Posted in Congress, Democrats, Elections '08, POTUS '08, Republican, US Government, elections, libertarian, libertarianism, politics, tagged American Conservative Union, bipartisan, Cincinnati, conservatism, conservative, foreclosure, free market, government, H Rider Haggard, House Minority Leader, John A. Boehner, liberal, liberalism, lower taxes, Ohio, Politico, pork spending, prejudice, smaller government, Steve Chabot, The Moderate Voice, William James on March 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Moderate Voice, “None of the Above”
March 5, 2008 by Pete Abel
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“As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.” - H. Rider Haggard
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.” - William James
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So [...]
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Posted in Congress, Constitution, Courts & Justice System, Law, US Government, corruption, political corruption, politics, protest, tagged affidavit, amendment, bill, bureaucracy, clause, Clerk of the Senate, Constitution, contact, DownsizeDC, Enforcement Clause, English House of Commons, House of Representatives, Jefferson's Manual, Law, legislate, legislative, legislature, Parliamentary Procedure, proposal, proposed, publish, quorum, Read the Bills Act, Representative, resolution, Senate, Senator, severability, unanimous consent, United States, United States Code, US Code, USC on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I ran across this proposed law at DownsizeDC. I absolutely agree that no member of Congress should ever vote to pass any bill they haven’t actually read in its entirety, yet it happens all the time. Worse, far too often special interest items are inserted at the last minute. The truth is [...]
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Posted in Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Elections '08, Federal Election Commission (FEC), POTUS '08, People in the news, US Government, War On Drugs, crazy claims, elections, politics, tagged bixexual, blackmail, Chicago, cocaine, crack, crackhead, down low, gay, heterosexual, homosexual, Illinois, Larry Sinclair, sexuality on February 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Hat tip Ideas From Free Minds
Honestly, I don’t know what to think of this video. On the one hand, this guy could be a crackhead attention whore just making things up to smear a presidential candidate. On the other hand, if it’s true, it poses some very serious potential problems.
If Obama has lied about [...]
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Posted in Congress, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Science, animals, health, tagged animal, approval, clone, cloning, FDA, food on January 16, 2008 | No Comments »
According to CNN, the FDA has approved ingestion of meat and milk from cloned animals as food. They say there is no difference between cloned animals and non-cloned animals, and furthermore say that they cannot even require that cloned meat be marked as such (though sellers are free to advertise that their product [...]
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Posted in 9/11, Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Law, Lies and the lying liars who tell them, Technology, US Government, civil liberties, libertarianism, megabitchery, nanny state, police state, terrorism, tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, birth certificate, bureaucracy, DMV, drivers license, immigration, national identity card, paranoia, passport, Real ID, red tape, security, State Department, terrorist on January 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In the next six years, Americans born after December 1, 1964 will be required to get more secure driver’s licenses under the [...]
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Posted in Congress, Elections '08, George Phillies, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Posers, POTUS '08, People in the news, Republican, Ron Paul, media, politics, tagged anti-Semite, conspiracy theorist, homophobe, Libertarian National Committee, LNC, newsletter, racism, The New Republic on January 10, 2008 | Comments Off
The New Republic has published an article about Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, written by James Kirchick, alleging that Paul has for decades held (and published) extremely bigoted opinions.
Below you can read a short excerpt of the article in question. Click to see the article in its entirety, and click to see an additional assortment [...]
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Posted in Congress, Democrats, Republican, health, nanny state, politics, tagged California Nurses Association, Cheney, Cheney Care, CheneyCare, CNA, HR 676, national health care, National Nurses Organizing Committee, NNOC, universal health care on January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Congress, Elections '08, Lies and the lying liars who tell them, POTUS '08, Republican, Ron Paul, politics, unusual behaviors, tagged FOX, presidential debate, Ron Paul on January 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Conservative President ‘08 has reported that Republican Congressman and 2008 presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul will not be included in Sunday’s Republican Presidential Debate on FOX. This debate is being held only days before the important New Hampshire primary.
I’m frankly stunned by this. While I’m not a rabid Ron Paul supporter (I haven’t [...]
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Posted in Congress, Democrats, Elections '08, Entertainment, George Bush, Lies and the lying liars who tell them, POTUS '08, Republican, corruption, impeachment, insanetertainment, political corruption, politics, unusual behaviors, war, war crimes, tagged birthday, Carly Simon, Happy New Year, I'm the Only One, John Mellencamp, karaoke, Melissa Etheridge, New Year's resolutions, oil, physical fitness, Pink Houses, surgery, warmongers, You're So Vain on January 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Happy New Year, everyone!
As a few of you are aware, today is my 45th birthday.
Yeah, I know, I’m getting old.
Tom and I made our annual trip to the local watering hold for New Year’s Eve. He keeps a house about a block away from there, which he uses to store all his construction stuff, [...]
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From the Boston Herald:
WASHINGTON - President Bush ordered former Counsel Harriet Miers to defy a congressional subpoena and refuse to testify today about the firings of federal prosecutors, while a second former aide revealed new details yesterday about White House involvement in the dismissals.
The possibility of contempt of Congress citations against both women hung over [...]
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