Archive for the ‘National’ Category
Monday, December 31st, 2007
If the cards fall just right, we could have our choice between:
Nanny Stater
Nanny Stater
Nanny Stater, or
Nanny Stater
Anyone for "None of the above?"
I'm getting closer and closer to buying some land up in Lincoln. I swear.
Posted in National | 6 Comments »
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
This can probably be taken a dozen different ways. Take what you will from it, and make of it what you will.
Once upon a time, there was a small town nestled in the mountains. The people who lived there were, by and large, simple. Which isn't to ...
Posted in Blogosphere, Food For Thought, Montana, National, Navel-gazing, Rant, Wacky Left, Wacky Right | 3 Comments »
Saturday, February 17th, 2007
If it weren't true, it would be funny.
"Cold Cash" Jefferson on the Homeland Security committee.
This stuff practically writes itself.
Posted in National, Wacky Left | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
The Office of the USDA Chief Economist has just issued "USDA Agricultural Baseline Projections to 2016" that provides long-run (10-year) baseline projections for the agricultural sector through 2016. Projections in this 116 page report cover agricultural commodities, agricultural trade, and aggregate indicators of the sector, such as farm income ...
Posted in Econ, Food For Thought, Montana, National | Comments Off
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
According to the statement by Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of GrassrootsFreedom.com, "Congress to Send Critics to Jail", regarding legislation currently being considered by Congress to regulate grassroots communications:
"In what sounds like a comedy sketch from Jon Stewart's Daily Show, but isn't, the U. S. Senate would impose criminal penalties, ...
Posted in Blogosphere, General, Montana, National | 11 Comments »
Monday, January 8th, 2007
I'm stealing the blockquote from this link, emphasis and all:
During four decades of Democratic rule ending in 1994, committee chairmen amassed almost unchallenged authority, often becoming more feared and influential than the elected leadership. They were nearly impossible to budge from their perches, and the concept of term limits was ...
Posted in National | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
According to a column by Caroline Glick. "Our World: The longest-running big lie", in yesterday's (Monday, January 1) Jerusalem Post, last week, with the quiet release of a 33-year-old US State Department cable, a good chunk of the edifice of Yasser Arafat's great lie was destroyed.
" ... (F)or 33 ...
Posted in General, Montana, National, War on Terror, World | Comments Off
Thursday, December 28th, 2006
So, John Edwards has entered the 2008 race with a new theme of class warfare.
Wait, that's the same old same old.
At any rate, I was trying to think who might be a good running mate for John, and was coming up blank.
Then it came to me. John is all ...
Posted in Humor, National | 4 Comments »
Thursday, December 28th, 2006
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Or, in the words of Toby Keith, "I wanna talk about me...me me me me me me."
Can you say "hubris," boys and girls? I knew you could.
(This was in my draft folder for a while.)
Posted in National, Wacky Left | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
President Bush got hammered by Dems in 2000 when he couldn't name some world leaders. Now that the Dems have vowed to drain the swamp, they've averred from appointing an impeached judge to the House Intelligence Committee, and instead, found a guy who doesn't know shit from Shinola1.
Which is ...
Posted in National, Wacky Left | 9 Comments »
Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Here is an interesting commentary discussing how George W. Bush should approach selecting the next United States Supreme Court Justice by Michael J. Gaynor.
Discuss amongst yourselves...
The Next United States Supreme Court Justice
President George W. Bush did not nominate anyone to serve on the United States Supreme Court during his first ...
Posted in National | 7 Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Sweet Mother of God, don't you guys have anything else to worry about besides various and sundry NFL issues?
Get off your GODDAMNED ASSES and get some work done.
Posted in National, Rant | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
It's good to know that this lame-duck Congress is not ignoring important issues that affect us all.
Posted in Humor, National, Sports | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations (the technique is called a "roving bug").
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Food For Thought, General, Misc, Montana, National | 3 Comments »
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
According to a well known Jewish commentator, Dennis Prager: "No."
But, among the most reasoned of responses, Eugene Volokh covers the “how un-American†angle, beating Prager’s comments to a Constitutional pulp.
For those who may not be familiar with the term Tanakh, this is an acrostic of Torah (The Law), Nevi'im (The ...
Posted in Faith, Food For Thought, General, Misc, Montana, National | 2 Comments »
