tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81358562011-12-13T19:54:20.826-08:00Another cog in the wheel known as the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to combat the Extreme Left-Wing Media.LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.comBlogger13541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-40525932831806322192008-03-06T18:20:00.000-08:002008-03-06T18:29:38.952-08:00

A week or so ago Blogger wiped out this blog. When I attempted to access the blog I got an error message saying it had been removed. I wrote their help desk and got no response until today. This evening I got an email saying: Hello,Your blog has been reviewed, verified, and cleared for regular use so that it will no longer appear as potential spam. If you sign out of Blogger and sign back in

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William F. Buckley father of the modern conservative movement died today at 82 years of age. He will be sorely missed. He was as much an educator as he was a political commentator. I greatly enjoyed his columns for several reasons. Primarily, I became a fan because he was able to take common sense conservative viewpoints and make them understandable even to those with an Ivy League education.

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No, seriously, this IS newsworthy. Congratulations to the Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy on ending a 44 year losing streak to Notre Dame. I saw a lot of changes over my 25 years in the Navy. However, there was always one constant you could depend on - Navy losing to Notre Dame every November. Being a good Irish Catholic boy I've rooted for the Fighting Irish (except when

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Congratulations to former Vice President Al Gore who was declared the 2007 winner of the Nobel Peace prize for his efforts in founding and advancing the new religion of Global Warming Hysteria. I'd say this silly award lowers the prestige of the Nobel prize, but after their choices over the recent past it would be difficult to go much lower.

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There are a couple problems with this article "Texas Student Booted From School for Wearing John Edwards T-Shirt." First, the headline does not match the facts. The student was booted from school for wearing a political shirt period. Whether the child was supporting Edwards, Clinton, Giuliani or a conservative candidate was not the problem the issue was any shirt with a political theme is

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Common sense would lead one to believe that a group rate for insurance or other financial products would be better than going it alone. Turns out that isn't necessarily the case. The Star Ledger has an article on this subject today. When financial planner Andrew Tignanelli's clients first came to him saying they were planning to buy financial products from AARP, he said he was thrilled. He

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Just thought I'd mention that the Browns are NOT in last place while I still can. After the first game debacle against the Steelers I didn't think I'd be saying anything positive about the Browns this year. However, I've started to see some signs of improvement particularly on offense. The biggest change from the first game to now is the line is giving the quarterback some protection. Success

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Who is George Rieveschl? Turns out that Rieveschl who died yesterday at age 91 was the inventor of Benadryl, the first prescription antihistamine. Sadly, I'll admit I hadn't heard of him before reading in this mornings newspaper of his passing. I assumed Benadryl like most drugs these days was the result of a collaborative effort. Well, Benadryl is an exception as it was created by a local

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Why the three exclamation points in the title. When you're talking about someone who is wrong as often as the Venezuelan president is, then it's very newsworthy when he gets something right. Remember, this is the character that has been claiming for a few years now that he KNOWS the United States is planning to invade his country any day now. Anyways, what did he get right, you ask? He came

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Columbia University was condemned far and wide for their decision to invite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak on campus. Most people were outraged that a college would provide a forum for the leader of a state sponsor of terrorism. Beyond being a state sponsor, Iran has been supplying weapons and explosives to insurgents in Iraq to use to kill our soldiers. James Taranto pointed

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Congratulations to the Cleveland Indians on winning the American League Central Division championship!!! Using very good pitching and timely hitting the Tribe put on a late charge to pull away from the Tigers. Since 22 August they have won 24 games and only lost 7. Now, let's see them make some noise in the playoffs. Go Tribe!

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Breaking news!During an interview with The Advocate to be published next week, Sean Kennedy, the gay magazine's news and features editor, asked the presidential candidate, "How do you respond to the occasional rumor that you're a lesbian?""It's not true, but it is something that I have no control over. People will say what they want to say."Well, I'm glad she cleared that important matter up.

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Months ago we heard the Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) was being investigated for allegations of corruption. Here is an update to the story: The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a public corruption sting, according to people close to the investigation.The secret recordings suggest the Justice Department was eyeing Stevens long

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While in England this week, Rudy Giuliani made a fairly outrageous claim. "I'm probably one of the four or five best known Americans in the world," Giuliani told a small group of reporters at a posh London hotel as onlookers gathered in the lobby to gawk at actor Dustin Hoffman, who was on a separate visit.Huh? Ask a thousand Europeans at random to name 10 Americans off the top of their heads

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Last week I criticized the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as lousy feel good legislation that has grown to mandate many requirements not envisioned when initially passed. One aspect I did not address was the very definition of a disability. On the surface it seems like a simple thing. A disability should be fairly clear cut. Paralysis, blindness, deafness, loss of a limb, etc. However

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I hardly ever find myself in agreement with Barry Bonds. Having said that, I have to acknowledge when he is clearly right. The baseball he hit to break the all time home run record was auctioned off recently and here is Bonds' response upon hearing how much the person paid for a $4.95 baseball. "He's stupid. He's an idiot," Bonds said. "He spent $750,000 on the ball and that's what he's doing

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The stock of the New York Times (NYT) slipped to a ten year low yesterday as the share price follows their journalistic integrity's steep decline. The newspaper company is facing declining circulation and reduced advertising income for a couple reasons. First, in my opinion, no decent American would be caught carrying that rag and secondly businesses have to be leery of being associated with an

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There are many factors that have caused tuition costs to consistently out pace inflation: overpaid professors, expensive books, and primarily the consumer often doesn't pay for the product until years later. Here is one I hadn't considered: Ousted TSU President Priscilla Slade racked up a $100,000 bar tab at Scott Gertner's Skybar and Grille during her tenure and stuck Texas Southern University

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Some of the worst things congress does happens when they pass "feel good" legislation. I'm referring to the type of legislation that is titled in such a way that anyone who votes against it's passage looks like a jerk. Today's example is regarding the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA). Almost from the moment this garbage legislation was passed it has been abused to force action that was

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A story unfolded in the last week or two about a major Democrat fund raiser named Norman Hsu. Turns out Hsu was a fugitive from justice and appears to have gotten his money through an illegal ponzi scheme. While Hsu donated to many Democrat candidates, the bigger angle to the story is he was a big bundler for Sen. Clinton's campaign. Clinton has now returned the money raised by Hsu. However,

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Last week, congressman and erstwhile presidential candidate, Dennis Kucinich shamed his constituents by criticizing U.S. foreign policy while meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad. While in the Middle East, Kucinich said he wouldn't to visit Iraq claiming "I feel the United States is engaging in an illegal occupation ... I don't want to bless that occupation with my presence." What a

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From the Wall Street Journal we get today's required reading. It is an op-ed titled "Listening to Petraeus" co-authored by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT). While I'm tempted to copy and paste the point I find most salient, I'd rather you just read the entire article. Actually, I'd really like the 98 other senators to read the piece with an open mind. Sadly, a number of

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Fred Thompson has joined the crowd running for the Republican presidential nomination. The title of this post includes an "I guess" because even though I was watching the Tonight Show to see his announcement I must have fallen asleep during the monologue. That is a problem with using a late night TV appearance to enter the race.For those of you who joined me in sleeping through the announcement

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A couple years ago President Bush was test driving one of those Segway machines and fell off. Obviously, the late night talk shows had their laughs. The leftist London newspaper The Daily Mirror ran an article with this headline: "You'd have to be an idiot to fall off, wouldn't you Mr President." Well, the editor who came up with that headline is in the U.S. to take part in some stupid TV

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Senator Larry Craig (R-ID), who announced on Saturday that he would resign effective 30 September, is reportedly considering changing his mind. Huh? Wow, is this character confused. First, he is confused about bathroom etiquette (rule one: all your body parts stay in your stall). Then, he pleads guilty and now he thinks he isn't guilty and wants to appeal. Now, he isn't sure if he knew what

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There has been a resolution to a local story that has been in the news the last week or so. Unfortunately, the resolution has left many people feeling justice has been denied. The basic facts are a woman left her two year old child in a hot car all day to die. The insufficient resolution is amazingly the county prosecutor decided he didn't think it was intentional so he is not going to charge

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Previously barely known Appalachian State upset 5th ranked (currently) Michigan this afternoon 34 to 32. This is the first time a Division I-AA team has defeated a ranked Division 1-A team. Good job Mountaineers!!!

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Here is an article about a dentist in Florida who refuses to pay taxes. Federal prosecutors say Dr. Nancy Montgomery-Ware didn't pay taxes on more than $1 million in income in 2000 and 2001, and didn't file federal income tax returns in 2002, 2003, and 2004, when she earned between $500,000 and $730,000 per year.She was indicted in April by a federal ground jury on two counts of tax evasion and

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By now everyone knows about Senator Craig (R-ID) and his extracurricular activity that got him arrested in June. Evidently, he attempted to pick up a guy in an airport public restroom. It was his misfortune to have picked an undercover policeman to make his clumsy move on. I don't particularly care if Craig is gay, bi-sexual, confused or whatever. I do care that a United States Senator has

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Time constraints have kept me from blogging on a regular basis the last month or so. Either I had time and nothing really interested me enough to bother or I had various ideas and no time to prepare a post. Anyways, some of the issues have been alleviated (okay, okay, they're back in school) so I'll be posting more frequently. Additionally, instead of long verbose entries, I'll attempt to

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Just when I thought the Michael Vick dog fighting story couldn't get any goofier I stumble upon this article. Embattled NFL quarterback Michael Vick, facing federal charges related to his alleged participation in dogfighting, has been hit with a "$63,000,000,000 billion dollar" lawsuit filed by a South Carolina inmate who alleges the Atlanta Falcons star stole his pit bulls and sold them on eBay

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ABC conducts a poll an gets this result and decides it is news: Three in 10 Americans say the Supreme Court is "too conservative," up sharply from two years ago and now substantially more than call it "too liberal." Just under half say the court is about balanced ideologically in its decisions.Thirty-one-percent call the court too conservative, compared with 19 percent in July 2005 -- a period in

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Huh, the last king of Afghanistan died. Wonder what the odds were on him living to 92 years old. At 19, he was crowned hours after his father was assassinated. At the time his nickname was "Next."Michael Vick ordered to stay out of training camp Okay, but what took so long. After the indictments were handed down last week with the awful details, did anyone outside Vick's immediate family

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Congressman Tom Tancredo has been a second tier candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2008 presidential race with a minor following based solely on the combined issues of illegal immigration and border security. Though I tend to agree with him on those issues, I found him to be less than impressive in the early debates and assumed his campaign wouldn't make it to the primaries. Well,

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Regular readers know I don't hold many politicians in very high esteem. However, after reading a letter sent by a Cleveland City Councilman to a constituent, I have one I can respect for being a straight shooter. I don't know if Councilman Polensek is a Republican or a Democrat, but he is right on with this letter. Here is a snippet: In closing, I told you just recently to stay out of my

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Former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, widow of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, passed away today at the age of 94. Our prayers go out to her family and friends as they deal with their loss.

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A couple weeks ago I commented on the nuttiness of Rev. Ann Holmes Redding. Who? She is the Episcopalian priest who professes to be both Muslim and Christian. In the original story there were comments from her bishop indicating he had no problem with her actions. Officials at the national Episcopal Church headquarters said they are not aware of any other instance in which a priest has also

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Fred Thompson Picking Up Support in Ohio. He hasn't announced he is running yet, but support is building. Viking Spirit blog has a post titled: "Switching horses: I'm supporting Fred Dalton Thompson." More interesting than the fact that he is supporting Thompson is that he is switching from being a Giuliani backer. Support in a political race is a zero sum game. If each declared candidate

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Retired Navy Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey passed on this week. Fluckey was the most aggressive and successful submarine commander during WW II. His boat, USS Barb (SS-220), was credited with the most tonnage sunk during World War II: 85 ships including a carrier, cruiser, and frigate. Here is a short account of the events which earned the BARB the nickname "The Sub That Sank a Train:" In

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Here is a disturbing story out of Iraq. Read the whole article. Bottom line is it appears someone in Washington interfering where they shouldn't. Mr. al-Alusi put his faith in Iraq's fragile justice system. There are now confidential witnesses, including testimony from some of the men involved in the killing, that implicate Iraq's minister of culture, As'ad Kemal al-Hashemi, as the individual

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Yesterday, George Voinovich called in to the Sean Hannity afternoon radio show and embarrassed all Ohioans but particularly those of us who voted for him. This isn't a matter of a disagreement over a policy issue, though I do disagree with his position. No, I'm embarrassed that he is our senator for two reasons that are very distinct from disagreeing over policy or legislation. The first

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Just watched a bit on CNBC morning show where the reporter was talking about idiots (my word not hers) in New York already lining up to buy an iPhone when they go on sale in a few days. Hey folks, a cell phone is a communications tool that is supposed to make your life easier. If you are standing in line for 3 days to spend five hundred dollars for the product then it has already failed the "

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Jay Nordlinger's Impromptus columns are always worth reading. The latest is no exception. Here is one slice of the column: Relatedly: My friend Michael Walsh pointed out this, from a Reuters article: “The two men, both among the world’s longest-serving leaders . . .”And who are the two men? Qaddafi and Mugabe. “Long-serving,” that’s what they are — and Castro is the “longest-serving” of all.A

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I almost missed this story it was barely a blurb in the business section of this mornings newspaper. Bob Evans, the man behind a great American success story passed away yesterday. Here's a link to an online story that didn't make it into my newspaper.Bob Evans, whose quest for quality sausage to serve the truckers who filled his 12-stool, 24-hour-a-day steakhouse in southeast Ohio led to the

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Those in denial about the threat of Islamo-fascism often attempt to minimize the issue by claiming the nutty ones are out of the mainstream of the true tenets of the Religion of Peace (ROP). Problem is, those claims fly in the face of all the evidence. Consider mainstream Islamic response to the Queen of England bestowing some silly knighthood honor on Salman Rushdie. You may remember that

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Sam Perlozzo is out as Baltimore manager and the first candidate and perceived first choice of management, Joe Girardi, quickly declines consideration for the job. My take: Girardi's decision had less to do with his perception of the on field talent and more to do with Baltimore's dysfunctional management team starting with owner Peter Angelos who has turned a perennial contender into a

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-33881723746217760102007-06-19T07:19:00.000-07:002007-06-19T08:37:09.330-07:00

New York City's Nanny (oops, Mayor) Michael Bloomberg is starting a program to supposedly address the poverty problem by paying people to perform various behaviors. NEW YORK (AP) - Poor residents will be rewarded for good behavior - like $300 for doing well on school tests, $150 for holding a job and $200 for visiting the doctor - under an experimental anti-poverty program that city officials

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The people who argue against the death penalty will claim you can just lock murderers up for life. Tell that to these two women who now are being told a parole board wants to release their mother's murderer. The half sisters are reunited now, unified in their resolve to reverse a decision granting parole to their mother's killer.They believe their father and stepfather, William Clumm, should die

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-83556209578542014952007-06-04T10:18:00.000-07:002007-06-04T10:35:01.422-07:00

Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) was indicted today on several charges involving corruption and bribery. I have one question for our Justice Department: What the heck took so long? Over a year ago, ninety thousand dollars of marked money used in a bribery case was found in Jefferson's freezer. Before anyone wonders if he was framed, bear in mind he was also caught on film accepting the bribe.

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-74597785091654909222007-05-30T11:53:00.000-07:002007-05-30T18:44:50.676-07:00

When advocates of the senate illegal alien amnesty bill defend it they often claim the illegals "are just doing jobs American's won't do." Here is an example from right here in Ohio of the type of job they must be referring to: Drug agents have discovered the largest marijuana crop ever found on a state wildlife area and one of the top five marijuana busts in the state's history. The marijuana

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-33246378675521217242007-05-28T08:02:00.000-07:002007-05-29T08:29:53.799-07:00

The baseball season is divided up many different ways depending on what point a writer is making. Some will use Memorial Day weekend to examine the first quarter of the season even though technically it is several games past that point. By this point in a season you get a pretty good sense of how good a team will be for the season. Sure, some players will return from injury and others will get

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-55037256763583252272007-05-25T10:27:00.000-07:002007-05-25T14:22:18.825-07:00

Regular readers know I'm strongly opposed to frivolous lawsuits and the trend over the last couple decades to treat every personal tragedy as a potential lottery ticket. There have been such a rash of these stories this week that I decided to make this a semi-regular feature titled "Slimy Lawyer News." We'll start with one that hits close to home. On Staten Island, New York, "Jean Gonzalez is

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Lots of talk today about the awful legislation proposed in the senate regarding our mess of an immigration policy. Let's start by looking at the key players. Sen Ted Kennedy - Champion of this legislation from the left. He has a history of involvement at past attempts to deal with immigration. Mark Krikorian of NRO's Corner compiled quotes from Kennedy after past garbage legislation. 1965: "

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Peggy Noonan has a column looking at the non-campaign Fred Thompson is running. He is running a great campaign. It's just not a declared campaign. It's a guerrilla campaign whose informality is meant to obscure his intent. It has been going on for months and is aimed at the major pleasure zones of the Republican brain. In a series of pointed columns, commentaries and podcasts, Mr. Thompson has

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I watched more of the second debate than the first. As much as I'd like to pretend it was only because FOX handled the debate better than MSNBC, truth is it was as much a product of a weak slate of TV shows tonight. I could say a bunch of stuff about the various candidates, but no one will remember much about this debate. The one thing that will be remembered about this debate is Rudy Giuliani

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Sometimes I'll know I'll like an article just from reading the headline. Here is an example: Just how crazy are the Dems? Jonah Goldberg uses some recent polling data to demonstrate that the majority of Democrats are completely out of their mind. MOST FAIR-MINDED readers will no doubt take me at my word when I say that a majority of Democrats in this country are out of their gourds.But, on the

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On Constitutional grounds I'm opposed to the idea of term limits believing the voters should decide when someone has held a job too long. However, seeing this legislation passed tells me we have at least 288 congresscritters who have overstayed their usefulness. Every one of the 288 who voted yes should be ousted from congress immediately regardless of political party! What is the subject of

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-84747201800452489372007-05-08T12:13:00.000-07:002007-05-08T12:17:58.288-07:00

How does this story fit into the contention by Harry Reid and friends that the war on terror would be solved if we would just surrender in Iraq? Does anyone think these goofs in New Jersey are the only ones out there wishing to do us harm?

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-13341860751931307782007-05-07T04:25:00.000-07:002007-05-07T06:01:06.153-07:00

In a move that reeks of desperation, the New York Yankees have made 44 year Roger Clemens the highest or second highest paid player in baseball depending on how you do the math. Don't get me wrong, Clemens is arguably the best pitcher of his generation and one of the top three pitchers of all time. However, he will turn 45 years old this season and the human body does breakdown over time. Due

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-13378155461491149802007-05-04T09:00:00.000-07:002007-05-04T09:03:58.869-07:00

First Name* Last Name* Email* Address City State select AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MNMS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY ZIP Yes, I'd like to receive updates about staying involved. I'm a blogger and I'd like to help. Blog URL: To: Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House Harry Reid, U.S. Senate Democrat

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I have remarked kiddingly that since Barack Obama already has the black vote sewn up he could nail down another demographic group by putting an apostrophe after the "O" in his last name. Turns out he actually is part Irish on his mothers side. So it turns out, the Daily Telegraph reports from Dublin, that Barack Obama's great-great-great-great grandfather was " Joseph Kearney, a well-to-do

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Eight months before the first state primary is held, the ten announced candidates for the Republican nomination for president will hold their first debate tonight. Don't bather watching. It is extremely unlikely that anything said tonight will be remembered more than a week from now. It is being held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. So you can expect each candidate to emphasize how

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-3451424187331026422007-05-02T15:31:00.000-07:002007-05-02T18:38:59.375-07:00

As a society, we have become so obsessed with political correctness that no joke is acceptable if it plays off generalizations about the race, religion, gender, ethnicity of the butt of the joke. However, there is one group about whom it will always be acceptable to tell jokes. Q: What do you call 5000 dead lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?A: A good start! Q: What's the difference between a

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Washington Editors: Reluctant to Publish 'D.C. Madam' Client List. Personally, I don't care who had the DC Madam on speed-dial. However, it is rather telling about the priorities of the editors that this story bothers their sensibilities, but they have no problem disclosing national secrets during a time of war. Separately, as a cynic, I have to believe their reluctance means there are more

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-43570651480022874712007-05-01T05:54:00.000-07:002007-05-02T10:15:10.890-07:00

Thomas Sowell is imbued with more than his share of common sense. Today, we get another of his Random Thoughts columns. Enjoy the whole thing, but here is the last paragraph: I am so old that I can remember a Democrat, at his inauguration as President, say of our enemies: "We dare not tempt them with weakness."If you are wondering, that quote comes from the older brother of the reprobate

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Former Director of the CIA, George Tenet is 54 years old and has written a book for the first time. Apparently, it is creating quite a stir on the book circuit (is there still a "book circuit?). Though it deals with decisions regarding war and peace, it isn't an instant classic like Tolstoy's tome War and Peace. Though he probably was provided a capable ghostwriter, I'm sure it wasn't someone

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-2295480518790595012007-04-30T16:43:00.000-07:002007-04-30T18:35:28.592-07:00

I frequently bemoan the sad state of our overly litigious society. Well, here is an article showing it is not just an American problem. Amputee wins damages after train fallBasically, this woman was trespassing and tried to climb on a moving train unsuccessfully. In failing to get on the train she succeeded in losing a leg. Somehow she convinced some moron judge to make the railroad company

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-17705537111589571982007-04-27T07:04:00.000-07:002007-04-27T07:16:55.077-07:00

While foreign affairs and social issues get considerable coverage in describing the differences between conservatives and liberals, the differences on economic issues are equally telling. When gas prices go up due to unrest in the Middle East, or storms in the Atlantic, conservatives who understand economics realize it is just market forces at work. What is the liberal response to higher gas

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-67638183083911825592007-04-27T04:47:00.000-07:002007-04-27T06:50:41.271-07:00

Most bad legislation comes from good intentions. Here is another example from the Peoples Republic of Minnesota. Restroom law would help open the doors in a hurryHelp may be on the way for Johnson and 27,000 other Minnesotans with inflammatory bowel diseases that make finding a bathroom -- fast! -- a matter of frequent and critical concern. The state Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-64049735238236619152007-04-26T06:25:00.000-07:002007-04-26T14:37:19.051-07:00

I haven't bothered writing about the "news" that actor Alec Baldwin left a nasty message on his daughter's answering machine mostly because I understand that divorces can be messy and kids are often used by one parent against the other. Today, I see a news item that leads me to think I may something in common with Baldwin - maybe you do as well. Baldwin: 'If I never acted again I couldn't care

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-26825896317207542462007-04-25T10:56:00.000-07:002007-04-25T11:23:45.670-07:00

Our Constitution rightly contains protection for legislators against prosecution for performance of their congressional duties. Specifically, the Constitution says: Section 6The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-57074787599856293622007-04-25T07:35:00.000-07:002007-04-25T17:57:15.556-07:00

The actual headline was "Exclusive: O'Donnell Leaving 'The View'" and the opening paragraph explains: ABC has been unable to come to a contractual agreement with "The View" co-host. As a result, her duties on the show will come to an end mid-June.The president of daytime programming for the Disney-ABC Television Group, Brian Frons, told ABCNEWS.com, "Going in we knew we would have an amazing year

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-21801518889699006382007-04-24T11:55:00.000-07:002007-04-25T07:58:30.267-07:00

Sadly, we lost one of the better authors of sports books yesterday as David Halberstam died in a car crash. My personal favorite was "Summer of 49." He was enroute to interview NFL Hall of Famer Y.A. Tittle for a book about the 1958 championship game. I wonder how far along he was in researching the book and whether anyone will be commissioned to finish it for him. Unfortunately, instead of

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-47204100002325319022007-04-21T06:54:00.000-07:002007-04-21T08:17:19.560-07:00

I've been pretty positive about the potential candidacy of former senator Fred Thompson. Well, predictably the supporters of other candidates are starting to pen columns to inform people why Thompson is not the perfect conservative. Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review Online has written "Thompson’s Tort Trouble." This article picks through Thompson's votes on the various bills that attempted to

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-20571818366000866832007-04-19T10:01:00.000-07:002007-04-19T19:16:29.183-07:00

Politicians of both parties often don't follow the laws the enact to control the behavior of rest of us common folk. Usually it doesn't make for a major story. However, if you're governor of state which strictly enforces seatbelt usage and you get seriously injured in a high speed accident while not wearing your seatbelt then you can expect the hypocrisy to be noted. Last year, New Jersey law

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-73599093255279002352007-04-19T09:10:00.000-07:002007-04-19T09:56:01.849-07:00

As expected, the tragedy in Blacksburg, Virginia is being used to argue the case for and against greater infringement of the 2nd Amendment. Boston Mayor Mumbles Menino had this to say: "The federal government could take action . . . by getting the NRA to back off these issues," Menino said in a telephone interview. "Young kids have guns today. . . . How is this being perpetrated throughout the

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-76878969828908508232007-04-19T08:07:00.000-07:002007-04-19T09:06:53.485-07:00

Over the last several years, various Democrat politicians would get very indignant and complain that people were questioning their patriotism whenever their judgment on national defense was challenged. Well, after a recent speech by a leading Dem presidential candidate John Edwards I have to wonder if they have any understanding of the word patriotism. Discussing a plan to heavily charge (okay,

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-86100374380896332362007-04-18T12:26:00.000-07:002007-04-18T12:43:53.079-07:00

Today's argument for tort reform comes from St Louis. The mother of a boy who was shocked and fell 35 feet after climbing an Illinois electric tower on a $5 bet is suing the utility for allegedly failing to properly warn of the tower's dangers and keeping children from it.We have a system where a group of jurors can punish a company and reward a woman for her kids stupidity and if she loses the

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This is kind of funny. If you are running for traffic court judge, I'd recommend double checking to make sure all your past tickets are paid off.The Weekly Standard has a lengthy profile of Fred Thompson. It is getting clearer that Thompson is going to run in 2008.The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article touching on the trait that separates Thompson from other candidates, "GOP's Thompson: A

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-75955013229203332622007-04-16T05:18:00.000-07:002007-04-16T05:44:54.813-07:00

With April 15th falling on the weekend, today is the deadline to file your federal income taxes. I've previously groused about how our friends in congress have added too many complications to the system out of an attempt to either modify behavior or reward certain constituents. Today, I'm more concerned peoples perceptions of the end result. I'm asking people to answer two questions in the

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-29953513191779204372007-04-11T04:35:00.000-07:002007-04-11T06:39:21.593-07:00

Random musings about life, entertainment and politics.First a little advice to parents out there - Limit the number of teenagers allowed to sleep over. Two teenage girls can be relatively quiet. Three or more get unbearably loud and screechy. Regarding the Don Imus affair, am I the only one really tired of hearing about that goof and the stupid stuff he said? Is it even news that he said

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-50468978828632999792007-04-07T06:56:00.000-07:002007-04-07T07:03:54.043-07:00

Michigan continues to serve as a cautionary tale about the harmful effects of excessive government taxing and spending. I can only hope Ohioans are watching and learning. Here is the latest and most blatant example: We have come to the conclusion that the crisis Michigan faces is not a shortage of revenue, but an excess of idiocy. Facing a budget deficit that has passed the $1 billion mark,

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I occasionally mock the actions of lawyers and others who attempt to turn personal tragedies into winning lottery tickets, but I have to make an exception for this guy. An Air Force veteran has filed a federal claim after an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.I can just see the doctor in surgery talking to

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-61836389879624089612007-04-04T15:19:00.000-07:002007-04-04T16:35:43.407-07:00

Here is an opinion piece discussing the idea of Vice President Dick Cheney running in the 2008 election. I like Cheney and think he would be a better president than the great majority of those currently running. However, this is a case where my opinion of the potential candidate really doesn't matter. This VP has been demonized to such an extent that I don't see him having any chance of being

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Maryland's state House voted yesterday for a plan to have their electoral votes go to whichever candidate wins the popular vote nation wide. Leaving aside the question of the constitutionality of such a plan, how do the politicians in Maryland justify this as being in their state's best interest? Currently, the electoral college system is the only reason presidential candidates bother visiting

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-83624253373107466882007-04-03T08:41:00.000-07:002007-04-03T08:44:21.842-07:00

If you've never thrown a baseball before, just politely decline when invited to throw out the first pitch. Video link.

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The New York Mets will square off against the Cardinals in St. Louis Sunday night April 1st and officially begin the Major League Baseball season. The next afternoon, the Indians will be in Chicago to face the White Sox. Here is the order I see them ending up in October.American LeagueEastBoston Red SoxToronto Blue JaysNew York YankeesBaltimore OriolesTampa Bay Devil RaysComments: I wanted to

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Unknown presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) guest blogged a post at GOPBloggers. All of it is worth reading to understand Hunter's conservative point of view. The best line is this jab at his GOP opponents: National Journal ranks me as the most conservative member of Congress running for the Presidency based on my lifetime voting record. So, I don't need to hire an army of

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Over the past week, the situation in the Middle East has grown more tense as the Iranian navy overpowered 15 British sailors on two small boats operating in Iraqi territorial waters. A little background to what led up to this standoff. * Iran has been growing agitated over the pressure from the West to abandon their nuclear program. * Iran has been increasingly uneasy over US and coalition

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Sorry for the light blogging, we've had more important things to do.Jonathan Williams of The Detroit News looks at the latest case of a corporation leaving Michigan and expresses dismay at their governor's response. With the recent announcement of Comerica's relocation to Texas, the hemorrhaging of Michigan businesses continues. Astonishingly, instead of taking bold steps to make Michigan more

LargeBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135856.post-34861062687224312102007-03-11T19:07:00.000-07:002007-03-11T19:11:22.931-07:00

Read this headline: World's biggest yacht a status symbolGuess what? All the other yachts are status symbols too.

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A Conservative Who Can Win is a column by Doug Patton of Human Events looking at former senator Fred Thompson's potential run for the presidency.Since Fred Thompson isn't running yet, World Examiner endorsed another strong conservative - Duncan Hunter.Meanwhile, former Virginia governor James Gilmore Wants Conservatives to Examine His Track RecordJay Nordlinger should be required reading. Here

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Scooter Libby, former assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney was found guilty of four of five charges today. Though I've had problems with this investigation of a non-existent crime from the beginning, I haven't posted much if anything about Libby's trial for a reason. That reason is our justice system is dependent on honest answers particularly sworn testimony. The problem with perjury is

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Acknowledging I have ranted about our federal income tax system on more than a few occasions, I hope this doesn't sound like just more of the same. Anyways, I was doing our 2006 taxes last night and came across a couple more examples of congresscritters using our horrendous tax system to hand out goodies or attempt to modify behavior. There are several things I could point at, but the real

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Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review did a comprehensive interview with John McCain. Here is the transcript. Not a lot there to change my view of the senator. I was already aware of his positives positions and his explanations of his irritating actions (Gang of Fourteen, etc) were no more convincing.Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post believes Rudy Giuliani's biggest hurdle as he runs for

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It seems strange saying this, but yes Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is right. No, no, no, he isn't right about any issue or policy. Rather, he is right to condemn Ann Coulter's comments yesterday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Here is what Ms. Coulter said: "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John

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Former Virginia Governor James Gilmore fall in that category of presidential candidate that when people are asked about his campaign the answers range from "He's running?" to "Who's he?" Recognizing how far he is behind the other candidates, Gilmore has come out swinging. In his video, Mr. Gilmore lays out what he regards as the shortcomings of what the press often describes as the top three

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There are many problems for the media in covering political campaigns which now stretch nearly 2 full years. A reporter can only examine the candidates navel so many times. That leads to going further and further to give background on the candidates and their families. The argument can be made that the family is fair game to a certain extent as they can exercise considerable influence or cause

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Right on McCain is an opinion piece in National Review Online by the other senator from Arizona, Sen Jon Kyl who declares John McCain’s conservative record is excellent. Sen. Kyl uses McCain's voting record in the senate to demonstrate that McCain has consistently advanced conservative principles. I will grant Sen. Kyl that point. In fact, McCain's conservatism makes me want to support his

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I live in Ohio so I'm not directly affected by how California politicians decide to spend the money they confiscate from their citizens. Having said that, this article brings up several concerns. Here is the basic overview of the proposed program: Every child born in California would get a $500 savings account to start building a nest egg for college or a down payment for a home, under a state

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