Archive for June, 2007

Only Two Democrats Want to Pull Out of Afghanistan

Filed under War

Two Congressional Democrats and maybe Rep. John Murtha want to pull out of Afghanistan. Two and one-half don’t make a trend.
It would be really easy to go off on how Democrats have to stomach or war of any sort. While not questioning their patriotism I could question their internationalism–pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan would […]

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Assault on Fred Thompson Begins

The Huffington Post is pushing an attack on Fred Thompson. When you combine this with Mike Allen’s story it’s fairly certain this is part of the coordinated attack on Thompson launched by Democrats.
One attack on Thompson is he’s a high priced lobbyist. Thomas Edsall writes, “Since his days as top minority counsel to the Senate […]

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Regurgitating the Conventional Wisdom

The Politico, a nice addition to the Washington news scene, is immediately steeped in the city’s conventional wisdom. Here’s Mike Allen’s final paragraph on a recent Fred Thompson story (emphasis mine):
Thompson also plans appearances later in South Carolina and New Hampshire. In the Granite State, Thompson will mingle with actual voters in addition to giving […]

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Why I Won’t Be a Journalist

Filed under Media

Howard Kurtz writing about the disclosure of political contributions by reporters offers this:
Some of these folks remain in denial. When you become a journalist, you give up the right to back political candidates or parties with your checkbook. And in this age of federal disclosures, it always comes out.
If that’s what is required to be […]

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Violent Femmes: Hall of Fame Bound?

The Violent Femmes in the 80s and 90s gave Wisconsin rockers something to be proud of. They’ve outlasted the more pop-friendly Bodeans.
Here’s bassist Brian Ritchie making the case:
“I don’t like awards shows like the Grammys or other subjective things,” Ritchie said. “Simple concepts like platinum albums (1 million sold) are more meaningful to me, […]

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Bush Justices Lead to First Amendment Protection

Filed under Law

Don Surber on the Supreme Court defending political speech today and a certain unpopular President:
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote the 2003 decision. She left in 2005 and originally was to be replaced by John Roberts, who wrote today’s majority opinion. That was the difference: Roberts for O’Connor. Say what you want about President Bush: He […]

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Carnival of the Capitalists

Filed under Economics

Professor Piderit hosts this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists. Get your business and economics fix.

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WDC, Fans of AlGore and Fake Quotes

Filed under Wisconsin

Can we end the notion that the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign is a non-partisan group? Charlie Sykes catches them using a bogus Abraham Lincoln quote while bloviating on today’s campaign finance ruling.
It’s the same bogus quote AlGore used in his The Assault on Reason. How much do you want to bet the author of the WDC […]

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Wisconsin Right to Life Wins Supreme Court Case

Filed under Wisconsin, Law

The Surpreme Court blew a hole in the McCain-Feingold first amendment restriction law:
The U.S. Supreme Court, ruling 5-4 in favor of Wisconsin Right to Life, said a portion of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law of 2002 was unconstitutional.
The law is named for Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.).
The law prohibited corporations and unions […]

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For D.C. Process is King

Filed under Politics

For being the seat of power in the Western world Washington, D.C. is a company town. With all the liberals and Leftists infesting the place the city has a strong conservative temperment. Things have to be done in a certain way and process trumps results.
That’s the view you should take while reading the Washington Post […]

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Tommy Thompson Wins Straw Poll

Sure he hasn’t done well in the debates (he has gotten better), he’s suffered early gaffes that soured his chances in the eyes of pundits, he doesn’t have the money or organization of other campaigns, and he’s now competing with a man sharing his surname, but don’t completely discount Tommy Thompson’s chances in the Iowa […]

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Packers’ Revenues, Profits Up

Filed under Sports

Being the only publicly-owned NFL franchise the Green Bay Packers released some financial data over the weekend. The finances are good even though the play on the field is mediocre.
Here are the highlights of the Packers’ financial performance for the fiscal year ending March 31:
Operating revenue: $218 million, up from $208 million.
Profit net of taxes: […]

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Wal-Mart to Offer Financial Products

Government and union pressure won’t stop the world’s largest retailer from innovating and offering more choice for lower costs to their customers. Wal-Mart has stopped plans to own a bank, but they’re expanding into financial services:
Much of what Wal-Mart announced yesterday will be directed at consumers who do not use banks. Wal-Mart says, for example, […]

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Chodorov on Opinion Polls

Filed under Politics

Food for thought:
It has become standard procedure for sociologists and politicians to take opinion polls and to deduce behavior patterns from such data. Yet, it is a fact that the subject matters of these polls do not touch on matters in which the questionees are vitally interested, but are topics in which the pollsters have […]

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Rush is Important

Filed under Media

From the “No, duh” department.
“Talk Shows Influence Immigration Debate”

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