The Daily Gouge

It’s Friday, December 30th, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! First up on the last edition in 2011, the Washington Examiner‘s Conn Carroll examines…. Santorum’s Dark Horse Advantage   Yesterday, CNN released a poll of registered Republican voters in Iowa showing that while Newt Gingrich is in utter free-fall, dropping from 33% earlier earlier this month to […]

It’s Thursday, December 29th, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! First up, Thomas Sowell offers his…. Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene   – Talk show host Dennis Miller said, “I don’t dig polo. It’s like miniature golf meets the Kentucky Derby.” – Nothing illustrates the superficiality of our times better than the enthusiasm for electric cars, […]

It’s Christmas Day, 2011….and today we honor birth of the true King:   And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne […]

It’s Friday, December 23rd, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! Given the latest misfire from The Gang That Still Can’t Shoot Straight, whoever is running the GOP would do well to read our two lead items, courtesy of the WSJ.  First, thanks to a display of ineptitude rarely seen even on Capitol Hill, Republicans are picking up […]

It’s Thursday, December 22nd, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! First up, the WSJ relates…. What Fannie and Freddie Knew The SEC shows how the toxic twins turbocharged the housing bubble.   Democrats have spent years arguing that private lenders created the housing boom and bust, and that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac merely came along for […]

It’s Tuesday, December 20th, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! First up, Melanie Kirkpatrick details…. The World’s Most Repressive State President George W. Bush famously told journalist Bob Woodward, ‘I loathe Kim Jong Il.’   A few minutes after the news of the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il flashed across computer screens on Sunday […]

FLASH: Kim Jong Il Has Died   And with the most inexperienced, clueless captain in our nation’s history at the helm of the Ship-of-State, the world just became even more dangerous. It’s Monday, December 19th, 2011….but before we begin, here’s a video clip from G. Trevor, Lord High King of All the Vietors that presents […]

It’s Friday, December 16th, 2011….but before we begin, a sobering reminder, courtesy of Carl Polizzi and John Cotton, that a strong national defense in general, and a U.S. Navy of unquestioned superiority in particular, is essential to freedom, both at home and abroad.  Meet the Varyag, formerly of the Soviet Union’s Black Sea Fleet; now, […]

It’s Thursday, December 15th, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! First up, the WSJ‘s Dan Henninger insightfully suggests Newt may be the only person able to prepare Romney for the fight of his life: The Sparring Partner Mitt Romney needs a sparring partner to make him fit to compete with heavyweight champ Barack Obama. That would be […]

It’s Wednesday, December 14th, 2011….and before we begin, a brief bit of commentary on Tim Tebow.  First, the question: what’s the difference between these two professional athletes: Answer: other than the fact the former, highly recruited out of high school, won the Heisman, and the latter, passed over by every major college in the country, […]