Hillary’s Lead Begins to Dwindle

Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, News, Politics As Usual | 3 Comments

Two New Hampshire polls are not good news for Mrs. Clinton:
Two new reputable polls of New Hampshire Democratic Primary voters will show statistically significant drops in support for frontrtunner Hillary Clinton, Democrats who have seen those polls said today.
The polls will be released this weekend and are embargoed; though I’m not privy to the embargo [...]

Fred Thompson Proposes Social Security Fix

Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual | 22 Comments

While I’m still undecided, I can’t help but to mention that Fred Thompson keeps impressing me. While many are dissappointed that he hasn’t met the overhyped Reagan incarnate buildup, I’m being impressed that he is one of the only people actually offering actual plans on things that matter. Here is a brief outline [...]

Friday Free For All

Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, News | 1 Comment

Thank goodness it is Friday! Here are a few good links to check out!
Castle Argghhh!: A story you might have missed, as the regular press doesn’t cover good news much.
Uncle Tim’s Bargain Basement: Unpopular War or Blatant Anti-Americanism?
Jammie Wearing Fool wins Best New Blog of 2007
Check out all the winners of this years blog [...]

The New Attorney General– Michael Mukasey

Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual | Comments Off

Michael Mukasey was confirmed by the Senate in a 53-40 vote with 7 not voting, for the job of Attorney General. (Roll call here)
A few of the earlier reactions as well as a list of yeahs and nays and who didn’t vote are here.
Before following up with some of the reactions coming in, lets take [...]

Macon, Georgia: Race Baiters Flourish at City Hall

Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment

Macon’s The Telegraph gave us some clear proof that substance and seriousness is not the standard operating procedure for the denizens of the city government there. In the story titled “Insensitive e-mail raises race concerns at City Hall” we find an innocent, straight forward emailed suggestion to save the city some cash turned into an [...]

Hey! It’s OK to Stomp other Flags

Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News | 2 Comments

Not just the U.S. flag:
“The 417,000 students at California State University’s 28 campuses are expected to be civil to one another, the university says in its policy manual. It sounds innocuous - but a federal magistrate says it’s an unconstitutional restriction on speech when the policy is used to investigate or discipline students, such [...]

Obama Campaign Placed Anti-Hillary Stories in Press - Where is MSM Outrage at Being Used?

Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under Liberal Media/Bias, News | 2 Comments

On Thursday, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet picked up on a story related by the Atlantic Monthly’s Marc Ambinder that claims that a few months ago the Barack Obama campaign sought to place the Norman Hsu scandal in the press in an effort to create anti-Hillary buzz in the MSM. Such a political “dirty trick” [...]