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Today the Supreme Court ruled that a government can not summarily ban personal firearms a person chooses to keep in their house.  Now, to me, I could never understand how someone could interpret the Constitution in such a way that a citizen of the United States could now bear firearms in order to protect their [...]

Tags: al right, Alito, breyer, civil liberty, constitutional right, ginsberg, kennedy, liberties, militia, right to bear arms, roberts, scalia, second amendment, Souter, stevens, supreme court, thirty years, thomas, washington dc

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According to Congressional Quarterly, the House is on its way to passing an Alternative Minimum Tax patch to keep things the way they are right now.  Apparently the Republicans, who initially raised the limits, support it, the Democrats want those exemptions gone.  That’s good news to me.  According to the Democrats over the last few [...]

Tags: alternative minimum tax, budget, democrat, earmark, Government, pelosi, peter welch, pork, republican, tax and spend

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I LOVE this!
The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting is proposing a $300 million government prize to whomever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology.
The bounty would equate to $1 for every man, woman and child in the country, “a small price to pay for helping to break the back of our oil dependency,” McCain [...]

Tags: 300 million, battery, dependence, electric, mccain, opec, republican

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Barack Obama announced this week he will not accept public funding.  That in itself is no big deal.  The big deal is what he had said earlier:

“Senator John McCain has already pledged to accept this fundraising pledge,” Obama wrote. “If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee [...]

Tags: 527, barack obama, dc insider, donations, empty promise, fundraising, general election, hypocrisy, john-mccain, legal loophole, mccain feingold, moveon, public funding, tides

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And by stuck, I do mean stuck.  Nancy Pelosi has agreed to take into consideration four bills aimed at energy relief next week.  One item she absolutely will not even debate or discuss is offshore drilling.  Her logic?  Get this:
Pelosi reiterated her position that Republican calls for more offshore drilling represent another chapter in a [...]

Tags: 1988, anwr, bush, california, clinton, committee, congress, demand, energy, failed policies, failed policy, house merchant marine and fisheries, oil, pelosi, supply

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Here’s the less than flattering headline:
Woman says head scarf cost her seat near Obama
Aref, a 25-year-old lawyer, said a member of her group was told by a volunteer that she could not invite Aref because of “a sensitive political climate.”
The Obama campaign then, when confronted with the story”
Obama spokesman Bill Burton issued a statement saying [...]

Tags: aref, campaign, head scarf, hypocrisy, minorities, muslim, obama, political climate

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Kent Conrad, DEMOCRAT from North Dakota, and Chris Dodd, DEMOCRAT from Connecticut, have been caught up in a bit of a mini-scandal.  It may get bigger, but I doubt it.  Now, both have made the same claim.  They both have have received very favorable loans from Countrywide while the rest of the country was getting [...]

Tags: chris-dodd, democrat, getting a loan, Kent Conrad, mortgages, opinion polls, scandal, us senate

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Last year Kentucky elected a new governor to replace the one we had. The one we had had been accused of inappropriate hiring practices. That never was resolved since the person making the charges decided to drop the charges so he could run for governor, and lose.
So, Kentucky ( not me ) elected a guy [...]

Tags: budget, constitution, democrat, donation, Ethics, governor, impeach, kentucky, lawyer, steve beshear, veto

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SEIU is a union.  Now, for some reason, unions generally prefer big government over small government.  They love regulation and compelling people to pay “fees” for little to no real benefit.  I’m talking about unions, not government.  As such, every four years, we can pretty much expect unions to fall rank and file in line [...]

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Saudi Arabia has announced it’s increasing production by 200,000 barrels a day.  There are some thoughts I have about the article.

“Saudi Arabia is concerned that sustained high oil prices will eventually slacken the world’s appetite for oil, affecting the kingdom in the long run.”  I wonder what gave them that idea?  Could it have been [...]

Tags: anwr, aptera, aptra, dependence, economics, ethanol, gas, hybdrid, legislation, mccain, obama, oil, opec, petroleum, president, saudi arabia, SUV, volt

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