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Category Archives: Politics
‘A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency’
Glenn Greenwald, author of this new book, deftly handled Dennis Prager today in their on air debate. The new book. Glenn’s blog. In his first hour, Prager said he repeatedly has edited his Wikipedia entry.
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Republican Hottie for Vice President?
Finally a politician to get excited about. MayorSam reports: Alaska’s Governor Hottie – better known as Republican Sarah Palin – is being talked up as a potential candidate for the GOP nomination for Vice President. The 43 year old maverick … Continue reading
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A War We Might Just Win
About six months ago, I gave up on our efforts in Iraq. Since then, things have been getting for our side. Two blokes from the liberal Brookings Institute writes in the New York Times: In war, sometimes it’s important to … Continue reading
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Why Rudy Giuliani Is The Republican Front-Runner
From the Weekly Standard: Support for Giuliani boils down to two things. The first is determination to stop Hillary Clinton from becoming president. Polls show Giuliani is the most competitive candidate against Clinton in a general election. The mayor contrasts … Continue reading
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Bloggers take aim at city governments — and hit home
From The Los Angeles Times: These muckraking bloggers say they have stepped in to fill the government watchdog vacuum. Some are anonymous, others are scurrilous and, on occasion, possibly libelous. And to local politicians, most are a royal pain in … Continue reading
Arch-Conservatives Vs. Arch-Liberals
A Google search for "arch-conservative" yields 168,000 results and arch-liberal 12,000. Dennis Prager claims that you never hear the term "arch-liberal."
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Audit, Schmaudit! Spend The $178 Million Per Year On Police, Not “Gang Programs!”
Walter Moore writes July 8: Today the Los Angeles City Council authorized an expenditure of $500,000 of your money to “audit and gauge the effectiveness of” dozens of so-called “anti-gang” programs on which they already spend $178 million of your … Continue reading
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Spoiling For A Fight: The Rise Of Eliot Spitzer
I just read this book by Brooke A. Masters and I don’t have a clue whether or not Spitzer is good for America. I can’t say I recommend the book. It’s awfully dull. I don’t understand why it got such … Continue reading
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Hugh Hewitt Addresses Wednesday Morning Club About 2008 Elections
BEVERLY HILLS: Radio talkshow host and author Hugh Hewitt told 120 people at the Four Seasons Hotel that a Mitt Romney – Rudy Giuliani would be a strong Republican ticket and he didn’t care much which person would be nominated … Continue reading
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American Press Corp Shouldn’t Stand For The President Nor Any Politician
I fear that such rituals developsubservience and a free people should not develop subservience to politicians. American politicians should be treated by Americans the same as anyone else. They’re politicians for God’s sake. Don’t stand up for them. Don’t stand … Continue reading
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