News and Politics

OK, this one was just kinda funny so I though I would pass it along. I was listening to C-Span radio with my new satellite radio at lunch and overheard a rebroadcast of a press conference given by James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis) regarding immigration policy. One of his major points was his desire to see the border fence between California and Mexico completed. Pretty standard stuff overall. However, he makes what I have to consider as the funniest reason to prevent illegal immigration: [Read More]

Hey, at least one major new outlet has decided to at least mention that the Libertarian Party still exists. From this week’s edition of The Onion:

You might think it’s funny, but it’s disrespectful to submit write-in candidates like “Don Knotts,” “Mickey Mouse,” or “Michael Badnarik.”

Via Reason.com.

Oh, this one just got my goat. William Rasberry in the Washington Post has published one of the most patronizing articles I’ve ever seen concerning the explosion of political authorship on the web. Here’s just one little excerpt: What has changed in the years since Gennifer Flowers, says Rieder, is that a handful of national newspapers no longer can operate as journalistic gatekeepers – effectively blocking stories that are unverified or unverifiable and driven by people whose political motivations are plain to see. [Read More]

A great Objectivist take on outsourcing that reminds us that those who seek safety are the enemy of those who seek freedom: A free society requires and rewards individuals who are active-minded, forward-looking, keen to better themselves. A society moving towards state control of the economy requires and rewards individuals who want tranquility, passivity, lethargy. In the debate about the legitimacy of “outsourcing” white-collar jobs to foreign countries, you must decide on which side you stand. [Read More]

There is nothing that inspires more confident than a pair of candidates who make sure not to take stand. ambivalence is really the way to the American heart. For example, check out the absent senators on the vote to shelve the Federal Marriage Amendment.

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O’Rourke is back and he’s taking on social discourse. I’ve never understood how any man can be this funny. Here’s just the first few sentences: Last year, on a long car trip, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh shout. I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don’t listen to him. I listen to NPR: “World to end—poor and minorities hardest hit.” I like to argue with the radio. Of course, if I had kept listening to Limbaugh, whose OxyContin addiction was about to be revealed, I could have argued with him about drugs. [Read More]

Once again, Lady Thatcher proves her wisdom, insight and clarity is unmatched in her eulogy this morning for President Reagan. Here is a brief excerpt of her speech that really sums up Mr. Reagan’s life and career: So the President resisted Soviet expansion and pressed down on Soviet weakness at every point until the day came when communism began to collapse beneath the combined weight of these pressures and its own failures. [Read More]

Well, it seems to be a bad week for the death of great men. The legendary Ray Charles has passed away at the age of 73.

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I just found this great Reagan speech quote. Why can’t the Republicans understand that it is this vision, and this vision alone, that should separate them from the Democrats??? Why must they consistently put forth compromise slime and good-old-boy socialists as candidates when all they need to win is one man who can say and believe this: From his first appearance on the national political scene in 1964, he spoke for the values he set forth in his nationally televised speech just before that election: [Read More]

One of America’s greatest leaders and the only Republican in recent history that I would have voted for, Ronald Reagan died today at the age of 93. Your wisdom and political astuteness will and has already been missed.