tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193903552012-01-24T23:17:28.217-07:00I'm sure you wanted more of a description, but frankly I just don't give a damn.Amynoreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19390355.post-8728473902735762192012-01-05T14:32:00.000-07:002012-01-05T14:38:00.241-07:00

It is time for Americans to get over our collective obsessions with cults of personality and the Imperial Presidency.Constitutionally, the President's duties are fairly limited in scope and should provide an easy framework for the ideal candidate.1. The President is Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces. You don't put a supply clerk or the mess attendant in charge of the Normandy offensive,

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Just in case my prose was a bit too obtuse in my previous entry, I feel I should point out a few key facts:1. I never said I hold all of Islam responsible for 9/11. I do, however, find the association between well-funded Islamic organizations and international terrorism to be disturbing and something that should be investigated further.2. The government will not, CAN NOT, prevent the construction

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I’ve been told, by the President of the United States, by the Mayor of New York, by the Governor of New Jersey, that protesting the erection of a mosque less than half a block from “Ground Zero” is not the American way. That, as Americans, we live the beliefs of religious freedom, cultural tolerance, and forgiveness. That opposing this center of religious worship is racist, bigoted, and

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I have a proposed campaign slogan for opponents of the health care reform travesty:Why do Democrats Hate Our Children?Cue sympathetic female voice from somewhere off camera:Senator/ Representative (insert name here), why do you hate our children? You voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that caps the amount families can spend each year through their pre-tax “Flexible Spending

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19390355.post-60366515254208437952010-03-23T10:58:00.002-06:002010-03-23T11:02:41.044-06:00

In case you haven’t heard, 11 state attorneys general have signed on to a lawsuit declaring the recently passed health care reform act to be unconstitutional. If you’ll recall, I mentioned just such a concern a few weeks ago: An Apple a Day...Defenders of the bill claim the Congress has a Constitutional right to regulate interstate commerce. They are correct. With such a right, and responsibility

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19390355.post-7773972553574291822010-03-11T15:17:00.002-07:002010-03-11T15:27:05.799-07:00

I’ve been really ill for the past few weeks, so please excuse my lack of updates.I have joined a group on Facebook named “Vote No on healthcare or we vote YES for your opponent”. If you’re a Facebook member, join up and then tell your friends.While I work on catching up, feel free to browse the links below regarding today’s news about the health-care boondoggle.Malkin: A wrench in Dem’s

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President Obama this morning unveiled his new! improved! shiny! version of health care reform. The rumor that has circulated for the past week is that the President, through Sen. Reid, will try to force the bill through using the budget reconciliation process. I won’t bore you with Senate procedural details; the heart of the matter is that there aren’t enough votes to make the current Senate

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Yesterday, conservative leaders and activists from around the country signed a document called the Mt. Vernon Statement. It outlines what the writers feel are the keystones of the conservative movement. I won’t waste column space here repeating the whole document verbatim, please read it for yourself. (Also, isn’t it amazing how the page font, layout, and colors are so similar to this blog? Pure

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The Tea Party movement, rank and file Republicans, Libertarians, conservatives and even, shockingly, Democrats are united behind one rallying cry: fiscal responsibility. Of course, it’s easy to pay lip service to such a nebulous concept. What Joe from Mississippi calls fiscal responsibility isn’t necessarily going to match how Bob from Vermont defines the term. And we really don’t even want to

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Senator Jim Bunning, a republican from Kentucky, is retiring from the Senate. The race to replace him includes two viable democratic challengers as well as, suddenly, two viable Republican challengers.When Bowling Green eye surgeon Rand Paul, son of Congressman and former presidential candidate Ron Paul, declared his intention to run for the seat being vacated by Senator Bunning, many Kentucky

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19390355.post-10424636250659327632010-02-09T15:22:00.000-07:002010-02-09T15:23:20.566-07:00

Like a lot of people in 2000 and 2001 I was very much in favor of campaign finance reform. But, like so many others, I was disgusted with what we got. The Congress- that I worked for - limited or eliminated donations by large corporations but increased the amount that individuals could contribute. While that might sound like a good way to avoid monopolistic mercantilism, the rich in our country

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I am a conservative because I believe in smaller government that is locally focused except for the matters of interstate trade and national defense. I believe that the best defense for our country is a strong, advanced, volunteer, military.I am conservative because I believe the Constitution is the arbiter of law in this country and that God is the arbiter of morality. I believe in the rule of

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19390355.post-39805998122875276512007-08-06T07:27:00.000-06:002007-08-06T07:42:45.571-06:00

From a comment on The Daily Kos:...But do I still support the individual men and women who have given so much to serve their country? No. I think they’re a bunch of idiots. I also think they’re morally retarded. Because they sign a contract that says they will kill whoever you tell me to kill. And that is morally retarded. Friends, the most important moral decision a man makes in the course of a

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In 1945 the NAZI government of Germany’s Third Reich surrendered, unconditionally, to the Allies. The war for Europe was over, and just beginning. Sixty-two years later we, the United States of America, still have troops stationed on German soil. We are there not as an occupying force, but as allies against a nebulous threat that may or may not arise.In the summer of 2003 the coalition forces

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Let me start by saying that my first inclination was to call Sen. Reid a dumb son of a bitch. Having heard his comments from yesterday, specifically, "the war is lost", I sat dumbfounded and then cursed repeatedly.But Sen. Reid is NOT a dumb man, whatever his pedigree. He's a very smart, very wily, very calculating, politician. His backroom deals and on-the floor parliamentary tricks have

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On Monday night, and several times since, I sat down to write about the tragedy at Virginia Tech. I started writing about gun control laws, mental health services, political pandering, the role media plays in de-sensitizing society, and our insidious need to place blame as quickly as possible.Every time I would lose my focus after the first few sentences. I would stare at the wordless screen

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“The lawyer and parents of John Walker Lindh, the American-born Taliban soldier serving 20 years in prison after his capture in Afghanistan, called on President Bush on Wednesday to commute his sentence and set him free.” Dear Johnny:As an American citizen you are entitled to all the rights, enumerated and otherwise, set forth by the US Constitution. The flip side of that coin is that you are

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19390355.post-42675018836623182722007-03-21T19:29:00.000-06:002007-03-21T19:47:10.482-06:00

Yes, I'm back! Yes the idiocy out of DC has driven me back to posting. Mark Twain, long dead as he is, would not be able to ignore the opportunities for lambaste, bombast, and general satire presented by this Congress.Now, let's everyone, especially you Congress-critters, repeat after me. "U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President."For those woefully unfamiliar with that wording,

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An interesting thing happened in the news today. Actually, this "thing" happens every hour of every day in this country, but today it was reported.(CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die within their first 24 hours each year worldwide and the United States has the second worst newborn mortality rate in the developed world, according to a new report....The report highlights the three areas it

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In 1995 a wonderful romantic comedy appeared on the big screen titled “The American President”. Written by Aaron Sorkin, who would later become better known as the mastermind behind the hit “West Wing”, the movie was full of poignant relationship drama and American political observations. My favorite character was not the spunky lobbyist who falls in love with the handsome President, or even the

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CBS White House reporter Bill Plante laments: "But if it were up to Dick Cheney, he wouldn't tell us if our shirts were on fire, for heaven's sake."There are so many comments that COULD be made about this off the cuff whine, but I'm not sure there's enough bandwidth. I would like to point out, however, that a reporter's job is to find and report the story, not have it spoon fed to him like a

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My mother is a strong woman. She raised two children while traveling the world at the behest of my father’s military career. She has several undergraduate degrees, a master’s degree and a rock solid commitment to excelling in her field of employment. She’s a Christian and a Southern woman- in every sense of those two words. Her sense of family is boundless. I would never characterize my mother as

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In ancient and medieval times a woman who had lost a husband or sons in war was quietly sheltered by her surviving family. If her grief turned to psychosis she was sent, in the Christian world, to a nunnery to live out her days in the peace and seclusion of the convent. It was understood that her "madness" was through no fault of her own and that she was a creature to be pitied and succored in

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20 years ago today a teacher rushed into my classroom and had a hurried conversation with my teacher. The TV, which I don't recall being on before, was turned on and we all sat huddled in shock as the remnants of the invincible American space program sifted down through the cold Florida morning. Thos images still haunt me. They make up some of the first of a sadly growing list of pictures that,

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Supposedly Bin Laden has released a tape in which he mentions the possibility of truce with the Great Satan. This from the man who purported to love death. Apparently having his deputies blown up at the dinner table was a bit more death than he had bargained on. (If, indeed, this is Bin Laden on the tape, which of course is very much in doubt.)Well, you vomitous mass, here is how we respond to an

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Don't want your phone tapped? Don't call folks in tribal Pakistan and talk about who they are having over for dinner. Simple.And, yes, I believe that we're tapping those phone calls for a good reason and I have to believe its the right thing to do. Why? Because I have to believe that. If you don't believe that protecting the citizens of the United States is the most important job of the US

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Oh horror of horrors, the NSA website deposits a "cookie" on your computer. The story, complete with blaring headline and small type admission of banality, seems aghast at this spying behavior.Ok let's be semi-intelligent beings. This is the NSA we're talking about. If they really wanted to spy on your web surfing do you think they'd result to the lowest denominator technology to do it? Find

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"There is but one Lord Jesus Christ. All the rest is trifles." -Elizabeth IStand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage - St. PaulIt's Christmas, folks. Rejoice in the birth of the Lord and let the blessings of peace and liberty shine upon you for the rest of your days.

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.If the schools in Pennsylvania were only teaching ID/creationism instead of straight evolution then that would be the

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A Catholic priest was giving the invocation before the lighting of the town Christmas tree and he dropped the "J bomb."That's right, the priest had the audacity to mention — cover your ears, kiddies — Jesus Christ.That caused an immediate ruckus.A city councilman took over the microphone and insisted the tree lighting was not a Christmas tree but a holiday tree and there was to be no religion in

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John Kerry blamed top conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh Friday morning for the uproar over his claim that U.S. troops were terrorizing Iraqi women and children. "You know, the only people who are trying to make anything out of that, to be honest with you, are Rush Limbaugh and a few people on the right," Kerry told radio host Don Imus.Poor Senator Kerry, still laboring under the delusion that

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19390355.post-1134246890026903052005-12-10T13:32:00.000-07:002005-12-10T13:42:06.220-07:00

A common mantra of anti-Bush forces is that his tax cuts benefit the super rich and hamper the "working poor". This has always struck me as particularly funny, since the tax "rebates" were based on the amount of taxes we had "over-payed" to the government. The so-called rich pay more than the so called-working poor. In fact the people whom we routinely visualize as working poor, those who earn

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19390355.post-1134246596370679692005-12-10T13:27:00.000-07:002005-12-10T13:29:56.373-07:00

Add to the list of folks I grew to admire during my time in government, Joe Lieberman. Sen. Lieberman is and will always be a Democrat. He often sides with his party on issues I feel strongly, and differently, about. But Sen. Lieberman is a man with deeply held beliefs and he sticks by them, even in the face of reprobration and scorn from his fellow caucus members.Following up on his Wall Street

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Do you want to support a great cause this Christmas season, an organization that promotes the preservation of, and education about, the White House? The White House Historical Association is a wonderful, non-partisan, group of people dedicated to preservation of American history."The White House Historical Association is a charitable nonprofit institution whose purpose is to enhance the

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First you should read the silly (and rather anti-productive) complaints about Katherine DeBrecht's children's book.See here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb316240.htmWhat really cracks me up are these quotes: former New Republic editor Andrew Sullivan incorrectly asserted that the book contained a nude likeness of Congressman Barney Frank and, though he eventually retracted his error,

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