The National Objective

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What is the purpose of government? Allowing people the freedom to rise as far as they can? Or giving people the safety of not having to far to fall if they fail? The two are not mutually exclusive and... Read More

McCain’s Running Mate

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This summer the favorite pass time of everybody who is the least bit political is speculating about who McCain and Obama will chose as there running mates. In order to have even a chance of winning th... Read More

Drilling for Oil

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About 30 years ago the US stopped building nuclear power plants because protesters from the left were so vocal and agressive that politicians and businessmen gave up trying to build them.  Now we wan... Read More

Light Bulbs

After my tirade against mandating the use of fluorescent light bulbs back in January you will be surprised to learn that we are starting to install some energy saving light bulbs at home as an attempt... Read More

Gasoline Prices vs Stamps

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In 1971 gasoline was $0.35 a gallon in California and a first class stamp cost $0.08 now gasoline costs $4.00 and first class postage is $0.42. Gasoline has gone up by a factor of 11 and postage has g... Read More

Farm Bill 2008

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Obama and Hillary favor the farm bill that takes billions from taxpayers and gives it to rich farmers.  No more politics as usual? McCain opposes the farm bill because it is “welfare for the ri... Read More

The Primaries

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The Indiana and North Carolina primaries are today and again we news junkies are stirred up about the results.  The Democrats this year are determined to tear their party apart and dramatically chang... Read More