This week, the House will vote on a bill co-sponsored by John Kline (R-MN-02) H.R.624 : Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act … a bill that seems to unite a varied of groups in opposition. Groups that normally support Republican candidates like Freedom Works and the Liberty Coalition have objected … as well as more [...]
We have a lot of debate and conversations about government. What it is – and isn’t, what it does, what it should and should not do – there is relatively little agreement, but a lot of opinions. Some of that opinion is better informed than others. This post presumes to take a look at some [...]
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA-07) has offered a simple criticism : Mr. President, Spending is Clearly the Problem in Washington Included in the press release are examples of expenditures that he considers to be “wasteful spending” including : Pay to Play Video Games: The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play “World [...]
CONGRATULATIONS, John Kline on a personal victory ! The National Journal has issued its rankings of the Most Conservative and Most Liberal Members of the House of Representative … and the only Minnesota in the top tier is John Kline (R-MN-02) with a score of 89.7% coming in tied for 26th spot in the Most [...]
cross posted from Penigma.blogspot.com Today Jared Loughner was found sufficiently competent, although neither cured nor sane, to make a plea bargain deal in court for his life, agreeing to life in prison for the shooting of 19 people in Tucson, Arizona, including the attempted assassination of a serving U.S. Congresswoman, the injuring of 13, and [...]
Did you see the tweet and FACEBOOK posting on Citizens For Justice Add former Sen. Norm Coleman and former U.S. Chief District Judge James Rosenbaum to the list of public servants endorsing Justice Stras for the Minnesota Supreme Court! Gosh, remember the “old days” when judicial contests seemed to be non-political … but David Stras [...]
Last century, when I lived in Indiana, I voted for Dick Lugar … he always seemed reasonable … a statesman looking out for the better interest for our country – domestically and in his tenure as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Dick Lugar was defeated in the Republican primary by Richard Mourdock. Mr. Mourdock [...]
I will be writing more on the failing of the vetoed Shoot First legislation separately, but I was struck this weekend by the racist overtones of a fatal shooting of a black teen by a white man with a violent past in Florida who had a legal carry permit. It is an incident that is pertinent, [...]
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