Archive for: April 2011

April 30, 2011

Sensitivity Training for the Next Massacre and Other Links

Filed under: Round Up Post - 30 Apr 2011

Here are some miscellaneous blog posts and links:

Andrew Klavan gives us appropriate sensitivity training, so we’ll know how to deal with the next radical Islamic Massacre:…

April 27, 2011

Birthers Forever

Filed under: Barack Obama - 27 Apr 2011

For most people, today’s release of President Obama’s birth certificate ends any question. Contrary to some thoughts, not everyone who wanted to see Obama’s birth certificate was a rabid fanatic. Some merely began to wonder because how much trouble the …

April 26, 2011

An Insult to Conspiracy Theories

Filed under: Barack Obama - 26 Apr 2011

I’m going to tick some people off here, but so be it.

To say that the theory that President Obama was not born in Hawaii is a conspiracy theory is an insult to conspiracy theorists.

The JFK assassination theorists at least have …

April 25, 2011

Not Raising the Roof

Filed under: Politics - 25 Apr 2011

You know how not raising the debt ceiling will bring about an economic apocalypse, not so says Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) :
On last Sunday morning’s talk shows, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner once again implied that, if the debt limit …

April 24, 2011

The Easter Song

Filed under: Christianity,Video Blogging - 24 Apr 2011

Alleluia! He is risen indeed!

April 20, 2011

Objection to Scorecard Answered

Filed under: Idaho Conservative, The - 20 Apr 2011

DCR, commenting on Huckleberries Online, assails the Idaho Conservative scorecard:
The entire ranking is a farce.

Representatives were not evaluated on the same criteria as Senators, so both reports are meaningless.

Case in point: Representatives were ranked on how they voted on the guns …

April 19, 2011

Idaho Senate Conservative Scorecard Released

Filed under: Idaho Conservative, The - 19 Apr 2011

I’m pleased to announce that the 2011 Idaho Conservative scorecard has been posted for the State Senate.  The Senate scorecard is available here.

I want to highlight the four State Senators who had a 100 percent score in the past session. They were:

We …

I Am Not a Tax Surrender Monkey

Filed under: Politics - 19 Apr 2011

A comment on the blog chastisted me for foreclosing support for a tax increase and demanding the budget be balanced through reductions of spending. Writes the commenter:
Preemptively taking any and all tax increases (or even letting current tax cuts …

April 18, 2011

2011 Idaho Conservative Scorecard Released for State House

Filed under: Idaho Conservative, The - 18 Apr 2011

I’m pleased to announce that the 2011 Idaho Conservative scorecard has been posted for the State House. The Senate scorecard will be available tomorrow. The House scorecard is available here.

I want to highlight the five State Representatives who had …

April 17, 2011

Taxed Enough

Filed under: Politics - 17 Apr 2011

Alan Simpson of the Deficit Commission has about had enough of Republican opposition to tax increases (Hat Tip: Outside the Beltway):
Simpson said he confronted anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist when the commission met and they exchanged words over the legacy …

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