Category Archives: Politics

Fooling with tools

Sen. Obama from the debate Tuesday night. I don’t understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, while Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda are setting up base camps and safe havens to … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin in Richmond

Sarah Palin’s coming to Richmond on Monday. She’ll be in Virginia Beach earlier that day. Apparently, we Richmonders are the poor stepchildren, because McCain will be there, but not here. Bummer. My friend Sarah and I are going to see … Continue reading

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Agreeing with Paglia on Palin

I found something that both Camille Paglia and I agree on: Sarah Palin, and the way she’s been wronged by the mainstream feminists (those would be the radfems). Via Hot Air. The next phase of feminism must circle back and … Continue reading

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Obama’s distance

Here’s one reason why I think Obama is going to make the worst president ever: He has no empathy. He is a politician, yet how many times did he say “you” instead of “us” when speaking about the problems Americans … Continue reading

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Say goodbye to the Republicans

I watched the debate tonight. John McCain is finished. He isn’t saying what the Americans want to hear, he’s not challenging Obama on the right issues, he’s not answering the questions in the way that the sound bites will be … Continue reading

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Down on J-Street

via memeorandum A recent pro-Obama video has some of the Israeli officials who appeared in it upset, for they feel that it misrepresented their views. Former head of the Mossad Ephraim Halevy and former IDF deputy chief of staff Maj.-Gen. … Continue reading

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Attention, Virginia voters: Last chance to register

Monday is the last day to register to vote in Virginia. If you haven’t registered by close of business October 6th, you won’t be voting for our next president. This public service announcement has been brought to you by: Someone … Continue reading

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Calling the other 11,000 Americans

What, you couldn’t tune in even for a minute to make it a nice, even 70 mil? Final: 69,989,000 viewers — Palin-Biden the most-watched vp debate ever Slackers.

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Joe Biden – Sarah Palin debate transcript correction

Some people got their knickers bunched because of this part of the transcript (allegedly said by Joe Biden): When we kicked – along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said, “Move NATO forces in … Continue reading

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The Palin-Biden debate

Go ahead. You know you want to talk about it. I thought she did just fine, and it makes me feel a bit better about her after those horrible interviews. Now what I’d like to see is more of that … Continue reading

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Miami five and the bleeding hearts

This post is triggered by that post by Neil of A Cloud in Trousers. In which Neil joins the crowd of bleeding hearts demanding the release of five Cubans arrested by FBI in 1998 and put on trial for quite … Continue reading

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Things I’d be embarrassed to think, let alone post

This is why actors should stick to writing scripts. I keep trying to figure out why Obama — who I so admire, seems to underwhelm in these debates. All I can come up with is that while everyone else aims … Continue reading

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The Presidential debate

Well, I think McCain did all right, but he could have done better. But one thing that utterly set my teeth on edge was Obama’s continually calling Senator McCain, “John.” You know, show some respect and give the man his … Continue reading

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Bad faiths

In his J-Street primer for American audiences (an op-ed in the Washington Post), J-Street’s founder, Jeremy Ben Ami wrote: Grateful as I am for decades of U.S. friendship with Israel, I have to wonder, as the state my father helped … Continue reading

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Ehud Barak – what is he up to?

“On the eve of Israel’s 60th Independence Day, the country’s population stands at 7,282,000”, says this site. Without arguing about this number – 7,281,999 of the citizens do not have a slightest idea what their minister of defense is doing … Continue reading

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