Here now, the first in a series of "homina homina homina" moments in the life of President Barack Obama: President Obama backslid Friday night on the Ground Zero mosque when he said, "I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there...."...
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Stark’s Reality
I think it is fair to say that approval numbers are making a noise that dwarfs that of the "Dean Scream" heard around the world when then Vermont Governor Howard Dean, in his run-up to the Democratic presidential nomination, which all but expelled the methane from his campaign's presumed renewable energy sources. But...
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If the gulf oil spill keeps disappearing, then what?
You gotta love those who love "the Mother." When the planet is doing what God intended it to do and that is seen as a good thing, then it's "Mother Earth...
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Daniel Hannan at International Leaders Summit in Brussels
“Almost nobody now argues for the inevitability of socialism for the desirability of state planning…and yet the percentage of wealth taken by governments continues to grow.” If you have ten minutes, grab a cup of coffee and check this out. Even if you are apolitical. The courage of this British member of Parliament could teach us something about standing firm. “Just as the Asian powers are learning the benefits of decentralization, of devolution, of competition, we are adopting our own version of the Ming, Mogul, and Ottoman path towards ever closer union, harmonization, more bureaucracy, more rules, higher taxes.”
Hey, I tried
I serve on the Union District 3 school board here in Vermont. It serves the Middlebury Union High School and Middlebury Union Middle School which encompasses the town of Middlebury plus other area towns within the Addison Central Supervisory Union (ACSU) here in the southern Champlain Valley in Vermont. I am the Shoreham representative to the 12 member board. The other night I made some remarks about the need to reduce the proposed budget we would be sending to the voters on Town Meeting Day in March. Here is some audio of my remarks a the meeting. Six minutes – okay, I’m long-winded. Audio courtesy of Middlebury Community Television. This article by John Flowers of the Addison Independent has a good run-down of the events and frames the issue well: UD-3 board declines to revisit budget The motion failed 7-5. The $16M budget will go to the voters across the district on Town Meeting Day the first Tuesday in March.
Bill O'Neill remarks to revisit budget at UD3 meeting 1/12/10 [ 6:28 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download