Archive for June, 2008
Obama to women: Entitlements coming your way
In a speech delivered to a group of supporters yesterday, Barack Obama spoke highly of feel-good policies and increased entitlement spending to help woo over the female vote. Something tells me Obama probably does not consider his promises a form of vote-buying using hard-earned money from American taxpayers.
A major victory for Texas
I am pleased to report that last week we received notice that the Texas Department of Transportation will recommend the I-69 Project be developed using existing highway facilities instead of the proposed massive new Trans Texas Corridor/NAFTA Superhighway. According to the Texas Transportation Commissioner, consideration is no longer being given to new corridors and other [...]
Conservatives’ anger with GOP may be party’s downfall
A poll of 1,015 conservative activists and donors shows that 77 percent are either seriously disappointed with Republican Congressional leaders or want them totally replaced.
Iraq or the economy?
What is the importance of the war in Iraq relative to other current issues? This is a question I am often asked, especially as Americans continue to become increasingly aware that something is very wrong with the economy. The difficulty with the way the question is often asked relates to the perception [...]
From “Green Conservatism” to black gold
Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich has been on Fox News and Sean Hannity’s radio show promoting oil drilling in the U.S to help solve our energy crisis. He’s got a “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” campaign drawing hundreds of thousands of names to one of his websites. But this is a new tune.
Government security: sensitive data remain at risk
For many years, the Government Accounting Office has reported that weaknesses in information security are a widespread problem with potentially devastating consequences –such as intrusions by malicious users, compromised networks, and the theft of personally identifiable information — and has identified information security as a government-wide high-risk issue.
