http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:31:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Has anyone speculated on what effect this will have on our diplomatic relations with many countries where we historically have difficulties? Will our legal attaches (usually FBI agents) be PNG’d on the assumption that we are acting to enforce OUR laws on THEIR soil? (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) Will US servicefolk in ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/11/13/what-international-precedent-does-nyc-trials-set/ Even if he took his shoes off, he could only count to 20. Even if someone lent him a hand, he could only count to 25. Even if he could blame the AMA in a situation where he could have easily asked a staffer to take a count, we really can't blame ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/10/21/why-harry-cant-count-to-27/ Shucks. My wife threw out the franked mailer we got about (D) Adam Schiff's townhall this week. Schiff's own Congressional web page had nothing on the event: schiff.house.gov (although the most recent entry in his blog does mention it). So I googled 'Schiff townhall' and got my advance intel prep!  What great ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/08/09/adv-intelligence-dem-congresscritter-adam-schiff-townhall-aug-11-alhambra-ca-dist-29-promises-to-be-interesting/ I just came from contributing to Sarah Palin’s Legal Defense Fund at http://www.thealaskafundtrust.com after doing a little investigation and I’ll make this a mini-FAQ to set forth and answer some of the many posts and comments I have seen here. First, to answer the question if there is a legal ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/07/06/defending-palin-official-defense-fund/ H/T Powerline: Drive-By Blackouting - Security Watch Did your precinct vote the 'wrong way' in the last election?  Look for trouble on the power grid in your neighborhood as a result.  Elections have consequences after all. For those of us of the persuasion who see political manuevering behind ACORN funding, the recent IG ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/06/17/smart-grid-will-let-your-home-have-power-if-you-vote-correctly/ Palin was invited, dis-invited, invited again and dis-invited again from speaking at the GOP's Monday Gala.  The final reason given was that Sessions did not want her to upstage Gingrich. Politico has the full story (H/T Hotair.com) Sarah Palin in, then out, back in -and now again out of fundraising dinner. It's all ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/06/07/palin-patience-of-job-our-eventual-salvation/ Admittedly, it was an inadvertent lie.  Perhaps Adam Smith's publisher made him do it with an eye toward spurring sales of his book, popularly titled 'The Wealth of Nations'.   Had Obama been aware of the full title of the book, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/06/02/adam-smith-lies-to-obama-result-misery-for-millions/ In my own little corner of California, the City of El Monte, I can also tell you that city workers can retire with 109% retirement.  Yes.  They actually make more after they retire.  H/T Michelle Malkin. Shame.  Michelle links here for the actual numbers. UC Profs making over a million dollars. Highest paid CA ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/05/27/get-really-rich-work-for-state-of-ca-become-a-millionaire-in-a-couple-of-years/ ...their blog counting software counts more blog posts (and comments) on N Korea than on Sotomayor. Or until the blockade sinks some N Koprean shipping... at which point they will come across 38N into S Korea. Obama might be able to get their attention if he deploys the 82nd and the 101st ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/05/26/wednesday-launch-n-korea-will-just-keep-launching-until/ Just returned from voting in LA, CA. There was an unattended registered voter list posted at the door to the polling place. I stopped and looked at the list to see which voter I would 'be' once I walked on in. When I spoke the name I had decided to use, ... http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2009/05/19/acorn-could-still-win-in-ca/