Archive for the 'Political Beat' Category

Mirror to Bush: Look at Reflection to Understand Losses in 2006

President Bush continues down the path that makes conservative blood boil in his latest move to halt the execution of a Mexican national that participated in the gang-rape and strangulation of two teenage girls.

The Secret Bathroom Language of Homosexuals

I can’t remember a more bizarre story than this foot-tapping saga involving Sen. Craig. Whether he’s gay or not is not the issue. What I want to know is, since when is foot tapping a crime? Even if Sen. Craig was interested in some guy on guy action in a public restroom (an activity made [...]

Ralph Nader Asks the FCC To Investigate Radio Talk Show Hosts For Capitalist Leanings

It’s time to relegate these people to the dustbin of political has beens and move our nation forward where free speech is no longer threatened by leftist opportunists who don’t like to answer to dissenting points of view.

PBS Solicits Donations With Che Guevara, Again!

“Give to PBS?” Click here to enlarge

I had thought that perhaps the tide was turning on those who glorified Che Guevara as a revolutionary man of the people. I was wrong.
Over the weekend Chicago’s local PBS affiliate aired a segment of a DVD box set that is being distributed by PBS called The British Beat. [...]

Karl Rove To Resign: A Year Too Late?

I have never been a huge defender of Karl Rove. So now that he announces his resignation I can only wonder if his departure isn’t a year too late?

House Approves FISA Provision on Warrantless Wiretapping

The House approved an expansion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act yesterday in a weekend session that handed The Bush administration a few surprise victories.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government’s abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States.
The [...]

Condescension as Bigotry

It’s the liberal standard. Everything is a one way street, nothing they do is wrong, and excuses are freely accepted.

President Grants Clemency to Libby, Obama Remains Clueless

Today the President of the United States exercised his Constitutional authority to grant clemency to Scooter Libby and I am happy about this. I always felt that he did not lie and I felt that the sentence was too harsh for the crime. The clemency only covers the jail term and leaves the [...]

Tony Blair moving to Jerusalem, will his neighbors be happy?

Tony Blair’s seat as Prime Minister of Britain is still warm, and he has moved on to take the new position of special envoy to the Middle East. In reality, he will be assisting the Palestinians.
Blair moving to Jerusalem !!!!
Blair’s new post will be based in Jerusalem, with a potential second office in the [...]

It’s Official, the Electorate Doesn’t Know Anything

Chris Wallace had Sen’s. Trent Lott (R- Foot in Mouth) and Diane Feinstein (D - Denial) on his Fox News Sunday program yesterday morning to discuss the issues. Ostensibly they were there to tell us about the breezy air of bipartisanship blowing through Washington D.C. these days and clarify some points on the [...]