Cartoon by David Horsey
H/T  An Ol Broad’s Ramblings

Robert Mugabe and his thugs are certainly sore losers from the latest elections in Zimbabwe.  And that is an understatement.  Mugabe’s party, the ZANU-PF will still not allow official election results to be released.  However, yesterday the United States declared opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai the winner.  Now violence is occuring:
Heavily armed police swooped down on […]

Peggy Noonan has written an excellent piece in today’s Opinion Page of The Wall Street Journal.  The crux of the article regards the lost freedoms of Americans, particularly in airports, and how President Bush has lost the support of conservatives throughout the country.
America is in line at the airport. America has its shoes off, is […]

As though you that have read my blog from the beginning know, I said this blog was going to be primarily about politics and sports.  Well, it has been primarily about politics with a little sports thrown in.  However, over the last month or two, as work grew busier, I have not posted much.  I […]

According to a CNET News article, “the days of ordering items over the Internet and not paying sales tax may become just a fond memory.”
Two bills are pending in Congress that would allow tax collectors to target out-of-state Internet and mail-order retailers, and their supporters are optimistic about their political prospects.
“I certainly would love to […]

John McCain has proposed to suspend the federal gas tax for the summer, as well as some other tax cuts.
To help people weather the downturn immediately, McCain urged Congress to institute a “gas-tax holiday” by suspending the 18.4 cent federal gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day. By some […]

Could Bob Barr emerge as a viable third party Presidential Candidate?  It appears it may be possible, according to a press release I received this weekend.
In a survey commissioned last week by the Bob Barr 2008 Presidential Exploratory Committee, seven percent of likely voters responded that they would vote for the former Georgia congressman for […]

Americans for Tax Reform is reporting on tax increase to be voted on next week.
ATR has learned that House Republicans next week will be forcing a vote on the Democrats’ planned tax hikes in 2011. At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2011, the Democrats have the following tax increases planned:

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We are hearing that Obama wants change in this country. However, Tom Coburn (who I wrote about here), desires real change that would stop us from bankrupting this country. The video is fairly short (just over three minutes) and is definitely worth watching.

H/T  Ben Cunningham with Taxing Tennessee

The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Katie Couric and CBS “are likely to part ways” before her contract expires in 2011.  Couric was brought on in hopes to boost CBS News from its last place ratings.  However, since she has taken over, the effect has been the opposite - CBS News continues […]