April 9, 2008

The New York Times expose Sheriff Joe to the rest of the US

Despite what J.D. Hayworth says on KFYI and the O’Reilly Factor, Sheriff Joe is more trouble than he’s worth. There are far better ways to rid a community of crime, instead of gorging our prison system with convicts eager to get out of his jails and into a prison. I’m traditionally a hardliner [...]

April 9, 2008

NEWS FLASH: YOU just gave $300 to JP Morgan Chase -Jason Kolb

Jason Kolb has written a couple of my all-time favorite blog posts, if I actually kept track. His response to the JP Morgan Chase corporate pork buyout was dead-on. This is not a free market. This misconception that any spending by the government under a Democrat is wasteful and welfare and Republicans [...]

April 9, 2008

Astronomers tell us what smarter humans might be exploring in 50 or 100 years

“Astronomers have discovered a distant “twin” solar system which looks very similar to our own. So far researchers have identified two planets very similar to Jupiter and Saturn, which orbit a star about half the size of the Sun around 5,000 light-years away.”
I know President Bush unveiled a plan for an extended human presence on [...]

April 9, 2008

‘Millions Wasted On Government Credit Cards’ - another argument for transparent government

“Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards over a 15-month period, congressional auditors say.”
Just the numbers alone in this report make me understand why people hate and distrust the government to the point of not voting. If not [...]

April 9, 2008

I actually agree with Bill O’Reilly on something

I think I remember most of the times I’ve fully agreed with Bill O’Reilly and his wish for a homogeneous society. Sometimes it happens, the man reveals he got his post by having some intelligence. I enjoy his interesting perspective when he stops pandering to his niche audience and speaks more of the [...]

April 9, 2008

How is ‘warmonger’ a sensitive term to John McCain?

My recent post on that Iraq veteran who introduced John McCain with ignorant chiding of Barack Obama made reading this article on CNN Political Ticker that much more interesting. In the same day, the McCain camp said Obama’s response/apology/required denunciation was not enough when fellow Senator and Obama supporter Jay Rockefeller called McCain a [...]