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Energy Freedom Day

Posted by on 8/18/2008 2 comments

Sign the petition.

Patriot Golf Day For The Children: The Folds of Honor Foundation

Posted by on 8/7/2008 2 comments

Today, I am asking all of my friends at Linkfest Haven DeLuxe,to help me spread the word about the The Folds of Honor Foundation. Although I don’t share much of my personal life with you,  I felt that this is …

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Obama was for the energy policy before he was against it!

Posted by on 8/7/2008 3 comments

Obama in Knots over Cheney

The new debate: When does pregnancy begin?

Posted by on 8/1/2008 Comments Off

WSJ has an interesting article .. thought I’d share. The title: Treating the Pill as Abortion, Draft Regulation Stirs Debate. The Bush Administration has ignited a furor with a proposed definition of pregnancy that has the effect of classifying some …

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Flawed Mortgage Fix: Banks will accelerate foreclosures in order to take advantage of the government’s handout. By intervening in the market, the government, as usual, is going to make matters a whole lot worse, not better.

Posted by on 7/29/2008 Comments Off

Take the time to read Lawrence Hunter’s piece. Here are the highlights: Banks have been refusing to sell off foreclosed properties at market-clearing prices, which means they are foreclosing on far fewer homes than the status of their loans justifies. …

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HOPE: Senate Republicans have threatened to block nearly all other bills pending before the August recess if Democrats refuse to vote with them on expanding offshore drilling

Posted by on 7/24/2008 16 comments

I had to pinch myself on this one: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said bills that do not pertain to energy can wait until after the August recess, with gas prices now surpassing $4 per gallon. McConnell and top …

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Bush Says Wall Street Got Drunk

Posted by on 7/23/2008 Comments Off

I have yet to see a problem with this statement: “There’s no question about it,” Bush said. “Wall Street got drunk, that’s one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras. It got drunk and now …

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Kucinich Wins Hearing on Bush, Impeachment Off the Table

Posted by on 7/16/2008 Comments Off

Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s single impeachment article will get a committee hearing “ but not on removing President Bush from office. Another broken promise by Pelosi, but the far left is fed up with her and their party leaders.  The far …

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Gallup: Congress’ job approval rating has dropped from 19% in June to 14% in July, making the current reading the lowest congressional job approval rating in the 34-year Gallup Poll history of asking the question

Posted by on 7/16/2008 9 comments

The most recent decline comes almost exclusively from Democrats, whose approval of Congress fell from 23% in June to 11% in July, while independents’ and Republicans’ views of Congress did not change much. As a result, Republicans are now slightly …

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UPDATED WITH MORE DEBATE: Just drill, baby

Posted by on 7/15/2008 21 comments

Bush Lifts Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling, Setting Up Showdown With Congress… On Capitol Hill, Democrats push back on offshore drilling: Note Reid’s comment; “For eight years, he’s done nothing,” said Senate majority leader Harry Reid after a caucus luncheon …

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IRAQ INSISTS ON WITHDRAWAL TIMETABLE

Posted by on 7/8/2008 2 comments

This should be taken with a grain of salt because it did not come from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, but from National Security Adviser, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie.  This statement gives me pause: Al-Rubaie spoke to reporters after briefing Grand Ayatollah Ali …

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Is It Time To Repeal The “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Policy?

Posted by on 7/8/2008 1 comment

A study shows that Congress should repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” and allow gays to serve openly in the military. The study, commissioned by UC Santa Barbara, found no evidence that gays serving openly would affect morale, unit cohesion or …

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New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory…

Posted by on 7/1/2008 2 comments

“Iraq has the potential to develop into a stable, secure multiethnic, multi-sectarian democracy under the rule of law,” Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq said

Iraq throws open door to foreign oil firms putting British and U.S. companies in poll position

Posted by on 6/30/2008 24 comments

Let the discussion begin: Iraq threw open the world’s third largest oil reserves to foreign firms on Monday, putting British and U.S. companies in poll position five years after U.S.-led troops invaded the country to oust Saddam Hussein. The move …

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Breaking: Court finds Second Amendment protects individual right to bear arms UPDATE:”All statements by Barack Obama come with an expiration date. All of them.”

Posted by on 6/26/2008 21 comments

Here’s the opinion at SCOTUS Blog Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons …

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