Jun 9, 2009 – voted for TARP. … If he hasn't been bowing to the Saudi King, he's been falsely accusing his own nation of torture, giving the A-OK to Iran to have nuclear … Isn't $4,000 a year a small price to pay, even if global warming doesn't exist, just to know that Al Gore will be able to sleep soundly…

Jun 8, 2009 – Tomorrow, Virginians head to the polls to nominate a Democratic gubernatorial nominee.  … were delegates to the Republican Party of Virginia's state convention (and thus, already "voted" in the Republican gubernatorial primary … I have attempted to confirm this with the SoS office, to no avail. …

Jun 8, 2009 – On May 19th, Californians voted to make the state's financial crisis even bigger by refusing to send more good money into California's … They continue to help to this day. In America, we've always let people earn success and to experience failures. … As a citizen, failure teaches you to read the contracts you sign, to pay off your credit card balance every month, and to save your…

Jun 7, 2009 – that sanity had prevailed -- three years after the board voted to kill the popular program. … JROTC supporters had won -- until later that night when the board voted to send pink slips to all the instructors -- although the board … Bowman put it, "Effectively what they did was on May 12, they voted to reinstate the program, then later they voted to eliminate the…

Jun 5, 2009 – An open letter to members of the U.S. Senate from Wendy E. … It must be sent back to her and to the White House, marked “Return to Sender,” with instructions that it is not to be redelivered to … Although Justice Souter has voted frequently with the liberal wing of the Court to grant the writ of habeas corpus in death penalty…

Jun 5, 2009 – Nothing so polarizes the nation as a nomination to the Supreme Court. … Inhofe of Oklahoma, a Republican, is right to question Sotomayor's "ability to rule fairly without undue influence from her own personal … Senate is to get to the content of Sotomayor's character and her judicial qualifications -- what Alexander Hamilton called "the requisite…

Jun 5, 2009 – has as much leverage as anyone to put a stop to this nonsense. … It appears that State hasn’t even bothered to think of a way to determine which people trying to receive U.S. taxpayer dollars have … to drain the cultural swamp.…

Jun 5, 2009 – to give President George W. … to elite private schools; reverse welfare reform despite its proven successful record; believe it's kosher for judges to twist the … Conservatives do want to restore constitutional principles, knowing we owe our liberties to our uniquely structured government and…

Jun 4, 2009 – You need to know someone before you marry them. And that takes time. … She also voted to refuse rehearing that case and did not even think the case was worthy of a published opinion — very interesting considering … Leahy has tried to alleviate our concerns by saying that Sotomayor promised to follow the law (maybe he also looked into her eyes),…

Jun 4, 2009 – Any pollster worth his salt knows that a poll is only as accurate as the screen used to decide who to include in the poll.  … For example, if you poll a group of voters who are registered to vote, but who have never voted in a Senate election, it won’t provide … The Susquehanna poll used a “likely voter” screen to establish what it calls “super voters.” …

Jun 4, 2009 – The South Carolina Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling today on whether or not it’s legal for Governor Mark Sanford to use … 34-11 to force the governor to spend the money instead of use it to pay down debt. … refused to cut state spending.…

Jun 4, 2009 – While still a senator running for president, Obama broke with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and voted to restore to our intelligence agencies … And both words beg the key question: Who is using terrorism to instill terror - and to what ends? … Obama is smart enough to understand what that would mean for him and for the nation he was chosen to lead.…

Jun 4, 2009 – Local whites threatened violence to any black who tried to vote, and in Mississippi three civil rights workers were murdered in 1964 … The city of New Haven wants to promote blacks. … Similarly, most employers these days want to hire and promote blacks, both to prevent bad publicity and to avoid lawsuits -- and because…

Jun 4, 2009 – to something about the Commerce Clause; on that something, he was inscrutable to an Obama-like extent. … Yet Sotomayor and Obama are here to guide and to govern. … They seem to know what is best.…

Jun 3, 2009 – But to my joy, I’ve heard talk show host Mark Levin cite Tocqueville’s warning about our slide to a “soft tyranny,” an idea he carries … Conversely, many tune into NPR’s soothing “analysis” to drift off to sleep. … If they want to be voted into office they need to understand what he says about a free democracy: “No one easily allows himself to…

Jun 2, 2009 – A follow-up to Monday's item on Vice President Joseph R. … Meanwhile, there is a new agreement authorizing Homeland Security to send A-files to Archives when 100 years have passed since the … Schwarzenegger, the commission has voted 4-2 to dismiss the case against Mr. McCain.…

Jun 2, 2009 – In an effort to get re-elected, politicians rush to create a program to "fix" it. … The whole economy had to crash to get Congress to become alarmed about quasi-governmental agencies handing out loans to people who … to allow staggering amounts of corruption to be done legally.…

Jun 2, 2009 – The clearly racist comments made by Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the Berkeley campus in 2001 have forced the spinmasters to resort to their … had earned by passing an exam, because not enough minorities passed that exam to create "diversity," her words in Berkeley seem to … Something else is said to be "inevitable" by the clever people. That is the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.…

Jun 1, 2009 – Most conservatives I've talked to merely want to ensure the confirmation process isn't rushed through. … Jeff Sessions -- voted to interpret the rule in such a manner as to now allow the filibuster to take place (Republicans on the committee … The joint letter, though, says nothing about how expeditiously such a nomination should be sent to the Senate.Though pundits like to…

Jun 1, 2009 – ever be elected to office. … It seems that the mainstream media wants to portray conservatives as a group that needs to adhere to the Obama administration’s policies … object to the president speaking at Notre Dame and also to see all of the people who showed up to protest Notre Dame’s decision.…

Jun 1, 2009 – party on the right needs only to move a few steps toward the center or just beyond to convert itself from minority to majority status … This center includes the Treasury, with its $700 billion of TARP funds voted last fall to purchase toxic assets from financial institutions … To govern is to choose, as John F.…

Jun 1, 2009 – Bush to thank. … Both are still relatively young men and are expected to be on the court for many years to come. … Orrin Hatch, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee who voted for her confirmation to the appeals court in 1998, said that…

Jun 1, 2009 – The message, “Say No to Same-sex Marriage!” … Although large amounts of national money have not yet come to us to help our organization participate in the numerous marriage battles … The press has been mystified by my participation in the fight to protect marriage.…

May 31, 2009 – Any of those tactics would defuse the controversy and allow the debate to proceed to a topic more advantageous to her. … She doesn't seem to think it's terribly important to try to meet the aspiration. That's apparent from the context. … Sotomayor didn't seem to notice the damage she had just done to her own argument.…

Jun 19, 2009 – Army Rangers and the 82nd Airborne Division to Grenada to prevent American medical students on the island from being taken hostage. … to give him what was needed to get the job done. … -Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling."…