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Monday, December 4, 2006

Liberals and Big Oil: Stifling Dissent while Biting the Hand that Feeds You

News item: Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) and Olympia Snowe (Liberal R-Maine) have issued an ultimatum to Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil Corporation. To sum up 11 paragraphs: You have no right to support any dissent against the State concerning... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 3, 2006

What Happened to the 2006 Hurricane Season?

The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season ended December 1. The 2005 season was inarguably enormous. We all know the stories and the storms. But what happened to this year’s season? More to the point, what happened to all the hype, hoopla and whoop-de-do about the 2005 hurricane season? Remember how Robert... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Ken Mehlman - Republicans Not the Party of Government

From an AP story at Newsmax: "Our nation is stronger and better when Republicans are the party running the government. But, ladies and gentleman, our party should never be the party of government, of Washington, of earmarks, of bureaucracy," Mehlman said, implying that's what the GOP had become at... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Wal-Mart Expands $4 Generic Prescription Program

Wal-Mart is expanding its program of offering generic pharmaceuticals for $4.00 to eleven more states. So where does this leave the anti-Wal-mart folks? Here's the evil corporate behemoth, offering prescription drugs at the most affordable price in years if not ever. But isn't affordable health... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 27, 2006

Debunking the Myths of Katrina

That's the title of a fascinating site I came across this evening. It's not in one of the usual venues I explore - Popular Mechanics, to be exact - but it is intriguing nontheless. After (and even during) the ongoing hype about everything that supposedly happened during the big storm, this offers... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Thankful, Even After This Year's Elections

You might think that, as a conservative Republican, I'd be given over since the elections earlier this month to moping, sulking, pouting and general all-around depression and despair. Well, yes, I do deal with depression. But my depression is apartisan; I was afflicted with it as a liberal just as... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 20, 2006

If a new draft will prevent Presidents from going to war . . .

... then will someone please explain to draft proponent Charles Rangel (D-New York) how effective the draft was in keeping Truman out of Korea, and Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon out of Vietnam? Yet that is precisely what Rangel is offering as a rationale for his third try at this. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Do as I Say, Not As I Do: John Edwards and the Anti-Wal-Mart Follies

I have a lot of fun watching and listening to the Democrats as they whine and complain about Wal-Mart. But this incident is the best yet by far. This is a multi-veined gold mine of idiocy, hypocrisy and general all-around folly. I faced two huge challenges in writing this: Coming up with a headline... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Impeached Judge to Head House Intelligence Committee?

This has been in the works for a while, but the Democrat victory last week brings it to immediacy. Speaker of the House-elect (if that’s the proper term) Nancy Pelosi has long had her sights set on one Representative Alcee Hastings to chair the House Intelligence Committee in event of Democrat... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Yet Another Corruption Story About Ringside Harry Greed

Brian Ross of ABC reports that convicted crooked lobbyist Jack Abramoff has started singing about the politicians whose influence he bought. Promiment among names named was that of Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada), a. k. a. Ringside Harry Greed. Reid, who has loudly condemned Republican ties to... Sign in to see full entry.

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