“Honey, You Remember Dada?

   “I missed you so much.  I’m sorry I went away“ Those are the words spoken by this soldier on his return home from the war.  Who is the one he speaks those words to?  It is to the one who rushes to his side before anyone else can get to him. See for yourself [...]

President Obama Moves Towards A Final Decision Concerning Afghanistan

   If the reports coming out of Associated Press are accurate, President Obama may be prepared to take some measures in Afghanistan which would do us quite well. But those measures will not help us in either the short or the long-term if they are half measures. AP reported the following on Wednesday evening: “President [...]

Yup, This Is Veterans Day. So What Are You Going To Do About It?

    On this Veterans Day, we have much to reflect on regarding our past and much to think about regarding our future.  We also have many people to honor. The events of last week at Fort Hood in Texas have punctuated the importance of this year’s Veterans Day, and not only for the sake of [...]

How Government Run Health Care Will Rip Your Heart Out

    Last week former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop made his views on existing healthcare reforms known to our nation’s legislative leaders. His message to them was, be careful about the reforms they make and also urged that whatever they do, do not make a bill that forces doctors and medical students to perform abortions. Koop, [...]

The Berlin Wall Came Down, But Now The Washington Wall Goes Up

    This week marked the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is the anniversary of an event worthy to revisit and rethink. Of the dominoes that remained standing during the Cold War, the Berlin Wall’s fall, set in motion, the end of communism in Europe. And not slowly. Within days of [...]

Connecticut’s Republican Governor, Jodi Rell Will Not Seek Reelection

    Republican Governor Jodi Rell has just announced that she will not seek reelection next November. Her decision will move up the start of the Connecticut race for Governor. This typically liberal New England state is not friendly to Republicans and so many Democrats have already been looking into a run at the Governor’s mansion. [...]

The Week’s Best & Worst In Politics-Winners & Losers

  LOSERS Dede Scozzafava The NY State Assemblywoman and Republican nominee for Congress in NY’s 23rd CD, was outed as closet liberal, crashed, burned and decided to take everyone out with her.  She withdrew from the race on Saturday & endorsed the Democrat nominee over the Conservative candidate, Republican Doug Hoffman.  He lost in a narrow race and gave Nancy [...]

Why Did They Vote The Way They Did?

  As riveting as last night’s government healthcare takeover vote was, part of the mystique behind it involved hundreds of individual stories that involved political horse trading, private deals, favors, bribes and even extortion-like coercion. To actually pass this very unpopular and contentious bill took more arm twisting and bone bending than you would find [...]

Reform Bill Passes The House But It’s A Version That Will Not Fly In The Senate

    While last night’s rare Saturday session of the House of Representatives and their subsequent vote on the big government takeover of the American health care system was at times suspenseful, ultimately it won passage. The vote was quite close though. In the end 39 Democrats opposed the bill and in what was one of [...]

Healthcare Debate Update: Stupak Anti-Abortion Funding Amendment Passes

    By a vote of 240 to 194, the Stupak-Pitts Amendment which provides language that will have prohibit the House bill for a government takeover of heath care, from allowing any funding of abortion procedures passed. The move which satisfied a the handful of anti-abortion Democrats who were needed to pass the larger health reform [...]