Category: General Politics

January 30, 2006

Democratic Tactics: Car Wrecks, Exploiting Soldiers, and Blackmail

Filed under: General Politics - 30 Jan 2006

Courtesy of Captain’s Quarters, I found this blog which tried to desperately rally the Filibuster which was crushed by a 72-25 margin.

They celebrated some good news:
Four up, one …

Dump Chafee: Laffey for Senate

Filed under: General Politics - 30 Jan 2006

I rarely concern myself with Congressional races outside of Idaho, but I’m making an exception in wading into the Rhode Island Senate Race.

For more than 30 years, the Republican Party has put …

January 29, 2006

Boycott Nation

Filed under: General Politics - 29 Jan 2006

With word of Google censoring its new Chinese Search portal, there are calls for a boycott of the world’s largest search engine and Internet ad-seller.

Boycotts have been all the rage. Many websites call for boycotting Walmart, …

January 26, 2006

Counting The Votes on Alito

Filed under: General Politics - 26 Jan 2006

Well, as the floor debates goes forward on the Alito Nomination, things are looking good: 54 Yeas, 31 Nays, 15 votes out there. Thanks to California Yankee for keeping tabs …

January 22, 2006

Reform Government: Pay Congress More

Filed under: General Politics - 22 Jan 2006

In the light of the Abramoff scandal, there are many calls for reform. However, rather than making things better, it will as many past reforms have done, make things worse.

Take for example, the John McCain and the Campaign Finance …

January 19, 2006

The Education Fascists

Filed under: General Politics - 19 Jan 2006

Last week, I posted about my problem with Charter Schools which is that the government still excercises control over education to some degree leading to harmful situations, the left’s problem with Charter Schools is that the government is not …

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