Category: The Idaho Conservative

September 12, 2008

43SB Responds

Filed under: The Idaho Conservative - 12 Sep 2008

Okay, I told you about the Rasmussen Poll showing Jim Risch with a monster 28 point lead over Larry LaRocco. What response comes from the official Democratic National Convention blog from Idaho?

Depression? No.

Resolution in the face of the poll …

July 14, 2008

The Debate Over Debates

Filed under: The Idaho Conservative - 14 Jul 2008

When I read about the scheduled debates between Rex Rammell and Larry LaRocco, my mind keeps playing the “Odd Couple” Theme.

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Okay, they may be polar opposites, but they both want to beat Jim Risch, and their plan is to hold …

July 11, 2008

So What’s So Bad About Forced Labor Again?

Filed under: The Idaho Conservative - 11 Jul 2008

The Idaho Statesman posted excerpts of my piece on Obama’s forced national service with this headline, “Serving the Community is a Good Thing, Right?”

Serving the community is great, but we did people who have a heart to serve …

July 10, 2008

The Unbalanced Party

Filed under: Idaho Conservative, The, The Idaho Conservative - 10 Jul 2008

Democrats have run around the country talking about how Republicans have run up big deficits. Democratic congressional candidates have taken advantage of Republican failure to live within their means to try and establish Democrats as “fiscal conservatives.”

This rhetoric has been …

June 28, 2008

How Will You Hang?

Filed under: The Idaho Conservative - 28 Jun 2008

“We must hang together, gentlemen…else, we shall most assuredly hang separately.”-Benjamin Franklin.

Imagine your city council enacts controversial legislation with no public notice despite city employees telling concerned citizens that before any action was taken, they’d read about it in the …

February 19, 2008

Idaho’s 2nd Class Democratic Delegates

Filed under: The Idaho Conservative - 19 Feb 2008

The Clinton campaign is making the case that Barack Obama is winning in states Democrats can’t win in the fall:
TODAY: Clinton Supporter Calls Red State Democrats Second Class. “‘Superdelegates are not second-class delegates,’ says Joel Ferguson, who will be …

February 18, 2008

Interview with US Senate Candidate Brian Hefner

Filed under: The Idaho Conservative - 18 Feb 2008

The following is the first of what we hope will be a series of e-mail interviews with US Senate Candidates in Idaho’s open seats. The first candidate to return our questionaire was Brian Hefner, a machinist from Nampa. Below …

December 21, 2007

Common Sense Neighbors In Nampa

Filed under: The Idaho Conservative - 21 Dec 2007

It’s nice to see not everyone in the Nampa subdivision is getting up in arms about the new transitional home in their neighborhood. These people (Tim and Karen Abbott) sound like really nice people. They raise a few interesting points:
 A …

January 25, 2006

The Murderer’s Argument

Filed under: The Idaho Conservative - 25 Jan 2006

The Idaho Statesman has a breaking news bulletin on Convicted Sex Offender/ alleged murderer Joseph Edward Duncan III saying that the blogging killer is blogging again through …

January 21, 2006

You Know Your Blog Is Getting Big When…

Filed under: The Idaho Conservative - 21 Jan 2006

Two Congressional Candidates come up to talk to you about it.

I was standing there before the march and this guy walks up to me and says hello and calls me by name. I’m having an utter brain …