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Everyone Who Knows What They’re Talking About Agrees With Me…..

by @ Wednesday, March 10th, 2010. Filed under Politics

…..And everyone who doesn’t wears a tin foil hat.
Ronald Bailey investigates the question of cultural polarization for reason.com
Why do members of the public disagree—sharply and persistently—about facts on which expert scientists largely agree?

Reagan “Evil Empire” speech

by @ Monday, March 8th, 2010. Filed under Politics

Twenty seven years ago today.
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Global Warming As Religion

by @ Sunday, December 13th, 2009. Filed under Politics

Christopher Monckton, at the Copenhagen “summit,” has a conversation with a Greenpeace member.  After listing several facts which contradict “the science is settled” mantra he asks her if she would be willing to rethink her faith in Greenpeace.
The most important statement is made at the very end of the video.  Don’t believe anyone, do your [...]

Veteran’s Day 2009

by @ Wednesday, November 11th, 2009. Filed under Politics

We salute the men and women who have sacrificed for our freedom.
The Warrior Song.

Rendezvous With Destiny

by @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Politics

Forty years ago today, Ronald Reagan gave a speech in support of  Barry Goldwater’s Presidential campaign, and urging Americans to rally behind the American dream.  Often referred to as “A Time For Choosing” it served to launch Reagan’s own political career.  Go here for the text of the speech.
The main points are still valid, if [...]

What happened to global warming?

by @ Saturday, October 10th, 2009. Filed under Politics

Paul Hudson, the  climate correspondent for BBC News, says “for the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.”

Chris Matthews Hospitalized

by @ Thursday, September 10th, 2009. Filed under Politics

Reports are that Chris Matthews was hospitalized last night with uncontrollable thrills running up and down his leg.

Brilliant, thoughtful, reasoned

by @ Friday, August 7th, 2009. Filed under Politics

If life was fair, when you looked up any of the words in this post’s title you would see a picture of Dr. Thomas Sowell.  Once again he hits a walk-off home run in his recent column “Utopia Versus Freedom.”
“Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.” We have heard that many times. What is also [...]

Senator Boxer plays the race card

by @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Filed under Politics

Harry C. Alford, the president & CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, was testifying before the Senate committee on Environmental and Public Works today.  Apparently Boxer thought the score needed to be evened out by entering into the record a differing opinion from other black groups.
Alford: “Madam Chair, that is condescending to me. [...]

The cost of doing nothing

by @ Sunday, June 28th, 2009. Filed under Politics

Several websites have done a good job of trying to quantify what the Waxman-Markey Pelosi bill will cost vs what effect, if any, it will have on climate change.   Jim Manzi of theamericanscene.com writes:
…..it is projected to impose annual costs of about $1,100 per household (a little less than 1% of total consumption) by 2050. [...]

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