"You're just petty politicians, who'd sooner sign onto the wisdom of a tyrant in another country, than the demands of ticked off voters in your own." (Neil CavutoJune 2008)
“I didn’t question her patriotism. I questioned her judgment.”
Mr. Cheney went on: “The point I made and I’ll make it again is that Al Qaeda functions on the basis that they think they can break our will. That’s their fundamental underlying strategy, that if they can kill enough Americans or cause enough havoc, create enough chaos in Iraq, then we’ll quit and go home. And my statement was that if we adopt the Pelosi policy, that then we will validate the strategy of Al Qaeda. I said it, and I meant it.”
(Vice President Cheney NYT Feb. 2007)
"A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers. (Ronald Reagan March 1, 1975)
"Oh, no! First of all, if I took one vote away from a serious candidate, it would be a sin." (Al Franken Time Magazine, 9/1/03)
There is a commenter here on RF who drives me absolutely nuts. In a moment of weakness, I turned my keyboard over to my dark side and let him - have it this morning.
The only real reason I am posting this is that I thought up that line in the tittle and wanted to get it out into the intertubes. And to dig into the RINO defender a little more.
I’m going to see the Star Wars deal this afternoon and evening. Then a nice dinner. Maybe at somewhere real nice for a steak which I haven’t done since a long long time ago back during the chair’s race. Speaking of which, someone still owes me and my girlfriend a replacement dinner since he ruined that one!!!
Who knows. Don’t care, just thrilled to have a few days of non-18 hour rat race move constantly and for gosh’s sake, don’t stop dealing with everything AAA - days ahead of me.
A little R&R for a very tired and grumpy AAA who has been killing himself recently doing far more than his body and mind can handle. And next week will be completely nutso with the convention action beginning. A quick trip for one last cabin trip before school starts and while the weather is warm, then it is the mayhem of the RNC convention and diaper wearing Anarkids.
Take care and go hug a RINO while you can. I haven’t gotten them all yet. Yet, being the key word.
There’s an interesting story in the Strib about some of the Legislative races that have Primary battles. Take a look.
One key portion of it is this from Rep. Jim ‘Hey Let’s Tax Their Arses Off’ Abeler.
Abeler said focusing on relatively minor exchanges misses the larger point — preventing DFLers from gaining a veto-proof majority in the House.
Hey Abeler, you voted to override a veto, you moron! With you around, they don’t need to win that seat.
It is because of YOU, Jim Abeler, that the DFL overrode a veto!
(Note: Abeler’s mention of minor exchanges has to do with him trying to get his lit into the Anoka County Republican booth. It was for ONLY endorsed Republicans, Abeler is not endorsed. He still tried to get his lit in there. The stories on what really happened varies, but Abeler DID cross a line. Because he is an ……
Honest to goodness…………….. [redacted to remain a PG-13 blog]
Huckabee, on Fox News Wednesday, told host Sean Hannity that he’s hesitant about Romney “because of the shift of positions on all the issues.” Romney has changed his stance on “everything from the Reagan tax cuts to abortion to same-sex marriage,” added Huckabee, who was competed with Romney for social conservatives’ votes during the GOP presidential primaries.
If not for Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney would be the Republican candidate.
“But Tim Pawlenty,” Huckabee said, “I think, is fresh, and he doesn’t have, you know, some of those other issues. I think there are other people. I mean he could go with somebody that we haven’t even talked about. A Frank Keating from — former governor of Oklahoma.”
“you know, some of those other issues” ????????????
Gee Mike, what is it? Supporting massive tax increases? Maybe taking away freedoms because you don’t like what some people do with it? Or were you just hanging that religion thing out there for people to think about. Afterall, it isn’t like you haven’t gone there before.
Once again, let me remind people of this just in case Huckabee is going to get rewarded by John McCain for sticking in the race through the South to knock Romney out.
The Times reported Huckabee’s comments this way: “I asked Huckabee, who describes himself as the only Republican candidate with a degree in theology, if he considered Mormonism a cult or a religion. ‘I think it’s a religion,’ he said. ‘I really don’t know much about it.’
“I was about to jot down this piece of boilerplate when Huckabee surprised me with a question of his own: ‘Don’t Mormons,’ he asked in an innocent voice, ‘believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?”‘
A spokeswoman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kim Farah, said Huckabee’s question is usually raised by those who wish to smear the Mormon faith rather than clarify doctrine. She said Mormons believe God is the father of all. (Source: MSNBC)
I hope McCain realizes that his momentum of late is because of his embracing conservative economic and free market energy issues. The Republican base is warming up to him, now that he is warming up to our issues and using his role as the defacto spokesman for the conservative movement to push them. That was a major worry early on for people like me.
Romney would be a fantastic Vice President. He has probably forgotten more about business and economic issues than the other VP contenders even know. He just may be the perfect balance to a McCain ticket. (Myself excluded)
But that exercise in free speech apparently isn’t sitting so well with the free-speakers who want to demonstrate against the war. “We’re organizing a massive anti-war protest. We object to the idea of a stage where people have different messages … especially in the midst of our protest,” a spokesman for the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War told Hoppin. “The city has created a vehicle for a handful of individuals to speak at the expense of a large protest and groups of people.”
I have this feeling that we have some very bad people coming to the Twin Cities, not for free speech, but to intimidate folks and break stuff. No one has to listen to what you say. You have a right to say what you want, but not to be heard.
The fact that these people are now throwing fits that someone else may not sit by intently listening to the hate as these diaper wearing anarkidz try to incite a riot, exposes exactly why these thugs shouldn’t be catered to. But DFL Mayor Chris Coleman is one of them and he has pretty much handed over the keys for the city to the very people who may burn it down and break stuff.
We’ll all need to be observant and vigilant in the next weeks. Not that we need to stop these thugs or get into altercations. Absolutely not. Rather, we need to be the eyes and ears around town. These people are planning mayhem. Yes, the anarchy folks are well organized. They even brought their lawyers along.
They have plans and we need to keep an eye on our city.
There’s a great piece on Real Clear Politics regarding Democrat SOTH Pelosi’s plan to solve the Energy Crisis. Here’s the ending.
Forget logic. Forget realism. Demagoguery of the Pelosi-Democratic party sort is about acquiring political advantage through smearing an industry that potential Democratic voters can be persuaded to dislike and punish.
Denounce, denounce, denounce. Attack, smear and calumniate. Sure finds a lot of oil, doesn’t it? As for drill, drill, drill, the Democratic Party seems to have handed off that particular mission to your dentist.
Tolerance is not a river in China. Religious tolerance should be the goldstandard in the Republican party. Unfortunately, it is not.
“I think Romney would be very acceptable to the foreign policy conservatives and the economic conservatives,” said Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm. “But I think it’s fair to say that about 15 to 20 percent of evangelicals would have a difficult time voting for a Mormon on either side of the ticket.“
It is a sad day for the Republic, more so for the Republican party.
Driving home from Keegs last night I happened to spot diesel for $3.99 at a local station. We all know that US House Republicans have been making waves on the Drill Here front. But so far SOTH Pelosi and Democrats have blocked all attempts to lift Congressional bans on more domestic energy.
Even though we have yet to be freed up from the stranglehold the Democrats and liberal environmentalists have put on the key to economic growth and cheap energy for American families, oil prices have been plummeting.
So the Democrats are right, and if we just use less (conserve) then we can lower prices!
No! Prices are falling because of lower demand. But the lower demand was due to high prices. Now that prices are going down, Americans will no longer painfully conserve. They will start to do the things that the high prices forced them not to.
They will no longer conserve out of necessity. We will go back to living our free lives the way we want to. We have to. Our economy cannot grow if we continue to starve our entertainment needs. If all we do is work, and not play, it will have disastrous effects on our tourism and manufacturing sectors. No more trips and vacations means no one staying at resorts, hotels, or visiting museums. No more trip to the lake means no more building boats, PWCs, or fishing gear.
When that happens, people will be laid off. We will see even more economic down turn.
Don’t buy into the false calm that doing nothing about domestic energy solved the problem. The problem hasn’t been solved, and there is a looming problem as prices fall.
We will begin using oil in masse again soon, and unless we have an adequate supply, we’re going to see prices spike again. We do need more domestic energy. We have enough energy at our disposal that we could be the world’s leading exporter. We just need Congress to cut the red tape and stop standing in the way of the free market.
Supply and Demand, not Tax and Spend.
Oh and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R MN6) is heading back to DC today to join the revolution on the House floor to get Pelosi off the book tour and back to work to solve the American Energy crisis.
This is kinda a short article by the Strib, but I never fail to point out this very important fact heading into the 2008 elections.
WASHINGTON - Federal budget deficit soars in July, pushed higher by stimulus payments, failed banks
Obviously it is a partial story that didn’t cpmpetely make it through the intertubes, but again, DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE PURSESTRINGS OF CONRESS RIGHT NOW.
President Bush can’t spend a dime with out Congress first passing the bills. Democrats hold both gavels in their iron fists.
DEMOCRATS ARE INCREASING THE DEFICIT WITH HANDOUT AFTER HANDOUT!
Victory signs will be printed this week. Sadly, I have been forced to take the sponsorship of the Minnesota VFW off our sign. Late Friday I was notified by the Minnesota State VFW Commander Stan Kowalski and his staff, Don Nix - Senior Vice Commander, Donald Dallman - Junior Vice Commander and Raymond Trebus - Judge Advocate, that they had reversed their support for the Victory Over Terrorism signs. Their reason was they do not support the Iraq War. His statement counters the National VFW whose position is clear that the Iraq War is a battlefield of the War on Terror.
I have long experienced the Democratic Party leanings on the Minnesota VFW. Shamefully, partisan politics has no place when the nation is at war. National veteran’s organizations like the VFW have long ago been de-politicized over war. They believe that once war starts, you can’t choose sides, debate stops at the waters edge once the shoots are fired. This is especially important today with an all volunteer military. Veteran’s organizations can’t choose which wars they will support the troops over and have any credibility. A lesson that the Minnesota Department of the VFW has not embraced.
As a veteran of Viet Nam, the Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), I’m insulted with the position Commander Kowalski has taken. How can the Minnesota VFW ask any OIF veteran to become a member of their organization. If you agree, please call the State VFW Headquarters at 651-291-1757 and tell Commander Kowalski he should be ashamed of himself for playing politics over supporting our brave troops!
So gas is getting less painful to buy nowadays, but don’t think the crisis is over. Due to a stronger dollar and American’s using less, the price of oil is down. But, if it keeps going down the behavior spurred from the high prices will be short lived.
Sooner or later, if prices continue to fall, people won’t be restricting their driving, buying tin can cars, and forgetting about those lazy weekend drives up to the lake to boat and fish. Yes, oil consumption will go back up, and with out an adequate supply, so will the price again.
We do still need to drill here. The other option is to continue to live our lives less fillingly than we did in the past. That means yesterday may be the greatest our lives ever were.
