Wed 11 Jun 2008
The Crypt: Poll shows Don Young trailing by 20 points against Democrat - Politico.com
“A new poll shows that the two longtime Republican elected officials from Alaska, Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young, face serious obstacles to winning reelection.”
The GOP will never regain a majority until it sheds itself of the likes of Young & Stevens.
Wed 4 Jun 2008
Words. Fail.
Planet Slayer - Greenhouse Calculator
The Avg Aussie should die at 9. I should die a 4. I’m 33. Hahahahha. I hate the planet.
Thu 15 May 2008
Significantly, a key player in their press conference was Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief who is now one of McCains most visible economic advisors.(source)
This incompetent woman managed to take a healthy and vibrant Fortune 50 company and run it into the toilet. If there were a tracking stock for China (of for that matter Bangladesh) it would be a good investment with her around the West Wing.
Fri 9 May 2008
I’ve come to the conclusion that the FairTax no longer represents fundamental pro-growth tax reform.
It has taken me awhile to resolve my feelings for the FairTax. Unlike Indy and others, I think the bill would benefit our economy and country greatly. I think it might be one of the few ways out of this mess our congress critters have made with entitlements. I think a consumption tax is a better way to raise revenue than a tax on productivity. I think the FairTax would encourage savings and investment, bring foreign capital to our shores, strengthen the dollar and lower the price of oil.
The problem is that the FairTax promoters and supporters jumped onto the Mike “I’m happy to raise taxes in anyway you want” Huckabee bandwagon. How is it that people who want to lower taxes and improve government would vote for someone who increased the tax burden of his state by 50%?
I began to realize that the FairTax promoters would use any means available to promote their idea and the FairTax supporters would buy it. The FairTax movement stopped being for better public policy and became a cult.
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Mon 5 May 2008
From Cato-at-liberty:
Last week, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) vetoed a transportation bill that included a provision objecting to the federal REAL ID Act. The bill would have required the federal government to pay 95 percent of the cost of issuing national IDs before Minnesota would participate.
Wed 9 Apr 2008
From the The Topeka Capital-Journal:
A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday ordered liens on the Westboro Baptist Church building and the Phelps-Chartered Law office.
If the case presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett is upheld by an appeals court, the church, at 3701 S.W. 12th, and the office building, at 1414 S.W. Topeka Blvd., could be obtained by the court and sold, with the proceeds being applied toward $5 million in damages Bennett imposed on church members for picketing a military funeral.
Phelps is the asswipe who protests US Military Funerals claiming soldier’s deaths are due to our tolerance of Homosexuals.
Mon 31 Mar 2008
Wed 12 Mar 2008
Fri 22 Feb 2008
This is how conspiracy theories get started…….
Star-Telegram.com: | 02/21/2008 | Police concerned about order to stop screening
DALLAS — Security details at Barack Obamas rally Wednesday stopped screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour before the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion Arena.
Mon 24 Dec 2007
“Who is your favorite author?” Aleya Deatsch, 7, of West Des Moines asked Mr. Huckabee in one of those posing-like-a-shopping-mall-Santa moments.
Mr. Huckabee paused, then said his favorite author was Dr. Seuss.
In an interview afterward with the news media, Aleya said she was somewhat surprised. She thought the candidate would be reading at a higher level.
“My favorite author is C. S. Lewis,” she said.
