Category Archives: American Politics

Joseph Farah on “the two Becks”

World Net Daily Can you clear up his confusion?

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NY Times discovers flyover country

This is one odd story on a lot of levels. Danger and Excitement Intersect at Figure Eight Racing This story (and the related video) is from Indianapolis describing the sport of “Figure 8 racing”, which is a more civilized variant … Continue reading →

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Fort Bliss, the day after

So it’s almost 24 hours later.    A man walked into a “Shopette” on the Fort Bliss base, shot two employees then as he was trying to leave, was shot dead by the MPs. We still don’t know his name, don’t … Continue reading →

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Rush’s turn

Rush suffers from what was coined a while ago as “numerical illiteracy” or the shortened form – not having Numeracy.   Rush knows he has this limitation, but tries to plow his way through it, just as Dr Laura knows she can’t … Continue reading →

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With advisors like this…

Glenn Hubbard, President Bush’s Chairman of Economic Advisors, and now Dean of the Columbia Business School has an idea! Having failed to avoid steering us into a global economic panic, he now has a painless solution to all those “under … Continue reading →

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Ruh-Roh

So Christine O’Donnell was really surprised when Progressives told her they voted for her and how happy they were that she won the Delaware Republican primary…   Bill Maher dragged up a tape from 10 years ago about Ms O’Donnell’s brief dabbling with Wicca. … Continue reading →

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“Show me” the costs of sending people to prison

NY Times story Back in my 30s, I was listening to a radio talk show and a guest made the following statement, which initially offended me: “Every time you pass a new law, you create new criminals” That seemed backward … Continue reading →

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Who was John J. Raskob?

One of the things public schools don’t teach in history is important business people in the history of the United States, unless it is to demonize them as “robber barons” or opposed to labor unions. Back in the 1970s, a … Continue reading →

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Is rebuilding Ground Zero a bad idea?

Yes, rebuilding ground zero is a bad idea.  That’s my opinion and has been from the beginning, but it is a very dangerous thing to say.  People will accuse you of being unpatriotic or giving in to terrorists. It’s rare … Continue reading →

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Wiki-Bear

Huffington Post Coverage You maybe have wondered why I don’t rely on Wikipedia as an authoritative source or why I stopped participating in editing it… (but not likely :)) Rush Limbaugh apparently relied on some “over the top” fabrication from … Continue reading →

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Beck/Gray – we have stopped using amendments

Today’s insight to American history and politics from the Beck crew was that the process of amending the Constitution has dropped off in recent times, somehow related to Progressives and Woodrow Wilson. (in response to Byron from Connecticut who claimed … Continue reading →

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More fractured Savage History…

George Washington” warned us about political parties at his farewell address…. Now the reality: All about the Washington’s farewell address The “Farewell Address” for Washington was written by James Madison in 1792 – and modified by Alexander Hamilton, and John … Continue reading →

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Your skin color isn’t black enough!

The primary for Mayor in Washington DC (which is essentially the general election since there is no Republican party in DC to speak of) happened last night. The incumbent mayor Adrian Fenty – who is biracial – has made school reform … Continue reading →

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Witness the Democratic Echosphere

Minerva Ohio is a village of 4,000 people located in the rural farmland of Eastern Ohio near Canton Ohio on US 30 in Amish country. The Village council has 4 Councilmen and Mayor. A sudden opening happened in the job … Continue reading →

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Heading for the exits

Long time readers know I’ve pointed to the metric of “Look at music stations switching to talk or sports” as a metric of whether the NAB is going to lose the “Performance tax” battle.   If the thing passes, then those … Continue reading →

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