 4:50 PM | Tags: Bill Clinton campaign 2008 campaign finance reform conservative Hillary Clinton humor John McCain
• McCain Apparently Takes Florida
  MSNBC says it's too close to call, but Fox News has just projected a McCain victory, and Brietbart has McCain claiming a victory that proves he's the real conservative candidate. What is certain from the tallying so far is that...
  
  # At January 29, 2008 8:35 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative John McCain Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney politics Republicans Rudy Giuliani
• Pay Attention to the Unconscious Cat
  
  
  # At January 21, 2008 10:55 AM | Tags: Barack Obama Boots campaign 2008 cats conservative Democrats emotions hate issues John McCain liberals Mitt Romney philosophy Ronald Reagan South Carolina
• Nothing Certain, but I Want to Celebrate Anyway
  In the twisted, uncertain world of the Presidential primaries, every news item is suspect. With roughly a third of the votes tallied, the press has awarded the Michigan primary to Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton. (You'll have to read through...
  
  # At January 15, 2008 10:03 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton Mitt Romney primaries
• Say It Ain't So: New Poll Shows Republican Voters Favor McCain
  Here's the story. Read it and weep. Of course, the polls have not been covering themselves with glory lately, but just in case this is an accurate snapshot of voter sentiment, I thought I'd better put a damper on it....
  
  # At January 13, 2008 9:19 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 campaign finance reform conservative filibuster George Bush immigration reform John McCain Laura Ingraham Republicans Richard Nixon Rudy Giuliani taxes
• The Press versus the Truth in the Nomination Process
  Mitt Romney claims he's not giving up. This is a good thing, because right now he has the most delegates: 21 to Huckabee's 14 and McCain's 12. Nonetheless, Romney's strategy for this campaign is a failure. He spent lavishly in...
  
  # At January 9, 2008 9:12 AM | Tags: advertising campaign 2008 campaign finance reform conservative John McCain journalism Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney polling
• Iowa as Wishful Thinking
  There are 2308 delegates going to the Republican convention, but the 30 that may possibly have been allocated to Mike Huckabee last night is considered tantamount to a complete victory. This results from a basic human desire to be able...
  
  # At January 4, 2008 2:59 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative Howard Dean Iowa John Kerry Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney
• Benazir Bhutto, 20 Others Murdered
  Benazir Bhutto and Pervez Musharraf were political opponents, but both were friends of the United States, and both were enemies of radical Islam. Bhutto was shot twice by a suicide bomber, who then blew himself up, killing at least 20...
  
  # At December 27, 2007 11:42 AM | Tags: Benazir Bhutto conservative foreign policy Pakistan Perez Musharraf terrorism
• Pursuing Biofuels with Forks and Hope
  Newsweek Online has posted an interview with Jeff Bingaman [D, NM] about the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, a law that mandates the production of ethanol as a replacement fuel for gasoline. Mandates are the ultimate political solution...
  
  # At December 26, 2007 10:50 AM | Tags: biofuels Congress conservative Democrats energy ethanol Jeff Bingaman oil philosophy renewable socialism sustainable utopia
• Congress Unable to Afford Cost of Preventing Tax Increase
  In the words of Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.): I would remind [the Republicans] we took the majority and decided we were not going to run the government as they did, as profligate spenders. I think she's wrong, but I have...
  
  # At December 12, 2007 7:48 PM | Tags: Alternative Minimum Tax AMT AMT patch Congress conservative Democrats economics Ellen Tauscher liberals tax cuts taxes
• I'm Outraged at all this Outrage
  Deborah Howell of the Washingon Post has written an article [requires registration] about another article describing unfounded rumors that Obama is a Muslim. Howell's article is a discussion of the rumors generated about a discussion of the rumors relating to...
  
  # At December 9, 2007 12:08 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Deborah Howell Hillary Clinton humor Jordan King Hussein Micharl Jordan Muslim satire Washington Post
• In Which I Perform a Pre-emptive Strike
  A left-leaning San Francisco radio host has been charged with viewing child pornography. The details of the indictment are still sealed, but the host in question-- Bernie Ward-- claims he was only doing research for a book on hypocrisy. What...
  
  # At December 7, 2007 11:13 AM | Tags: Bernie Ward campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton humor mozzarella cheese satire
• It is Implausible, but Likely, that We Can Stop Iran from Making Nukes
  A recent U.S. intelligence estimate indicates that Iran has stopped its program to build nuclear weapons. Israel disagrees, and they do have a point, given that our intelligence service has not really covered itself with glory in recent years. There...
  
  # At December 4, 2007 9:08 PM | Tags: Bill Clinton conservative George W. Bush humor intelligence Iran Iraq nuclear proliferation Saddam Hussein satire
• Murtha Backpedals from his Backpedaling on Iraq
  Finally, we have definitive proof that the surge is working: John Murtha is trying to position himself on both sides of the question. Here's his first statement: I think the surge is working, but that's only one element. And the...
  
  # At November 30, 2007 11:38 AM | Tags: Congress conservative Democrats humor Iraq John Murtha parody surge
• Don't Look at the Universe or it May Go Away
  Whenever I see a story like this, I immediately become suspicious. The headline is Mankind shortening the universe's life, and the thrust of the story is that because quantum theory implies that observation affects the state of subatomic particles, the...
  
  # At November 24, 2007 5:43 PM | Tags: cosmology James Dent journalism Lawrence Krauss philosophy physics quantum mechanics quantum Zeno effect Roger Highfield science The Gremlin
• A Disturbing Omen for Hillary Clinton
  Strange things happen all the time, but the ones we remember are the ones that symbolize things we already suspect. For example, Hillary Clinton had a problem with falling flags at a Veteran's Day weekend press conference. The obvious interpretation...
  
  # At November 13, 2007 1:50 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative flags Hillary Clinton humor patriotism
• It's Time to Use a Secret Weapon in Pakistan
  We have here a dilemma. On the one hand, Pakistan has been helping us against the terrorists. President Musharraf has exposed himself to criticism from his own people by being helpful to us. On the other hand, we are supposed...
  
  # At November 6, 2007 1:48 AM | Tags: conservative democracy foreign policy Jimmy Carter North Korea Pakistan Perez Musharraf satire War on Terror
• The Taser Saga Continues
  Andrew Meyer, who gained notoriety a while back for being tasered during a John Kerry Q & A event, has publicly apologized for his behavior. The apology, of course, is not a real apology, it's part of a deal to...
  
  # At October 30, 2007 11:15 PM | Tags: Andrew Meyer conservative culture free speech humor politeness politics pornography satire taser
• The New Obama Strategy
  Stories like this have been appearing all weekend. Here's a typical quote. "We’ve spent a lot of time laying the groundwork in terms of biography, and now as the leaves turn and the air gets cooler, there’s going to be...
  
  # At October 29, 2007 9:59 AM
• I Can Understand the Cat Thing, but the Bit About the Cars Has to be a Joke
  A reader asked me to look at a Christian blog called The Christian View - British Baptists. At issue was an article about the satanic nature of cats. The article is, of course, nonsense. Not only does it refer to...
  
  # At October 28, 2007 9:20 PM | Tags: blogging cars cats Christianity conservative flowers Hillary Clinton humor Socks stupidity superstition The Christian