You may remember that NBC refused to Air a pro-life ad produced by CatholicVote.org during this year’s Superbowl game. Today, I receved this e-mail update from CatholicVote.org:
We have been quieter than usual the past two weeks for good reason. Following NBC’s refusal to air our ad during the Super Bowl, we received some great [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 20, 2009
CNN Joins NBC In Refusing To Air Pro-Life Ad
February 15, 2009
Deficit Be Damned, Olympia Democrats Can Still Think Of New Ways To Spend Your Money
Faced with a $6 billion deficit and proposed deep cuts to higher education, Representative Dave Quall (D-Mount Vernon) has proposed legislation that would make state financial aid available to illegal immigrants as an option for financing their college educations. Illegal residents already qualify for in-state tuition.
It would seem to me that the prudent course of [...]
February 13, 2009
The Seattle Times
Your source for hard news.
Today being Friday the 13th, the Times reprinted a riveting piece by Bruce Newman of the San Jose Mercury News.
This will come as no surprise to worshippers of the Norse pagan goddess Frigga, but today is Friday the 13th, and people who suffer from a fear of calamity on this day [...]
February 13, 2009
As Clear As Mud
During his campaign, Candidate Barack Obama promised to make government more transparent and to increase citizen involvement. President Barack Obama turned that campaign promise into a commitment. From the White House blog:
A short time ago, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and his new administration officially came to [...]
February 11, 2009
This Would Make Me Laugh…
If it didn’t make me feel like crying instead. From an AP article on the agreement reached on the stimulus bill between the House and the Senate:
It also preserves Obama’s signature tax cut — a break for millions of lower and middle income taxpayers, including those who don’t earn enough to pay income taxes.
One of [...]
February 11, 2009
If I Call You A Libtard, Can You Hear Anything Else I Say?
This is a post where I’ve put all my goods in the shop window, so to speak; my headline just about says it all.
Consider this a plea for civility in online discussions of politics. I know it can be tempting to take a cheap shot when you’re in the midst of a “private” conversation with [...]
February 4, 2009
Locking The Barn Door After The Horse Has Bolted.
Tom Daschle withdrew his name from consideration as Health and Human Services Secretary amid another tax controversy for President Barack Obama’s young administration. From Reuters:
Obama said in a statement he accepted [Daschle's] decision “with sadness and regret” because Daschle was highly qualified for the post, and he acknowledged in television interviews later that he had [...]
February 3, 2009
Rodney Coronado…”A Fine Young Man.”
Does your definition of “a fine young man” include arson in the name of animal rights? To PETA founder, Ingrid Newkirk, it does.
To eco-extremists and animal rights activists, I guess it’s okay to set fires as long as you’re a school teacher. Yeah. I think we definitely need more domestic terrorists [...]
February 2, 2009
Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford
Watch this video, then ponder the question: Do you suppose the Democrats in Congress realize this is just how stupid they appear when they vote for a nearly $1 trillion stimulus bill?
(Sorry, you’re going to have to scrolldown to the bottom of the page for the video.)
February 2, 2009
Public Schools…Success or Failure?
As I often tell my acquaintances farther along toward the left end of the political spectrum, the answer to questions such as the one posed here is often a matter of perspective.
If the objective of our public schools it to produce citizens who are capable of independent, critical thought and with enough historical, economic, and [...]
