Some numbers
Thursday, July 31st, 200869% of Americans support drilling on the continental shelf and lifting the ban on such drilling.
Congressional Democrats’ response:
Obama’s response:
Republicans response:
Now ask yourself: Which response seems most likely to solve the problem of high gas prices?
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Another number: 48% of American think the surge has made the situation in Iraq better.
Congressional Democrats’ response.
Obama’s […]
Vets for Freedom releases ad
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Vets for Freedom, a group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, released its first internet advertisement today. There are several prominent College Republicans who currently or in the past have been affiliated with Vets for Freedom. To name just a few, Dan Bell, former executive director of the Missouri College Republicans and Nick […]
Quote of the Day
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008As I hear the questions and the statements today, it seems to me that there’s a kind of see no progress in Iraq, hear no progress in Iraq, and most of all speak of no progress in Iraq.
- Sen. Joe Lieberman referring to the nature of the questions asked by his Democratic colleagues of General […]
Activism Alert: Sign petition to support our troops
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008This week, General Petraeus will return to Congress once again to report on the coalition’s progress in Iraq. And as before, anti-military groups like MoveOn.org and Code Pink will try to vilify him and distract from his message of progress and hope.
In response to these attacks, I would like to present the General with a […]
Vets on the Hill, Part I
Monday, April 7th, 2008As General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker prepare to address Congress on the state of military and political affairs in Iraq, hundreds of veterans have coalesced on the Hill to persuade Congress as to the logic of victory in Iraq.
All this comes at a time when the environment in Iraq has improved signigicantly and the American […]
They dedicate a whole month to us
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Truthfully, I am flatterd…
Taken from a progressive student blog run by the College Democrats of Western Michign University:
As announced last month, March is NeoConservative Awareness Month! The College Democrats will spend the next four weeks educating our membership and anyone else who is interested about NeoConservatism.
Through the award-winning BBC documentary The Power of Nightmares: The […]
Sen. Bond on FISA
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Senator Bond (R-MO), Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman, speaks on the need of Congress to act quickly to pass FISA legislation to provide our intelligence and military communities the ability to do their job legally, effectively and safely.
Bush rejects defense bill
Saturday, December 29th, 2007Yesterday, President Bush “pocket vetoed” a defense bill because of a provision that would make Iraqi assests in the United States available as damages in lawsuits.
Bush said the legislation “would imperil billions of dollars of Iraqi assets at a crucial juncture in that nation’s reconstruction efforts.”
Bush rejected the bill because he dislikes a provision that […]
Senate rejects Iraq War bills from both parties
Friday, November 16th, 2007There were two pending Iraq War bills, one sponsored by House Democrats, the by Senate Republicans.
Both were rejected today.
The bill sponsored and passed by House Democrats (and four House Republicans) would have attached withdrawal requirements to $50 billion in supplemental war funding.
The bill sponsored by Senate Democrats was a so-called clean bill that funded the […]
House passes $50 billion war supplemental, Dems attach strings
Thursday, November 15th, 2007Calling it the ulimate groundhog day piece of legislation, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) wondered when the Democrats are going to take a hint. House Republicans said, simply put, a troop withdrawal will not survive the Senate chamber or the President’s desk, even if tied to funding.
The strings the House Democrats attached include (1) troop […]
