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Monday, July 12th, 2010
RNC Chair Michael Steele’s recent comments on Afghanistan – which he derisively called “Obama’s war” while questioning the potential for victory – found pockets of support across the political spectrum. (more…)
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Here is the National Journal scorecard on which Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO5) tied for #1 among all congressmen in his conservative (more…)
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
President Obama met with Congressional Republicans yesterday with the expressed intent to listen and discuss policy differences. (more…)
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
You’ve seen those buy-back programs where some nanny group wants to get guns off the streets by buying them back. One such (more…)
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
We all know that Barack Obama doesn’t think much of the Constitution. And he certainly won’t let it get in the way of the government takeover of health care. (more…)
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
(Nantucket) If the recession wasn’t enough, the summer’s unprecedented bad weather has added to this island’s woes. Also experiencing very heavy weather these days is the Democratic (more…)
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
I’m constantly amazed at the arrogance of our elected officials in Washington. Service in the government was (more…)
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Sunday, August 9th, 2009
Instructions for Congress: (1) STOP what you are doing. STOP destroying the country. Do NOT pass any more legislation. (2) Repeal ALL the (more…)
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. - Karl Marx
While not in the habit of quoting the father of “scientific socialism,” I know a good Marxian quotation when I see one (more…)
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
When I pick up the morning newspaper these days I am often reminded of that old Chinese proverb “may you live in interesting times”. (more…)
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
If you will ever consider buying or selling a house, you need to beware of the Democrats’ “cap and trade” bill that recently (more…)
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Maybe when climate-change regulators strangle the economy and carbon-counters turn gas, oil and electricity into expensive luxuries, farmers (more…)
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
TCM, the Turner Classic Movie channel, offers a steady stream of yesterday’s movies. Sometimes it offers a classic (more…)
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
So the House of Representatives, that august body led by union-backed leftists and intellectual dwarfs, has managed to narrowly pass a Climate change bill (more…)
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
It’s just a shame that a song by that title was actually more popular than Tuesday’s announcement from Senator Arlen Specter. (more…)
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