Posted by hillbilly on September 30th, 2007 in Politics General
As Prices Soar, U.S. Food Aid Buys Less but not only that. Has anyone thought recently about the myth of the renewable enery source? Arable land is not unlimited and overworked arable land become disarable. How many dust bowls will be created before the proponents of the renewable energy source realize that they were wrong?
Federal judge [...]
Posted by hillbilly on September 27th, 2007 in Tennessee Politics
Tennessee is considered a red state. For the last 8 years, we’ve had a Democratic governor, partially in response to the corruption of the previous governor. Now, ol’ Bredesen didn’t do too much damage his first term but this second term, he has raised the sales tax on nonfood items, gasoline, and cigarettes. All well [...]
Posted by hillbilly on September 26th, 2007 in Politics General, The Constitution
Federalism, in its simplest terms is about small central government and states’ rights. Now there are different ”flavors” of federalism to be sure but essentially they boil down to that simple term. There are issues within a country that really don’t have a national solution. Abortion is one of those. The abortion issue has been raging for decades, [...]
Posted by hillbilly on September 25th, 2007 in Democrats, Elections
23% Approve of MoveOn.org Petraeus Ad, 58% Disapprove
Twenty-three percent (23%) of Americans approve of an ad run in the New York Times “that referred to General Petraeus as General Betray Us?” A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 58% disapproved. Those figures include 12% who Strongly Approve and 42% who Strongly Disapprove.
Self-identified liberals were [...]
Posted by hillbilly on September 24th, 2007 in Bill of Rights/Civil Rights, Media's Political Role, Politics General, Politics and Technology, Terrorism, The Constitution, War in Iraq
lobbyist, nor even an NRA official. The best speaker, hands down, was a young army NCO. Everyone I asked agreed with that assessment. I can’t express in words how amazingly his speech, his story, his utter love for this country moved me. [snip]
This young NCO, a man I won’t identify by name to a wide [...]
Posted by hillbilly on September 23rd, 2007 in Media's Political Role, Politics General, Politics and Technology
The furor over the MoveOn.org is still going strong. Myself, I believe MoveOn.org is a terrorist operation. Terror doesn’t come just in the form of physical violence or the threat of physical violence. Ask any abused spouse what is worse, the physical abuse or the mental abuse? Just look how many of our own government [...]
Posted by hillbilly on September 22nd, 2007 in Politics General
I’ve refrained from slamming the MoveOn.org ad against Petraeus, I had my say about Sally Field’s intelligence, I haven’t talked about Ahmadinejad and Columbia University, and I’ve been quiet for a few days mainly due to work. In short, I don’t have a lot to say about any of these events.
My position on the MoveOn [...]