GOP Tops Polls
Posted on August 31, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Newsmax reports that the GOP has the largest poll lead for a mid-term election since Gallup Poll has done its polling — with a ten point lead over the Democrats.
But as we know polls only go so far — if the Republicans are to pull off this electoral success they must actually get out the [...]
Space: The Final Frontier
Posted on August 6, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I’m not talking about outer space here though. I’m talking about wide open spaces, like the ones in fly over country. With the proliferation of the Internet, wireless communication, and the growing American population (caused thankfully by Americans still having children and immigration), cities like Boise, Idaho are looking like attractive alternatives for college educated [...]
Read More..>>Cracking the Kagan Code
Posted on August 2, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
The Economist has an excellent piece explaining why both liberals and conservatives have a bit of heartburn over Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. For liberals, like George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley, her nomination is:
“a terrible act of betrayal”, because Ms Kagan is insufficiently protective of free speech (she supports restrictions on obscenity) [...]
What’s Egypt’s Future?
Posted on July 18, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Reports from Cairo say that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek is terminally ill from stomach and or gallbladder cancer. Middle East watchers are closely following how Mr. Mubarek’s health will affect this U.S. ally’s future, including who will follow him in power. Many believe that his son is the presumptive heir, and Mubarek has done a [...]
Read More..>>Rumble in the Party
Posted on July 15, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Is the GOP merely anti-Obama or is it a party of principle? That’s the question brought by GOP Chairman Michael Steele’s most recent remarks that the war in Afghanistan is “a war of Obama’s choosing.” He also stated that “This is not something the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in.” [...]
Read More..>>McCartney’s Moral Equivalency
Posted on June 24, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Former Beatle Paul McCartney has been running his mouth off lately. First, earlier this month he had to get a dig in at President Bush upon receiving the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song stating:
“After the last eight years, it’s great to have a president who knows what a library is.”
What an idiotic [...]
Kirchners Bounce Back
Posted on June 22, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Bouncing back after a rough couple of years of stupid decisions like their ill-advised fight with farmers over export taxes are Argentina’s power couple Cristina Fernandez and Nestor Kirchner. The Economist reports that the Peronists are enjoying a rebound in popularity due to a recovering world economy and a hapless opposition, and huge demand for [...]
Read More..>>The Future of the Euro
Posted on June 21, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Remember when travelling to Europe was expensive? A couple of years ago the exchange rate between the Euro and dollar was 1.59 Euros to a dollar. The current exchange rate, because of worries over the fiscal stability of Greece, Spain, and Portugal, among others, has brought the exchange rate to 1.23 Euros to a dollar [...]
Read More..>>Lest we forget…
Posted on June 16, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
“You don’t ever want a crisis to go to waste; it’s an opportunity to do important things that you would otherwise avoid.”
These are the words of President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and they apply well to the President’s Oval Office Speech of yesterday evening. The President used the speech about the BP Oil [...]
Obama’s Gaffes
Posted on June 16, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
George Bush isn’t the only one who puts his foot in his mouth, the current leader of the free world has made a few maddening gaffes lately. The first came last month when the President stated:
“With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations–none of which I know how to work–information becomes a distraction, a diversion, [...]
