The Daily Gouge

It’s Wednesday, June 27th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! We lead off the mid-week edition with Conn Carroll’s thoughts on Arizona v. United States, courtesy of the Morning Examiner: Court rebukes Obama on immigration   Not so fast, Barack-breath! Newspapers across the country are either split about which side prevailed in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on […]

It’s Tuesday, June 26th, 2012….but before we begin, we take time for a brief public service announcement.  We will be on the road Wednesday morning through Friday evening in order to participate in our late father’s memorial golf tournament, so after the Wednesday edition, we’ll be off until Monday. FYI, the tournament raises scholarship funds […]

It’s Monday, June 25th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up, courtesy of Bill Meisen, no….this isn’t a joke: As we noted in Friday’s Cover Story noted, what’s next: forty acres and a mule?  The only question now is how…. ….loooowwwww can they go?!? Victor Fiorillo, courtesy of The Weekly Standard and Carl Polizzi, conveniently provides […]

It’s Friday, June 22nd, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! Leading off the last Gouge of the week, Conn Carroll, writing at the Morning Examiner, believes the Operation Fast & Furious stand-off may be providing America a glimpse of things to come: Obama vs Issa previews Obama’s second term   On February 4th, 2011 the Obama Justice […]

It’s Thursday, June 21st, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up, that was then….  ….THIS is now: Obama asserts executive privilege over ‘Fast and Furious’ documents   As Senator Chuck Grassley observed, the White House assertion of executive privilege raises “monumental questions”: “How can the president assert executive privilege if there was no White House involvement? […]

It’s Wednesday, June 20th, 2012….International Surfing Day as declared by the once-great state of California.  So call in sick, grab your board and head for the beach.  Given the mess Liberals have made of things, one more day of economic inactivity can hardly make a difference. Now, here’s The Gouge! First up, courtesy of the […]

It’s Tuesday, June 19th, 2012….but before we begin, a quick Father’s Day-related slice of Americana with which most of us are hopefully unfamiliar. TLJ was in the doctor’s office last week, and started chatting with the obviously-pregnant pretty young receptionist.  Seemingly educated and certainly well-spoken, the 22-year-old was carrying the baby of a 32-year-old man […]

It’s Friday, June 15th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up, all you need to know about The Obamao’s reframing refrain: And that from one of his disciples.  As another devoted Liberal acolyte, the WaPo‘s Dana Millbank observed: “….Obama’s speech was a rehash of earlier proposals — such as sending more Americans to community college and […]

It’s Thursday, June 14th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! We begin the Thursday edition with a series of articles which separate fiscal facts from fantastical fiction.  First up, Jonah Goldberg details…. Obama’s ‘Fine’ Mess   The private sector is doing fine….no, really! The 1990 Italian film “Everybody’s Fine” is one of the most depressing films I’ve […]

It’s Wednesday, June 13th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up on the mid-week edition, Stephen Kilcullen, a Ranger School graduate and former officer in light, mechanized and mountain infantry, writing in the WSJ offers the truth about the political correctness infecting America’s Military: Women Don’t Belong in Ranger School Do individuals serve the military or […]