Domestic Issues
Saturday, May 17, 2008
By
Rob
on May 17, 2008 at 10:31 pm
First it was the Democrats lying about President Bush’s National Guard service and saying he didn’t have enough military experience. Now the Democrats are trying to say that McCain has…...
By
Rob
on May 17, 2008 at 11:06 am
Yikes… BOSTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday after becoming ill at his home, his office said. There was no immediate word on his condition. A knowledgeable…...
Friday, May 16, 2008
By
Rob
on May 16, 2008 at 01:35 pm
How can Obama tell us in one breath that he won’t negotiate with terror groups only to tell us in the next that he will negotiate with Iran? Probably because…...
By
Rob
on May 16, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Ed Morrissey has an interesting point about Obama’s reaction to President Bush’s comments about appeasement in Israel. Obama has been talking about it as if it were a “political attack”…...
By
Rob
on May 16, 2008 at 10:38 am
P.J. O’Rourke sums up the 2008 Democrat campaign strategy in a nutshell: Two substantive political issues are the federal budget deficit and the war in Iraq. Now, if you’re electing…...
By
Rob
on May 16, 2008 at 10:20 am
A while back we were posting on Say Anything about Sioux Manufacturing, a company owned by Fort Totten’s Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, which settled a lawsuit with the federal government…...
By
Rob
on May 16, 2008 at 09:52 am
David Harsanyi thinks so, saying that election-day losses for Republicans would be like “creative destruction” for the party. I tend to agree, and have been saying as much since around…...
By
Rob
on May 16, 2008 at 09:11 am
When we talk about trade agreements you’ll often hear politicians talk about “fair trade” as opposed to “free trade.” The Bismarck Tribune has an editorial up today calling for trade…...
By
Rob
on May 16, 2008 at 08:33 am
Because of the magazine’s rather biased (in favor of) coverage of Barack Obama. I don’t blame McCain one bit, and frankly I wish more politicians would do this sort of…...
Thursday, May 15, 2008
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 07:31 pm
On energy policy he would be, and if you think that’s a good thing you’re a fool. ...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 07:16 pm
Because nothing says “we want to help the American with gas prices” like blocking the development of new oil resources. The Senate Appropriations Committee today narrowly defeated Sen. Wayne Allard’s…...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 05:01 pm
Tennessee Republicans would like to know. I know many want to write this patriotism stuf off as an irrelevant issue, but I think a lot of Americans care about it. …...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 04:53 pm
Anyone else wishing Craig had left the senate after he got caught looking for love in all the wrong places? The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday added to an Iraq…...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 02:36 pm
That’s a whole lot of trees. Of course, I’d be willing to bet that the global logging industry has planted more trees than that in the same timespan. And all…...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 01:52 pm
Which means that all of the following is confirmed: -- FARC connections with Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa -- Records of $300 million offerings from Hugo Chavez -- Thank you notes…...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 01:24 pm
Because comments that are inconvenient truths for Democrats aren’t dignified, I guess. Democratic House leaders are calling out President Bush for a speech in Israel in which he seemed to…...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 11:47 am
Gay marriage was made illegal in California through an initiated measure and a vote of the people. Previous to that, it had been banned by the legislators themselves. But the…...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 10:01 am
Of course, he left out the part about the businesses in question being owned by his political supporters. In a speech to the Urban League last July, Sen. Barack Obama,…...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 09:48 am
A bit of support for the free exchange of ideas from a member in good standing of the oh-so-tolerant left: How do you think Olbermann would react if Bush told…...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 09:33 am
Ouch… I just heard Obama on the radio reacting to this by saying that Bush should “apologize to the American people” for politicizing the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state. …...
By
Rob
on May 15, 2008 at 07:50 am
Government-run health care trying to ration health care services through bureaucrat-manipulated diagnosis standards? Who would have thought that would happen? From a press release email sent out by VoteVets.org and…...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
By
Rob
on May 14, 2008 at 08:33 pm
I don’t necessarily disagree: The path back to the good graces of Americans lays with Republicans convincing Americans that they can be trusted as conservatives again. Back when the GOP…...
By
Rob
on May 14, 2008 at 03:50 pm
At least when it comes to foie gras. Now if we could just get LA to start letting people eat hot dogs wrapped in bacon. CHICAGO - Dining on foie…...
By
Rob
on May 14, 2008 at 02:08 pm
I guess Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Lenora Fulani, Alan Keyes, Carol Mosley Braun and Al Sharpton weren’t legitimate candidates then. At least according to syndicated columnist and member of the…...
By
Rob
on May 14, 2008 at 11:34 am
After all, Brazilian ethanol made of sugarcane is a better alternative to ethanol made from staple crops such as corn. The problem though, at least for Americans, is that imported…...
By
Rob
on May 14, 2008 at 09:52 am
And so begins yet another assault on the existence of a factually-informed public. Outspoken US documentary film-maker Michael Moore is making a sequel to “Fahrenheit 9/11”, his scathing indictment of…...
By
Rob
on May 14, 2008 at 08:01 am
Which is awkward, but still better than getting your $82,000/year hooker bill made public. ...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 02:51 pm
The Council on State Taxation has released its 2008 Business Tax Burden Study. You can view the whole report here. Perhaps the most interesting aspect for North Dakotans is the…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 02:15 pm
And it turns out that another mother previously thought to be a minor may be an adult as well. I’m not at all comfortable with what was going on at…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 01:36 pm
More Jew-hating terrorists for Obama! ...
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