Former President Clinton recently said that he’s never seen anything like the Obama/DNC full-court press to get Democratic super delegates to commit to Mr. Obama. But The Jed Report has a interesting post about the 1992 Bill Clinton vs. Jerry Brown Democratic primary race that belies that assertion. To an extent, the same thing was…
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Americans Driving Less
CNN says that with gas prices inching perilously close to $4 per gallon, Americans are driving less. Compared with March a year earlier, Americans drove an estimated 4.3 percent less — that’s 11 billion fewer miles, the DOT’s Federal Highway Administration said Monday, calling it "the sharpest yearly drop for any month in FHWA history."…
Immigration Raids
Geraldo Rivera, he of the Al Capone vault television mega-flop, has an over-the-top article up at the Huffington Post in which he condemns the recent raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that resulted in the arrests of hundreds of illegal immigrants. The Wall Street Journal called the raids "immigration theater" and I’m inclined to…
Relative Safety
At Power Line, John Hinderaker says that, contrary to Barack Obama’s repeated statements that the free world is less safe because of the Bush administration’s national security policies, the evidence indicates otherwise. Likewise, Fareed Zakaria writes at Newsweek that terrorist attacks are down by nearly two-thirds in the last 4 years. Are we in fact…
Bill Clinton’s Conspiracy
Bill Clinton says that there’s a conspiracy against his wife Hillary’s attempt to secure the Democratic party’s nomination. Strange as it may seem, he”s right about that. President Clinton: "I can’t believe it. It is just frantic the way they are trying to push and pressure and bully all these superdelegates to come out," Clinton…
Violence Down in Iraq, Again
The LA Times says that violence is down to a 4-year low in Iraq, which is obviously good news. Nevertheless, approximately 300 violent incidents were recorded last week. Obviously there’s still more work to be done there, which is why it’s important that the people who can make sure it happens – American troops –…
The End of Hate in Our Time
In the words of Canada’s Human Rights Commission’s senior counsel Ian Fine, the commission is necessary because "there can’t be enough laws against hate." This during a panel on human right’s commissions in which Fine was caught twice in lies – or glaring ignorance – about the commission’s activities. Actually, a single law against hate…
Memorial Day Pics
Courtesy of my dad. 5 more in the post body.
Hillary’s Sexism Claims
Of late Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been crying foul over alleged sexism directed at the New York senator. But is that really what’s broken the back of her once-promising campaign? Andrew Stephen says it is and blames media bias for causing her defeat. But is Hillary’s real problem simply that she’s a Clinton? Or was…
Voting While Guilty
At Slate, Ron Rosenbaum says that it’s not wrong to vote for Barack Obama because of his race. This is an assertion I’m highly resistant to. I believe my vote ought to be for the candidate who is most likely to do the things I believe are right for the nation – the candidate who…