Hennessy’s View of 2011
Here are the top Hennessy’s View posts of each month of 2012, scientifically selected by .
Here are the top Hennessy’s View posts of each month of 2012, scientifically selected by .
Some St. Louis area conservatives cheered Roy Blunt’s (R-MO) elevation to the Number 5 leadership position in the Senate Republican caucus.
Everyone knows and accepts that government does stupid things. Sometimes it feels like people institute governments and delegate them certain powers just to give us something to complain about.
_This is the fourth in a series. If you haven’t, please read part 1, part 2, and part 3.
Scrooge’s nephew left the office and let in two men in the process.
We know how the story ends. “What’s to-day!” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes, who perhaps had loitered in to look about him.
In the course of our lives, we sometimes lose our way. We wander off the good path.
I live in a very hilly area. Yet I’m still alive.
When I was a kid, I loved Christmas on Sundays. What I hated were the years before and after the Sunday Christmas.
Have you ever studied human networks? I’m not talking about online social networks alone, but any kind of human network.
You have a great new way to participate in the political life of America thanks to GoVote.
Have you ever thought, “I need to do more for others?” I have.
We just received this heads up from a friend: Just a quick note that Yahoo has apparently changed their “Spam” firewall rules.
A friend of mine told me this story. He sat that there bragging about getting a tax cut for friends of his.
The Washington Post’s headline writer made a common mistake on Sunday.
Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
Tuesday in Kansas, President Barack Obama revealed his contempt for liberty. He declared that human beings are incapable of running their own lives .
Yes, the establishment wants you to go away. Are you going to obey?
Sometimes the right path is the easy path. Then the alarm goes off, and we get up to face the world.
A few years ago, Malcolm Gladwell wrote an awesome article for The New Yorker: How David Beats Goliath.
The Gipper didn’t always follow his own commandment. I’ve appreciated Newt Gingrich’s attitude during the 398 Republican Presidential debates.
Some center-right people take their ball and go home. Guess who?
I hear about it all the time. People are frustrated with me. With St.
The quality of the answers you get in life depend on the quality of the questions you ask.
Like the Penn State athletic department, most St. Louis news media covered up a sex crime in order to protect an organization they love.
Just over a decade ago, a little lightning in New Mexico upended the cell phone business.
Just a reminder. The Missouri Precinct Project (MOPP) will make a presentation about its mission and goals at the next
Have you known anyone who turned his life around? I was in New York last week.
America has but one political party capable of winning races on a scale large enough to change government practices: the Republican Party.
Writers are always looking for the perfect topic for a book. But there’s a problem.
The Tea Party movement faces its greatest danger right now. The future of this country, therefore, straddles a sharp and angry line.
Do conservative politicians believe in America and in liberty? Or do they believe in their own grand plans?
I try not to ask for much. Okay, maybe that’s not true, but I’m going to ask you a favor, anyway.
Herman Cain is riding a wave of popularity because of his upset win in the Florida straw poll on Saturday.
In 2001, I loaded my three boys, ages 13, 10, and 8 at the time, into the car and headed to downtown St.
The candidates blew the emotional turning point in Monday’s CNN/Tea Party debate. Blew it.
Straight up: We can’t tell you now where future After Parties will be.
Co-starring Barack Obama as Himself. I’m setting my DVR right now.
_Note: Thanks to the flu, I missed the first After Party. Thanks to Ben Evans for reading this for me.
When Jay Nixon decided to ignore the voters, ignore the Missouri Constitution, and ignore the power of the legislature, he spit in our faces.
Have you been watching the 9-11 anniversary programs? I have. They remind me of several things.
You might have heard that Jefferson County Council was one of the happiest stories emerging from the 2010 election.
A couple of years ago, I stopped doing internet radio. I had several reasons for my decisions, and I stuck to them.
And support the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition. Order the Tea Party S.
Dig this opening paragraph –> As the marathon for the presidency, 1980, begins to quicken, the American electorate is in a singularly sour and pessimistic mood.
We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on Tea Partiers.
Maureen Dowd’s having trouble slathering make-up on her favorite pigs these days. Her President—the man for whom she surrendered all pretense of intelligence, wisdom, and self-control—is flailing.
Aerotropolis is a pretty obvious attempt to shift tax money into the pockets of Jefferson City favorites.
Maybe you scoffed at the headline. Maybe you didn’t see it. Maybe you’re in denial.
I have a question for State Senator Eric Schmitt: Who says that St.
Ed Martin spoke the the Tenth Amendment Center’s Nullification conference in Kansas City.
Martin Baker, candidate for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, lays it on the line, challenging Tea Party critics Maxine Waters and Frederica Wilson.
Check this out: As far as the market drop and the comeback of the market, I’d just like to pass along the following information.
Maybe you’ll reconsider. Wallbuilders with Rick Green, Saturday, Aug. 27, First Baptist Church/Wentzville
Wisconsin # The boards at Democratic Underground crackled on June 12. It was just announced in Wisconsin that the unprecedented recall elections of Republicans will take place August 9.
Warren Buffett makes the erroneous claim that he pays less in taxes than does his secretary.
This weekend, MoveOnUp.org held its first conference. The location was the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the airport.
“I will die fighting this Democrat-Media Complex, and I will fight alongside you.
Dale Carnegie, of course. Published in 1936, Carnagie’s book, How to Make Friends and Influence People, remains one of the most important works in interpersonal human relations ever written.
Rule by the cleverest brute dominated most of human history. Then came the bizarre notion – in Greece and Rome to degrees, but mostly in the USA – of rule by the governed.
On Saturday, the United States suffered its highest human lost since the Afghanistan conflict began.
Can you guess the year? ** Scottish scientists cloned a sheep named Dolly ** President Clinton signed a bill barring federal funds for human cloning ** Bank robbers in Kevlar suits staged an epic gun battle with Los Angeles police ** The English Patient wins Best Picture Oscar ** Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of England ** Timothy McVeigh convicted of pure evil ** Titanic bounced off the iceberg and hit the box office
Answer: Bondbonds. Sometimes the only option is humor. Maybe it’s time to laugh .
Do you ever feel like Dan Blackford? Dan is an original Tea Party organizer.
It’s not the Balanced Budget Amendment, though that’s a good second choice.
There’s hysteria on both sides. From Satan Sandwiches to “killing future generations,” you’d think Congress is voting on a bill to launch the US nuclear arsenal on Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, and Los Angeles.
Yes, the Tea Party movement influenced what went on in Washington. No, the Tea Party is not the winner.
Our present crisis is the result of: ** Too much borrowing ** Too much spending ** Too much government control ** Too much taxing
Aerotropolis on Prezi With thanks to Show-Me Institute for their wonderful research.
The headline on July 15 was knee-slapping funny: Obama says he’s “ready to move**” on debt ceiling.
Look, folks, let’s remember who’s on whose side. Dana Loesch is a champion of liberty, the conservative grassroots, and everything else we stand for.
In my response to Dan Riehl’s hit piece on Ed Martin, I wrote one more line than I should have.
I have to tell you about a man I know. He’s a good man whom I respect deeply.
Your FICO score is a number between 380 and 820 (or something like that) that banks use to determine your credit worthiness.
Why not? Kids have a clean slate when it comes to credit scores.
I’ll be honest with you: I’ve lied. Usually out of desperation. I’ve lied to those closest to me—those most willing to forgive the thing I lied about.
Obama showed his breaking point today. The stress got to him. Today Obama threatened to stop Social Security payments if Congress doesn’t bend to his will on the debt ceiling.
With the debt ceiling negotiations closing in, it’s worth looking to Thomas Jefferson.
Roy Blunt has not given an inch in thebattle over the debt ceiling.
July 4, 2011, felt hollow, like celebrating the birthday of someone deceased.
A Harvard study recently concluded that attending American Independence Day celebrations could turn kids into Republicans.
I was 18 and a college freshman. It was a Tuesday night in October.
The tram cars are tiny, metal containers. Passengers–six to a car–sit cramped on molded plastic seats.
[caption id=“attachment_11015” align=“alignleft” width=“272” caption=“Obama blames this for unemployment”] [/caption] Even though they became ubiquitous when he was an undergrad,Obama just now discovered that ATMs reduce foot traffic in banks.
# Americans for Prosperity Foundation is stopping in O’Fallon on our Running On Empty Tour to give you a chance to send President Obama your gas bill and tell him to stop this runaway increase in gas prices.
“It” could refer to anything. Anything at all. In this case, though, I’m referring to unemployment.
Please get it here in the format of your choice. New from Broadside Books' Voices of the Tea Party.
This is an important conversation in an important race. Please watch. Ed talks about regulation, taxes, debt, Race to the Top, and more.
I’ll save you some time: it’s Ed Martin. Please Consider I’ve met the former Missouri GOP head and former US Ambassador to Luxembourg a couple of times.
Dear friend, In the wake of President Obama’s reckless comments directed towards Israel, I have just added my name to Grassfire Nation’s “I Support Israel” petition, and I’m urging you to do the same.
There’s a “special” school in St. Louis County. Its seniors graduated on last Friday.
You’ll learn how to have a bigger impact through social media.
The mood in the country is gay Each year on the 12th of May;
David Brooks—the former conservative—skewered the University of Missouri St. Louis yesterday. Brooks wasn’t aware, and UMSL administrators don’t read.
The University of Missouri St. Louis uses tax dollars to provide a recruiting station for the Communist Party USA—an organization whose purpose is to shred the United States Constitution.
Over 6,000 American and 10,000 allied warriors gave their lives as a result of Bin Laden’s evil.
Judy Ancel is the University of Kansas City instructor responsible for teaching students to use violence, sabotage and intimidation as political tools.
Trent and Jennifer Humphries—hated by all the right people—just brought to tears to 5,200 eyes.
Gail Hackett, UMKC Provost, released a deceitful, false, and irresponsible defense of UMKC instructors who encouraged students to use violence, sabotage, and intimidation to their way.
Almost pulled a muscle laughing in the ride from the Tucson airport to our hotel.
I am so proud to be bringing the Spirit of St. Louis to the great people of Tucson, Arizona, this weekend.
Big news day in the advance of liberty in our battle against collectivists.
Did I say “Tea Party Leader?” ** I meant labor union leader Don Giljum condones violence, intimidation, and sabotage.
I’m going to ask you to melt phones in Jefferson City, UMSL, UMKC, and Mizzou.
Governor Nixon: What does it take to get your attention? What does it take to get you to act?
[ # ](https://hennessysview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/UofMCommie.png)Contact UofM President Steve Owens and demand an immediate end to the communist-led industrial sabotage courses that he’s shoving down your kids’ throats
Take a look at Drudge. I’ll wait. The day doesn’t really matter. It’s always full of stuff that makes you think rivets are flying out of the planet like a jalopy in a cartoon.
I’ll let you in on a little secret. You ready? I’m not a “big tent” guy.
Fill out this online witness form TONIGHT. Read this if you have any questions.
And, he’s back. Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley (R-Perryville) has signed onto legislation designed to circumvent the Electoral College in presidential elections.
Face it: you don’t have that many friends. Not that you can rely on, anyway.
Four men risked their political lives to help solve the problem of our lifetimes, but they forgot to massage Steve Tilley’s monstrous ego.
Patrick Tuohey made some good points about the office of Lieutenant Governor. Based on that, I thought up all the possible reasons someone would run for LooeyG.
Let’s face it: the Missouri GOP has become a club to advance the careers of a select few favorites.
Last week, Missouri became the first state to reject a federal bribe. Four brave men deserve our thanks and admiration.
PO’ed Patriot has the story. Jake Zimmerman’s campaign rotates two themes: The St.
Sometimes I’m ashamed and embarrassed at my roots. See, I graduated from the same Catholic grade school as St.
The Post-Dispatch says the County Assessor should be a political operative, not an expert in real estate values like L.
If the Tea Party brings lasting change to America, it must introduce grow-the-pie thinking on the right.
ABC News is not known as President Obama’s loudest critic. More like his Amen corner.
Dana Loesch has been plagued with a perstistent cold. Yesterday, her stairs leapt up and kicked her in the .
No. Here’s my thoughts. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGTKFm1Mrc&hl;=en&hd;=1] Bill Hennessy on Gary Wiegert and labor conservatives
Register today for Vacation Liberty School. Here’s 3 reasons why you should:
On Monday, we learned that US Senator Claire McCaskill failed to pay property taxes on her personal luxury jet for three years.
You can help get these TV ads on the air. I will tell you how shortly.
Historians will mark March 19 as the day the Obama presidency reached its point of no return.
What many people don’t get is that cooperation is not the same as consensus.
Meet Chip Tuesday, March 22 from 5:30 to 7:00. Details below. You can help clean up St.
When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, it do so with the clear intent of bringing its enemy—Saddam’s regime—to an unconditional surrender.
That’s St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley. It’s bad enough that corruption, nepotism, and Machiavellian favoritism runs rampant in St.
I just heard on BBC that the Japanese government is only now dealing with the Fukushami nuclear problem appropriately.
According to a book by historians Neil Howe and William Strauss, history follows a fairly predictable pattern, rotating in cycles equal to a long human life.
“Why would a nation become imperial?,” Steven asked me. “I mean, why would you want to take that on?
Every senior generation decries the banal idiocy of its junior generations. Remember how critical Boomers were of Generation X?
Some of the biggest potholes on the road to happiness come from bad advice from self-help “experts.
Doing the right thing is hard. Doing the right thing after years of practicing the wrong things is even harder.
Did you know that there’s an election on April 5? And it’s just as important an election as last November’s historic election.
I’ve written about this before. The problem with traffic signals is that they make all of the problems they’re designed to solve worse.
Next Election: 4 weeks from today. # I need a favor. This will only take you a minute (tops), but it’s very important that you do it right now.
The federal budget deficit in the month of February 2011 exceeds the deficit for all of 2007 by 40 percent.
I’m getting a lot of requests to pump news about Claire McCaskill’s comments to Democrats.
I am very pleased and honored to tell you this news: Trent Humphries and the good people of the Tucson Tea Party have asked me to speak at their Third Annual April Tea Party on April 30, 2011, at 11:00 am.
Dana Loesch on facebook gave kudos to Missouri State Senators Nieves and Lembke for fighting a federal bribe to the states.
For decades, now, public sector unions have imposed onerous tax increases and service cuts on the net tax payers of many states.
CORRECTION & APOLOGY_ I am so sorry to you and to Senator Eric Schmitt for misrepresenting his position on HB466.
I love getting lots of comments, and I encourage you to comment more.
Two years ago today, fifteen hundred Americans took time off work, school, and leisure.
I continue hearing reliable reports that the GOP Leadership in the Missouri House keeps its boot on the throat of Tea Party freshmen.
In this disturbing video, an old union guy vividly describes tea-bagging to a 17-year-old high schooler.
Todd Akin need doesn’t to build tea party street cred. He thumps primary and general election opponents in biennial blowouts for Missouri’s Second District.
Your country needs you today—Saturday, February 26—in Jefferson City, MO. Radical unions threatening a Wisconsin-style hatefest at the State Capitol.
Obama’s friends in the public-sector unions stage embarrassing rallies to demand more, More, MORE of other people’s money.
The battle over the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners is coming to a head in Jefferson City.
The first St. Louis Tea Partier was Michelle Moore. In the annals of the Tea Party movement, the first action was a conference call held February 20, 2009.
Let’s knock off the silly political correctness, here, and admit what’s going in Wisconsin.
You can’t call yourself a conservative and ask for education money from Washington.
Those who blindly cheer for the fall of Mubarak and the rise of anything else in Egypt are the same as those who cheered the fall of the Shah in Iran.
I’m torn. Yesterday, I took part in a demonstration outside Senator Claire McCaskill’s St.
The incompetent Sheriff Dupnik of Pima County Arizona has intimidated speakers in an attempt to shut down the Tucson Tea Party.
Pro-Western governments in these countries have fallen to anti-American forces or diminished their support for the US since Barack Obama became president.
Since mass murderer Fidel Castro fired thousands of Cuban government workers due to the economic unviability of Obamanomics, those set free are enjoying their independence.
When he identified the three branches of government as President, House, and Senate, Was Chuck Schumer confused, or did he accurately state the Obama administration’s intent to subjugate the Judicial Branch of government?
Did you enjoy President Obama’s gooey nostalgia for the Happy Days of Eisenhower and Howdy Doody as much I did?
An old boss of mine liked “forcing functions.” Forced us to meet delivery dates, while arbitrary dates tended to cause a “so what” attitude toward deadlines.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson today ruled Obamacare directly violates the Constitution by mandating that citizens buy health insurance.
Last week I wrote about Creating Shared Value. In that post, I pointed to a Harvard Business Review article by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer.
The news might seem unimportant to us in the USA: Day after day they marched, tens of thousands strong, defiant chanting demonstrators surging through the streets of Cairo, a capital unaccustomed to the shouts and echoes of dissent.
Many of the people who support eliminating state oversight of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners are not conservatives.
I am a big fan of Milton Friedman. I’m also becoming a big fan of Creating Shared Value.
I’ll participate on KSDK Channel 5’s post-SOTU discussion panel Tuesday following the State of the Union speech.
Conservatism and the Tea Party movement are good for America and good for the world.
What would you do? Suppose you did something stupid. You blamed the wrong person, for instance, for a capital crime.
Last week, America’s sleaziest leftists—Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, E. J. Dionne, Paul Krugman, others – have [executed a prepared propaganda war](https://hennessysview.
When I hear all the lies, slanders, and threats against the Tea Party movement from folks on the left, I wish I could counter with a fuller examination of my beliefs.
Last week, the Illinois legislature passed a massive income tax increase on individuals and businesses.
Just as in 2001, some Republicans are falling for Democrat mind games. In 2001, it was the shared leadership arrangement in the Senate, even thought the GOP had the majority because of the VP tie-break.
**Obama Productions Inc. ** Garish chic. No other way to describe it.
For three consecutive days the hard left of American politics executed a prepared battle plan:
Seth Godin’s daily blogs are amazingly timely. Today Seth talked about having someone’s back.
For most of my life I was naïve. I think. I thought that most people who voted for larger government, higher taxes, tighter regulation, and limits on speech, religion, and assembly, were misguided.
According to an internal Department of Homeland Security memo, Jarod Lee Loughner’s mother “works for Pima County Board of Supervisors.
How sad is the story of the Tucson tragedy. Good people died. Good people grieve.
Democrats—from Jane Fonda to Senator Bob Brady of Pennsylvania—are pushing to ban words, phrases, and images they don’t like, as P/Od Patriot points out.
It’s bad enough that five people died, including a wonderful nine-year-old girl.
The most often repeated story is not the reluctant hero or the hero who wants to get home.
The tragedy in Tucson exposed America’s leading leftists for what they are.
Update: Gateway Pundit has much more on the alleged shooter. These appear to be the paranoid ramblings of the man in custody for shooting Rep.
Like all decent people, I am disgusted to hear the sad news out of Tucson, AZ: Rep.
Momentum is the mass and velocity of an object. The object is the American ideology.
Four years after Nancy Pelosi swore to end deficit spending, a new Congress, elected by a grassroots surge, took office today.
It’s 2011. The Tea Party movement is almost two years old. Two years after the Boston Tea party, the Revolutionary War was well underway.
Clearly a fan of understatement, Ezra Klein once ran a blog called “Not Geniuses.