ABC’s “Primetime Family Secrets” aired Tuesday night, featuring a family in which the father went through a sex change. Though Ted Prince became “Chloe” last year, his wife stayed with him. The couple’s two sons, age seven and six, are learning to deal with the change. ABC’s Juju Chang addressed the affects on the boys, [...]
Archive for July, 2009
24 Jul
ATF vs. the States
Montana and The Patriot’s home state of Tennessee each passed laws this year declaring that firearms made, sold and kept in their respective states are exempt from federal regulations. The Tennessee law reads, “[F]ederal laws and regulations do not apply to personal firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition that is manufactured in Tennessee and remains in [...]
24 Jul
Acute Victimitis
“A white police sergeant accused of racism after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home insisted Wednesday he won’t apologize for his treatment of the Harvard professor,” Fox News reports. Gates was arrested after a neighbor phoned police about a possible burglary at Gates’ house. As it turns out, Gates [...]
24 Jul
Obama Acted Stupidly
via: bluegrasspundit An African-American Harvard professor lost his house keys. He broke into his own house and someone called the police and reported a burglary. From that point on, it gets weird. If the police came to my house to prevent a burglary, I would be appreciative. The professor had a different attitude. When the [...]
24 Jul
What a coincidence: Only U.S. Automaker Not Run by Obama Posts Profit
“Ford Motor Co. returned to profitability in its second-quarter and slowed its cash burn amid speculation that it may issue more equity to reduce its debt,” reports The Wall Street Journal. “The auto maker reported a net income of $2.3 billion, or 69 cents a share, compared with a loss of $8.67 billion, or $3.89 [...]
24 Jul
Wal-Mart Takes Heat for Health Care Position
Wal-Mart has decided to endorse ObamaCare by backing a mandate that employers provide health insurance for their employees. The corporation’s motives for its attempt at regulatory profiteering are self-evident. Wal-Mart is seeking to curry favor with the liberal protest groups plaguing it for the last several years by buying political protection from the Obama administration. [...]
24 Jul
California Reaches Budget Deal
California state lawmakers reached an agreement Monday that closes the $26.4 billion budget shortfall, but the deal does little to solve the structural defects that plunged the state into economic chaos in the first place. In addition to slashing state spending on multiple programs, cutting county and local government funding, accelerating tax collections, instituting non-paid [...]
24 Jul
TARP Liabilities Soar
The federal government spent $700 billion to bailout the financial sector last year in the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. But is that all the spending? No, says TARP Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky. The Washington Times reports, “The inspector general in charge of overseeing the Treasury Department’s bank-bailout program says the massive endeavor [...]
24 Jul
Obama Flounders on Honduras and Israel
In recent weeks the Obama administration’s stance on two international disputes is leaving little doubt as to where the president’s sympathies lie. First came Obama’s support of deposed Honduran president Mel Zelaya. As we reported last month, Zelaya, who is known to pal around with Hugo Chavez and the Castro brothers, was ousted from office [...]
24 Jul
Islamic Supremacist Group Meets in U.S.
Hizb ut-Tahrir, the international movement to re-establish an international Islamic state or Caliphate, kicked off a new campaign to win American recruits Sunday in a Chicago suburb after operating quietly in the United States for several years. The group’s alumni include 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the late Iraqi terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi and [...]
