Archive for April, 2007
Take the Pork Barrel Survey
Tired of all the fat that comes with the “other white meat?” Do you consider $500,000 for a teapot museum a wise investment of public dollars? How about $1.3 million for Alaskan berry research? Only my grandmother might agree. But if you’re a little more prudent with your finances and [...]
Filed under: Economy | 1 Comment
We are a nation that runs on oil. No part of modern life is untouched by the unique properties of “liquid gold” — from gasoline to plastics to food to medicines. Our tremendous prosperity and opportunities are, in fact, dependent on it. Yet, we’ve learned there are steep price-tags attached to our [...]
Filed under: Climate Change, Energy | 4 Comments
Sen. John McCain inaugurated his official candidacy this week with such vigor and vision that even the normally pejorative mainstream media took notice. See highlights below.
Fox News’ Mort Kondracke: “McCain’s Announcement Speech Was The Best Of All The Announcement Speeches Made This Year … It Was Reaganesque.” “I thought McCain’s [...]
Filed under: A Man for Many Constituencies, Character, Electoral Politics, Media | 1 Comment
Though Moveon.org perches itself high upon a moral pedastal, thier simplified cries of outrage utterly fail to address (let alone identify) the complex problems facing Americans today.
Ironically (or perhaps, logically), their latest target continues to tackle such core issues honestly and directly. In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies [...]
Filed under: Climate Change, Energy | 1 Comment
We’re at war. We face tough climate change and energy issues. Immigration problems aren’t going away. So why worry about fine print items like “judicial activism?” Because the practice undermines the fundamental principles of democracy. Judicial activism describes the tendency of liberal judges to rule on the morality [...]
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Manufactured Reality
Moveon.org is at it again. The truth is a merely incidental to thier new attack on Sen. McCain (and intelligence and integrity in general.) Check out the counterpoints at Blogs for McCain.
Filed under: Electoral Politics | 1 Comment
100 Days on Stage
A Washington Times editorial today takes a close look at the 110th Congress’ Democratic leadership (or lack thereof) to-date.
Moving the country forward seems more like a foggy campaign promise than a clear operating principle. Democrats are more interested in easy political theater than forging hard bipartisan consensus. A better moniker for the past three months: [...]
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John McCain is funny
He made me LOL! Check out the “coming soon” video on his home page.
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Sen. John McCain’s leadership on economic policy and the war in Iraq is resonating with Americans. Among a crowded field of competitors, McCain’s vision stands alone in addressing future complexities, opportunities, and possibilities for hope.
Giuliani: 27%
McCain 24%
Thompson: 11%
Romney: 10%
To read CNN’s story on McCain’s narrowing of the gap, click here.
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Call it like it is, Senator McCain.
Today, the Senator openly acknowledged the fearful rumbling in our nation’s underbelly: that we might be sliding down a less-than-gilded path towards a post-Cleopatra Rome. And, rather than medicate us with pretty but politically-neutered campaign promises, McCain dares again to take the bull by the horn. In a [...]
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