Archive for: November 2004

I’m on Vacation from political writing this week, so no Daily Responses, but I’ll be back fresh on Monday, November 29, 2004 and may post some non-politics stuff here this week.

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As we enter the Thanksgiving season, I’m thankful for the re-election of President Bush and more importantly what his re-election represents.

For many years, while our country disintegrated, the church has been asleep in the pews, using eschatology …

Rudy Giuliani is being hailed in the media as the party’s next savior. The Establishment see its new great leader who will create a large, permanent Republican majority.

However, my mind travels back to early in 1999 …

The Statesman doesn’t have anything interesting on the opinion page today but they had an article on illegal immigration and a proposal by the Counties to stop having to pay for indigent services for illegals.

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The presumptuous early polls show Rudy Giuliani leading the 2008 presidential race. Among some, there is a rush to nominate him, but I will say this once and before the dust settles in 2008, I’m certain I’ll have said …

I don’t really have much in the way of a Daily Response, but some other folks did. The Idaho Statesman has been talking down the ability of Idaho soldiers to perform in Iraq. Shaun Carr responds with a bang:
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The Idaho Statesman has a really good editorial on a proposed ordinance on gas driveoffs. It explains:

Twin Falls has gone boldly where no other city in Idaho has before, requiring cash customers to pay …

Just read that Colin Powell is resigning. The media is speculating about why so many are leaving the Bush cabinet, but this is normal. Clinton and Reagan both made a lot of replacements. Cabinet positions are very easy to burn …

Alan Keyes has been attacked for losing his campaign in Illinois. However, he was not alone. Across the country, many Republicans lost and by wide margins. Are all of these “losers” failures worthy of disdain?

Politics: …

Today, apparently was “React to the Kilt” day. I don’t think I got so many reactions in a long time as I did at my visit to Big Lots and Wal-Mart.

One person at Big Lots wondered …