Archive for the ‘Random Musings’ Category
golden boy
Congrats to Michael Phelps, who now has 8 Olympic gold medals in the 2008 Games. He had a tremendous run in Beijing, and the rest of the US men’s swim team deserves a lot of credit for that — Jason Lezak kept the dream alive for Phelps in an earlier relay, and he finished off [...]
republican socialism?
Bet you haven’t heard that term before.
Why does it seem to me that all Washington ever seems to talk about these days is bailouts? Bailout Freddie Mac. Bailout Fannie Mae. Bailout Wall Street. Bailout homeowners. Is it possible in America today that no one is allowed to fail?
You know, Phil Gramm was right. We are [...]
misdirection
We all want to believe in something greater than ourselves. That’s a natural human desire. When we see the imperfect world around us, and the struggles we face as Americans, we want to believe that it can be resolved in the striving of mere human effort — by electing politicians who share our desire to [...]
oh ye of little faith
Fear not, liberals progressives. Barack hasn’t abandoned you. He still believes in all those progressive ideas he started out believing at the beginning of his primary campaign. Pay no attention to the appearance of centrism you may think that you see. The progressive Barack is the real Barack…and you can trust him on that. For [...]
happy 4th
Negative campaigning has always been with us. Even our revered Founders got into a few nasty battles at the start of this great country. Read about it here. Hope everyone is enjoying the 4th with family and friends.
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random acts of verbiage
If you’re someone who wants your candidate to be taken seriously on foreign policy, you probably shouldn’t say stuff like Obama advisor Richard Danzig said, “Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security”. Yes, I’m sure that there was a deeper, broader point to it, because this guy is [...]
tim russert
Both the political left and the right are joining together today to send along our thoughts and prayers to the family of NBC newsman and Meet the Press host Tim Russert, who suddenly died today at the age of 58. Russert was someone who would always ask the hard questions, even if it meant that [...]
profits
Guess those high windfall profits aren’t sustainable for Exxon Mobile. According to CNN, Exxon Mobile is closing 2,220 of its company-owned gas stations, saying that they can’t make enough money on those stations to keep them operational, even with $4 gas. That can’t be right. The Democrats tell us that big oil continues to soak [...]
please let this be true
Could it be that America’s favorite formerly bow-tied libertarian is throwing his hat into the presidential ring? That’s the buzz from the Libertarian party convention in Denver now in progress — that Tucker Carlson is considering saving the party from the disaster of a Bob Barr candidacy. Or something like that. It should come as [...]
the new york times gets something right
The title of their latest op-ed is “Rethinking Ethanol”. They suggest that Congress might want to consider ending the corn ethanol tax break as well as the mandates for increased ethanol production in the 2007 energy bill. Now, as a conservative I’m generally for most tax breaks, but in this case, I’m not [...]
