Archive for May, 2011
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Newt
Posted on May 11, 2011
I first met Newt Gingrich in 1989. As an intern for House Minority Leader Bob Michel, my short-term task was to deliver Newt his lunch as he was meeting with...
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Confidence Game
Posted on May 10, 2011
Politics is essentially a game of confidence. You vote for a candidate because you have confidence that that candidate can get the job done. Or you vote for a candidate...
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Making the Baby-Boomers Pay a Little
Posted on May 9, 2011
There is a reason that the baby-boomers have baby in their nickname. Generationally, they have acted collectively as a bunch of spoiled brats. They were the “me” generation, the disco...
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The Libertarians Are Coming
Posted on May 6, 2011
Ron Paul got some help last night from Gary Johnson in the first Republican Presidential primary debate in South Carolina, and the result was a completely different-looking GOP. Paul and...
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Conspiracy Theory
Posted on May 5, 2011
America loves conspiracy theories. Franklin Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor before it happened. The CIA killed Jack Kennedy. George Bush blew up the Twin Towers. The Trilateral Commission runs the...
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