http://www.redstate.com/erick Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:00:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now go here. http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/10/a-special-message-from-michele-bachmann-r-mn/ Friends, I'm on vacation on a mountain top in rural Georgia. Cell phone service is non-existent. Internet is hit, but mostly miss. I have come down off the mountain today for one reason and one reason only: To make sure you read this. It is the one and only thing you ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/09/the-greatest-thing-ever-written-about-ruth-bader-ginsburg/ The Obama foreign policy is increasingly becoming a disaster. In today's episode, Barack Obama admits that the ousted President of Honduras "has strongly opposed American policies," but should be reinstalled as President despite the democratic institutions of Honduras ousting him pursuant to the terms of the Honduran constitution. Why? Because he was democratically ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/07/obama-admits-zelaya-has-strongly-opposed-american-policies/ Praise Mitt Romney. Three years ago, the former Massachusetts Governor had the inadvertent good sense to create the "universal" health-care program that the White House and Congress now want to inflict on the entire country. It is proving to be instructive, as Mr. Romney's foresight previews what President Obama, Max ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/07/explaining-obamacare-via-legos/ Tragic and serious news from TPM today, folks. Not that we couldn't see this coming. According to eyewitness sources, under the apparently blind eye of the global media, the two leaders had lengthy conversations. The media covered the friendly photo of the initial handshake between the two leaders, then made ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/07/obama-does-pal-around-with-terrorists-and-their-enablers/ This is going to be a fun election. Melancon has tried to play himself off as a conservative Democrat for a while, including opposing cap-and-trade. But his heart just isn't in that role. http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/07/nrsc-already-heading-charlie-melancon/ If he gets his way on healthcare. A former soldier pulled his own teeth out with a pair of pliers because he could not find a dentist to take on NHS patients. Iraq War veteran Ian Boynton could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/06/coming-soon-to-barack-obamas-america/ IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/04/independence-day/ Perhaps I should keep my mouth shut now, because I'm causing a few people to run for the hills for daring to voice my opinion that Sarah Palin is done with elected politics, though not necessarily politics altogether. Nonetheless, here are more thoughts. 1. Sarah Palin resigned, I think, to spare ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/03/a-few-additional-and-hopefully-final-thoughts-on-sarah-palin/ Why did Sarah Palin resign?Had enough of the attacks on her and her familyGearing up for 2012Scandal comingOtherWho cares  Free polls from Pollhost.com http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/03/lets-have-a-poll-on-sarah-palin/ Well, Nicolle Wallace, Andrew Sullivan, and the left can claim a scalp today. Sarah Palin has been the subject of vicious, vile attacks. Her family and key staff have all been driven to the verge of financial ruin by relentless legal attacks that are routinely thrown out, but still must ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/03/on-sarah-palin/ I write a weekly newspaper column in Middle Georgia that typically deals with local issues. This week, however, I thought it necessary to write about Honduras. Ignoring the constitution, President Manuel Zelaya, a man less popular in Honduras than George Bush was when he left office in this country, ordered ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/03/the-honduran-question/ In Maricopa County, AZ there are 700,000 registered Republican voters. There are 6,000 precinct captain positions for the Republican Party in Maricopa County. Of those, only 2,000 or filled. In other words, one-third of the precinct captain positions are filled. More bluntly, three-tenths of one percent of the ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/02/the-power-of-small-numbers-a-butterfly-effect/ Why? For writing this. Employers in the U.S. cut 467,000 jobs in June, the unemployment rate rose and hourly earnings stagnated, offering little evidence the Obama administration’s stimulus package is shoring up the labor market. The payroll decline was more than forecast and followed a 322,000 drop in May, according to Labor ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/02/shobhana-chandra-is-in-danger-of-re-education/ Glenn Reynolds has a great video interview with Gov. Rick Perry. Check it out here. They actually get into the question of why Texas does not suck like California and Michigan. Awesome and true. Check it out. And consider this an open thread. http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/01/the-rick-perry-remains-awesome-open-thread/ We haven't talked a lot about the RedState Army in a good while. The Cap and Trade vote made me realize how useful it is. We aggressively called Congress and were able to push a few people back from the yes category. Same with the Supplemental Appropriations ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/07/01/the-redstate-army/ Thank God she's feeling the heat. She should feel more than that. She should feel the force of voters voting her out of office. Mary Bono Mack, unlike some of her Republican colleagues who voted for cap-and-trade ( see e.g. Dave Reichert), does not live in a district ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/06/30/mary-bono-mack-should-be-burned-in-effigy-and-voted-out-of-office/ The National Rifle Association, whose oft stated aim is to protect our Second Amendment rights, is missing in action in the confirmation battle over Sonia Sotomayor, the most anti-gun nominee that President Obama could have nominated to the Supreme Court. In the two cases to come before her on ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/06/30/the-nra-is-mia-on-sonia-sotomayor/ Despite the spin being applied to this polling, Marco Rubio is making significant gains on Charlie Crist more than a year before the Florida Primary. The Mason-Dixon Florida Poll, conducted last week among 625 registered voters, indicated 51 percent support for Crist — compared to 23 percent for Rubio. But that ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/06/30/marco-rubio-gaining-on-charlie-crist/ Charlie Crist has taken to Twitter to peddle his lies. Here's the latest: Tomorrow is the last day of our fund raising quarter. Please support our campaign for LESS TAXES, LESS GOVERNMENT, AND MORE FREEDOM. Charlie Crist just signed a budget raising taxes on Floridians. Charlie Crist supported and said he would ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/06/29/charlie-crist-peddles-his-lies-on-twitter/