I have a new piece up at the Daily Caller.  It’s a light and fluffy souffle of optimism, dealing with four things that give me hope for the future.

Among them are State’s nullifying national health care reform before it’s even passed, Robert Gibbs, the 10th Amendment battle, and ordinary, angry citizens.

Check it out here…

- Robert Laurie

A top Obama advisor has let Reuters know that it has high hopes for passage of it’s “comprehensive” climate change bill. 

Why do they think they can push it through?

Because Obama is ready to lead the way on the expansion of nuclear power. 

That’s right, Obama is now championing the left-wing boogieman best symbolized by giant, white, steam-spewing cones.

Carol Browner, Obama’s number one climate advisor, said ”We also hope that Republicans and others, supporters of nuclear (power), will take note that the administration is prepared to provide leadership on issues that are important to solving our energy future and creating a different energy future.”

Sure thing carol.  Color me skeptical.

If there’s one thing we know about the left-wing radicals who populate the Obama administration, it’s that a hatred of nuclear anything runs deep in their veins.  I’ve got a crisp new hundred dollar bill that says the environmental language to undo nuclear power is buried in the same bill that Obama says will kick start the construction of new plants.  There’s just no way that these tigers can change their Springsteen-inspired “No nukes” stripes.

Even if they’ve magically come to the conclusion that nuclear power is the way forward, the economy-killing language in their climate legislation will ensure its Senatorial failure.

So, move along people.  There’s nothing to see here…

- Robert Laurie

You can add Evan Bayh’s name to the list of Democrats who’ve decided it’s better just to walk away, rather than seek re-election.

The Indiana Senator blamed “narrow ideology” for silencing the voices of independents and moderate Dems.  As a result, he feels there’s just no reason to continue working in Congress.  In other words, the radical leftist agenda of Obama and his base is squeezing out any Democrat who might disagree with the President.  Nothing new there.

No one knows who will replace Bayh after his unexpected departure, but there’s a scramble in Indiana to find a suitably far left Democrat candidate.  Y’know, one who can parade around the state lying about how moderate he is.

Bayh is the fourth Democrat Senator to leave the party’s sinking ship since November.

In the immortal words of John McLaughlin “Bye Bye.”

- Robert Laurie

More at Hot Air

 

A couple months ago, I started a new feature on the site.  It was designed to feature the crazy email I receive on a regular basis.  I haven’t done one in a while since, honestly, the email’s gotten less bizarre.  People still write to disagree, but usually they’re pretty level-headed. 

So, what is it about the Apollo missions that whips the loonies into such a  frenzy?

On Tuesday, I wrote a Daily Caller piece about Obama’s cancellation of the Constellation program and, ever since, I’ve been receiving email from the “Moon Hoax” crowd.  These delusional morons have been lobbing video clip after video clip at me.  All of them contain supposed hoax ”evidence,” and are designed to ”educate” me. 

They promise that one day, when I see the light about NASA’s fake missions, I’ll thank them for it.  Uh…yeah.  Sure thing.

You may think it’s mean to toy with people so obviously unable to live in the real world but, I have to admit, I enjoy egging them on.

One guy in particular has been fun.  His name’s Rory_Snyder@yahoo.com, and he’s been sending me incontrovertible evidence that the Apollo landings were completely bogus.  Most impressive is the following photo showing a bright blue sky outside the Apollo 13 LEM window - proof positive that the phony missions were filmed right here on Earth.

I’ve resized this picture so it will fit on the page but, otherwise, it’s exactly as I received it.  A black and white photo of a blue sky.  Glorius, isn’t it?  Just look at the majestic, swirling clouds, the cerulean sky, and the glorius midday sun.

Rory went on to claim that all of the moon rocks brought back from the lunar surface were culled from an Antarctic asteroid strike, that 18 Astronauts went to the moon and not one of them ever saw a single star, and that the all-powerful forces forces of Russia and the TV show Mythbusters have conspired together to support the U.S. position.

As Rory put it: “Shame on Mythbusters for going along with the scam!”

One can only imagine the animosity he feels toward Tom Hanks and Ron Howard.

Rory then pointed me to the collected works of Bart Sibrel.  Sibrel’s a Nashville based cab driver and the leader of the hoax movement.  He likes to ambush Buzz Aldrin with claims that he’s been lying all these years about Apollo 11.

You may remember him from this clip…

Sibrel was recently arrested after assaulting a woman who refused to give up her parking spot.  It seems that when road rage caused his much-vaunted scientific mind to snap, he leapt up onto the woman’s car, and began jumping up and down while shrieking and berating her.  He later plead guilty to vandalism.  There can be little doubt that the arrest was simply government persecution – nothing more than an attempt to intimidate the nation’s foremost purveyor of truth.  Why, oh why, why must the enlightened suffer so?

Still unwilling, and perhaps a bit afraid, to acknowledge the wisdom of Rory and Sibrel’s words, I pointed out that there are photos, taken last year by the  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, depicting views of the Apollo landing sites from orbit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rory impressed me greatly with his response to these images.  It was as follows:

Nobody from Wayne State has an IQ over 100.  None of you people should be in any intellectual leadership positions.  That’s like they polishing a turd.  I loved the photochop images of the alleged landing sites.

At this point he was really starting to open my eyes.  Clearly, once I looked at them with my newfound knowledge, these pictures had indeed been “photochopped.”  Perhaps by impugning my degree, Rory had somehow shocked me into accepting the truth.  So, I wrote back.  I wondered if he was also the kind of guy who believed George Bush had blown up the world trade center.  I should have known.  My pen-pal is far too intelligent to put stock in such ridiculous theories.  

Rory doesn’t blame Bush.  He has his sights on the ”real” culprits – The Jews.

“Get used to hearing about this scam and 9/11: The Day of the Jew.   Jews and some of their Gentile lackeys in our gov’t did 9/11.  rory_snyder@yahoo.com “

What was interesting about this sentiment is not just the anti-Semitic rhetoric, but the fact that I’ve now heard the same thing from two other Moon hoax believers.  There seems to be some major crossover between the anti-Israel crowd, and the moon hoax gang.  How long will it be before they team up, and come to the logical, inevitable, Occam’s razor inspired conclusion? 

That’s right, the Jews faked the Moon landings.

Thank you, rory_snyder@yahoo.com….  Thank you for teaching, for inspiring, and for protecting us all from the Jews.  Good luck with the foil hat business.

- Robert Laurie

P.S. It should be noted that, in 13 (so far) seperate emails, Rory has vigorously argued against evidence that his claims are painfully, obviously, incorrect.  He has never once, however, argued against MY claims that he’s a bigoted anti-semite.  To thine own self be true, I suppose.

This week’s piece for the DC is now available.  It’s about how Obama has chosen, to quote the Big Lebowski, to micturate all over the U.S. space program by eliminating NASA’s budget.

Wouldn’t want anyone thinking that American exceptionalism was still alive and kicking, would we?

Head on over, and read – read like the wind!

- Robert Laurie

Poor Phil Jones.  You remember Phil, right?  He was the head of the Climatic Research Unit – the guy who was faking all of that data in order to provide ammo for the anti-capitalist, anti-American, increasingly bogus, man made climate change movement.

Well, it seems Phil is now throwing himself one heck of a pity party, telling the London Times that he’s “just a scientist” and has “no training in PR or dealing with crises.”  He went on to say that, on several occasions, he thought about killing himself.  Only the love of his adorable, five-year-old granddaughter could turn the depression around.

Just a thought Phil, but maybe the reason you’re so depressed is that you were caught lying to the entire planet.  If you were really “just a scientist” you probably wouldn’t have had to prop up your unsubstantiated research with “Mike’s nature trick of adding in the real temps to hide the decline.”  Y’see, real scientists just report their data, they don’t fake it, and therefore, they don’t usually feel the need to commit suicide due to their guilt and shame.

I hope you’re not expecting too much sympathy, Phil.  After all, we’ve got other liars to deal with.  The world’s done wasting time on you.

- Robert Laurie