http://www.redstate.com/mgamo Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:58:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You've seen the Cars for Clunkers program dished out by the Obama administration. Turn in your "gas guzzler" and get a rebate up to $4500 towards a new fuel efficient vehicle. While it is a worthy goal, it illustrates the ineptness of the government provided programs. In today's WSJ, it was ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2009/07/31/cars-for-clunkers-a-microcosm-to-health-care/ When will the New York Times not report "all the news that's fit to print"? When it involves one of their own. Over the weekend, it was revealed that the Times withheld the publishing of a report that one of their reporters, David Rohde, was kidnapped by the Taliban in ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2009/06/23/new-york-times-saves-one-of-their-own-but-not-america/ On Tuesday, Pennsylvanian Senator Arlen Specter decided to take the coward’s way out by ditching the Republican Party to “run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary” or what I call riding the coattails of Obamafever. He released a statement on why he decided to ditch the GOP because ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2009/04/28/adios-arlen/ While the economic distress captures our minds, the founding principles of America are being destroyed by the Obama administration and liberalism. America’s founding was based on independence from an almighty monarchy that oppressed its citizens through reduced freedoms and taxation. I challenge any of the readers to take a look ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2009/03/03/the-assault-on-america/ Politico is reporting that Democrat Senator Robert Byrd, the eldest member of the Senate, is accusing Democrat President Obama of strengthening the executive branch, to the dismay of the legislative branch. Byrd writes to Obama: The rapid and easy accumulation of power by White House staff can threaten the Constitutional system ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2009/02/25/oh-the-irony/ …And a sinking tide will wreck all ships. That’s what the current state of economic affairs is within our country. While Obama and Geithner publicly discuss plans to bailout the financial sector and foreclosure “victims”, the vagueness of their discussions has led to the dissolution of stock values, which is ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2009/02/24/a-rising-tide-lifts-all-boats/ In what might be the biggest oxymoron of our time, the left is debating the ethics of a California mother that decided to have octuplets with the help of fertilization. This morning on some CNN show, I saw a roundtable panel discussing the ethics of having eight children and whether ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2009/02/12/at-the-heart/ Watching Barack Obama the past couple days, there's an old quote that goes "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." Now  I remembered hearing the quote many times, but didn't know who stated it. Well it was no surprise to me when I found out who said it, V.I. ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2009/01/08/standing-athwart-obama-yelling-stop/ Here in the frigid northeast, poorer citizens that receive oil heating assistance from Joe Kennedy's Citizens Energy found out yesterday that they will receive less or nothing this winter because Joe's best friend, Venezuelan dictator president Hugo Chavez's PDVSA subsidiary Citgo, decided to quit donating oil because of falling oil ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2009/01/06/chavez-tells-kennedy-adios/ First, may I wish everyone a blessed and safe new year. Second, Let's put 2008 in our rear view mirror, but not forget the lessons learned for us as conservatives and Republicans. Third, Let's look to 2009 as a time to rebuild the party leadership in the mold of Goldwater ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/12/30/its-our-time-in-2009/ Most of us on this site are originalist interpreters of the Constitution. Well, seeing that this is a federal case, I'll go with the Fifth Amendment, as opposed to the Fourteenth, which deals with states. Anyways, the Fifth guarantees "no person shall... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/12/18/dems-beware-gov-blago-gettin-his-day/ I had an idea this day would come. We're a business that sells a luxury good, tickets, and during tough times, many people are being cost-conscious and not spending money on entertainment events. We rely on mainly wealthier people that have the means to spend hundreds maybe thousands on sports ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/12/16/my-company-is-failing/ Dear Congress, If reports are true, and there will be a bailout for the big three, I demand to voice my suggestion to each company as someone who has a stake of their tax dollars being loaned to the companies. As a stipulation for receiving funding, one of the companies should resurrect ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/12/08/dear-congress-re-auto-bailout-from-taxpayer/ Fox News.com is reporting a story which explains why Rhode Island is a failing state operated by a handcuffed Republican governor that must answer to a General Assembly filled with 93 Democrats out of 113 total members (82%), (which is a little less than the percentage of MA’s supermajority, 87.5%) Anyways, ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/12/05/watch-out-rhode-island-motorist-tax/ Fox News.com is reporting a story which explains why Rhode Island is a failing state operated by a handcuffed Republican governor that must answer to a General Assembly filled with 93 Democrats out of 113 total members (82%), (which is a little less than the percentage of MA's supermajority, 87.5%) ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/12/05/rhode-island-motorist-tax/ From the diaries, by Erick. The WSJ has an interesting opinion piece written by David Kopel, of the Cato Institute. It discusses the recent news regarding Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress and the incident in a New York nightclub where he possessed an unlicensed, in NY, loaded glock and he accidently ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/12/04/plaxico-burress-v-city-of-new-york/ The left have always transformed their positions on issues, depending on which way the wind is blowing. They claim to stand for individual rights, while imposing government’s will on society. They stand for a Darwinian approach to life, as Erick noted,, until the situation is ripe for the usurpation of ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/11/19/the-liberal-conflict/ I know most on here don't follow Massachusetts politics, but we had a ballot question that would of abolished the income tax here, but it failed. Then today a state agency decided to increase tolls, after they increased them last year. I wrote this today for publication in our weekly ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/11/14/change-they-believe-in/ Peter Torkildsen, the chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party (and yes there actually is one here in MA), stepped down today from his position. Although he has done well, considering the circumstances, for some time in MA, I believe it was due time for him to resign. We lost our ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/11/13/mass-gop-chairman-resigns/ Getting ready for work this morning, this is what comes across my television: I did not know whether to laugh at the absurdity or become angry because of the blantant lies. It's not the right wing that is losing control over you Congressman Frank, it is every responsible man and woman ... http://www.redstate.com/mgamo/2008/10/30/barney-frank-to-the-rescue-new-ad-in-ma/