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McCain must close 5-8% gap in polls
The most recent RCP average shows Barack Obama ahead of McCain by around 7% in the last month heading up to the election. These last few weeks are very critical; historically, voters have already made up their minds. Obama has leads in swing states such as Florida, Ohio and Nevada by about 2-4%. Both candidates are [...]
Continue reading...Space tourist Richard Garriott to go on Sunday’s Soyuz shot
12. October 2008
Video game designer Richard Garriott has paid $35 million (the majority of his money, he says) to be the next space tourist, launching on a Russian Soyuz capsule in only a couple of hours along with American Mike Fincke and Russian Yuri Lonchakov, each of whom will spend six months in space. Garriott, the [...]
Continue reading...Video from the Bloggers Room at the ‘Defending the American Dream’ Summit
11. October 2008
Here is a little video clip of the Bloggers Room they put us up in at the summit this weekend. This is where I’ve been writing the majority of my posts from and it’s the only place I’m getting decent wi-fi access. AFP has done a great job of making bloggers feel at [...]
Continue reading...Santorum addresses AFP’s ‘American Dream’ summit in Washington
11. October 2008
Former Republican Senator Rick Santorum addressed the closing session of the ‘Defending the American Dream’ summit put on by Americans for Prosperity. The focus of his short address to the assembled group was that conservatives should engaged in a fight for America’s culture. Liberal documentaries rake in big bucks at the movies while [...]
Continue reading...Americans for Prosperity presents the ‘Tribute to Ronald Reagan’ dinner
10. October 2008
It’s been an exciting day here at the ‘Defending the American Dream’ summit in Washington, DC. A rally on Capitol Hill, training sessions for new media and bloggers, and then the main event of the evening… a huge dinner with numerous major speakers. There’s an interesting mixture of high-energy power ties, rank and file grassroots [...]
Continue reading...Maryland farmer may be fined for pig wrestling
8. October 2008
This is a classic case of overeager government interference. A farmer outside of Baltimore decided to hold an event for some local kids. Pig mud wrestling is, as many people may know, a popular spectacle at fairs. The pig is usually a lot faster than the humans. Everyone gets muddy, and everyone (including the pig) [...]
Continue reading...SNL actually does something that’s funny
7. October 2008
I haven’t been a particularly big fan of Saturday Night Live lately, but I think they hit a rare homerun with their “bailout” sketch this week…
Continue reading...Fire John Boehner immediately!
30. September 2008
Congressman John Boehner needs to be removed from his post as Minority Leader. He has failed miserably to unite his party and has done nothing but undercut the President and Treasury Secretary while they worked to craft a plan that might secure American credit markets. In a closed-door session with House Republicans, Boehner called the [...]
Continue reading...Children sing (creepy) songs for Obama…
30. September 2008
This is more than a little creepy… And more… Note that these songs are just as substantive as every one of Obama’s speeches. Change the world, yes we can, la, la, la…
Continue reading...Congress needs to act now!
29. September 2008
I know it’s not a popular proposal among most conservatives, but some sort of massive “bailout” (we’ll use that term, even though it’s incorrect) has to be passed through the House in the next 72 hours or we are facing serious trouble. I don’t like the Wall Street clowns that have been taking $50 million Christmas [...]
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12. October 2008
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