Political Process
Obama, you are done
A president who has lost the confidence of the American people blamed everyone but himself for the problems of the nation. He dared lecture the Supreme Court on jurisprudence, complained about Senate procedure (which he himself operated within and benefitted from) and then pointed the finger of blame (yet again) at his predecessor. The...
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2010 GOP errors part 1
In Texas, the GOP faces, ignores, challengers from Tea Party movement. At their own peril I would say.
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Conservatives are numero uno. Liberals are that extra guy in the back seat.
This is encouraging. The conservative majority MUST be heeded, or we will stay home again.
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Heninger: America isn’t dead. It’s just dead in the water.
Dan Heninger of the WSJ issues forth a cautionary column. It’s sobering.
At the start of 2008, according to Pew, well before the September financial implosion, 41% said the U.S. was the world’s leading economic power; 30% said China. By this November, those numbers had flipped: 44% said China was on top; only 27% said...
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President Obama’s accomplishments worthy of the Nobel Prize for Peace?
“to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” – Alfred Nobel
The shocking news of the Nobel Prize for Peace going to President Obama will be spinning heads across...
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Has conservatism changed?
Eric Scheie asks the right questions:
Has conservatism changed? Is it the kind of change that “change” produced?
I don’t have to go along with Obama’s form of change, I don’t see any reason why I should have to go along with conservatism’s form of change. If I don’t like left wing Alinskyism, why should I...
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AJNTSA! RINO Alert
Like a corny vampire, the RINO In Chief is rising from the grave.
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Pelosi: Social change = political violence
The speaker has stated something that seems obvious to me.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently invoked the grim specter of political violence, arguing that today’s angry political climate could cause people to cross the line from heated talk to dangerous actions.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently invoked the grim specter of political violence, arguing that today’s...
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Storm clouds for Dems; I hope GOP is not able to avoid reformation
A blog post illustrates what are shaping up to be bad omens for the Dems in 2010. As is noted:
The political scandals surrounding Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Senator Roland Burris have handicapped the Democrats’ chances of keeping Obama’s old Senate seat. Governors in Colorado and New York appointed two relative unknowns to fill...
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And that’s bad, why?
From an editorial in today’s Washington Post, comes an odd-sounding editorial that belies a serious detachment from reality and from the distrust of government that once was a hallmark of serious journalism.
A group of well-meaning professional activists — and, so far, over nearly 60,000 online petitioners — want members of Congress to sign a...
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