Career vs. Country

Sen. Judd Gregg should take a step back and contemplate the ramifications of his aspirationThis, from my older brother, in town for a visit and seated with me in my living room, as news of New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg’s likely nomination as Commerce Secretary crosses the television screen shortly after midnight: “Well, if the [...]

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Iraq Wraps up Election With No Major Violence

Palmetto State Powerhouse Exhibits Common Sense Lacking in D.C.

If only every state’s chief executive had South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s common sense and conservative approach to governing. In recent months, Gov. Sanford has publicly refused the same sort of bailout funds being asked for by governors of other states, and has expressed his displeasure with the prospect of his citizens and his state [...]

January 30, 2009 — Assigned Reading

A Warning to the President(FROM: The Wall Street Journal) Since he was elected in November 2008, I’ve been saying that Barack Obama’s biggest challenge will come from within his party, acknowledging that while his heart may be left of Marx, he’ll need to come diving to the center to even have a chance to govern [...]

Maybe the Democrats Actually DID Stimulate Something, After All

Even though the Democrats removed the $100-plus million earmarked for contraceptives from the so-called “stimulus” package, that doesn’t mean they will refrain from screwing Americans. In fact, by keeping the $335 million included for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, it looks to me as though the Democrats have every intention of continuing to screw [...]

Stimulating Voter Fraud and Perpetuating Psychosis

By Rick SaundersAmerica’s Right Well, the lunacy of the new messiah’s administration just keeps on getting deeper and more spectacular. The latest nugget of information to come out of the amazing, Technicolor® “stimulus” bill being peddled by President Barack Obama and his House acolytes is a provision allocating up to 5.2 billion taxpayer dollars to [...]

Well, it passed — do you feel stimulated yet?

Well, the $819 billion “stimulus” bill was approved by the House of Representatives today, and will next work its way through the Senate before being placed on the Resolute desk and signed by President Barack Hussein Obama. According to The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation, here are some of the highlights from the [...]

HOUSE VOTES TODAY ON ‘STIMULUS’ BILL !!

The Senate bill is nearing $900 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, and the House of Representatives votes TODAY. Call your representative. Take 45 seconds and do it NOW. Don’t rely on your neighbor to call, don’t rely on me to call. Call your congressman or congresswoman now and tell them, politely, that ENOUGH [...]

January 28, 2009 — Assigned Reading

Specter Announces a Vote for Holder(FROM: Washington Post) Today, the Senate will vote to confirm Eric Holder, President Obama’s pick for top law enforcement officer, and Holder will receive the help of my own wonderful non-conservative Republican senator, Arlen Specter. Among the problems I have with Holder’s appointment: Holder has consistently and artfully avoided questions [...]

House to Vote Tomorrow on $825 Billion Stimulus Bill

Despite a maddening lack of say-so from the mainstream press, the House of Representatives does indeed plan on casting a vote tomorrow with regard to the Democrats’ $825 billion “stimulus” package. Sure, we’ve actually heard quite a bit about the contents of the bill, and the House Republicans’ dissatisfaction with the package has indeed received [...]

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