We the people…. we need to wake up. =============== We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate. The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among liberals, from unsatisfying to dangerous. No one likes what they’re seeing. The Justice Department assault on the Associated Press and the ugly politicization of... Read more
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A Battering Ram Becomes a Stonewall
May 24 | Posted by mrossol | Party Politics, The LeftThis IRS thing is as serious as anything in the past 20 years. We the people better demand accountability or ‘Shame on us.’ ==================== “I don’t know.” “I don’t remember.” “I’m not familiar with that detail.” “It’s not my precise area.” “I’m not familiar with that letter.” These are quotes from the Internal Revenue Service officials who testified this week before the House... Read more
Albany’s Ultimate Dirty Fighters
April 28 | Posted by mrossol | Party Politics, UnionsNot all unions push to this level, but… you get the picture. ========== The Ultimate Fighting Championship is known for its mix of “karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, grappling, wrestling, sumo and other combat sports,” played in an “Octagon” cage between two impressively muscled fighters who win by “knockout, submission or decision.” None of that has prepared UFC executives for the eye-gouges and... Read more
Indiana Voucher Victory
March 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsChoice. Hope there is more of it. ============== Indiana passed one of the nation’s most ambitious education reforms in 2011, so naturally teachers unions sued to kill it. The unions lost big Tuesday when the Indiana Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state’s Choice Scholarship Program is constitutional. The Indiana State Teachers Association and the National Education Association sued to stop the statewide... Read more
Ryan Budget Proposes Caps on Defense Spending, a Shift for GOP – WSJ.com
March 13 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Party PoliticsA proposal… does the loyal opposition offer something else … (in the past four years)? ============ Ryan Budget Proposes Caps on Defense Spending, a Shift for GOP.
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Filibuster Hagel
February 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsGood for the goose, good for the… =========== Chuck Hagel says he can’t remember if he called the U.S. State Department “an adjunct of the Israeli foreign minister’s office” in the Q&A following a March 2007 speech at Rutgers University, but that he repudiates the words all the same. Which makes him a crank who lacks even the courage of his convictions. And... Read more
