Showing posts with label Domestic politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Domestic politics. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

I don't usually talk politics here, but sometimes . . .

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Just spent a week way up in the Virginia mountains, in a place where we get no cell phone coverage, no radio, no television, no cable, no 24...
Friday, June 29, 2018

President Seeks Control of the Supreme Court: The "Court-Packing" Plan

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Perhaps better known as FDR's "Court-Packing" Plan : After winning the 1936 presidential election in a landslide, Franklin D....
Monday, July 25, 2016

An Update on Political Correctness Run Amok

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Toward the end of my post Political Correctness Run Amok , I wrote: ... does not Gov. Cuomo open up his own state to similar acts by oth...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Political Correctness Run Amok: Using the NBA All-Star Game to Punish North Carolina

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This article in The Washington Examiner "George Orwell, call your office" with this great quote about Silicon Valley: "Pe...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Dear Politicians - Of Course Your Actions in Office Will Be "Politicized" That's the Way Our System Works

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Ok, so Hillary Clinton says Benghazi was a tragedy 'politicized' by opponents . Let me see if I can get this straight - a polit...
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Monday, February 08, 2016

World Peace Through Green Tape?

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I guess the current administration has decided to help the goal of world peace through executive action. How? It seems intent on wrapping ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

"Why Are . . . Liberals So @&%*! Angry?"

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If you leave out the "North Carolina" from the headline - it's still a good question: From the WSJ, Steve Moore: "Why A...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Sunday Reading Fun for the New Year: "Mind Your Own Business"

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CNN headline: Hoyer compares GOP debt limit tactics to hostage taker threatening to shoot child When a Congressman from one party compares...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Worst Post Veterans Day Idea Ever: "John Kerry's Name Being Floated for Defense Secretary"

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Why not just issue an invitation to a Vietnam Veteran's March on Washington to oppose this incredibly stupid idea? John Kerry's Na...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Neither "Horses or Bayonets" - Why the Size of the Navy Matters

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From the Third Debate: ROMNEY: “Our Navy is old — excuse me, our Navy is smaller now than at any time since 1917. The Navy said they neede...
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Thursday, July 05, 2012

Pennsylvania Voter Identification Law: Let the Whining Begin!

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Simple rule: No photo ID, no voting booth Here's the headline: "Stringent voter ID law in Pa. could prevent 750,000 from voting...
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Reining in the Federal Government: "Chief Justice Roberts, You Fox You"

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As I wrote earlier , I think that Chief Justice Roberts outwitted the forces pushing "Obamacare." Here's another voice exp...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

One link on "Obamacare"

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Roberts health care opinion, Commerce Clause: The real reason the chief justice upheld Obamacare. I don't think all the Democrats hav...
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Saturday, June 02, 2012

Midrats Episode 126: "National Security in the 2012 Election" -5pm Sunday, June 3 on Blog Talk Radio

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"Political Season," like "Hurricane Season," is upon us and it is a good time to look at some of the ramifications of th...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

World Oil Transit Chokepoints - Add One More to the List

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The U.S. Energy Information Agency has a dandy list of those narrow places on the earth where oil flowing in commerce on ships can be threat...
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Friday, September 16, 2011

Taiwan arms sales bill introduced in US Congress

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Reported in Taiwan as Taiwan bill introduced in US Congress - Taipei Times : A major new bill to strengthen and enhance the Taiwan Relation...
Friday, September 09, 2011

He hates these cans

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On the President's speech on "jobs" (the main focus of which, to me, seemed to be keeping his and those of his cronies) --you ...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

How to Screw Up National Defense

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Read this The American Spectator : Obama's Machete Hacks Up Pentagon Budget and then come back for a discussion. The President of the...
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Good Political Advice: The Tortise Strategy

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Worth reading by the conservative/libertarian opponents of the current executive branch. The American Spectator : Don't Let Alinsky Wi...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

On the Path to Understanding "American Exceptionalism"

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Perspectives Of A Russian Immigrant: Elena Kagan And "The Urge To Alter" No individual or business can harm another as much as po...