The Death of Personal Responsibility

    “…You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income voters who remember with longing an easier time…” – Andrew Shepherd from The American President.            For those who may not have seen that movie, the context of that statement is that people would want to go back to the “good old’ days” when everything seemed to be better than it is now.            So, the question is why? | Read More »

    Democratic Campaign Issues

    With the mid-term elections less than a month away, people need to take a hard look at the issues and what has actually been accomplished. So, the Democrats were swept into power in 2008 under the banner of “Hope and Change.” So, let’s see if it’s working. Change the way Washington works Obama wanted to lessen the influence of lobbyists in government. (By recent count, | Read More »

    The Republican “Pledge to America” was not broken

    The problem with politics is that when making a certain point, people often invariably leave very pertinent points out. (Career politicians will intentionally leave contrary points out.) One blogger I came across posted an article about how the GOP needed only four hours to violate their “Pledge to America.” The article he seeded clearly states the GOP, save one representative, unanimously voted against $12 billion in tax | Read More »