Category Archives: Politics

Obama Participates in Q & A at Republican Retreat

By Jeff | Published: 30 January 2010
There has been a lot of discussion on this topic in left wing circles touting this as the president “taking it to” the republicans. Well, I have seen it, and read the transcript and I just do not believe that to be the case. Basically, all this is, is politics. The president opens by doing [...]
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Brown Wins Kennedy’s Vacant Seat

By Jeff | Published: 20 January 2010
In an impressive victory, the seat left empty by Ted Kennedy’s death has been filled by Republican Scott Brown in a state that bleeds blue. Amazing news, on near the first anniversary of Obama’s inauguration. It should be interesting to see how this effects the final vote for the health care initiative. If the Kennedy senate seat [...]
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Consistently Inconsistent

By Jeff | Published: 22 September 2009
Is it just me, or does the position of the current administration on health care seem inconsistent with their liberal ideals? One of the core tenants of the liberal platform is the redistribution of wealth. The basic idea here is that the wealthy should shoulder the burden of pretty much everything, because they can give more [...]
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Unfortunate Issue with Democracy

By Jeff | Published: 6 July 2009
It is 2009, and the same party controls the legislative and executive branches of government. This happens relevantly frequently, but there are a couple of issues that make this particular situation rather undesirable: The executive branch is held by a half-hearted socialist. The legislative majority holds a filibuster proof majority. The situation reminds me of a very Thomas [...]
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Colin Powell and the Republican Party

By Jeff | Published: 27 May 2009
You can see the official republican principles at the following url: http://www.gop.com/about/imarepublicanbecause.htm Basically it boils down to the the following precepts: Small government Fiscal conservatism Low taxes Protection of individuals’ rights Foreigner interventionism While those principles are nice (well maybe not the last) they really are not followed very well. If they were I wouldn’t have to write this post, and the [...]
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