Archive for: November 2007

Today Is: Stay Home Because You’re Well Day. Not being observed by me because I’ve got a head cold and still doing the grocery shopping.

On this Day in 1979:  John Paul II attends an Eastern Orthodox service, the first pope …

MGR has made an offer of peace in the blog war.

 I’m generally open to such proposals, particularly around Christmastime. Sometimes, these things don’t work out, but it’s at least worth a shot.

I appreciate the graciousness of the offer, and I …

Podcast Show Notes

Some more moderate Republicans come forward with an earmarks reform plan. Public pressure is working.

Also, Rudy Giuliani provided a police guard to his mistress while he was mayor, and the man who’s supposed …

Chutzpa:

chutz·pa /ˈxʊtspə, ˈhʊt-/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[khoot-spuh, hoot-]
–noun Slang. 1. unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
2. audacity; nerve. -dictionary.com

Use in a Sentence: “The Mountain Goat Report has a lot of Chutzpa accusing me of harming civil debate after going after the son of a political opponent to score points.

She accuses me of trying to villify her. The sad thing is that she’s not really addressed my points, at least not on her own blog. MGR does answer some  of this over at Idablue, and I’ll get to that.

However, I must warn that you’re entering a blog war post. For those reading it on the front page, I’m going to do a break, so you can read about Ron Paul, the issues of the country and other desire topics, while I make my response to MGR:

Despite their claims of being fiscal conservatives, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and Mike Huckabee showed in last night’s YouTube debate that they don’t understand how government got so out of control:

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Okay, I’m a few days late on this, but the debate is still fresh. Over at Kevin Richert’s blog a few days ago, he wrote regarding the Merry Christmas v. Happy Holidays debate:
Personally, I celebrate Christmas with my family, …

Today is: Electronic Greetings Day. Let me say hello, electronically.

On this Day in 1780: In Connecticut, Lemuel Haynes, 27, was licensed to preach in the Congregational Church, becoming the first black minister to be certified by a predominantly white denomination. …

The amazing Ron Paul grassroots machine continues to raise money. In 8 days, they’ve raised more than $380,000 to rent a blimp for a month in order to promote Paul’s campaign.

The effort will not be run by a campaign, …

Final thoughts:

Who won?

Ultimately, this will be a popular question, but it’s not the right one. The question is who’s right for America? My impression of that didn’t change with the debate.

Overall, it should be noted that Candidates Tancredo, Hunter, and …

At Tuesday night’s Republican Central Committee, I said hello to a fellow Committeeman I hadn’t seen in months. He mentioned that he’d been reading a lot of my blog in the Statesman. I knew I had been quoted quite …