Daily Archives: January 4, 2007

Raising The Minimum Wage

Let me start off by saying that I am not against raising the minimum wage a bit, as it hasn't been since 1997. I do have an issue with some teenage burger jockey, who I'm not denigrating, as most of us have been in that position while young, getting $7.25 an hour mandated by law. […]

Iraq To Control All Ground Forces By Years End

I wonder how much airplay this story will get in the Old Media? WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2007 – The Iraqi government will have command-and-control of all of its ground forces by the end of 2007, a senior U.S. military officer based in Baghdad predicted today. The year 2007 “is truly the year of transition and […]

Social Security For Illegals? Bad Bush

Most Conservatives are disappointed in President Bush's illegal immigration stances, and this sure doesn't help (from the Washington Times) An agreement the Bush administration reached with Mexico on Social Security benefits would allow illegal aliens granted amnesty in the future to claim credit for the time they worked illegally. The deal was reached in 2004 […]

Thursday Linkfest: Pardon The Border Agents!

And a happy Thursday to all. Have you signed the petition to get President Bush to pardon the border agents yet? CHESAPEAKE, Va., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With fourteen days remaining until U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean report to federal prison to begin serving more than decade-long prison terms, Grassfire.org continues […]

Stop The ACLU Blogburst: New Years Resolution

From the official blogburst Judge Roy Moore makes a New Years Resolution that I’m definitely on board with. Each year the American Civil Liberties Union and other liberal organizations continue their efforts to destroy traditional values that we once assumed were self-evident and beyond question. And each year we sit quietly by doing nothing to […]

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