The Daily Gouge

It’s Friday, September 30th, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! We lead off the last Gouge of September with the latest pearls of wisdom from Victor Davis Hanson on a subject near-and-dear to the hearts of Progressives around the globe: Postmodern Class Warfare   When President Obama’s polls hit 40 percent approval, he fumed at “billionaires and […]

It’s Thursday, September 29th, 2011….and here’s the Gouge! First up, we agree with the WSJ‘s Dan Henninger when he suggests it’s time we began…. Taking Cain Seriously Why isn’t a successful business résumé presidential material?   You hear the same thing said about Herman Cain all the time: Herman Cain has some really interesting ideas, […]

It’s Wednesday, September 28th, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! First up, a forward from Jeff Foutch in which White House Dossier‘s Keith Koffler reports…. Obama Fundraising Suffers Huge Drop-off   President Obama will raise substantially less in the second quarter of his campaign than the first, according to the New York Times. The paper writes that […]

It’s Tuesday, September 27th, 2011….but before we begin, here’s a quick history lesson….factual history….on the origins of our income tax from John Steele Gordon in the WSJ to complement Bill Whittle’s must-view Arab-Israeli video primer in link #2 on the home page: A Short History of the Income Tax One original sin was the separation […]

It’s Monday, September 26th, 2011….and here’s the Gouge! First up on the last Monday in September, it’s now been, by our count, 878 days since the Dimocratic-controlled United States Senate passed a budget….and here we go again! Senate Rejects House CR; Reid Puts Off Shut-Down Issue Until Monday   Were we to charge everyone wanting […]

It’s Saturday, September 24th, 2011….and here’s the Gouge! First up, peace personified! Abbas accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing Mahmoud Abbas delivers fiery anti-Israel speech at UN, accuses Jewish state of ethnically cleansing east Jerusalem; FM Lieberman walks out during address, blasts Palestinian leader’s ‘speech of incitement’ “They talk to us about the Jewish state, but […]

It’s Friday, September 23rd, 2011….but before we begin, some thoughts on the Thursday night debate from Conn Carroll in the Morning Examiner: If Rick Perry was pitcher who had been called up to the majors in August, his manager would be telling him to pack his bags for a return trip to the minors. His […]

It’s Thursday, September 22nd, 2011….and before we begin, this campaign commercial, courtesy of Bill Meisen, is yet another sign The Obamao could be in for a very long campaign:   Now….if between now and January 2012, medical science can come up with a cure for foot-in-mouth disease…. ….Rick Perry may actually win the GOP nomination! […]

It’s Wednesday, September 21st, 2011….and here’s the Gouge! We lead off the mid-week edition with the “Are There Any Other Kind?!?” segment, courtesy of the WSJ and a Dimocratically-controlled Senate that in over 870 days STILL hasn’t passed a budget: Do-Nothing Democrats? Even Chuck Schumer has problems with Obama’s tax plan. President Obama’s latest “pivot […]

It’s Tuesday, September 20th, 2011….and are we the only one wondering if the FBI is helping investigate…. ….or covering…. ….The Obamao’s backside; i.e., were they seizing evidence to preserve it, or….ensure it never sees the light of day?!?  Keenly inquiring minds want to know! Now, here’s the Gouge! First up, since we’re on the subject […]