Archive for: May 2007

May 31, 2007

Jim Hansen Out of Touch

Filed under: Iraq War - 31 May 2007

Jim Hansen was resoundingly defeated in his bid for Congress in my district. Well, I don’t like Simpson, but I’m proud to say I didn’t vote for Hansen, who today writes:
My friends in the Peace Coalition reminded us that …

Christian Mini-Round-Up

Filed under: Christianity,Persecution - 31 May 2007

Stacy Harp over at Persecution Blog has an incredible story of God’s power in Pakistan.
On May 7th anonymous letters were delivered to churches and Christian homes in the towns of Charsadda and Mardan, Pakistan. The letters demanded …

Those Fiscal Conservatives in the Democratic Party

Filed under: Pork,Video Blogging - 31 May 2007

With the Dems, it’s all hat, no cattle on spending reform as this video illustrates. All but …

Baseball Notes

Filed under: Baseball - 31 May 2007

Good to see old time Rockie Walt Weiss will be representating the club at the Draft this year. I like Weiss as a person. It’ll be interesting to see how he does. He had a couple great managers (Lou …

Albertson Foundation Comes Through

Filed under: Idaho Conservative, The - 31 May 2007

Good news on the Community College front. The Kathryn Albertson Foundation came through with a nice check to support the effort:
An ebullient Gov. Butch Otter joined other community college supporters today to announce that the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson …

The Confused Editorial Board of the Idaho Statesman

Filed under: Idaho Conservative, The - 31 May 2007

From today’s Statesman:
Community college backers won last week, when odds and the two-thirds “supermajority” law were stacked against them. They identified voters who figured to be on their side. They gave sympathetic voters a form requesting an absentee ballot. …

A Different View of School Funding

Filed under: Idaho Conservative, The - 31 May 2007

I like what the Idahoan had to say about school funding:

Idaho schools rank No. 2 in efficiency

He goes on to give a devestating resposne to the “throw more money at it” crowd writing:

The theory, then, is that the more …

Fix Social Security Now

Filed under: Podcast - 31 May 2007

As someone who is going to be left to deal with mess of Social Security (thanks to self-centered baby boomer politicians) I explain why we should fix Social security now.

Click here to download. Click here to add my …

May 30, 2007

Close It Out

Filed under: Idaho Conservative, The - 30 May 2007

The Idahoan has news on the battle within the GOP over closed primaries:

What may surprise you is that after three votes to close the primary, the leader of the state GOP is beating his own drum — one that …

Two Carnivals

Filed under: Blogging - 30 May 2007

The Carnival of Conflict and the Christian Carnival are up.

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