Earlier this evening in the Third Presidential Debate Mitt Romney raised legitimate concerns about the current and shrinking size of the United States Navy. The President responded snarkily by saying that size does not matter because we have these these “things” called Carriers that “planes can land on” and these “things” that go underwater. This pathetic attempt at rebuttal by Obama is quite simple. The | Read More »
The timing may be off with this post, but there is an observation I’ve been meaning to point out with regard to Barack Obama’s HHS Mandate on religious institutions. Barack Obama in defending the mandate has suggested that it has no impact on “Freedom of Worship”. So, exactly where does “Freedom of Worship” appear in the Constitution? It doesn’t. The First Amendment provides for “Freedom | Read More »
Kathleen Sebellius this past Friday delivered a commencement address at Georgetown University. CNS.com has a fine article with video of the speech. In her comments she seemed to respond to the criticism of Catholic Bishops by quoting from President Kennedy’s famous speech on September 12,1960. She stated: “In his talk to Protestant ministers,” Sebelius said, “Kennedy talked about his vision of religion and the public square, and | Read More »
I wanted to take a moment to present an objective assessment of the political fallout from Barack Obama’s flip flop on gay marriage. First of all it’s quite obvious to all as evidenced by the polling that this was not a heartfelt transformation,it is transparently opportunistic. It won’t work and given the timing it’s awful politics. It might have worked in a booming economy, but | Read More »
Shepard Smith likes to close his shows with “From the Journalists at Fox News”, a comment that is obviously designed to mark the distinction with prime time commentators. This tag line would not disturb me if it weren’t so obvious that his reporting is skewed, not expressly liberal mind because that does not bother me as I’m used to it. It’s his pompous,smug demeanor in | Read More »
This is likely to be the first of many commentaries on this matter, but I feel compelled to address specific points that have been made to support President Obama’s unconstitutional mandate upon Catholic affiliated institutions. Firstly, supporters of the mandate defend the proposition because as they say most Catholics do not agree with the Church on the matter of artificial birth control. Jehmu Green, on | Read More »
I have desperately been waiting for a true conservative to step up to the plate and win me over. I had thought Rick Perry was the guy. On the issues as a whole I’m in Perry’s corner. I would prefer his position on the issues to go forward as our standard, but then there was his defense of Texas’ “Dream Act”. I respect Rick Perry | Read More »
It has taken me a couple days to fully compose my thoughts on Wednesday’s GOP debate on MSNBC. Like most, I was looking forward to seeing Rick Perry perform on stage for the first time. I like Rick Perry and would gladly support him, but he made two obvious blunders as far as I can see. One can be fixed, the other is his to | Read More »
I’ve been watching coverage of Hurricane Irene. Being a resident of Tampa, Florida, I have been through Hurricane Frances and Jean and the close call of Charley. So, like all Floridians I’m personally aware of what a hurricane or tropical storm can do. As I’m typing this I’m listening to reports that Irene is outperforming its category. I’ve also been perusing websites and that includes | Read More »
So, the political chattering class is aghast that Eric Cantor and Jon Kyl have walked out of the Biden negotiations on the debt ceiling. Unless this is posturing to us the conservative “wingnuts” they have done the right thing. It is at this time I want to remind everyone of a little history. We all remember George H.W. Bush’s “no new tax” pledge. We all | Read More »
Well, John McCain and Lindsey Graham are at it again. Every neoconservatives favorite pair of Senators have subjected opponents of action in Libya and the future of Afghanistan as “isolationist”. I’ll address the ignorance of the neo conservatives regarding over extension of force in a future post, but right now they need to be called out for their pathetic defense of our current interventions. Let | Read More »
As I normally do on a daily basis I visited the Drudge Report. On the left hand column there are three links regarding Texas Governor Rick Perry. The first link is this: National Journal: Perry Road Tests Stump Speech The second link is this: NBC NEWS:Perry: Stand Up and Stop Apolgizing The third link? Infowars.com.: Bilderberg Approved Perry Set To Become GOP Frontrunner This is apparently | Read More »
So now the blogosphere is mulling Mitt Romney’s unwillingness to sign the Susan B Anthony pledge. Herman Cain will not sign it either. I have expressed doubts about Mitt Romney here: Mitt Romney is Not the Answer. I clearly am not a fan of Governor Romney even though he’s superior to President Obama and frankly stated I have strong if not cynical reservations about his | Read More »
It is always quite amusing to hear the pundit class talk about the respective electability of the G.O.P. candidates for President. Sarah Palin is routinely ridiculed by the punditocracy largely because she’s not part of the club. Last evening’s debate was an intriguing forum with telling results. All of the candidates look good and no one made a fatal mistake. Here is my assessment of | Read More »
So, big news in the GOP broke earlier this evening when it was announced that several top campaign employees and consultants for Newt Gingrich’s Presidential campaign resigned.The names of those who resigned are not too important as far as I’m concerned because the act of resigning en masse indicates a tragically flawed candidate. The absurdity of this is that former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue who | Read More »
Anthony Weiner finally came clean,but he’s not resigning. Yesterday’s press conference was excruciating.He held it because he got caught.If he hadn’t made the mistake of posting the picture he’d still be doing it. You don’t need to bite from an apple to know that men behaving badly is not unique in the annals of history.We just have so many impulsive avenues with which to express | Read More »
Yesterday, Mitt Romney announced he is a candidate for President. As I have never been a fan of Mr. Romney I had low expectations and as a result thought he did well. Mine was clearly a minority view as other reviews were underwhelming. Mitt Romney has been correctly identified as a political opportunist. Frankly,that doesn’t bother me as a healthy dose of cynicism requires me | Read More »
“Don’t Fire Til You See the Whites Of Their Eyes” was the advice of General Israel Putnam to the men defending Bunker Hill. Today, as Mitt Romney was in New Hampshire declaring his bid for President, Sarah Palin summoned Putnam and placed Mitt Romney’s white eyes in her crosshairs. She sounds increasingly like a candidate for that same high office. Palin took a shot at | Read More »
George Will has in the past demonstrated intellectual disdain for conservatives that he deems unrefined in advancing conservative principles. His assault on Sarah Palin today is over the top. Does George Will think Sarah Palin is untrustworthy of presiding over our nuclear arsenal? Why would he make this statement if only to imply that Palin is mentally unhinged and therefore unsuited for office? George Will | Read More »
I’m trying to avoid those awful cliches that are often used by the "loyal opposition" when they find themselves in agreement with a President of the other party. It’s not easy, but I’ll cut to the quick. 1.) Like September 11,2001, May 1st, 2011 will be remembered by all of us. I was watching the Phillies-Mets game on ESPN and immediately lost interest. 2.) This | Read More »
I utterly detest,loathe,hate,despise and any other word you can think of to express how I feel about conspiracy theories. I take history too seriously and know it well enough to discard conspiracy. I would be sympathetic to Obama regarding his birth certificate if it weren’t obvious to me that he let it fly under the radar because he believed it labeled all of his critics | Read More »
Ann Coulter was being interviewed by Sean Hannity last night and she succinctly laid out the case against Trump and this resurgent interest in an Obama birth certificate. I’ve always thought this story was crap from day one. First, as Ann Coulter points out there is fundamentally no difference between the long form birth certificate and short form. They are both certified. Personally, I think | Read More »
As I sit here typing away, Kloppenberg is now ahead by just under 500 votes in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Disappointing. Recount to follow and I can’t be optimistic. Even if Kloppenberg wins, however the fact that this was close is telling. Conservatives throughout the blogosphere were downright fatalistic before the polls closed. Not that that’s anything new. On election day, we conservatives are | Read More »
I’ll be brief. President Obama invoked “Sputnik” as a rallying cry to come together as a nation. On February,24 2011, the Space Shuttle Discovery will make its final voyage before being retired. Isn’t it ironic for a President to invoke Sputnik given that we will no longer be able to independently put a man into orbit? The history of the Space Race wasn’t just about | Read More »
I have been a resident of Tampa since 1997, but am a native Philadelphian. Philadelphia Congressman Bob Brady has proposed legislation that would regulate political speech, specifically citing "target" ads. Bob Brady has been Chairman of Democratic City Commitee of Philadelphia since 1986. In 1992 Democrat Mike Stack was running against Republican incumbent State Senator Hank Salvatore. Stack was critical of Salvatore’s vote on a | Read More »
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