Dec
19
Defense of conservatism a duty
December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Hi Eric been reading your blog on liberal blogs and violence, either you are a more patient man than me or have a lot thicker skin, as I have never tried to reason with those of rabid tongue and mind in their own pits. About your assertion that we will not, as conservatives, retaliate as [...]
Dec
12
Obama’s Dreams
December 12, 2008 | 1 Comment
I have read quite a bit on both sides of the argument about how Obama is going to govern, and I am not totally convinced even he knows. From the time he sprang onto the national stage two years ago, he has been the epitome of pragmatism. Nothing has been too large, or sacred, to [...]
Dec
12
Obama and Chicago
December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Ahhhh. Chicago! Gangsters, druggies, rappers, 8-mile road, convicted felons, politicians (but I repeat myself), and the ONE, even Obama or as Jonah put it, “hero-saint light-worker Jedi Knight Messiah that he is…, who can pick up manure from the clean end”. How he can be elected in Daley’s wonderland and remain clean is like expecting [...]
Nov
6
Pragmatism in an Obama Administration
November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I have to admit that I never was very excited about my choice of McCain, because I felt my choice of more conservative, electable men had been eliminated during the primaries by the liberal media. McCain is a great patriot, I just could never wrap my mind around him being a great conservative republican. Conservative [...]
Jun
8
Iraqi conspiracy theories and oil economics
June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
A friend of mine sent me the usual big men in a back room monopoly theory of high oil prices, this time tied to Iraq since 1922, so instead of ignoring it, I thought I would give a shot at rebutting it.
Hi and thank you for emailing me. What you sent sounds somewhat plausible on [...]