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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007John Stossel exposes The Many Myths of Ethanol:
When everyone in politics jumps on a bandwagon like ethanol, I start to wonder if there’s something wrong with it. And there is. Except for that fact that ethanol comes from corn, nothing you’re told about it is true. As the Cato Institute’s energy expert Jerry Taylor said [...]
Senseless policies on immigration
Friday, May 18th, 2007My prediction: the Republican presidential candidate who gets out in front and fights against this absurd amnesty bill will take the nomination. All they need to do is make it the issue.
Here’s a good article: GOP Sellout: A senseless giveaway on immigration
I expect this kind of nonsense from the Democrat party. You know what’s sad? [...]
Amnesty Insanity: Proof that DC gridlock is good
Friday, May 18th, 2007Some people think we need our politicians in DC to “work together” more often.
More often than not, though, gridlock is the preferred state of affairs in DC. A great example of how utterly devastating “bipartisan cooperation” can be for the country is the new amnesty bill thrown together behind closed doors. Any time you can [...]
More thoughts on the VT massacre
Thursday, April 19th, 2007A Culture of Passivity (Mark Steyn)
“…I’d prefer to say that the default position is a terrible enervating passivity. Murderous misfit loners are mercifully rare. But this awful corrosive passivity is far more pervasive, and, unlike the psycho killer, is an existential threat to a functioning society.”
Wanted: A culture of self-defense (Michelle Malkin)
Gun Rights and Voting
Thursday, April 19th, 2007Today I was researching concealed carry permit reciprocity across the various states, and while viewing a color-coded map showing where a concealed carry permit is honored from another state, two things struck me:
1. Imagine if we had to look at a map like that to find out where we could exercise our FIRST amendment rights.
2. [...]