July 5, 2014 – 8:27 am
Yes, and no, as The Washington Post’s Dan Balz points out Forget what you’ve heard about an America divided into warring camps, living in red and blue states or congressional districts. We actually agree on lots of things. That, at least, is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC), […]
June 20, 2014 – 3:48 pm
In a follow up to a follow up, Bob Belvedere at The Camp Of The Saints writes (see my original posts here to here) Beck reminds me of those who would gather in a church or meeting house while their village was being attacked and who would produce only wails and lamentations while the marauders […]
June 18, 2014 – 12:18 pm
Yesterday, I had a post discussing elected officials not getting the benefits from seniority anymore, which led to a discussion of term limits and repealing the 17th Amendment. Bob from The Camp Of The Saints had an interesting post entitled Join Or Die, playing off a comment from protein wisdom, which was about electing all […]
June 17, 2014 – 8:43 am
Good! (The Hill) Seniority was once valued in politics, but this year, incumbents are having trouble convincing voters that politicians get better with age. It’s an issue that was front and center last week in 76-year-old Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-Miss.) primary runoff battle with state Sen. Chris McDaniel, and was a driving force in 91-year-old […]
May 19, 2014 – 8:10 am
It’s apparently Monday Poll day at Politico. They have one saying that most people favor legislation that tightens background checks for gun purchases. That’s rather common sense. It’s when Democrats start adding all the restrictions on legal purchases by law abiding citizens that we run into trouble. Then there’s a poll that shows Democrats are […]
April 5, 2014 – 7:50 am
Obviously, people, primarily liberals/Democrats, had a conniption fit over the recent Supreme Court decision over campaign finance. Here’s Michael Kinsley On Thursday, the day after the Supreme Court’s decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, The Post and the New York Times between them carried eight separate print articles about the ruling. McCutcheon is the […]
February 12, 2014 – 7:36 am
Many conservatives/Republicans range from agitated to apoplectic. Liberals are crowing. The Washington Post’s uber-leftists (like the WP’s opinion pages aren’t chock full of them, has to be at least a 85-15% split) goes with this provocative headline GOP debt limit extortion is dead Because attempting to limit the insane debt increases is apparently a bad […]
February 7, 2014 – 3:29 pm
Democrats will call this a dirty trick. I call this brilliant. Might Republicans have finally realized that there is this Internet thingy? (Daily Caller) The National Republican Congressional Committee is using a little internet espionage ahead of the 2014 mid-term elections by creating websites named for Democratic candidates to highlight the less-favorable aspects of their […]
February 6, 2014 – 11:27 am
Poll after poll after poll consistently show that when given a list if issues, “climate change” comes in way down the list of concerns. More often last place. Heck, in Australia it is 2nd to last when it comes to environmental concerns (The Age) Australians rank climate change well down on their list of concerns, […]
February 1, 2014 – 1:36 pm
The politicization of science continues (CNS News) Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), asked scientists at a climate change conference on Thursday in Arlington, Va., to explain the science of climate change. (snip) “I need you now more than ever to speak the truth,†McCarthy said. “I need you to stand up […]
