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Obama’s Senate Replacement

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Who should Rod Blagojevich/Pat Quinn/the Illinois voters anoint to Obama’s old Senate seat? Radley Balko has the answer: the guy who retired so that Obama could have the seat in the first place, Peter Fitzgerald.

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Are you getting as sick of hearing from these guys as I am? The worst thing to come out of each of these debates is the realization that one of these men is going to be our next President, and that’s downright scary. When they’re not attacking each other, they’re spouting nonsense.
Anyway, here’s an economist’s [...]

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Why should a lifelong Democrat choose country over party, principles over complacency, true progressivism over lip service and vote for William “BJ” Lawson over my current congressman, incumbent David Price?
Congressman David Price of North Carolina’s 4th District has:

Voted for a $700 billion taxpayer-financed bailout of Wall Street billionaires. That’s reason enough right there to vote [...]

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One thing that disgusted me equally about Sarah Palin and Joe Biden last night was their proclamation of a “passion” and deep, abiding “love” for a foreign country during an American presidential campaign.
I turned to those watching with me and said, “Could they get away with saying that about any of our other [...]

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I don’t like Sarah Palin that much (not nearly as much as some people do anyway), and I don’t like Joe Biden, D-MBNA. Having said that, I don’t see how anyone could think Biden won the debate last night.
There is no doubt that Joe Biden is more articulate than Sarah Palin. However, almost nothing he [...]

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“We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects.” — Congressman Ron Paul
Ron Paul has now said he is focused on continuing to further the message of liberty rather than continuing his presidential campaign (although he will continue to contest primaries and collect delegates). Everyone is wondering what’s next– could Ron Paul’s [...]

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What Type of Taxpayer Are You?

Monday, January 28th, 2008

I just received an email from Amazon.com with the subject line, “What Type of Taxpayer Are You?”
It reads: “Click on The Office characters above to determine what kind of taxpayer you are and match you personality to the right software product.”
Apparently the options are:

EZ Breezy Filer
Fancy Filer
Procrastinator
Extender
Typical Taxpayer

Amazon conveniently doesn’t provide the option [...]

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In a move that will be sure to inflame many libertarian-minded freedom lovers everywhere, or which could be seen as further proof that our guy may just pull out the Republican nomination, a Libertarian Party candidate has filed to run against my man Ron Paul in his home congressional district in Texas. The head of [...]

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