One of the thorniest conundrums the Republicans face is how to get around “It’s the economy, stupid.” If they manage to ride out the current wave of discontent and hold on to power for two more years, a tougher problem will emerge: Bush’s wars are expensive, and Democratic Presidential candidates will tour the country asking, “Are you better off now than you were eight years ago?” How can the Republicans nullify blame for a poor economy in 2008?” . .... Read more
A note from Iraq, Sgt. George E. Heath, 3/3 ACR Hey old man you always ask me to describe what it is that I'm doing out here. Well I got an urge to write while I was on OP (observation post) yesterday and this is what I wrote describing what I was doing. (more…) Read more
Another note from the front. Thanks to Sgt. George E. Heath, 3/3 ACR The shake started slow; somewhere around his knees it was hard to tell at first he was so involved in the movie he was watching. After a couple more minutes the urge hit his head. Pause. The soldier got up threw on his hat and top and walked out of his room down the hall, down the stairs, makes a right turn and is outside. He fumbles... Read more
Three more dead in Iraq soldiers in a sack the reason use to be threatened many WMD for now my sons are stateside one for next year's tide of blood and tears and shortened years. Read more
In case anyone doesn’t know, “separation of church and state” is not in the Constitution. It shouldn’t be in our vocabulary as Democrats either. There are two main reasons for this. First, the political answer: many moderate-to-conservative Christians recoil at the term because it is often misused by secularists to attack any use of faith in the public sphere. Second, the legal/policy answer: this phrase is a very imprecise and misleading shorthand for a beautifully crafted section of the First... Read more
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I know winning is important. But in the grand scheme of things, I would much rather look back on November 2006 as the year when the Democrats took back the House and the Senate because Americans trusted us to change the direction of the country, than the year the Democrats won by default because the Republicans screwed up. (more…) Read more
They are taking a saber to working people's arm and now they want credit for selling them band-aids at a reduced cost. (more…) Read more
A proverb that floats around charity and non-profit circles goes like this: "Without passion, nothing happens. Without compassion, bad things happen." Sometimes I wish our civil leaders were more familiar with the phrase. (more…) Read more
The great equalizer of self-righteous rantings against OPS – "Other People's Sins" – is that your own eventually will jump up to smack you. (more…) Read more
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