Archive for: February 2008

Just in time for the Valentine’s Day festivities, President Bush has signed legislation to “stimulate” the economy by returning money to it’s rightful owners, i.e., those who earned the money in the first place! All told, the bill could …

Political campaigns are often likened to football or chess, but the way the Republicans wage them, they’re more like the game of Risk. If you grew up in a house with two or more boys in it, you’re no doubt …

Call it Murphy’s Law, or the Law of Unintended Consequences, or just call it plain bad luck. However it is branded, the inconvenient truth is that in the process of vanquishing Hillary Rodham Clinton, conservatives may have unwittingly created a …

Senator Obama, speaks eloquently when he refers to hope and reminds us all that there is hope in hope, invest in us and we will invest in you, great words but very unrealistic. First of all the American taxpayers will …

I considered titling this column “Where Are We Going and How Did I Get in This Handbasket?” but decided it would have been a bit unwieldy. The term “Bolshevik” was derived from a Russian word that means “majority;” the …

By J. Grant Swank Jr.

First, he’s become the Elvis of present-tense politics. Emotion runs the election. Nothing will stop it. It will grow. That means that young Barack Obama will make John McCain “The Old Man.” The young will topple …

Mexican President Felipe Calderon is haunting the United States this week, and like his equally demented predecessor, Calderon is lecturing Americans about how illegal aliens from his nation-sewer are being mistreated. Like Fox, Calderon argues that Americans should be grateful …

With the brazen assistance of establishment Republicans, the McCain juggernaut advances, with his lock on the party’s nomination now all but certain. However, navigating the general election will be an entirely different matter. Ironically, aside from the candidate himself and …

This article is not about whether or not illegal immigration is proper or about what should be done about illegal immigrants. This post is about the terms ‘illegal immigrant’ and ‘undocumented worker’. Recently, various activists, certain members of the …

Built and managed with taxpayer money, these monuments to political cowardliness and stupidity provide safe havens for illegals to congregate as they while away the hours until a capitalist American pig, probably an angry white male, saves the day with …

Jose Rodriguez Nieves, a/k/a “Menor,” a/k/a “Cuba,” was found guilty late Friday of charges related to his leadership of a highly lucrative drug organization responsible for distributing hundreds of kilograms of heroin in the Bronx from 1995 to January 2006. …

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina (and other Republicans) introduced a bill that would strip Berkeley of pork barrel spending. The Semper Fi Act of 2008 would rescind over $2 million in hidden earmarks for Berkeley in the 2008 …

First, please allow me to state the obvious: There is no city in the USA prouder of and more determined to display delight in its growing mental illness than is Berkeley, California. In fact, for many decades, Berkeley has not …

The newest update to a study published in the British medical journal, the Lancet, claims that 655,000 Iraqis have been killed since the U.S. invaded Iraq. This absurd claim has been hailed around the world as evidence of the evil …

My good friend Jeff Bayard came to town last week to attend the America’s Truth/Basics Project Symposium Exposing the Threat of Islamic Terrorism with me. After an illuminating and exhausting day of learning, we saw someone engaged in a …