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Obamacans Looming Large in Texas?
Obama and Clinton are currently virtually tied in Texas…
From CNN:
In the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday, 50 percent of likely Democratic primary voters said Obama is their choice for the party’s nominee, while 46 percent backed Clinton.
But taking into account the poll’s sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for Democratic […]
Please Sir Can I Have Some More?
Imagine the President of the United States of America, with hat in hand, begging the leader of a third world country for anything. Today George HW Bush did just that.
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US to Monitor All of Cyberspace?
For our security of course…
From the Wall Street Journal
Spychief Mike McConnell is drafting a plan to protect America’s cyberspace that will raise privacy issues and make the current debate over surveillance law look like “a walk in the park,” McConnell tells The New Yorker in the issue set to hit newsstands Monday. “This is going […]
The Case Against Ethanol
I’ve long been an opponent of ethanol as a viable source of alternative energy for America. At best it’s a short sighted and inefficient attempt at energy independence at worst its just another way to subsidize corn. Over at Scientific American the recently published an article showing the results of a five year study on […]
New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty
Looks like NJ Dems were able to push it through using a fiscal responsibility argument.
From the WaPo:
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 — New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday became the first in the nation to abolish the death penalty since the Supreme Court restored it in 1976. Opponents of capital punishment hope the state’s action may prompt […]
Last Call
Over at TMV Pete Abel has put in his last call for moderate Republicans and Independents to sign The Letter (full text below). Simply put if you believe that America would benefit from a more moderate Republican party please take the time to sign it by emailing Pete at abel.reply[AT]gmail.com
December 3, 2007
House Republican Conference
Republican National Committee
Republican […]
Stem Cell Debate Defused?
I for one am glad to see the ethical ramifications of this laid to rest. I however never saw it in that light. My support for stem research is similar to my support for first trimester abortion. In developed nations 25% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage and 33% of all pregnancies in third world […]
Conservatives Coming to a Climate Concensus?
No. But they are realizing that achieving energy independence and fighting climate change both have common solutions. Over at Townhall conservative columnist Cal Thompson comes around to a point I made over a year ago about the debate on climate change (although he first does some Gore bashing and accuses those that believe in global […]
Privacy Vs Security
Over at Donklephant Justin Gardner has had some rather interesting posts regarding privacy abuses under current US Anti-Terrorism laws. I’m practically Libertarian about privacy. Largely I think that stems from growing up in the middle of nowhere with so much privacy that we could have sun bathed naked on the front lawn and nobody […]
Does Anbar Need Reevaluating?
First there’s this…
From the BBC:
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, 37, led what was known as the “Anbar Awakening”, an alliance of Sunni Arab tribes that rose up against al-Qaeda in Iraq.
US President George Bush met and endorsed the sheikh last week in Iraq.
The White House, which has held up the movement in Anbar province as an […]
Publicly Financed Campaigns
One of my all time favorite blog posts by me is An Open Letter to America which is about the merits of publicly financed campaign. I’ve always felt that it had really good mix of righteous indignation, passion, common sense, and wasn’t too badly written. I bring this up now because as The Nation points […]
9/11 Year Six: A Plan of Action
Last year I posted 9/11 Reflections and Rage and here it is a year later and ya know hat? I’m still pissed for roughly the same reasons. However I know that not much is going to change until we have a new POTUS. Its sucks, but that’s what its going to take. However, the Senate […]
Poll: GOP Losing Youth Vote
From SFGate:
Poll: Young voters disenchanted with Republican party
… A Democracy Corps poll from the Washington firm of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner suggests voters ages 18 to 29 have undergone a striking political evolution in recent years.
Young Americans have become so profoundly alienated from Republican ideals on issues including the war in Iraq, global warming, same-sex marriage […]
Of Dollars and Dragons
From the Telegraph:
China threatens ‘nuclear option’ of dollar sales The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation. Two officials at leading Communist Party bodies have […]
