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Saturday, June 14th, 2008First we lost the great William F. Buckley, then sportscaster Jim McKay. Now we have lost Tim Russert. He is the first journalist I can remember and his tough but fair nature will be noted as well as his love for God,country, and family. It seems odd to cry over a man you didn’t know, but […]
Back to School: A little bit of political math…
Sunday, August 12th, 2007Californians want universal health care…and therefore we must give it to them.
From the AP:
Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and Assembly Republican Leader Michael Villines made their vows to hundreds of people attending an eight-city, satellite-linked meeting focused on covering the state’s 6.5 million uninsured.
Schwarzenegger, a former action film star, has […]
Unsustainable government…
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007From Robert Samuelson’s article, When Silence Isn’t Golden:
Consider the outlook. From 2005 to 2030, the 65-and-over population will nearly double to 71 million; its share of the population will rise to 20 percent from 12 percent. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid—programs that serve older people—already exceed 40 percent of the $2.7 trillion federal budget. By […]
CRNC Convention: An anti-war blogger’s perspective
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007The short video was produced by, and featured, Max Blumenthal, a blogger for the Huffington Post. The video, titled Generation Chickenhawk: the Unauthorized College Republican Convention Tour says it all, namely that Blumenthal’s motive was to sneak into the CRNC convention to attempt to embarrass College Republicans by exposing their unwillingness to fight […]
