Politics
Monday, May 12, 2008
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 08:17 am
And some are claiming that the additional oil from this domestic pumping could lower oil prices by as much as $63/barrel. I’m not sure I buy into that estimate, but…...
By
Rob
on May 12, 2008 at 06:44 am
From the North Dakota Policy Council: Despite having a much smaller population, the Bismarck School District has more enrolled students than Fargo. However, the Fargo School District spent over $16…...
Sunday, May 11, 2008
By
Rob
on May 11, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Private enterprise seeking largess from the government has become so pervasive in North Dakota that both private business owners and politicians have taken to completely ignoring the law when it’s…...
By
Rob
on May 11, 2008 at 01:19 pm
Heh.
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By
Rob
on May 11, 2008 at 01:16 pm
Awkward political moment? Or proof that the Bush family isn’t the bunch of racist, hate-mongering demagogues the liberal left makes them out to be? ...
By
Rob
on May 11, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I’m not very surprised. Setting aside all the alarmism about global warming, I think we can all agree that we want to live in a clean environment. None of us…...
By
Rob
on May 11, 2008 at 10:55 am
Hilarious:
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By
Rob
on May 11, 2008 at 10:06 am
Ed Schafer is on the front cover of the Washington Times today saying, in his roll as the US Sec. of Agriculture, that ethanol isn’t contributing to the global food…...
Saturday, May 10, 2008
I hope he comes up to North Dakota, it snowed today: May 10th. “John McCain is going to be doing more of these themed tours of America, and one of…...
Friday, May 09, 2008
Previous story here: President Bush on Wednesday showcased his request for $500 million in U.S. military assistance to help Mexico combat murderous drug cartels in a bid to build congressional…...
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
By
Rob
on May 7, 2008 at 10:30 am
How in the world do you invoke names like Truman and Churchill in the cause of giving up? The other side can label and name-call all they want, but I…...
By
Rob
on May 7, 2008 at 09:47 am
According to things I’m hearing from people in the know it seems as though it might be. Before launching a campaign against incumbent Democrat Representative Earl Pomeroy Duane Sand was…...
By
Rob
on May 7, 2008 at 08:40 am
According to a new study which attributes the happiness to conservatives being able to “rationalize” things like inequality. Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints…...
By
Rob
on May 7, 2008 at 07:45 am
The folks in the media are trying to play off the rebates as little more than a fart in the dismal wind of a recession (a recession that’s yet to…...
By
Rob
on May 7, 2008 at 07:37 am
After yesterday’s primaries everyone seems to be writing Hillary Clinton off. Even my esteemed co-blogger Pilgrim is saying “stick a fork in her.” My prediction? There is no way Hillary…...
By
Rob
on May 7, 2008 at 07:30 am
A reader sends this along: ...
By
Rob
on May 7, 2008 at 07:15 am
This is a glowing, if rather brief, analysis of Ed Schafer’s career from US News & World Report. I’m happy to see one of North Dakota’s own go to Washington…...
By
Rob
on May 7, 2008 at 07:11 am
The Obama campaign manipulates the messiah’s speech in North Carolina so that it looks like there was a lot more attendees than there really was. Change? Authenticity? Or politics as…...
By
Rob
on May 7, 2008 at 07:06 am
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 02:23 pm
Due to shortages in availability in the national Canadian health care system. More than 100 Canadian women with high-risk pregnancies have been sent to United States hospitals over the past…...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 01:57 pm
She says the economy hasn’t been stimulated enough and that Americans need another big, fat check from the government. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called for…...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 12:27 pm
From an Iraqi member of the New York Times’ Baghdad bureau: During my travel from Syria to Baghdad I was completely relaxed. There were no worries, no fear of looters…...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 12:10 pm
The ironic part is that “public safety” was one of the concerns expressed by those supporting giving drivers’ licenses to illegals. They said that if we didn’t give the illegals…...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 12:04 pm
This is how a polling station shouldn’t be run. ...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 11:10 am
Obama = Mandates McCain = Choice ...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 09:09 am
This MSNBC report is about the ice cap disappearing at the north pole, something that is apparently creating havoc among the penguin population there. Except, there’s just one problem. The…...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 09:00 am
Is CNN the Obama News Network? NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s John Roberts declared his interview with Barack Obama on Monday a “Rev. Wright-free zone” to telegraph he wouldn’t ask…...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 08:29 am
Smells like victory. BAGHDAD - About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, as part of the Pentagon’s overall reduction in…...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 07:53 am
A former candidate who faked his own disappearance after a car accident has been arrested for beating his wife. Guess what we don’t learn until the very last paragraph of…...
By
Rob
on May 6, 2008 at 07:48 am
Bizarre:
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Page 3 of 265 pages
HG:
Rbb, Wishful thinking there. The demise of the republican party will take the same blatant...
docdave:
[quote]The dems would make us defenseless both domestically and nationally given a choice. docdave on...
Carrick:
Here is a curious result from modern evolutionary theory. Environmental stressors reduce biodiversity. Basically what...
likwidshoe:
Whither thou goest, O once proud gop? The same place that the "once proud America"...
pparets:
Brad: The last time I looked, neither the Russians or the Chinese had blown a...
realitybasedbob:
pp, the Dems have a history of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. There...
Bat One:
Lik, What you say is true. And your counsel is certainly prudent. But I expect...
