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I’m fortunate enough to be posting from a tropical beach with family and friends. This seems to have become a hot spot for TV characters, as we’ve spotted George Snuffleupagus and the lesbian doctor from Grey’s Anatomy.
Happy New Year wherever you are!
My hopes for 2009 are modest. I’d love to still have a [...]

A comment from an old thread;
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The independents turned away from McLiar simply because they recognized him to be a hypocritical, lying RINO, who believes in Obambi’s platform about as much as Obambi does,
And of course, we conservatives viewed McLiar similarly, so we were on the same page with the independents.
So basically, McLiar’s voters were limited [...]

The legislative battle took a few years to clear all the hurdles in both the New Jersey Assembly and State Senate, but finally today, Grace’s Law was signed, sealed and delivered when acting Governor Dick Codey, put pen to paper:

(TRENTON) – Assemblyman Herb Conaway, M.D. today issued a multimedia package on the enactment of legislation [...]

A new and interesting angle is being played out in the latest chapter of the Chip Saltsman Christmas gift CD saga. With some of his rivals for the position condemning him for sending out the CD, and one candidate, namely Ken Blackwell, standing up for him, everyone forgot to ask the actual RNC members who [...]

It’s pucker time! From Bloomberg;
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) — Japan should write-off its holdings of Treasuries because the U.S. government will struggle to finance increasing debt levels needed to dig the economy out of recession, said Akio Mikuni, president of credit ratings agency Mikuni & Co.
The dollar may lose as much as 40 percent of [...]

A few weeks ago, I received the following e mail from the “Spalding Group;”
Dear Spalding Group Customer,
January 20, 2009 marks the end of an era as President Bush leaves office, following his historic 8-year tenure.
For months our Spalding Group customers have been requesting items commemorating President George W. Bush and his legacy.
We are happy to [...]

With just about 5 weeks to go until the vote in Washington, DC to elect the next Chairman of the Republican National Committee, the six candidates running have very little time to impress and convince the 168 voting members of the Republican National Committee that they would be the best candidate for the job.
To my [...]

With Senator Mel Martinez announcing that he will not seek reelection in 2010, former Governor Jeb Bush has been very busy pushing digits on his phone hitting up friends and supporters checking if there is any interest in his seeking the GOP nomination to replace Mel Martinez in the US Senate:

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush [...]

In You suck, Cox, we wrote:
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox became flustered when John McCain attacked him for not making stocks go up.
You don’t want to see a cowardly politician when he’s flustered.
Cox tried to appease McCain by lashing out at short-sellers about the financial crisis, which is roughly equivalent to lashing out at Siskel & [...]

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and Happy New Year, everybody!
May 2009 bring you and your family many, many government bailouts.

NORAD has gone on alert
At 12:15 PM EST, they are tracking an inbound to Omrsk, Russia.

California’s budget disaster, caused by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger increasing spending 40% in four years, continues.
Decades ago, California voters passed Proposition 13, which requires a 2/3 vote in the legislature to raise taxes. Since then, this has been at least a minimal restraint on runaway spending and taxes.
Until now. Democrats, lacking a 2/3 majority [...]

CPAC, the “Wrestle Mania” of Conservative conferences & events is taking place this coming February in D.C. and pretty much as close to being considered the ‘Hulk Hogan’ of Conservative politics as you can get, and while not yet confirmed, Sarah Palin has been invited to address the thousands and thousands of conference attendees:

Gov. Sarah [...]

This Christmas and Hannukah season, please remember the less fortunate.

With Bill O’Reilly sailing off into the sunset from his daily radio show, Fred Thompson will be ridin’ into town to pick up the rein’s of the radio show as it’s new host:

Former Tennessee Senator, actor and 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson will replace political rabble rouser Bill O’Reilly on the radio airwaves. Thompson’s [...]