redstatepowerline blogweekly standards the blogits the month of wild speculation for sure. amccaincantor would be a bold choice for sure and cantor certainly is up to it through his years in congress more time and with more responsibility that a certain senator from illinois. athe best .........
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...create at least 36 new government programs. one of those blocked bills is the captive primate safety act which spends 17 million preventing the interstate sale of monkeys. according to rob bluey at redstate.com coburn said the bills included in reids omnibus have virtually no requirements for accountability making it impossible to measure their effectiveness. if we send a billion dollars in one di...
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talk about your two americas or it it two faces john edwards john edwards rielle hunter the story comes from the national enquirer and that does provide some pause. however even a blind squirrel manages to find an acorn or two every so often. a broken clock does tell the time correct twice a day and as compared to the news stories from the msm these days why cant this be true we are reminded b...
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stories we didnt get a chance to post but are worth reading washington post in the tank for obama novak gets suckered obamas hubris alan blames condi for gas prices kos kids respond to oreilly rapper nas joining protest of fox news nbc prez claiming different rules david gregory shills for obama shocking i know olbermann attacks most highly decorated vet in america olbermann in the bag for clinton...
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...rom redstate.stop being pundits start being activistsone of the better speeches at the rightonline summit in austin texas was given by erick erickson the editor of the freshly designed and relaunched redstate.com. looks good erick.the thrust of ericks speech download as pdf was simple stop being pundits and start being online activists. lets dig in.erickson opened his remarks with the classic red mea...
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at the new york times its all the news or in this case editorials that they want and politically agree with that is fit to print. the old gray lady should hang her head in shame once again. is it any wonder why people have flocked to the internet and away from print. the discussion of whether the msm is bias no longer needs to be argued. it is not whether the msm is liberally bias it is just a mat...
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filed under barack obama iraq 2008 president gaffeswow i mean just... wow what is the word you use to cover a situation where a politician freely admits that they took a position that was not the right thing to do just to win an election. somehow gaffe doesnt quite stretch to fit... obviously this will cause some teeth gnashing on the right but little else of effect because iraq is off th...
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on the very real public perception that the news media have without doubt joined the obama campaign heres robert a. hahna tankful of reporterswhen cheerleading is newsconcerning whether people think reporters bend the truth in pursuit of their personal agendas 45 say that .........
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events dear boy events. former british pm harold macmillan on the greatest threat to any governments plans. in chaos there is opportunity variously attributed. its time for republicans to decide are we willing to stake the election on the proposition that we have won the war in iraq i. prelude early 2007 way back at the beginning of 2007 at the beginning of the marathon primary race the ...
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will he retract his words three days and three translations later the shock waves from the alleged nuri almaliki endorsement of sen. barack obamas timeline for withdrawal of u.s. troops from iraq have been tempered by a statement from the prime ministers office making clear that the german magazine der spiegel got it all wrong. in their rapture at the thought that their golden boy had ...
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...k is doing the british open golf. without american tiger woods in the tournament good luck with that fellows. meet the press nbc host tom brokaw will talk to read more of this post over here.......
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barack obama and the bomb that fell on pearl harbor. kinda like how he thought fdr and truman had negotiated directly with our enemies when they...demanded unconditional surrender. or forgot that it was the red army that liberated auschwitz. its as if obama studied his gradeschool history in a foreign country. oh wait.........
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stories we didnt get a chance to post but are worth reading mccain bad obama good man who fought d.c. gun ban denied permit the decline of the ny times tony snow family trust the paulnuts are back chickaboomer vs tvnewser the reduce keith olbermanns ego act ny times shills for rachel maddow more fnds fox news derangement syndrome obama blames fox newsagain trial for bin ladens drive starts monday ...
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hysterical satire of the 2008 presidential race by the folks at jibjab send a jibjab sendablesa ecard today ht redstate......
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obama shows once again that he is too much of a novice and thin skinned to be commander and chief. barack obama is still whining about the new yorker magazine cover depicting him as a muslim terroristaand his white michelle as a militant in the oval office while a flag is burning in the fire place. obama says new yorker insulted muslim americans democrat barack obama said tuesday that the new yo...
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one of my longstanding dictums in politics is that when a politician uses the word lobbyist in a sentence every word of what he or she is saying is utter horse manure. ditto for special interests. so its amusing to see barack obama who loves to rail against lobbyist money once again turning to....a bigtime lobbyist to bail out his troubles financing the democratic convention. hope nobody was fo...
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im tired. too much going on. just random thought from surfing...nice word nestapo nanny state police love the word it brings forth just the right amount of snark towards these busybodies that have nothing better to do especially elected politicians that havent grown up enough to leave the rest of us alone.somebody ought to inform the epa of the word nestapo. going after lawnmowers and may start ...
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stories we didnt get a chance to post but are worth reading brit hume is retiring sheriff joe arpaio burned in effigy hitchens on iraq lieberman rips obama great piece youtube hatin on tony snow feminste war on science obama sells his soul the gop should embrace the internet ssds surge success denial syndrome huckabee getting his own show more nbc gossip jesse jackson unaired comments rumor relate...
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confused with all the fanniefreddie mac talk red state breaks it down and tells you just what taxpayers will be on the hook for and just how much its going to hurt when the dust clears if congress gives them a blank check. read more digg story......
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district of columbia v. heller whats next cato unbound district of columbia v. heller the final opinion of the supreme courts 200708 term justice antonin scalia rewrote second amendment jurisprudence tags second ammendment replacing housing risk with dollar risk ared state as of sunday night the us government speaking through treasury secretary henry paulson has committed to guarantee the value...
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norton councilman tom jones survived a recall election on thursday. i drove through norton last week and there were signs everywhere in favor of jones and other ones that said no jones. that has to feel nice people against you when you dont even have an opponent. if jones lost his replacement would just have been appointed so he wasnt running against anyone. he won by 52 votes. did you know t...
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indymac bank was seized today by federal regulators. federal regulators are good at that seizing things i mean since theyre not much good at anything else. the neocons at redstate seized on the idea recommended by john reich director of the office of thrift supervision that senator chuck schumer was to blame for spooking depositors into a run on the bank. leave it to the phony conservative crowd j...
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in an example of an early failure to foresee how the internet would change everyday communication the rules restricted members from sending emails to their family and friends and from using the internet to access web sites that may be considered outside the realm of official business. as one house aide later complained some members say you should be able to email your son but you cant send franked...
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how oil prices could collapse pajamas media do you think 140 a barrel is insane last week the president of opec chakib khelil predicted tags oil epa greenhouse gas proposal due will the public have a say shopfloor.org this afternoon the environmental protection agency will release the advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking information with which to develop or not regulations to control gr...
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