Giuliani, Princess of the Nanny State

C.T.Well, back from the New Year celebration, so, it is time to get back to business. Recently, I posted an article called Provocateuring, Critical Thinking, and Fred Thompson. It was a response and analysis of how the author made his judgments about reviews conservatives gave other conservatives, how he drew his conclusion to support Rudy Giuliani, and his confused and almost hypocritical opinion...

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Provocateuring, Critical Thinking, and Fred Thompson

C.T.I was cruising RCP reading some of the articles submitted by amateurs, such as myself. There is a surprising amount of insight in many of them. There was one in particular that jumped out at me. It was written by Mike Volpe, at his website "The Provocateur" here on Blogspot. It's a fairly concise post titled Right Blogoshpehere Demeans, Distorts, and Demagogues vis a vis Fred Thompson. , nicely...

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GOP's Last Man Pandering

C.T.In an article written by the notorious Prince of Darkness, Robert Novak, he states that Jon McCain is poised to win the Republican nomination in the primaries. He states that McCain is viewed by "canny Republican professionals" to be the best bet to beat the Democratic nominee in the general election.Sen. John McCain, given up for dead a few weeks ago as he ran a cash-starved, disorganized campaign,...

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More Omni-Bull, the Air-Dropped Earmark Saga

C.T.Let me start my rant with this. I guess I am what you call a true right wing, red to the bone, conservative of Burkean proportions. I am no RINO (Republican In Name Only), no where near a centrist, no where near a liberal, some might even say, no where near a Republican. Despite all that, I would hope that every person wearing any of the titles I mentioned above would be able to find common ground...

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Merry X-mas

Well this is it for the night, my head hurts from all that Omnibus junk. Geez, talk about overtly complicated, at least for an idjit like me. Anyways have a wonderful and Merry Christmas. Remember, it is one the day of the year where the best in most of us comes out. Try and keep it that way always. It is the best birthday gift you could give Christ.Merry Christmas to you and yoursand God Bless....

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Omnibus, The Worst Christmas Present Congress Could Give.

C.T.What is an Omnibus? An Omnibus spending bill sets the budget for each department of the government all at once. Keep in mind it is just one possible outcome for the budgeting process. Every year Congress must pass individual bills for appropriations funding each department of the government that receives its stipend from discretionary spending. Ex. One bill for the D.O.D, one for the D.O.E.,...

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Why Fred Thompson Is The Only Choice For America.

C.T.Well, this has been a very interesting year, at least for the Republicans. First, it is Rudy, then Mitt, now Huck, Paul is making waves in conspiracy corner, Tancredo dropping out, Hunter not getting any play whatsoever. Then there is Fred Thompson. According to the media he is Mr. Lackluster, unethusiastic, tired, and just plain lazy. For awhile I bought into the hype, until, I started reading...

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