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  • Questions for @THEHermanCain
    I finished reading This Is Herman Cain! this week and have some questions for you since you didn’t discuss your political views and involvement before you ran for the Senate: How and how much were you involved in politics before you decided to run for office? How long have you been a registered Republican? Since [...]

  • Bennet, Udall, and Perlmutter Watch 3-14-11: Recent Votes
    From MegaVote at Congress.org: Recent Senate Votes Patent Reform Act of 2011 – Vote Passed (95-5) The Senate passed this bill that would overhaul the nation’s patent system and change the way they are issued and challenged. The House is expected to pass its own patent bill. Sen. Mark Udall voted YES Sen. Michael Bennet [...]

  • @JohnBoehner Doesn’t Get It!
    In a speech late Tuesday night, Minority Leader and probable future Speaker John Boehner announced, “The people’s priorities will be our priorities, and the people’s agenda will be our agenda” (“Boehner: Election a ‘repudiation of Washington’“).  Based on this statement, I have to question Boehner’s commitment to the Constitution and conservative principles.  Just because the [...]

  • Democrats Won in Colorado Because of #TABOR
    According to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, in September Colorado’s unemployment rate was 8.2% compared to the national rate of 9.6%.  In the 2010 ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitive Index, Colorado ranks 15th in economic performance and 2nd in economic outlook.  I think this is due in large part to the limitations TABOR (Taxpayer’s [...]

  • Videos: Bobby Jindal Speaking at Rally For Economic Survival
    Video:  “Bobby Jindal Speaking at Rally For Economic Survival“ Video:  “Bobby Jindal Speaking at Rally For Economic Survival – Part 2“

  • Summer Reading: Economics
    The latest edition of the Centennial Review (July-August 2010), which is published by the Centennial Institute, features an article by Arthur C. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute and author of The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America’s Future.

  • Videos: “Ken Buck and Sen. Jim DeMint”
    Video:  “Ken Buck and Sen. Jim DeMint 1“ Video:  “Ken Buck and Sen. Jim DeMint 2“ Video:  “Ken Buck and Sen. Jim DeMint 3“

  • The Manchurian President by Aaron Klein with Brenda J. Elliott
    In The Manchurian President (Washington, DC:  WorldNetDaily, 2010), Aaron Klein (on Facebook and Twitter) and Brenda J. Elliott (on Twitter) pick up where David Horowitz (with Richard Poe) and Michelle Malkin left off with The Shadow Party and Culture of Corruption, respectively.  Klein and Elliott clearly outline “Barack Obama’s Ties to Communists, Socialists, and Other [...]

  • Summer Reading: Environment, Politics, and Fiction
    Even more books to read: Steven W. Mosher and Thomas W. Fuller, Climategate: The CRUtape Letters William Voegeli, Never Enough: America’s Limitless Welfare State Dan Joseph, Generation Right: The Young Conservative in the Age of Obama Laura Ingraham, The Obama Diaries Glenn Beck, The Overton Window

  • Video: “Flotilla Choir presents: We Con the World”
    Video:  “Flotilla Choir presents: We Con the World“