The recent revelations about Senator Dodd’s sweetheart mortgage deal and Congressman Murtha’s troubled ties to pork begging companies have me thinking about ethics oversight in Congress. Frankly, it is a joke. There is no incentive for the party in power to police their own members unless the violations are so obvious that the press cannot ignore them. Also voters in the congressional districts that support | Read More »
It has been a few years since I played chess, and quite a few more since I played any serious game of it, but I do remember most of the fundamentals including a simple tactic calling forking. In this maneuver, you move one of your pieces so it simultaneously threatens two (or more) of your opponents pieces. The goal is not to necessarily capture the | Read More »
A local high school marching band from Michigan was invited to march in Obama’s inaugural parade. Things were going fine and dandy until your typical leftwing ultra-PC group complained that the high school’s mascott, the Chiefs, is insensitive to native Americans. Unfortenately, instead of fighting this nonsense, the school has caved and will sew patches over the Chiefs logo on their uniforms. They will also | Read More »
Trot on over to the Club for Growth website. They have a very interesting election poll conducted on Sunday before the vote. It is commissioned by CfG so take the results with that grain of salt. Even so, the numbers are eye-popping. In my own opinion, it can be summed up as the following: the majority of voters favor fiscally conservative policies but they believe | Read More »
In January, the Democrats will control the Presidency, the House and the Senate. To pass their agenda they do not need a single Republican vote (except to avoid a Senate filibuster). What they pass will be their budget and does not need to have any Republican fingerprints on it. Certainly Republicans should propose amendments, especially ones that strip away wasteful spending, but there is no | Read More »
McCain is close to Obama in the polls but still behind. Maybe all the polls are wrong, but I would fee a lot better if the polls were pointing toward a McCain win. It does look like McCain is making headway. Here is an idea for more momentum. McCain should run not just against Obama, but also against Congressional Democrats. Let’s face the cold hard | Read More »
but my Dad is. Dad is a small town electrician who also does some heating and cooling work and who is self-employed in a small business. He literally has a mom and pop operation. Mom is his secretary. They live and work in a little Midwest farming community. Dad only attended a tech school, worked for others for a while, and eventually bought the business | Read More »
VDH has an excellent post in The Corner discussing the nature of wisdom in light of the Vice Presidential debate. There are some who are criticizing Gov. Palin because she sounds folksy and so doesn’t come across as intellectually deep. On the other hand, Sen. Biden seems to have a command of the facts as well as a self-confidence that makes him appear smart. However, | Read More »
Judging by the number of commercials I have been seeing on tv, Michigan is definitely a battleground state. Obama has been hitting McCain on the economy, using McCain’s quote from the primary about not knowing as much about the economy as he should. The other Obama attack is predictably trying to tie McCain to Bush, ending with the McCain voting record of 90% matching Bush.
Just got an email from Rep. McCotter (MI-11th district) that Moveon.org is protesting at his Livonia office this noon (Thursday, Aug. 7). Unfortunately I am at work and a good drive away, but I will update if I can find anything on the local news. I don’t see anything on McCotter’s website so I am copying the email below the fold.
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