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Posted in Election 2008-President on Aug 30th, 2008
The polling has started. Governor Sarah Palin has made a gangbuster first impression. People like her better than Senator Biden (53% fav to 48% fav) and she has an approval rating as high as Senator Obama. She gives McCain a boost among Independents, makes Republicans say they are more likely to support him, and brings him even [...]
Posted in Election 2008-President, McCain, National GOP on Aug 30th, 2008
The reform wing of the Republican Party has triumphed. Reformer John McCain turned his back on the Washington Republican establishment and turned toward the working people of America. I will not go over the accomplishments of Governor Palin, just read my other posts and comments. I am focusing on what this choice means to the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 29th, 2008
Hillary Clinton praised the historic nature of John McCain’s vice presidential selection in a brief statement released Friday that was eagerly anticipated by both presidential campaigns. “We should all be proud of Governor Sarah Palin’s historic nomination, and I congratulate her and Senator McCain,” Clinton, the first woman to win a presidential primary, said in [...]
Posted in Election 2008-President on Aug 29th, 2008
In a moment dripping with irony and political insanity, the Obama Campaign attacked Sarah Palin for having “Zero foreign policy experience”. I guess trade missions don’t count. Are they forgetting who they are running against? John McCain has been a part of every major issue for years. I guess they decided to run the bottom [...]
Posted in Election 2008-President on Aug 29th, 2008
ARLINGTON, VA – U.S. Senator John McCain today announced that he has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate and to serve as his vice president. Governor Palin is a tough executive who has demonstrated during her time in office that she is ready to be president. She has brought Republicans and Democrats [...]
Posted in Election 2008-President, McCain on Aug 29th, 2008
Word is out that Senator McCain is making a bold choice of Governor Sarah Palin. Today may indeed be the day the election was won. This is proof that God loves Republicans too. Way to go McCain. For More information on the next Vice President of the United States. http://stoptaxing.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/why-sarah-palin-could-be-the-most-important-person-you-dont-know/ http://stoptaxing.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/i-also-heart-sarah-palin/ Should I gloat and [...]
Posted in Snark-o-rama on Aug 29th, 2008
Find out who you are in the square-ring! wrestlingname.com Me? I am “DIRK JACKASS!“
…from Pima County, Arizona. The only place I can find this is a blurb straight from WDEL’s website, WDEL.com. Considering they constantly update and roll-off their news on the website, here is the text, from WDEL: Delaware loses revenue from Military Academy By Carl Kanefsky The Delaware Military Academy has gotten bond funding through Pima [...]
UPDATE: New Orleans (and the state of Louisiana) begins preparations. Katrina is and likely will forever remain very, very raw to the survivors. Very early guidance, as Gustav has yet to enter the Gulf of Mexico, but computer models are pointing at the Louisiana coast, with a trend towards New Orleans and nearby Mississippi. Landfall [...]
Posted in Weather on Aug 26th, 2008
Gustav looking to be quite nasty… …and affecting oil/gas prices. Aug 24th marked 16-year anniversary of Hurricane Andrew‘s landfall.
Posted in Books, US History on Aug 25th, 2008
Posted in Quotes, Republican Party, US History on Aug 25th, 2008
Who Said It? Two quotes, from two different men. The answers are revealed within the comments, with the number after the quote representing the comment number containing the name of the person to whom the quote belongs. The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot [...]
Posted in Election 2008-President, McCain on Aug 25th, 2008
Senator John McCain is viewed positively by 55 to 58% of voters in every poll. He polled better than GWB vs. Al Gore in 1999 and 2000 by 4 or 5 points. So why is it a surprise that the Presidential race is close? I read questions like why isn’t Senator Obama 15 points ahead. Simple, [...]
Posted in Election 2008-President, History on Aug 24th, 2008
The best way to avoid repeating the mistakes of history is to know history. President Andrew Jackson and his successor President Martin Van Buren waged a populist war against the “evil” bankers. Big Banking as we would say today, was sapping the life blood out of the working man. How we don’t know, but they were [...]
Posted in Election 2008-President on Aug 22nd, 2008
Look at this 1988 Biden ad. He was right then and he is right now. Tell me who this ad fits more.
Posted in Ethics on Aug 22nd, 2008
Most of us favor stem cell research. The debate has raged over where to obtain those stem cells. As embryonic stem cells started to show complications, private money started flowing to so called adult stem cells and core blood stem cells. The advocates of embryonic stem cells decided to take their case to the body politic [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2008
IT WILL BE THREE YEARS SINCE KATRINA, and Kent county still isn’t ready for an emergency. It has been two years since the Dow/Rico accident and we are still not ready. They couldn’t even handle the recent minor flooding in Kitts Hummock and Bower’s Beach. What if we had a chemical spill with toxic chemicals? What [...]
Posted in Healthcare, National Dems, National GOP on Aug 20th, 2008
The next time you hear the Democrats say everyone needs government sponsored healthcare and reject private plans to accomplish the same mission, remember it is about power not helping people. The Democrats apparently want poor pregnant women not to get Medical care unless the taxpayer pays for it. Remember it was ok for Dr. Frisk to do the [...]
Posted in Election 2008 - Delaware on Aug 17th, 2008
Campaign finance reports showed a very close money race in the 4th district. The 3 Republicans all had good cash on hand. Mr. Abbott raised over 44K which is an impressive hall in a local primary and kept almost 30k. Mr. Clatworthy raised over 88K and still had more than half. Mr. Flemming raised 89K. What was interesting is [...]
Posted in Weather on Aug 14th, 2008
Ruh-roh, Reorge. It’s still way early, but a storm may be a-comin’ to the east coast! (Update: another entry by Guarino on the very-soon-to-be-named Fay) Want To Be A T.S./Hurricane WATCHER? Guarino is a weather NUT! Click here. P.S.: Another shameless plug for myweatherlive.com. As a weather nut, I totally love that site. Plus, it was [...]
Posted in Election 2008 - Delaware, Election 2008-President, National Dems, National GOP on Aug 13th, 2008
A once 19 point lead is down to 8, which means that GOP members wouldn’t lose many (if any) House seats in November. The most of the Republican incumbents are pulling out to comfortable leads and the open seat in Colorado is even. The big issue is energy. What does an August poll prove since the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2008
According to the Chicago Sun Times, America’s most unpopular governor (Rasmussen Reports), “Gov. Blagojevich envisions putting speed cameras on interstates across Illinois — and using the revenue to form an “elite tactical team” that would operate in Chicago and other cities”. Arizona will be putting speed cameras in place starting in September. Before someone gets the idea [...]
Posted in Election 2008 - Delaware on Aug 12th, 2008
Hey IPoDers! Mike Mahaffie did what the News Journal (nor I) could do…successfully find this convention address on Google. Want to know why? The address is MILLSBORO, but it just happens to be physically located in the Long Neck AREA. Yoinks! Joke’s on you (and me)! Thanks to Mike Mahaffie, here is the Google Map [...]
Posted in Election 2008 - Delaware on Aug 12th, 2008
The News Journal just posted to delawareonline.com perhaps one of the most damning chapters in the latest of IPoD’s saga of 2008. Please, read the story, but quick highlights: Convention is “CLOSED” (to the press) Published address of convention can’t be found on maps The convention is scheduled for Wednesday, 6 to 9 p.m., at 32248 [...]
Posted in Election 2008-President on Aug 8th, 2008
How is it that someone in the Petroleum industry giving some money to a Republican in support of a public position (well publicized) is suspicious and odious, yet big labor giving a billion dollars to push depriving workers of the fundamental right to vote on whether or not to form a union is not the [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy on Aug 8th, 2008
For those without a sense of humor, I know that it is nation Georgia in conflict with Russia. My point however is a very serious one. Georgia has applied to join NATO. NATO is a military/political alliance in which an attack on one member is the same as an attack on all. In other words, we [...]
Posted in Bill Lee, Carney, Delaware Democrats, Election 2008 - Delaware, Minner Failures on Aug 7th, 2008
Candidate for Governor Bill Lee’s statement on allegations of Minner/Carney Administration cronyism from today’s News Journal: “Today’s allegations of merit gifting in the News Journal raise many questions about not only the process of issuing a merit job to a political appointee during a hiring freeze, but also about the Department of Natural Resources and [...]
Posted in Election 2008 - Delaware on Aug 5th, 2008
On Wednesday, August 13th, the Copeland for Lt. Governor campaign will undertake a statewide kickoff tour at four stops across our great state! I hope that you, your family and your friends will be able to attend and become part of the growing excitement our campaign is seeing from North to South and East to [...]
Posted in Election 2008 - Delaware on Aug 5th, 2008
5 weeks to go and the race is officially too close to call. Any primary within 8 to 10 points depends upon turnout. Every poll I hear about has the race that close. The turnout model determines the victor. Democrats will determine if they will turn the page on the Minner Administration or not September 9. [...]
Posted in Election 2008-President, Energy, McCain, Obama, Oil on Aug 5th, 2008
It’s Monday and time for the weekly Presidential update. Energy is the big issue in America. The bad news for Senator Obama is that more Americans now trust Senator McCain on the issue. The Obama people have gotten the message and the Senator has made a major address today on the issue. The race is a dead heat. [...]
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