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Archive for April, 2010

Hawaii Legislature Passes Law Allowing State Officials To Ignore Birther Harassment

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Good for them:
HONOLULU — Hawaii legislators have passed a measure allowing a state agency to ignore repeated requests from a person or organization for President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
The measure approved Tuesday by the state Legislature would carve an exemption in the state’s public records law and allow officials to ignore all kinds of duplicative [...]

Crist To Announce Independent Run For Florida Senate Tomorrow

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Well, this will make the Florida Senate race interesting:
Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist has decided he will run as an independent in the race to fill the Florida U.S. Senate seat, Crist allies tell Fox News. The official announcement is scheduled for Thursday at 5pm ET in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The Senate campaign has been rough [...]

Gordon Brown’s Awful, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under England, Foreign Affairs

Gordon Brown is probably regretting the minute he decided to stop and have a chat with Gillian Duffy:
Gordon Brown has said he is “mortified” after being caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a “bigoted woman”.
Gillian Duffy, 65, had challenged him on issues including immigration.
As he got into [...]

Ron Paul: Don’t Just Freeze Congressional Pay, Freeze Government

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under Congress, Democrats, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans, Ron Paul

Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted to block what would have been an automatic increase in Congressional pay.
During the floor debate, Congressman Paul spoke in favor of the bill, but says it doesn’t go far enough:

“One Shi*ty Deal” The DJ Remix

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under Congress, Humor, Politics

From Reason TV (Warning NSFW):

Testing The Tea Parties

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

John Samples, author of the new book The Struggle to Limit Government: A Modern Political History is out with a new video telling the Tea Party movement what it must do if it really wants to limit the size, scope, and power of the state:
1. Republicans aren’t always your friends.
2. Some tea partiers like big [...]

Photo Of The Day: Gordon Brown Foot-In-Mouth Edition

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under England, Foreign Affairs

Gordon Brown reacting as his “bigoted” live mic gaffe is replayed for him on Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show:

California County Bans Toys In Happy Meals

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Individual Liberty

Santa Carla County, California has banned toys in children’s meals:
Happy Meal toys and other promotions that come with high-calorie children’s meals will soon be banned in parts of Santa Clara County unless the restaurants meet nutritional guidelines approved Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors.
“This ordinance prevents restaurants from preying on children’s’ love of toys” [...]

Gordon Brown’s Live Mic Moment: Calls Voter “Bigoted”

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under England, Foreign Affairs

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had a bit of an embarrassing moment today while campaigning:
Apparently unaware that his microphone was still on as his motorcade sped away from a stop on the campaign trail on Wednesday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown was overheard telling an aide that a woman he had just sparred with on the [...]

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Arizona’s Immigration Law Is Unconstitutional

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Filed under Immigration, Individual Liberty

Judge Andrew Napolitano was on Fox & Friends Tuesday explaining quite succinctly just what’s wrong with Arizona’s new immigration law:

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