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Somebody forgot to say to the former first lady “Uh, oh yeah, Senator Clinton?-remember: don’t look like such a God-awful, humorless witch tonight.”  Read More →

This morning I was once again reminded why unions are the most waste of consumer money and human energy. While waiting for the bus this morning I had first one bus pass by without stopping as he looked right at me and the other people waiting. Then fifteen minutes later a second bus driver decided to just keep going passing even more people by, this time as we were all in the street trying to get him to stop. These buffoons have two simple responsibilities, drive and stop, drive and stop, drive... Read More→

Governor Tim Kaine will be giving the Dems response to the Prez’s address tonight. That’s right, one month in to his first term Virginian Kaine will be giving the speech seen (though I like many I imagine, don’t intend on having the sound on) by millions of Americans. Could one ask for a better depiction of the dearth of leadership on the issues most important to the American people offered by the opposition party? What will Kaine speak to? Alleviating traffic on the Beltway?One... Read More→

Nick, I know you’ve read The Economist’s take on Alan Greenspan’s legacy, which certainly demystifies the man who was Planet Earth’s economic guru for nearly two decades. I just wanted to post it to give the blog some more background. Whatever opinions others may hold of him, I don’t believe anyone else could have shepherded America’s economy into this era of globalization as smoothly as Alan Greenspan. We live in a world now where threats to economic stability... Read More→

At midnight tonight Allan Greenspan will officially end his 19-year reign as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Through both Republican and Democrat administrations he’s done a great job steering us out of recessions and keeping our engine running. If anything, he always gave the markets that psychological comfort that it needs. LA Times has a great editorial on Greenspan that’s a good read.  Read More →

There’s no dearth of bad news that is reported from Iraq. Many of the field reporters who give us up-to-the-minute updates are never at a loss to report how many Americans were wounded or killed today, or how many IEDs (improvised explosive device) were blown up, or how many Iraqi civilians were killed. We never see any stories about how many bad guys got bagged this past week, or how a new electrical power station or water treatment plant went online. We’re never bothered by those trite... Read More→

Sort of. If you map it a certain way. -at the Women’s National Republican Club3 West 51st StreetThe Henrietta Wells Livermore School of Politics INVITES YOU TO AN EVENING WITH FRANK GAFFNEY, JR PRESIDENT & CEOOF THE CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY& AUTHOR OF“WAR FOOTING” – 10 STEPS AMERICAMUST TAKE TO PREVAIL IN THE WARFOR THE FREE WORLD TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 20066:00 – 7:30pm“In “War Footing” – perhaps the most important book written since 9/11 -, Frank Gaffney and his... Read More→

Billionaire entrepreneur and all around political upstart Tom Golisano has decided against chasing after the Republican, Conservative, and Independence party endorsements for NY State Governor in 2006. He ran against George Pataki in ’94, ’98, and ’02, all the while slinging as much mud as he could toward our Governor and the Republican Party. When Golisano announced back in October that he was considering pursuing the Republican line for Gov, there were many Empire State pachyderms,... Read More→

Judge Alito has been confirmed to the Supreme Court by a vote of 58-42. Four Democrats crossed party lines to give Judge Alito a thumps up: Sens. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Kent Conrad of North Dakota. No surprise there, considering those states have become very conservative voting overwhelmingly for Bush in 2004. None of those guys want to become the next Tom Daschle.  Read More →

Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of the Weekly Standard and co-host of FNC’s Beltway Boys, will be the featured speaker at the New York Young Republican Club’s February general meeting. Barnes is the author of Rebel in Chief: How George W. Bush Is Redefining the Conservative Movement and Transforming America. The meeting will be held on Thursday, February 16 at the Union League Club, 38 East 37th Street, New York, NY. The meeting will begin promptly at 7pm. Business attire required  Read More →