The Bear on Jul 11 2008 | Filed under: Political Quote of the Day
“Could the pastor of a man hoping to become president really have said those things? And what would it mean for the nation and the world if America’s highest officeholder had marinated for 20 years in that kind of thinking?” —Kathleen Parker
The Bear on Jul 11 2008 | Filed under: Election 08’
Of late, Obama seems to be promising a third Bush administration.
The Bear on Jul 11 2008 | Filed under: Energy Policy
The future begins as soon as Congress and the president act.
The Bear on Jul 11 2008 | Filed under: Election 08’
Every American longs for the day that a truly AMERICAN candidate tosses their hat in the ring and can draw a majority of voters to a campaign based upon common AMERICAN principles and values. But until such a candidate runs, we are left with making the best of a bad election cycle.
The Bear on Jul 11 2008 | Filed under: Culture
“There is no reason why Shariah principles, or any other religious code, should not be the basis for mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution,”
The Bear on Jul 11 2008 | Filed under: Global Warming
It’s been a little while since we have posted some Nuze that you can throw at your global warming friends … try this one on for size.
Satellites have been tracking the concentration of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic since 1980. And in the Arctic, from May of 1980 until May of 2008, guess [...]
The Bear on Jul 11 2008 | Filed under: Taxes
The U.S. tax system is highly progressive. The top 1 percent of income earners, by household, paid 39 percent of all federal income taxes in 2005, whereas the bottom 50 percent paid a little over 3 percent. Further, 32 percent of all tax returns filed in 2005 were from people who paid no federal income tax at all.
The Bear on Jul 11 2008 | Filed under: Taxes
Campaign videos have come a long way, but this is a fascinating look at political history. The below clip is a 10-minute video the Republican National Committee commissioned in 1939 to help Wendell Wilkie win the 1940 election against FDR. Entitled “The Truth About Taxes,” the short video attacks the New Deal for its burdensome [...]
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