An online preview of the upcoming segment on ABC's news show 20/20 takes an interesting look at potential voters who have a shocking ignorance of all things political. Stossel brings up a point that I've always thought made a lot of sense. If you don't know what you're voting about, you really shouldn't be voting. I don't think there should be any legal way to take away someone's voting rights because they know nothing about the basics of the American political system. However, we should discourage people from voting if they are completely uninformed. And that's the reason I'm glad 100% of potential voters do not participate in any election cycle. If you want to vote you should become informed about the candidates and the issues involved in the election campaign. If you're not willing to do that, why are you even voting? In essence, these voters are voting blind. And all that does is dilute the votes of those voters who actually cared enough to inform themselves before they ...
Senate Conservatives Fund has a link to a PDF file version of the Senate bailout bill that will be voted on at around 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Update: if that link doesn't work, try this one.
One of the most contentious areas of American politics is energy policy. With rising gas prices, energy has become even more important. One of my major problems with the leaders of the Democratic Party on this issue is that they seem to want to have it both ways. Read this excerpt from an article about Nancy Pelosi and her views on energy policy, and then I'll explain what I mean. Story from the International Herald Tribune. "The president of the United States, with gas at $4 a gallon because of his failed energy policies, is now trying to say that is because I couldn't drill offshore," Pelosi said in an interview. "That is not the cause, and I am not going to let him get away with it." [...] In a private meeting last week, according to some in attendance, Pelosi told members of her leadership team that a decision to relent on the coastal ban would amount to capitulation to Republicans and the White House. She attributes today's energy problems to a failure ...
Yesterday, Barack Obama spoke at La Raza's national convention in San Diego. Predictably, Obama devoted most of his speech to highlighting his support of "comprehensive immigration reform" a.k.a. allowing illegal aliens to become legal residents. But he went further by talking about how horrible US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is. Transcript via RealClearPolitics. The system isn't working when 12 million people live in hiding, and hundreds of thousands cross our borders illegally each year; when companies hire undocumented immigrants instead of legal citizens to avoid paying overtime or to avoid a union; when communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids [NMS-emphasis mine] - when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing, when people are detained without access to legal counsel. You have to give Obama credit, when he panders he goes all out. Last time I checked, ICE immigration ...
After every major natural disaster, someone will inevitably blame global warming for the disaster. At first, it annoyed me to no end. But now, I find it absolutely hilarious. On Thursday, Congressman Ed Markey decided to have some fun and play the blame game as well. Story from CNS News. A top Democrat told high school students gathered at the U.S. Capitol Thursday that climate change caused Hurricane Katrina and the conflict in Darfur, which led to the “black hawk down” battle between U.S. troops and Somali rebels. Actually, the beginning of the article is a bit wrong. Markey said that global warming caused hurricane Katrina, the conflict in Darfur, and the salmon that caused US humanitarian intervention in Somalia in the early 90s. Darfur had nothing to do with the Somali intervention. Now let the ridicule commence. "In Somalia back in 1993, climate change, according to 11 three- and four-star generals, resulted in a drought which led to famine,” said Markey. This ...
