Archive for August, 2008

Quote of the Day… 8/31/08

Around that time, Biden in an interview with the Huffington Post, he assessed Obama and Hillary Clinton: “The more people learn about them (Obama and Hillary) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.” - Joe Biden

“Murphy’s Law” By Jim Murphy

Greetings from the West Texas Branch of Right Wing Destructive Attacking Conspiratorial Gun Clingers.
If you thought that much of the Olympic coverage was dull and about three quarters goofy, just wait until you get the full four days of the Democrat Convention in Denver, Colorado. I have watched the coverage off and on for [...]

The Real Census Story

Every August, the Census Bureau’s release of the latest income and health insurance figures results in a political uproar, but this year the political class seems almost embarrassed by the good news. Median household income rose slightly in 2007, the poverty rate held steady and the number of uninsured even dropped slightly. Even so, a [...]

Voters Should Pass A Minimal Civics Test by Doug Patton

So here is a basic, common-sense test that every American wishing to exercise the right to vote should answer.

It’s getting ugly out there…

…demonstrators interrupted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with chants of “Drill here! Drill now!”

Pelosi paused and asked the group, “Right here?”

Seeming to enjoy the back and forth, she followed with another question: “Can we drill your brains?”

Where’s Pelosi, Reid and Murtha Now? By John Isaac Jones

It was more important for them to promote the Democratic party — by taking the side opposite the Republicans — than it was to stay the course and call for an American victory in Iraq.

The Nightly Potato - Breaking News - Unity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKHL5j29SRU

Quote of the Day… 8/30/08

Also from that Observer interview: “But — and the ‘but’ was clearly inevitable — he doubts whether American voters are going to elect ‘a one-term, a guy who has served for four years in the Senate,’ and added: ‘I don’t recall hearing a word from Barack about a plan or a tactic.’” - Joe Biden

‘What planet are they on?’ by Carolyn Hileman

You see the fact that you have trouble paying your bills and buying gas does not bother them, the fact that you can no longer save for anything does not bother them, the fact that everything has gone up because of fuel prices does not bother them.

33 Minutes and Why it is Important in this New Missile Age

In January of 2009, The Heritage Foundation will release a high-definition documentary that tells the story of the very real threat that hostile nations and rogue dictators now pose to every one of us. The truth is brutal: in 33 minutes or less a missile launched at America would hit the U.S. target it was [...]