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I realize this might be like of those bears taking a crap in the woods kind of questions (oops I meant tree falling in the woods). After all, very few people who frequent this site are Republicans or vote Republican. However, as Americans we love to be for something and against something else. Fact is that we need two strong parties (at least) or we find ourselves going astray. Democrats need good Republicans just like...

Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor has launched a new web site called You Cut, which "is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online and on your cell phone, on spending cuts that you want to see the House enact." The first five cuts on which to vote are (and remember, only ONE of these will be chosen):The Presidential Election Fund. Savings-$260 million over five...

My regular readers have heard me drone on about education time and time again. I sound like a broken record because....well....I repeat myself a lot. So, instead of bitching, moaning, and complaining, I will let you know what you can do to help. Last night I had the good fortune of listening in on a conference call with two candidates for the State Board of Education (SBOE). Dr. Rebecca Bell-Metereau and Dr. Judy Jennings are...

Any time anything passes in the Senate by a vote of 96-0 I'm suspicious. Those numbers are usually reserved for meaningless proclamations declaring 'National Be Kind to Puppies and Kitties Day.' But such a vote took place yesterday on Sen. Bernie Sanders' amendment to audit the Federal Reserve. Sanders' original amendment would have required the Fed to submit to regular audits, but the watered-down version passed yesterday is for a one-time audit with a specific...

There is no joy in Tea Party land, taxes are at their lowest in 60 years: Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year sinceHary Truman's presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found. [...] Federal, state and local taxes -- including income, property, sales and other taxes -- consumed 9.2% of all personal income in 2009, the lowest rate since 1950,...

Sen. John Cornyn, October 27, 2005 when asked about the lack of judicial experience of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers: "I mean, one reason I felt so strongly about Harriet Miers's qualifications is I thought she would fill some very important gaps in the Supreme Court. Because right now you have people who've been federal judges, circuit judges most of their lives, or academicians. And what you see is a lack of grounding in...

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele should have realized he stepped in it when the National Review advised him to "try thinking before you speak," referring to Steele's opening salvo following President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Steele released a statement criticizing Kagan for her support of Justice Thurgood Marshall's speech in which he said that the Constitution as originally conceived and drafted was "defective."Had Mr. Steele taken the time to...

In the 'Be Careful What You Ask For You Just Might Get It' Department comes this from Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog concerning Joe Lieberman's proposal to strip citizenship from Americans affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations:"Lieberman's law would amend an earlier statute that details other things that can cost you citizenship: Serving in the army of a foreign state, pledging allegiance to a foreign state, and so on. In those cases the...

OK, it's official, we are through the looking glass on the treatment of suspected terrorists. Glenn Beck is the voice of reason and sanity. Yes, you read that right, Glenn Beck, reason, and sanity all in the same sentence. On Fox and Friends yesterday, Beck said of Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-born American citizen arrested in the attempted Times Square bombing: "He is a citizen of the United States, so I say we uphold the laws...

Leave it to our Governor:"Texas Gov. Rick Perry Monday offered a stern warning against halting oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of a massive oil leak, and he raised the question of whether the explosion was an "act of God."The Republican governor, speaking at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, warned against a "a knee-jerk reaction" to the spill and said the government doesn't know what caused the leak, which took...