Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Price of Ga$ Up 40% Since Inauguration
Has anyone else noticed the total lack of lamestream media mention of how ga$ has gone up since the inauguration of President Obama? The exact local figure varies, of course, but in northwest Ohio I just paid $2.76 a gallon. On January 20, it was $1.71. The stuff has gone up approximately 40% in 5½...
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Four Questions We Must All Answer
A while back, I renamed this blog, “A Distant Drum of the Coming Revolution.” It’s time for anyone who reads these musings to ask yourself some hard questions: Do you accept what is happening to your country under the statists that now controls its government? Name for yourself anything – the...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Should Conservatives Tone Down Criticism of Sotomayor?
Moderate “Republicans” are insisting that criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor be muted, lest voters be offended. Here’s the unanswered question: Which course of action will gain or lose the most votes? Standing up for the Constitution, for judicial integrity and for conservative...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
California voters exercise their power -- and that's the problem
That's the title of a remarkable op-ed column in the Los Angeles Times concerning California voters' audacity and foolishness in rejecting a slate of tax increases in yesterday's special elections. It takes a special kind of liberal - I will most definitely not use the politically correct label of...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Do Obama Approval Numbers Reflect Awareness of Issues?
Obama supporters are trumpeting his approval numbers. According to the Gallup poll, 63% of respondents approve of his job performance. The fact is, his approval numbers have scarcely changed since an initial drop of several percentage points. This latest rating is pretty much the mean between highs...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Scary Thought for Conservative Activists: We Fulfill Mrs. Obama’s Vow!
Does anyone else remember these words, uttered by Michelle Obama last year at UCLA?: “ Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
1950s Fiction Foretells Today: Treasury Secretary to Halt Business Cycles!
I’ve been reading Ayn Rand’s magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged. This book is required reading among conservatives this year, because it eerily foretells in fiction what is being done to the American economy by the Obama administration. Last night, I had to stop cold. (So what if this is a spoiler? This is...
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Colombo meets President Obama
The following must have been written by a big fan of the old Colombo detective show: Ah.. Sorry to bother you Mr. Obama, Sir... Excuse me, Mr. Obama...I mean President Obama, Sir. Um.. I know you're busy, and important and stuff. I mean running the county is very important and -- ah -- I hate to...
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
National Day of Prayer: America and Not
Wednesday night, I attended a meeting of local grass-roots conservatives. One of the organizers looked about the room at one point in this event and declared, “This is America.” No, it wasn’t. It was America in the spirit of citizens meeting to exercise their rights of assembly and free speech, and...
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
An Open Letter to the President of the United States
I didn't write this; it's making the rounds of e-mail, but it reflects many of my thoughts as well as those of a great many Americans. Letter to the President April 17, 2009 The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. Obama: I have had it with you and your...
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