Category: US Politics

Was <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/27/build/nation/20-mierswithdraws_v.inc">Harriet Miers withdrawal</a> a blow to the President or was it in his Strategic Plan all along to get the candidate he really wanted? I think its all a big plan set up when he nominated her.<br />n<br />n<b>Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. Denis Waitley</b>

<a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul280.html">Who Opposes Simpler, Lower Taxes?</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The reform panel should have two simple goals: make taxes lower, and make taxes simpler. Anything else quite frankly is insulting to the American public. But during several hours of discussion last week, the various panelists talked about everything but those two objectives. Instead they embraced the practice…

I find it interesting that at this time of spiraling energy prices and calls for greener energy, Federal Congressmen want to get the Federal Government involved in allowing <a href="http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/politics/12688624.htm">wind farms to be built</a>. Why you may ask. Because States don't care about the birds that are killed at wind farms, at least that's the…

<blockquote>Americans eventually could be faced with higher interest rates, more expensive imports and either higher taxes or fewer government services to make up for Katrina's impact on the U.S. Treasury.</blockquote><br />n<br />nYes, Katrina will have a large affect on the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/11/build/business/45-fed-deficit.inc">federal deficit</a> and we will all pay for it in the long run but…

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/04/build/nation/25-rehnquist.inc">Chief justice Rehnquist dies of cancer</a><br />n<br />nI can hear the hue and cry now from certain people in politics. Either it's going to be;<br />n<br />na. The death of Chief Justice Rehnquist is a Bush conspiracy to take the eye of the public off the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.<br />n<br />nor <br />n<br…

So, does Federal law trump State law? Sometimes it can.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. Constitution: Tenth Amendment <br />n<br />nThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.</blockquote><br />n<br />nThe question becomes if it does in <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/30/build/business/56-horse-rule.inc">this…

Grow your own Dope – Plant a Politician.<br />n<br />n[found at <a href="http://ozguru.mu.nu/archives/2005/08/fortune_of_the_263.html">G'day Mate (Mk III)</a>]

<blockquote>States are continuing to see their authority stepped on by the federal government, something that not only curtails their independence in dealing with such matters as elections and education, but in the case of a new national ID card, could cost them financially, according to a new report.<br />n<br />nIn the report released Tuesday, the…

<a href="http://ecityblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/more-howard-dean.html">The Electric City Weblog</a> has a few thoughts on The Democrats call for more "corporate welfare." Interesting observation.<br />n<br />n<b>That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good. Samuel Johnson</b>

The White House really needs to stand up and take action on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/12/politics/12rove.html?ei=5065&en=fa18ef683377b956&ex=1121745600&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print">this</a> before they lose all respect people might have for them. I know a lot of people out there have no respect for the White House all ready but some people do and their in danger of losing that if steps aren't…