Charlie Wilson, the former pro-life former Congressman from my district here in southeast Ohio, the battleground sixth district, lost his seat in Congress when he folded like a cheap sofa bed along with Bart Stupak and voted for Obamacare. Now he wants his seat back, even though he has embraced that damning vote, among others, and has offered no new reasons to vote for him. Wilson’s | Read More »
My dad began working for himself as a carpenter and cabinet maker the year I was born, when he was 25 years old. Thirty-two years and four kids later, Crowe’s Cabinets, Inc., is a successful, small, *non-union* cabinet shop just outside of Youngstown, Ohio. I don’t believe he has ever employed more than 10 people at a time. Through the recession of late they haven’t | Read More »
Between Mahoning (my home) and Cuyahoga counties, you’d think Ohioans would stop trust Democrats entirely. (For clarification, I’ve provided party identifications, since the reporters unexpectedly failed to do so.) In a slew of arrests this morning in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland area) Judge Steven Terry was hauled in by the FBI as part of a broad corruption investigation. Terry was appointed by DEMOCRAT Governor Ted Strickland | Read More »
Thomas J. Tobin, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Providence, Rhode Island has apparently instructed Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to present himself for Holy Communion due to the latter’s pro-abortion stance and his public statements asserting that his standing as a Catholic is unaffected by his dissent from the unwavering and well-known position of the Church on this issue. Is this an inappropriate and | Read More »
Dear Congressman Wilson– So you’ve decided to vote for the healthcare bill. I’ll not waste more pixels trying to convince you of its wrongness–you’re clearly beyond convincing or rational argumentation based in fact, reality, or sanity. I’m especially surprised by your announcement in the wake of the recent elections in which opponents of the government healthcare plan won in Virginia, New Jersey, and even in | Read More »
Someone whom I trust and who works in local farming in Ohio wrote the following about ISSUE 2 here in Ohio. (The one @ewerickson described so nicely as “banning choking chickens and spanking monkeys.”) In short, it’s a local solution to a concern that national interests may exploit to have more restrictive measures passed in the future. It’s a constitutional amendment to prevent national interest | Read More »
A friend just wrote the following blistering letter to his and my ostensibly pro-life, “Blue Dog” Democrat Congressman, Charlie Wilson, OH 6. I recommend reading right through the end, but once you start I think you’ll find it hard not to read all the way through. Enjoy… Dear Congressman Wilson, I received your letter this past Friday and was frankly disappointed at the way that | Read More »
These just seem to be too easy… I wonder if they’ve already assigned my emails to go directly into the trash… Dear Congressman Wilson– Sometime today a resolution to punish Congressman Joe Wilson will come before the House. I do hope you will vote against this resolution, or, if we are to punish wrongs, I hope you will support efforts to punish Congressman Charlie Rangel | Read More »
Just sent this to my Congressman via his online e-mail submission form. Oh, it’s Congressman Charlie Wilson of Ohio’s sixth district. Dear Congressman Wilson– I was in Washington this past weekend. Sorry I didn’t stop by to see you, but the crowd made it tough to move anywhere. I did, however, enjoy a nice dinner at the Dubliner after standing with more than 250,000 fellow | Read More »
I think Specialist and a commenter on that post were onto something. I think Palin’s political history suggests he may be more right than anyone who says anything about her being “just a politician.” Hillary is “just a politician,” and it’s all she’s ever been. Ditto Obama. Kennedy. Romney. Ford, Jr., Tim Ryan (my parents’ Congressman, who got elected to the Ohio statehouse, is now in | Read More »
So I received a boilerplate response to my previous letter to Congressman Charlie Wilson (D, OH-6). It started out saying, “sorry that we disagree, but…” then went on simply to restate the same grandiose claims that prompted my initial letter. About what I expected. But then time elapsed and the madness that has taken hold in Washington got so bad that when Hugo Chavez called | Read More »
Dear Congressman Wilson– I previously wrote you and pledged to work for your ouster. While I am still miffed about the massive size of the stimulus and the secretive, irresponsible manner in which it was composed and passed, I believe the only way forward is to work together so the best ideas win out and America moves forward to the brighter future that can be | Read More »
My cousin is married and has a son. Her husband is of a different race than she and I are. Before going on maternity leave she worked for a major investment firm. She wrote the following in a mass family email chain about the election… Emotional arguments aside (muslim influences, lack of flag pin, blah blah etc.) I cannot find one single solitary point I | Read More »
Obama already has a massive party planned in Chicago for election night. Based on how close the polls are, and how skewed are the “likely voter” models which frequently expect ridiculously high Dem turnout and ridiculously low Republican turnout, I’m still confident of a McCain victory. I think the Obama people agree with me. As do the McCain people. That means there will be a | Read More »
I know I’m not the only one to post on this, but thought this aspect was worth noting in particular. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner filed suit with the SCOTUS to avoid being forced to do what she can to make sure the Ohio election is not a sham. She said, As things now stand, the secretary must reprogram the statewide voter registration database | Read More »
The state of Maryland is sending out signs with a large pumpkin and the words “NO CANDY AT THIS RESIDENCE” to sex offenders and requiring them to post it on their door during Halloween trick-or-treat activities. Additionally, the sex offenders must stay at home, keep their outdoor lights off, and not answer the door. Violations of this directive could be viewed as a violation of | Read More »
[okay, so i was impatient. It's a stupid system they have there -- can't tell when a comment has been posted. My comment did post... 16 times. Once for every time I tried to post it and thought it wasn't being posted. My bad. Glad there are so many things on RS these days that this small little diary got lost in the shuffle.] I | Read More »
Joe Biden thinks socialism is patriotic. Observe: Biden wants to “take money [from people who make more then $250,000] and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people.” But “to put something back” generally means “to restore something to its former place of residence; to return something to that place from whence it came, whether it came voluntarily or was removed by force.” In | Read More »
Joe Biden thinks socialism is patriotic. Observe: Biden wants to “take money [from people who make more then $250,000] and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people.” But “to put something back” generally means “to restore something to its former place of residence; to return something to that place from whence it came, whether it came voluntarily or was removed by force.” In | Read More »
Youngstown, Ohio has produced some doozies of political drama. Who can forget Jim “Beam Me Up” Traficant, the long-time Congressman (for whom I voted twice), or, more recently, disgraced philandering Ohio AG Marc Dann, (for whom I did not vote)? Both are Democrats, as a politician must be to win around this union-dominated former steel center. Two more Democrats have further distinguished the Mahoning Valley | Read More »
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