Pete Du Pont has an op ed in the Wall Street Journal pointing out how much tax cuts help the economy and the follies of the Democratic proposals led by Charlie Rangel.
The Politico has a post about how angry voters are with everyone in Washington D.C. As they say, the anti-Washington mood has reached breathtaking levels. This quote pretty much sums it up "One has to reach back almost 30 years, to the low points of Jimmy Carter's presidency, to find a time when there was such simultaneous disdain for both the executive and the legislative branches, as measured by Gallup approval ratings."
This is a good article analyzing what is causing the latest price spike in oil prices. According to the BBC the latest price spike has been caused by tensions between Turkey and Kurdish separatists. The article also points out that demand for oil world wide continues to soar.
Oil prices continue to climb, after figures showed a surprise fall in US crude reserves. That can't be good news for American consumers.
Typical European Justice. One of the accused masterminds of the 2004 Madrid terror bombings was acquitted of all charges Wednesday by a Spanish court in the culmination to a politically divisive trial over Europe's worst Islamic militant terror attack.
Grady Little is out as manager of the Dodgers, clearing the way for Joe Torre to take over. Does anyone beside me have a problem with the way this is being done?
Iran warned the United States it would find itself in a "quagmire deeper than Iraq" if it attacked the Islamic state. I think everyone in our country knows that the last thing we need is another war, but I seriously doubt that our military would be very frightened of Iran.
Iraqi soldiers are now taking charge of protecting the country's greatest assets against insurgents under a plan to hand over control to Iraqis. It's about time.
Good News!!! A jury today ordered a Kansas church to pay $2.9 million in compensatory damages to relatives of a gay US Marine after church members cheered his death at his funeral. The church, Westboro Baptist Church based in Topeka, Kansas, has behaved vicously for years, demonstrating at soldiers funerals and cheering their deaths. I hope this is enough to stop them.
Fox News just announced the following News Bulletin:
FEDERAL RESERVE CUTS KEY INTEREST RATE BY A QUARTER-POINT TO 4.5 PERCENT
Michael Gerson has a very good op-ed expressing his views on the ideological identity crisis that the Republican Party is in the midst of. For all of us who love the Republican Party it is well worth reading.
Ruth Marcus has an excellent op-ed in the Washington Post. She writes about fliers that turned up in mailboxes in Massachusett's 5th Congressional District the weekend before the special congressional election there, attacking the Republican challenger Jim Ogonowski. They were sent by a group named "Democracy Still Works." She makes some great points in the article, and all of us who have concerns about 527's and other attack organizations should read what she says.
The Christian Science Monitor has a good article about the efforts of BeadForLife, a small Colorado-based nonprofit group and their efforts to help African women. This is an inspiring story of how the people of Africa can be helped, and how they are helping themselves.
Another good post by Powerline. They refer their readers to the NEFA Foundation and their pamphlet - The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States. It is well worth reading.
Powerline has a good post about the Democratic candidates for President. It is, by now, pretty clear that there isn't much difference between any of the Democrats. We are in for a long election season.
Power Line has a follow up to Tony Blankley's story about the big tent of our party continuing to shrink. The attacks on Governor Huckabee are unwarranted, and distasteful.
Another good post by Ed Morrissey about last evenings Democratic debate. Hillary gets credit for the fastest flip-flop in political history. First she backed Eliott Spitzer's plan to give illegal immigrants drivers licenses, then, when Edwards and Obama called her on it, she said she didn't support it. That happened within two minutes. Wow!!
Captain's Quarters has an especially appropriate post about too many debates. That is exactly what I thought when I heard Tim Russert's question to Dennis Kucinich last night about UFO's. Guess Russert couldn't think of a better question to ask one of the candidates.
Tony Blankley has a way of putting things in perspective. If the Republican activists keep beating up on our candidates, we may very well end up with Hillary in the White House. Now that is a Halloween trick, for sure.
Senator James Inhofe is opposed to the Law of the Sea Treaty. The Bush Administration favors it, but most Republicans are opposed to it. Read Senator Inhofe's reasoning and see what you think.
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