In this week’s radio address, President Bush blasted the Democrats for not passing all the federal spending bills on time and warned that his tax cuts might be taken away and taxes raised.

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Clinton accidentally gives Obama gateway to attack wife By Amin George Forji  “I remember what was said years ago by a candidate running for President.”  Obama said a rally on Saturday in Concord.  “The same old experience is not relevant.  You can have the right kind of experience and the wrong kind of experience.” He [...]

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The Democrats hit a new low for themselves when it comes to their responses to President Bush’s radio address when this week they used a child to deliver their weekly radio address. Twelve year old Graeme Frost was in a serious auto accident where he suffered severe brain trauma, and due to the CHIP program, he was able to get the medical care that he needed.

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Here in the rural Philippines, most people cook with LPG, i.e. propane. You see stores that exchange empty tanks for full ones everywhere, and any increase or decrease in LPG prices is front page headlines. Actually this is good, since the alternative, i.e. using trees for wood fires, can lead to both air pollution and [...]

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The democratic controlled U.S. Senate finally decided to do something about the war by passing a bill to change war policy through the brilliant idea of stabilizing Iraq through decentralization of the country into semi-autonomous regions. The non-binding senate measure which means its more of a polite suggestion then actual legislative demand.   Does implicitly criticizes the Bush administration’s reliance on a central government to unify the [...]

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Emerging in 1959, the episodic Rocky and His Friends (later called The Bullwinkle Show), found an even large fan base than creator Jay Ward could have ever predicted. Featuring Rocket the Flying Squirrel and his pal Bullwinkle J. Moose, along with a quirky cast of characters ranging from Dudley Do-Right to the random guests on Fractured Fairy Tales, NBC had [...]

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The ebook of The Mars Imperative presents as a readable and professional .pdf. Each chapter begins in Foundation style, with an extract from the 2176 edition of the Encyclopedia Solaris. This is no broad political tale, however, but rather the more personal story of areologist James McKie and his friends in the “im-crowd”—Daniel Lim and Kimberley Cappelletti.

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Seymour Hirsch, the “presumably most unpopular disclosure journalist” the White House can possibly imagine, has exclusively disclosed to Germany that 1) George W. Bush believes in God and that 2) he believes he is doing said God’s Will. I mean, who would have thought that? These shocking revelations come on the heels of other brand [...]

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This video clip was taken by a civilian journalist on September 27, 2007 north of Sule Pagoda in Rangoon where Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai was shot in the chest by Burmese soldiers. It was filmed minutes before he was killed nearby.

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The documentary The War, by Ken Burns has been aired multiple nights over the past few weeks on PBS stations in the United States. Once again, Ken Burns has exhibited exceptional sensitivities towards the recalling and redaction of the Second World War in a superlative and historically correct manner. Throughout each episode the music that [...]

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— OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion now in Hindi अब आप के लिये हिंदी मे. — The Indian Express today carried an editorial commending the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme to date while supporting the [...]

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Angels of the Lord are always special messengers of God’s message to the world and indeed all of humanity. Today is the Feast of the Archangels, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. I have always had a certain appreciation for the Archangel Gabriel; He is the patron of the parish where I was educated and raised. Later [...]

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Korea, as is widely known, is strong in IT infrastructure but is it also strong in e-government? This is the central question which the author, Dr Kuk-Hwan Jeong, who was directly involved in e-government development in Korea in its crucial phase of years 2000-2005 has raised. Dr Jeong, currently Senior Research fellow at the Korea [...]

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And HERE is the reason why having Iran’s president Ahmadinejad speaking at an American University was a win-win for the bad guys. The “Kayhan,” the official Iranian news agency, had joyous headlines of Ahmadinejad’s wonderful and successful trip to America. “Shock in New York, Iran’s Logic Glares” Strong, scientific and accurate answers of the President [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Here’s another example of our ‘learned’ leaders in education willing to sacrifice our traditions on the altar of political correctness and multiculturalism. So long Halloween parade. Farewell Santa’s gift shop. The long-celebrated holiday traditions are facing elimination in some Oak Lawn schools this year after complaints the activities are offensive, particularly [...]

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[One reads that these guys are paid $600.00 a day which multiplies out to $4,200 per week or $218,400 per year for each Blackwater character (imported from such places at Pinochet's Chile where they are no longer welcome) or $218,400,000 for the 1,000 of them in Iraq now plus profits for management each year.  Needless [...]

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Yes, the next comic book superhero will be….Super Plumber! Coming to the rescue of dripping faucets, flooded basements and clogged up bathroom fixtures everywhere! American Standard, the maker of high quality toilets and other items so needed for modern comfort, is sponsoring a contest: Superplumber to the rescue “Plumbers are unsung heroes for the work [...]

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