Posted in Politics & Public Policy, tagged 911, balance, ballot, bankruptcy, bitter pill, blame, bonds, budget, California, Californians, conservatism, conservative, controversy, crisis, deficit, Democrat, early childhood development, economic, election, electorate, fifth largest economy, fiscal, foreclosure, funds, general fund, George Skelton, Golden State, governor, Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association, initiatives, irresponsible, Jon Coupal, LA Times, lawmakers, liberal, lottery, May revise, measures, mental health, Michael Rothfeld, newspaper, Official Voter Information Guide, operating, opinions, overextended, owe, pain, pay, peter to rob paul, piper, policy, political, politicians, polls, pragmatic, President Reagan, prisons, problem, program, property values, propositions, receivership, recession, recovery, red, Republican, revenues, Sacramento, salaries, Schwarzenegger, settling the books, social, special election, special interests, spending, state, taxation, taxes, three strikes, unions, vote, voting booth on May 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Remember when, on some rare occasion, the correct answer to a test question in school was “all of the above”? I happen to believe that much of life outside the confines of a classroom is like that. Each of us perceives an aspect of a given political or social problem on which we base a set of mostly valid observations. What we have less time and patience for are the dots we have yet to connect.
Take California’s special election. (more…)
Posted in Politics & Public Policy, tagged 4th Amendment, 911, admission, alarmism, Alberto Gonzales, Americans, bad rap, base, big government, Blue State, budget surplus, campaign, character, Chicken Little, clean house, conservatism, conservatives, Constitution, crackpot, credibility, cult, deficit, Democrat, election, election year, fear, followers, following, G.W. Bush, gain, GOP, Gov. Huckabee, grassroots, H.W. Bush, hate, honest, hostility, humble pie, humility, intellectual, introspection, Iraq, irrational, John Ashcroft, Kerry, kilter, leadership, liberal, liberal takeover, Media & Social Media, moral, nuts, off balance, Osama bin Laden, Oval Office, Pallin, paranoia, partisan, perception, policing the world, PR, President Clinton, pride, pro-life, public, public relations, radical, rational, Reagan, Red State, reelection, Reform, religious, Republican, restore, Ron Paul, rumors, Saddam Hussein, save face, sins, spoil sports, spoilers, standing, strategist, strategy, tax, terms, traditional, unstable, war, welfare, White House on November 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The 2008 presidential election offered an opportunity to nominate a candidate who offered a proven mix of conservative and libertarian principles. (more…)
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