Politics
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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 09:58 am
When Mike Huckabee sent out a Christmas campaign ad with a bookshelf that looked like a cross in the background the left recoiled in horror. But now Barack Obama is…...
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 01:39 pm
Six more years? A) Bush isn’t on the ballot for 2008 no matter how bad the Democrats want to make it seem that way. B) Presidents serve for 4 year…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 01:36 pm
More Jew-hating terrorists for Obama! ...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 01:29 pm
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By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 01:00 pm
Sure. Makes perfect sense. MIAMI (CBS4) ― Recession is a dirty word especially in the porn industry. Sales of videos are down double digits for the first time in 40…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 12:37 pm
He’s fixed it, that is, if you think that suspending oil deliveries to the strategic oil reserve will have any impact at all on the overall oil market. Which, of…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Just for the record, according to the liberal left this is acceptable political commentary: This is not: Personally, I don’t find monkey-comparisons to be all that advantageous to political debate…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 12:17 pm
The DC Examiner points out that none of the Presidential candidates have it right on oil: ANWR’s coastal plain, about the size of Delaware, is estimated to contain more than…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 11:44 am
Nancy Pelosi apparently thinks we can just order OPEC around, telling them to increase oil production even as Democrats undermine efforts to expand production of oil within our own borders.…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 10:16 am
Because it can’t just be that more Americans want to serve in the military and/or complete the missions in Iraq/Afghanistan. Nope, it has to be the “slow economy” which is…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 10:08 am
It fails almost two years to the day that the service was originally announced. EarthLink, which once pinned its future on municipal networks such as Philadelphia’s following rapid declines in…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 09:59 am
So rich, in fact, that the state has never before had as much as it does now in the treasury. Bismarck, ND – State Treasurer Kelly Schmidt announced today that…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 09:32 am
North Dakota’s Senators spend a lot of time talking about high gas prices. Especially Senator Dorgan. They talk about what a terrible impact those high prices have on this country’s…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 08:47 am
And the editors at the paper can’t find anything in McCain’s plan that makes it all that distinguishable from what Barack Obama wants to do. When a Republican policy is…...
By
Rob
on May 13, 2008 at 08:00 am
The Washington Post has a story up about Obama volunteers who have faced racism and bigotry during this primary season...while contacting fellow Democrats. Which, of course, isn’t a point the…...
Monday, May 12, 2008
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Notable only because he may have actually stated Obama’s entire shallow campaign platform with more detail than Obama usually gives us. Jason Taylor could actually be Barack Obama. Black. Good-looking. …...
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 08:57 pm
I mean, they do know that Bush isn’t on the ballot this year right? Given headlines like that one it’s hard to tell. Bush is polling low. So what? McCain…...
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 08:38 pm
Anne Applebaum asks the question in Slate, but the answer to that question for people who opposed the invasion in Iraq will pose another interesting question: If Burma, why not…...
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 07:03 pm
But is that really a good idea? WASHINGTON - Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government…...
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 06:47 pm
I don’t know what’s worse: The fact that Barack Obama hangs out with guys who stomp on the American flag and scream out “God Damn America” while refusing to wear…...
I saw this doozie at the Washington Post. On the campaign trail, McCain is more than eager to go toe-to-toe with skeptics of global warming who attend his town hall…...
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 10:06 am
A fiscal conservatives worst nightmare. Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and defeated contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is currently at the top of John McCain’s short list…...
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 09:51 am
The media engaging in a bit of self-serving reporting? Who would’ve thunk it? I don’t think it’s a secret that The New York Times tends to be particularly one-sided when…...
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 09:25 am
There is a lot here for conservatives to dislike: Some of the most compelling evidence of global warming comes to us from NASA. No longer do we need to rely…...
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The Whistler:
You asked: [quote]In what areas do you think that McCain is worse or equal to...
Proof:
[quote]Barack is an empty suit that knows nothing about foreign policy and military tactics. [/quote]Hey!...
Bike Bubba:
Thanks for the correction. Now the numbers, corrected: $3/gallon for the fuel, $.40/gallon for taxes,...
docdave:
Preetty selective toot as you didn't mention gun control or national defense. The dems would...
goon:
Bush and Reagan were hardly empty suits, Obama is a big time empty suit, I...
Julian Hudson:
Scott - remember me, Julian Hudson, from the early days of Art Bell when TV...
Neiman:
Pparets: You seem to be failing in enemy identification today. Whistler and Rob (Nor me)...
pparets:
Whistler: You [i]think[/i] we might get BAD global warming legislation from McCain? And so it's...
ellinas:
....Barack is an empty suit that knows nothing about foreign policy and military tactics. By...
