Category Archives: Politics

Barry: Sure, We Can Have Limited Offshore Drilling. Peons

Change you find blowing in the breeze (cBS News) In a sudden and major shift, Democrat Barack Obama said he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that would help promote alternative energy sources, a proposal he has repeatedly blasted rival John McCain for supporting. If this was about McCain, the […]

Attacks On Sarah Palin Start, Question The Timing

Now, this couldn’t have anything to do with Palin being a rising start in the GOP, not to mention that many Conservatives would be very pleased if she was picked to be McCain’s VP, could it? When Sarah Palin was elected governor as a Republican outsider in 2006, she didn’t just take on an incumbent […]

Barney To Introduce Marijuana Decriminalization Bill. Update: Now With Reparations

I found this at the DU, which points towards Drug Policy Alliance Network, however, I could not find what looks like a legit press release at that site, but did find it at Frank’s congressional site Wednesday: Press Conference with Rep. Barney Frank to Announce Introduction of First Marijuana Decriminalization Bill in Congress in Decades […]

Will Nance And Harry Ever Allow A Vote On Energy?

Will they ever submit to the will of the People who want to drill, which is a majority?  Washington, Jul 24 – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today criticized Democratic leaders for bringing yet another bill to the House floor that will not produce any new American energy to help lower gas prices. The […]

Rove Hearts Obama!

It is a good thing that the Wall Street Journal does not have comments, because the unhingedness (I don’t care if it’s not a word) over Rove’s hopiness and changiness article about Obama would be enormous. WSJ – Barack’s Brilliant Ground Game For a campaign that says it wants to end the politics of the […]

Nancy Loves Those Memorials To Fallen Hero’s

Well, not really, and Congressman Walter B. Jones (R-NC) won’t stand for it In a letter today to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) responded to July 7, 2008 correspondence from the Chief Administrative Officer and Architect of the Capitol asserting that the memorial honoring the fallen heroes of Camp Lejeune displayed […]

Paul Krugman Exposes What Democrats Cheer For

You have to go all the way down to the end of the article, but, he finally exposes the reality of the Democrats. NY Times – The Obama Agenda One thing is clear: for Democrats, winning this election should be the easy part. Everything is going their way: sky-high gas prices, a weak economy and […]

Leave The Pie On The Counter

Victor David Hansen creates a bit of a firestorm at CBS, where one of his articles, Please, No More Pie-In-The-Sky Sermons, is cross posted. He starts of discussing the difference between more rural, down to Earth, middle of the road Americans and the elitist San Francisco folks regarding gas prices. After listening to these quite […]

Lovin’ Dat Arugala!

Noemie Emery at The Weekly Standard sets the record straight on Obama’s candidacy and why he is hemoraging certain voting blocks  On the way to his rendezvous with destiny, Barack Obama consistently lost white voters, especially of the middle and working classes, to Hillary Clinton–voters variously known as Appalachians or Reagan Democrats, rural voters and […]

House GOP Still Pushing For Drill

Credential Media finally notices after months of the issue being pushed hard. Reuters – House Republicans vow push on oil drilling Congressional Republicans vowed on Thursday to make a major push for more U.S. oil and gas drilling and in the process force Democrats to cast difficult votes at a time of skyrocketing gasoline prices. […]

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