Mothers Day Overture
Posted on May 11, 2008
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Well it seems as though Word Press and I are back on speaking terms.
So here’s a little tribute to all the Moms out there
Me and Word-press
Posted on April 27, 2008
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Are just not getting along right now, I’ve upgraded to the new version and it don’t seem as friendly as it used to.
As soon as I stop fighting with it I’ll be back to blogging.
Who’ll Say anything to win?
Posted on March 24, 2008
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Watch and decide.
Clueless Congresscritters
Posted on March 22, 2008
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Amongst rising prices and fears of recession Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. thinks it would be a good idea to increase the tax on gas.
Michigan Congressman Wants 50-Cent Tax Hike on Every Gallon of Gas
A Michigan congressman wants to put a 50-cent tax on every gallon of gasoline to try to cut back on Americans’ consumption.
Polls show that a majority of Americans support policies that would reduce greenhouse gases. But when it comes to paying for it, it’s a different story.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., wants to help cut consumption with a gas tax but some don’t agree with the idea, according to a new poll by the National Center for Public Policy Research.
The poll, scheduled to be released on Thursday, shows 48 percent don’t support paying even a penny more, 28 percent would pay up to 50 cents more, 10 percent would pay more than 50 cents and 8 percent would pay more than a dollar.
“I don’t want to pay more, I don’t think anyone wants to,” said Karen Deacon, a motorist.
“I think that wouldn’t make any sense,” said Frankie Hoe, a motorist. “Ugh … who’s making the money from all this and where is that money going? Is it going to go green? I don’t see any green things anywhere.”
The automobile is the nation’s biggest polluter; Americans use more gas than the next 20 countries combined.
Sometimes I wonder if these elitists realize the impact of their pandering as normal Americans make adjustments to the rising costs of oil and doing business? Read more
Another Bonanza for Trial Lawyers
Posted on March 14, 2008
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The democrats have passed some legislation to benefit their true constituents, trial lawyers.
House Passes Democratic Terror Surveillance Package, Does Not Grant Immunity
WASHINGTON — The House on Friday approved a Democratic bill that would set rules for the government’s eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails inside the United States.
The bill, approved as lawmakers departed for a two-week break, faces a veto threat from President Bush. The margin of House approval was 213-197, largely along party lines.
Because of the promised veto, “this vote has no impact at all,” said Republican Whip Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri.
The president’s main objection is that the bill does not protect from lawsuits the telecommunications companies that allowed the government to eavesdrop on their customers without a court’s permission after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The vote sent the bill to the Senate, which has passed its own version that includes the legal immunity for telecom companies that Bush is demanding.
Without that provision, House Republicans said, the companies won’t cooperate with U.S. intelligence.
I’m sure the telecom companies are looking forward to the veto on this one.
Global Warming running late
Posted on March 6, 2008
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I live in a deep southern state and here it is….. March and the weather service is saying we could see 3 to 6 inches of snow.
Normally it would be spring like and I would be getting my fishing tackle ready for the spring run of monster crappie we get to catch here.
The Political Cadaver
Posted on February 28, 2008
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For weeks I’ve been reading other blogs and gently kicking myself for not posting more on mine, mostly because I didn’t know how to say any better what others have been saying, about the turn of fortunes as far as candidates go.
One of the things I have noticed is the decided downturn of passionate discussions on why each person supports whatever candidate of their choice was. There seems to be a lack of enthusiasm for the GOP candidate, more like a begrudging acceptance than full scale support.
Where’s the Lady in a blue dress?
Posted on February 21, 2008
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Believe me when I say I have no love for John McCain, but the New York Times recent story about the rumour of a possible, but with no real evidence only innuendo, affair maybe with a female lobbyist anonymously reported by who knows who really takes the cake for yellow journalism. Read more
Liberals who Support the Troops?
Posted on February 15, 2008
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I don’t think so.
Next time they claim they support the troops show them this.
Gun control and campus
Posted on February 14, 2008
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Here we are barely two months into the new year and another tragic campus shooting has occurred.
Former Student Guns Down 5 in Attack at Northern Illinois University; Kills Self
A former student dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from the stage of a Northern Illinois University lecture hall Thursday, killing five students and wounding more than a dozen others before taking his own life.
University President John Peters said there were a total of 22 casualties in what he described as a “rapid fire” attack that sent terrified students running for cover.
The gunman shot himself on the stage after a rampage that lasted no more than a few minutes.
The slain included four females and two males, including the killer, Peters said.
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