When you’re the Republican Establishment’s candidate, you have one simple assignment: don’t screw up. Jason Plummer, a 29-year-old lumber heir, is the GOP Establishment’s appointed candidate for US Congress in Illinois’ 12th Congressional District. He’s facing a shockingly tough race from former police detective and former Belleville Mayor, Rodger Cook. (Never underestimate a detective’s tenacity.)… [Read more…]
December 18, 2011
You have a great new way to participate in the political life of America thanks to GoVote.com With GoVote.com, you can Rate politicians, blogs, organizations, and more Find all of your elected officials in one place Find easy links to important web sites Keep track of news that most important to you Share your views… [Read more…]
December 20, 2010
A man lost in thought is liable to say anything. Anything at all. A guy sitting behind me at a restaurant in Lambert airport began singing along with the background music. “Burning down the house (do do).” Perfect. November 2, American voters burned down the U.S. House. Before the vote, estimates ranged from 45 to… [Read more…]
November 3, 2010
Three precincts in the city of St. Louis delivered 3,800 votes for Carnahan in the last hour of counting. Wahby’s district. Wahby’s wife works for Mayor Francis Slay. They waited until they knew how many votes they needed, then they manufactured them–typical Dems, in my view. Now I ask you: how many dead or non-existent… [Read more…]
November 1, 2010
Six hundred fourteen days from the first Tea Parties to Election Day. That’s 307 days in 2009 and 307 in 2010. In that time, we’ve met so many people. We’ve made too many friends. (Psychologists and sociologists and anthropologists believe that a person can manage no more than 150 human relationships, so there is such… [Read more…]
October 12, 2010
In 47BC, Julius Caesar assumed dictatorial power in Rome. He instituted “reforms” that transformed the Republic into the Empire. In the process, he became a dictator. Rome’s decent into oblivion began. In 44BC, seeing the damage Caesar’s tyranny and reforms, three men removed Caesar from power by the method of the day. History moves faster… [Read more…]
October 12, 2010
Political candidates want to meet everyone. “If people would just meet me,” they say, “they’ll realize I’m a regular . . .” guy/gal/tea partier/whatever. This seems a good thing—willing to stand before the voters and be judged. Missouri’s State Auditor, Susan Montee might want to keep her name, her history, and her record out of… [Read more…]
October 6, 2010
Someday I’ll write more – much more – on this. But it’s important to remember what’s at stake in America, in the world, this election: beauty. Totalitarian regimes despise beauty. They bury it in palaces where the rulers roam, their cancerous eyes raking over someone’s masterpiece the way raw sewage pollutes a clear stream after… [Read more…]
October 4, 2010
Here’s a passage from a fine roman a clef: [I]f the worst were to happen and a local armed militia were to descend on me and drive me out as a Jewish alien, their offense mainly would be against the Jew, not against the landowner. And in such a case my concern would be for… [Read more…]
September 30, 2010
While we’ve been building the tea party, the world has changed. Our world has changed. Consumers consume less Inflation is limited to food, fuel, and gold Experiences and human connections are more important than possessions and promotions Debt shifted from people and businesses to government—which means to all of us The government took out a… [Read more…]
September 29, 2010
"For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him.… [Read more…]
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