Must Attend: Take Back Washington Rally, Now In Three Days!
Don’t miss out on your chance to see Rep. Michelle Bachmann and make your voice heard. This Friday, starting at 3pm at the Ramkota in Bismarck, is an event that…...
North Dakota News
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Full Audio: On-Air Debate Between Kevin Cramer And Rick Berg
Yesterday I hosted an on-air debate between Republican House candidates Rick Berg and Kevin Cramer (Paul Schaffner was to have participated but ultimately canceled). I see that the debate was…...
Monday, February 08, 2010
Airing Live On AM1100: The Say Anything Show
Listen and chat below. Call in at 888-598-8464. If the feed doesn’t work, you can get the station feed at the AM1100 website. Click to open stream in new window…...
Announcement: I’ll Be Addressing The NDGOP’s Chairman’s Lunch Tomorrow In Bismarck
I’ve been asked to speak at the NDGOP’s monthly Chairman’s Lunch in Bismarck along with Tax Commissioner Cory Fong and Geoff Simon, Director of Government Affairs for MDU Resources Group.…...
Common Sense Commentary: Common Sense Activism Spreading Like Wildfire
This week begins a countdown. Next Friday, the Take Back Washington Rally featuring Michele Bachmann is set to kick off in Bismarck…and I can’t possibly overstate how important it is.…...
Tune In: I’m Hosting A “Republican Shootout” This Morning On AM1100
Today I’m guest hosting the Scott Hennen show, and it promises to be a good time because it’s not a typical show. We’ll have all three Republican candidates for the…...
Sunday, February 07, 2010
No Radio Show Tonight, I’ll Be Hosting “Republican Shootout” On The Scott Hennen Show Tomorrow
My radio show won’t be airing tonight. It’s Superbowl Sunday, for crying out loud, and even I’d rather be watching the game. I’ll also be braving winter weather and traveling…...
Graphical Proof: Government Spending Doesn’t Create Jobs
A year ago 2009 Brian Wesbury published this graph in The American Spectator indicating a strong correlation between increased government spending and increased unemployment: That graphic has since been updated…...
Kent Conrad: America’s Debt Problem Really Isn’t All That Bad
Senator Kent Conrad, the self-styled “deficit hawk” heard recently expressing a warning against (I kid you not) “premature deficit reduction” and suggesting that current deficit spending is “critically important for…...
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Homeland Security Showering Millions In Unnecessary Spending On Local Law Enforcement
This article, relating to a half a million dollars in federal deficit spending going to an armored car and bomb robot in my hometown, blows my mind. MINOT, N.D. (AP)…...
Airing Live On AM1100: The Say Anything Show, With Tom Brusegaard Co-Hosting
Listen and chat below. Call in at 888-598-8464. If the feed doesn’t work, you can get the station feed at the AM1100 website. Click to open stream in new window…...
More Saturday Morning Music Tom Cochrane & Red River—Big League
Reportedly this song is the story of George Pelawa of Bemidji Minnesota who was set to but never lived to play for the Fighting Sioux. I understand that Say Anything…...
Friday, February 05, 2010
Rest Easy, America, John Edwards’ Sex Tape Is In The Hands Of Authorities
I know I’m relieved. Former John Edwards aide Andrew Young said Friday that he has turned over a copy of his ex-boss’s sex tape to the FBI. In court documents…...
Dissatisfied Democrat Legislator In North Dakota Considering Bailing On His Party
Rep. Rod Froelich, a Democrat from North Dakota’s 31st legislative district, has been rumored to not be very happy with his party right now. So dissatisfied, in fact, that he…...
Senate Candidate Tracy Potter Refers To Himself As “Keynesian”, “Libertarian Democrat”
He also says his “default position is freedom” in his remarks announcing his candidacy which you can listen to here. So he’s pro-freedom and libertarian. Except, I guess, when it…...
Earl Pomeroy Introduces Bailout For Union Pension Plans
Union pension funds in America are in a lot of trouble. Last year news broke about the union member pension fund of one of the nation’s largest unions, the SEIU,…...
When Will Tim Purdon’s Transparency Questionnaire Be Released?
Back at the beginning of his administration, Barack Obama claimed that he would have the “most transparent” administration in history. And to that end, he required that all of his…...
LA Times: Is Obama Politicizing The Justice Department
Andrew Malcolm at the LA Times picks up on the Purdon controversy, noting a heavy smell of hypocrisy among liberals who moaned about Bush “politicizing” the Justice Department. Bill Brudvik,…...
Common Sense Commentary: Appointing A Party Hack
As a professional talker, it’s not very often your Chairman finds himself struggling for words to express an opinion. But the main story in yesterday’s paper almost reduced me to…...
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Shocker: “Stimulus” Spending Subsidizing Supply Of Green Energy There Is No Demand For
It’s almost like government spending doesn’t actually stimulate the economy or something. And by the way, this is a point I’ve been making for a while now. Specifically in connection…...
Shocker: Obama US Attorney Nominee Even More Of A Political Hack Than First Thought
The hits keep coming on the decision by Barack Obama to nominate trial lawyer/Democrat money man Tim Purdon to North Dakota’s US Attorney spot. We know that Purdon is a…...
GF Business That Got Property Tax Break Now Looking For Straight Cash Subsidy
Why don’t they just sign up for foodstamps? A month ago I did a post about how the city of Grand Forks was looking to subsidize businesses around the Alerus…...
Bill Burck: If Republicans Had Nominated Purdon Someone Would Be Going To Jail
This morning news (that I’d called days ago) broke about the nomination of DNC committeeman and partisan hack Tim Purdon to North Dakota’s US Attorney position. Scott Hennen had some…...
Common Sense Commentary: Do As They Say, Not As They Do
What’s the number one, universal quality of your typical elitist liberal? What do you call it, when they champion the merits of education—-then banish poor children benefitting on voucher programs…...
Politicizing The Justice Department: Democrats Pick DNC Member, Fund Raiser For US Attorney
Scott Hennen will have Ed Meese, former US Attorney Andy McCarthy and Bill Burck on his show today to talk about this appointment. Tune in to the online stream on…...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
North Dakota Has Third-Highest Earmarks Per Capita In The Nation
I’m quoted in the Wall Street Journal today talking about Senator Kent Conrad and his duplicitous “deficit hawk” ways. Author Neil King does a good job summing up Conrad’s two-faced…...
US Government Mismanagement Hits Close To North Dakota
As reported on two of our local television stations yesterday, building of the new multimillion dollar border facility at Portal has been halted. After spending almost ten million dollars out…...
Dorgan’s FEC Filings Indicate His Decision To Retire Was A Sudden One
I’ve been poking around in Senator Dorgan’s 4th quarter FEC filings today trying to answer the question: “What will he do with his campaign war chest?” There aren’t a lot…...
ND House Candidate Berg Defends His Crazy Spending Spree Poorly
I was able to catch Former ND House Majority Leader Rick Berg on the Scott Hennen show this morning. Berg seems like a nice enough guy but I don’t think…...
North Dakota Democrats Have Picked Their Sacrificial Lamb To Replace Byron Dorgan
And he’s no stranger to the Say Anything audience. It’s none other than state Senator Tracy Potter. The man behind the National Heritage Area scandal we’ve followed so closely on…...
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