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Month: October 2012

We are all conservatives now

October 31, 2012Tim Kowal 66 Comments

I recently finished Gabriel Kolko’s Triumph of Conservatism and Charles Kesler’s I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism.  I’ll have more to say about those books later, but I wanted to comment on something that became… Continue Reading →

Economics austrian economics, Charles Kesler, creative destruction, economic freedom, Gabriel Kolko, libertarianism

When Dad Makes Your Halloween Costume

October 31, 2012Tom Van Dyke 6 Comments
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Impeach Obama!…although it would be easier to de-elect him

October 27, 2012Tom Van Dyke 166 Comments

I’m not in the mood to litigate Benghazi although it’s clearly a lying fustercluck. Roger L. Simon probably has it right here, although I don’t even care to read it. President Obama has done a bad job all across the… Continue Reading →

Election 2012

If I Ran the National Park Service

October 25, 2012Tom Van Dyke 33 Comments
Healthcare, Morality, Natural Law

Mitt Loses Debate, Wins Again

October 23, 2012Tom Van Dyke 25 Comments

By all accounts from the blabosphere [CNN, Fox, MSNBC, the bloggies]–what y’d call a consensus because they all used the same words–Mitt Romney “passed the Commander-in-Chief test tonight.” Google: “passed commander-in-chief test”  Beaucoup hits.  If David Gergen says it, it… Continue Reading →

Election 2012 President Romney

Obama wins tonight, but did he cover the spread?

October 23, 2012Tim Kowal 10 Comments

(I’ll again ask for leniency with typos and formatting as I’m posting again from my phone.—TK) –Obama had to keep pushing while Romney just had to hold ground. I don’t think Obama had enough sound bite victories to make this… Continue Reading →

Election 2012, Politics third debate

The Obama-Homnick Debates 2012

October 22, 2012Tom Van Dyke 2 Comments

My pal and erstwhile Reform Club blogbrother Jay D. Homnick eastwoods the president here in never before seen footage!         Uninstalling Obama……… █████████████▒▒▒ 90% complete.

Election 2012

No President has ever been elected who…

October 19, 2012Tom Van Dyke 7 Comments

Megaprops to the awesome xkcd.com

Election 2012

Romney delivers the punchlines…

October 19, 2012Tim Kowal 16 Comments

…like nobody’s business.

Politics

Gang Green

October 18, 2012Tom Van Dyke

The Green Party is so irrelevant, they can’t even get arrested, as they say. Heh–sure they can. Presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala

Election 2012 Green Party, irrelevant

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