Quote of the Day… 9/07/08
The Bear on Sep 07 2008 | Filed under: Political Quote of the Day
“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.” —William F. Buckley
Archive for September 7th, 2008
“Murphy’s Law” by Jim Murphy
The Bear on Sep 07 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Politics
All right, this week we have the “Grown Ups” Convention. I have watched a bit of this convention and noticed quite a difference in the Republican convention and the “Whiner’s Convention” to which we were subjected last week.
Obama’s Fear Of A Woman by Tom Barrett
The Bear on Sep 07 2008 | Filed under: Election 08’
Setting aside for a moment the fact that Sarah Palin is far more qualified than is Barack Obama to be president, ask yourself this question. Who would you feel safer with as vice-president, knowing that she or he could become president at any moment: Joe “Politics-as-Usual” Biden, who has run a committee? Or Sarah “The Reformer” Palin, who has very successfully run the largest state in the United States of America?
Perfection Is Not Required To Be A Christian… Nor A Republican by J. D. Longstreet
The Bear on Sep 07 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Election 08’
The hallmark of the evangelical Christian is their ability to instantly forgive the transgressions of others upon the transgressor recognizing his/her sins, confessing them, and seeking forgiveness.
Angry readers dump Us Magazine over Palin
The Bear on Sep 07 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Politics
Us Weekly, chose a rather caustic cover line (“Babies, Lies and Scandal”) is said to have lost thousands of subscribers in just the first 24 hours following the printing of the issue.
“I’m hearing it’s 5,000, maybe more,” says one well-placed source in the industry. Another source claimed that as many as 10,000 readers have already [...]
McCain Beats Obama!
The Bear on Sep 07 2008 | Filed under: Election 08’
In the preliminary ratings, it looks like McCain beat Obama ratings-wise. That is just amazing.
Presidential candidate John McCain’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention drew more television viewers than his rival Barack Obama attracted at the Democratic party’s event last week, according to preliminary ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
Across all broadcast networks Thursday, Sen. [...]
Intrade Election Update
The Bear on Sep 07 2008 | Filed under: Election 08’
McCain is now trading at 46 on InTrade, an all-time high. Obama is trading at 55, down from a peak of 68 on July 15.
If InTrade is viewed as a real-time poll (its results will be reflected in the actual polls next week when they catch up) than InTrade is saying that the combination [...]
