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No more post-speech autographs, puleeeeeez!

Published on 2011-01-27 07:35:00

I am not sure when it started, but I am sure it should be ended. I am referring the President of the United States signing autographs on the floor of the Congress as he exits the chamber. It defines the word “tacky.” Certainly, it makes the Pr > read more

Obama Gives a D-minus Speech

Published on 2011-01-27 07:23:00

The wisdom of the American people, as impressively demonstrated on Election Day, was played out in the State of the Union speech. It was most certainly a far different report to the Congress than would have been made had President Obama and his libe > read more

Ron Reagan Jr.'s Parental Smear Campaign

Published on 2011-01-25 07:42:00

In the recent biography of his father, Ron Reagan, Jr. alleges that his father was suffering from Alzheimer’s’ Disease while still in the White House rather than in 1994 when his diagnosis was made public. Based on the contention that some signs > read more

Burton's Wall

Published on 2011-01-25 07:19:00

Indiana Congressman Dan Burton is continuing his 25-year battle to have a glass safety wall constructed in the House Chamber to separate the visitor gallery from the floor of the House.My knee-jerk reaction was unfavorable. Just seemed to be another > read more

Politicization of a Tragedy

Published on 2011-01-22 09:34:00

One could expect the strident left to politicize the tragic shooting in Arizona in shameless effort to demonize the conservative majority in America. I am, however, greatly bothered by the general media’s propensity to serve as spokesperson for th > read more

Daley to Push Obama to the Right

Published on 2011-01-15 10:48:00

The appointment of former Commerce Secretary and Chicago political major-domo Bill Daley, as White House chief of staff is bad news for Republicans and terrible news for Progressives and their public-sector union supporters. This appointment means t > read more

White House Press Secretary Now Creating (bad) News

Published on 2010-11-09 17:36:00

In what can only be described as supreme arrogance and hubris, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs got into a very heated, and somewhat physical, altercation with Indian security officials during President Obama’s state visit. It started when > read more

Labor Blew a Billion

Published on 2010-11-08 21:45:00

While the Democrats whine, and the press reports, about excessive corporate expenditures and secret funding, it is the spreading around of big bucks by big labor that should be of concern.This year, it is said that the major unions spent more than on > read more

Things look better already. A GOP Victory Dividend?

Published on 2010-11-08 21:36:00

One of the immediate economic benefits of the Republican resurgence is the shift from pessimism to optimism –- or at least less pessimism. Consumer and business optimism is, to some extent, a self-fulfilling prophesy. Purchasing, investing, hiri > read more

Speaker Pelosi – Arrogant or Stupid?

Published on 2010-11-08 21:20:00

When I suggest that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might be stupid in the headline, I do not mean a lack of common intelligence – maybe more a lack of common sense. I am referring to the kind of stupidity which results in very intelligent people not s > read more