(Video) Fred Thompson on Federalism
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual, Video | Comments Off
Isn’t it time for us to go back to small government?
“Before anything else, folks in Washington ought to be asking first and foremost, “Should government be doing this? And if so, then at what level of government?” But they don’t. – Fred Thompson
Read More..>>Carl Cameron Explains How the Caucuses Work
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual, Video | Comments Off
For those of you, like me, that are not familiar with how Iowa politics and the cacuses process works this will be interesting and informative. It really answers the question as to why an Iowan’s second choice is so important.
Read More..>>Fred Thompson – Conservative, Strict Constructionist, Federalist
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under History, News, Politics As Usual | Comments Off
In the beginning of our great nation, the founders attempted to establish a union where each of the member states retained sovereignty. The establishment of this new union was done through the authorization of what was called the Articles of Confederation. But this agreement among the states was a loose and impractical one, so the [...]
Read More..>>The Indians Just Quit US! …Or DID They?
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under Liberal Media/Bias, News | 1 Comment
Sioux Indians “Withdraw From the USA”? Or not!
Here is the kind of story that really proves how little the MSM bothers to research things, how they often simply print glorified press releases without doing any real “journalism,” and how the defective end product gets picked up and regurgitated like it is suddenly a “fact.” In [...]
Minn. Star Trib: ‘More People’ Against Religious Christmas? Is 27% ‘More’?
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under Christmas, Liberal Media/Bias, News | 1 Comment
Here is the sort of ridiculousness that makes people distrust the media. The Minneapolis Star Tribune published a story that breathlessly proclaims that “More people say there should be less of a Christian emphasis placed on the holidays” making it appear that a Christian Christmas is falling into disfavor with the American people. Wow, how [...]
Read More..>>Fed-Ex Gets Christmas Present – No Union Interference
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual | 1 Comment
FedEx corporation was given an early Christmas present by the House early this week. In the omnibus spending bill being sent to the Senate, House Republicans succeeded in stripping language that would force the air delivery service to be open to unionization by the Teamsters, language the Democrat Party was pushing to get included.
We get [...]
Christmas Bad; Kwanzaa OK
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Christmas, Church And State, News | 2 Comments
We read:
“A judge has refused to stop a Shelby County lawmaker from holding a Kwanzaa party in a public building, ruling that the celebration would not be a religious gathering.
County Commissioner Henri Brooks organized the party, open to the public, scheduled for Wednesday night at the county’s main administration building.
Probate Court Clerk Chris Thomas [...]
Thompson Reaches Goal
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, News, Politics As Usual, Video | Comments Off
Just for informational puproses, the Fred Heads raised their goal. Overshot actually. Thanx to everyone.
Meanwhile Fred has fun with the snow.
Mike’s Major Huck Up: Pakistan Reason for Border Fence…but I Stayed In a Holiday Inn Express
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Border Control/Homeland Security, News, Politics As Usual, Video, War On Terror | 7 Comments
Well, don’t get me wrong…he’s had many, many potential ones. He has had to come back and correct his mis-statements with the media too many times. Why is this one the major one? It is the one that the MSM is actually picking up on. I heard ol’ Carl Cameron on [...]
Read More..>>Huck the Great White Hunter Puts Reporters In Danger
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual, Stupidity | Comments Off
Cross-Posted In Full FROM Gribbit’s WordMike Huckabee trouncing through the Iowan countryside in search of fresh game, namely pheasant, joked with a reporter when asked why he didn’t invite Vice President Cheney. He answered the question, “Because I want to survive all the way through this.”
But then he did the unthinkable. A pheasant was kicked [...]
Bhutto: Omar Shiekh Murdered Osama Bin Laden
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under News, Video, War On Terror | 10 Comments
Stay tuned to My Pet Jawa for the release of a new Bin Laden video. Most likely it will be re-hashed old footage or still frames with voice over. However, this video is very interesting. Listen closely as she talks of the people she suspected were out to kill her.
As Rusty says:
Apparently [...]
Hey Iowa! Huckabee Makes the List of Top Ten Corrupt Politicians
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Abortion, News, Politics As Usual | 7 Comments
Side by side with the other liberal in conservative clothing running for President Rudy in Judicial Watch’s top ten list of corrupt politicians.
6. Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR): Governor Huckabee enjoyed a meteoric rise in the polls in December 2007, which prompted a more thorough review of his ethics record. According to The [...]
Blogburst for Fred Part II
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Fundraising, Politics As Usual, Video | Comments Off
As I write this Fred has raised $185,580 towards the $248,846 goal. That is $63,266 short. The good news is that we’ve raised enough to get the ad on the air, but we still need to help raise the rest. The bad news is that the goal time is only 4 1/2 hours away. [...]
Read More..>>Fredburst Update
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Fundraising, Politics As Usual, Video | Comments Off
Cross-posted from Right on the Right:
Fred Thompson is continuing his 11th hour push in Iowa, and the blogosphere came out in force to help him. His new ad, Substance has just started to run in Iowa. He needs about $70,000 more to make sure the ad stays on the air until caucus night. Here’s Fred’s [...]
Unconstitutional New Illinois Anti-Gun Law
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under 2nd Amendment, ACLU, News, Politics As Usual | 3 Comments
Cook County is at it again, trying to make legal gun owners as uncomfortable as possible. The Cook County Board of Commissioners is working on their latest unconstitutional set of gun laws and one particular idea they want to implement shows how disingenuous lawmakers can be.
As Kane County Chronicle columnist Steve Sarley writes:
This new legislation, [...]
