Posted by hillbilly on August 29th, 2007 in Politics General
I kinda thought most people considered me an old battleax or something worse, :wink:
Christi at Common Sense America has nominated me for a Nice Matters Blog Award.
Considering I had no idea what it was before this nomination I’ll plug Christi’s description here:
The Nice Matters Blog Award is for ladies who have not only great blogs, [...]
Posted by hillbilly on August 29th, 2007 in Congress, Media's Political Role, National Security, War in Iraq
President Bush’s speech comparing the Iraq War not only with the Vietnam War but World War II and the Korean War sent ripples through the political landscape. Those ripples prompted one newspaper to dedicate a whole web page to a comparison of the Vietnam and Iraq Wars, much to the chagrin of the Democratic Party [...]
Posted by hillbilly on August 29th, 2007 in Politics General
I guess she didn’t learn from history. They tried something like that with alcohol (18th Amendment, 1920s) and all it did was create fertile ground for illegal activities and sales. Some people just never learn. While she’s at it, why doesn’t she just ban the growth of tobacco altogether and put some poor tobacco farmers [...]