September 2008

Washington: It’s Our Money You’re Spending

Remember this simple fact whenever a political candidate or government official tells you he or she will give you something: Government does not have anything to give that it does not first take from somebody else. It’s an axiomatic truth that our government cannot give us anything unless it first takes it from somebody else. […]

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Video Comparing Experience of Sarah Palin & Barack Obama

A friend of mine runs Obama2.com and posted this humorous comparison video produced by Our Country Deserves Better PAC. The video highlights Senator Barack Obama’s thin resume (including some classic verbal gaffes and stumbles) compared to that of Governor Sarah Palin. It seems that Team Obama is aware that comparisons with Senator John McCain make

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Right vs. Left: An Analogy in 60 Seconds

Recently somebody suggested that Presidential preferences are like this: “The ‘right’ wants a President they can have a beer with. The ‘left’ just wants someone really smarter than them.” My reply was something like the following: I think its deeper than the “beer and smarts” analogy suggested above. The right wants to know confidently that

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McCain Suspends Campaign to Focus on Economy

John McCain just released a statement suspending his campaign, effective Thursday morning, to focus on resolving the economic crisis. Here are his remarks. America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our

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