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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Biden: No “Bad Guys” in Iraq?

A quote from Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware), as reported at http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_071608/content/01125112.guest.html: "If John McCain wants to know where the bad guys live, come back with me to Afghanistan. We know where they reside, and it's not in Iraq."?????????? Well, aside... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Voters Want More Oil, Democrat Senate Wants Lawsuits Against OPEC

During the July recess, I wrote Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and gave him orders to make so the increase of domestic oil production. I am hardly alone in asking this of Congress. His reply to me, after some typical political bombast and hot air, included this astonishing paragraph that... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Value of an American Life Declines under Bush Administration?

An Associated Press story at http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i40Z1lLWhFws4xIKaXbYZ96a8y6QD91RFM4G0 claims that the “value of a statistical (American) life has lost nearly $1,000,000 in value in the past five years, and it’s all the fault of the Bush administration. This has to be the most inane... Sign in to see full entry.

Pay for Excessive Fuel Use if Caught Speeding?

From a story at http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-06-18-speedingticket_N.htm: HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. — The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a "fuel surcharge" on your next speeding ticket. Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb soon will have to pay an extra... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Democrat-Controlled Congress Scores 9% Approval Rating!

How many times, does anyone remember, did the Democrats claim they would do the will of the voters if they won their 2006 campaign to gain control of the Congress? Anyone remember those promises? I sure do. They were as credible as the promises to lower ga$ prices. And that memory makes even more... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Obama: Military Threat is Proportionate to Military Spending?

The Rookie, Barack Obama, is proving himself greener and greener – and I mean that in the old sense of crassly inexperienced, not the new sense of environmentally sensitive – by the day. His latest demonstration of total lack of preparedness to be President came in his remarks about Iran firing nine... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Ban Fireworks Because Illegal Fireworks Ignited Indoors Burns Apartments?

Stories like this are why Toledo, Ohio has become the cliché that it has. Fourth of July night, a couple of our dimmer bulbs thought it would be lots of fun to have their own fireworks display – in the hall of their apartment building. Immediate result? That building, and seven more adjoining... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 4, 2008

How to Lower Ga$ Prices? Pray!

Just when I think I’ve seen everything... from a story at http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200807/NAT20080703a.html: Group Asks for Divine Intervention to Ease Oil Prices By Allison Aldrich and Keriann Hopkins CNSNews.com Correspondents July 03, 2008 (CNSNews.com) - As the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Supreme Court’s Gun Ownership Ruling Exposes Liberal Ignorance

The Supreme Court today ruled in District of Columbia et al v. Heller to overturn Washington DC’s ban on handgun ownership. Justice Anthony Scalia wrote the opinion, and laid out in painstaking terms the history of the Second Amendment and why it applies to private gun ownership. Liberals,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The Obama Presidential Seal?

Barack Obama’s campaign made the news late last week. Nothing at all unusual there, as the news media habitually fawns over him and feeds us story after story to burnish his image. But this story was not flattering, even among this ad hoc publicity corps. Last Thursday, Obama’s campaign unveiled a... Sign in to see full entry.

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