Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck and Luke Morton requires Flash Player 9 or better.
I have blogged several times on the farce that is the NCAA BCS. Now I have an ally: President-elect Barack Obama left no doubt about his position on the hottest topic in the world of college football. “We need a playoff,” Obama told reporters after being asked about Florida’s 24-14 victory over Oklahoma in Thursday [...]
The National Association of Broadcasters has enlisted the recently re-minted lobbying firm of Bluewater Strategies in its quest to combat the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.In a Wednesday filing at the Senate Office of Public Records, lobbyists Tim Kurth, Andrew Lundquist and George Nethercutt, former Republican representative from Washington, said [...]
Does anyone know what happened to Political Vice Squad?
In 1947 Truman initated the Truman Doctrine, signaling the start of the Cold War. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baaseball. George Marshall was designing what would become known as the Marshall Plan. The Democrats only elected 188 members to Congress. The Democrats have not eleced less than 200 members since. Most of our [...]
The background to this post developed from a serious conversation with a friend of mine about how the breadbasket/Bible belt was the determining factor in national politics, and how the Republican Party had effectively positioned itself with that voting block for 20 years. So, I set out to prove us right. However, I came to [...]
Kerry during the race: Sen. John Kerry promised civil rights leaders Thursday he will be a "uniter," bringing opportunities and justice to those he said have been left out in the cold by the Bush administration. Kerry after the race: "We are required now to work together for the good of our country. In the [...]
Continuing the theme of looking at state demographics and voting patterns, let’s look at home ownership and voting patterns. I think it’s pertinent in lieu of the previous post in that generalizing, people who own their home are usually more intelligent ( more successful ) than those that don’t. West Virginia………… 78.10 Bush Delaware…………….. 77.20 [...]
First thing I do when I get to work is have a cup of coffee and browse the Motley Fool. Well, first thing I see when I get there is someone posting this: Pretty damning evidence that Bush voters are stupid. The poster posted it with the greatest of glee. The election’s over so now [...]
Only a couple hundred came out to see Cher Friday night at Miami Beach’s CROBAR disco, but that did not stop the legendary diva from issuing an election warning against Republican control. “There were supposed to be thousands of people here tonight. I’m not sure why that didn’t happen, obviously the people putting on this [...]
In light of this year’s election, the religion of the candidates seems to be more of an issue than it has been probably since the 1960 election, when JFK I’s Catholicism was considered to be a liability that might have kept him from winning. This year’s election featured a candidate that has a history of [...]
