SCOTUS gun ban decision update…

Anyone watching the SCOTUS news today regarding the District of Columbia vs. Heller hearing will be happy to know that it looks like it might go in the right direction.
If so it will likely be a 5-4 vote. You can get a great analysis here.
The Supreme Court’s historic argument Tuesday on the meaning of [...]

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We’re much better off with the Dems leading us, right?

Well, not really. Actually, not at all.
A little over a year ago:
1. Consumer confidence stood at a 5-year high;
2. Regular gasoline averaged under $2.30 a gallon;
3. The unemployment rate was down to 4.4%.
4. Americans were enjoying historically-high home equity.

Since voting in a Democrat Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1. Consumer [...]

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House Democrats just LOVE good ethics…

…not.
Only the Democrat House Leadership could find an unethical way to pass an “ethics” bill.
House Democrats had crafted legislation, an ethics bill in name only, that will do nothing to clean-up Washington. In fact, many non-partisan experts believe that it will only further empower the special interests.
Tonight, on the House floor, House Democrats were headed [...]

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James Madison and Federalism

It can be rather astonishing to look back to the beginning of our country and ponder the thoughts of our founding fathers. Even more astonishing is how far we’ve strayed from the mentality displayed in those times.
Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to [...]

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Using a static homepage for a Wordpress site

A friend of mine recently asked me about creating a static homepage so that his Wordpress site had a main page that worked more like a static website. I think he was able to get it all set up and functioning properly, but at the time I didn’t have a web page to direct him [...]

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DailyKOS protecting Bill Foster?

It’s interesting to watch a situation unfold where DailyKOS, the left’s web based champion of freedom and democracy, is apparently trying to hide revealing information on one of its own… Bill Foster.
Within hours of a majorityap.com report that a DailyKos user had posted court records from the contentious divorce proceedings of Illinois millionaire Bill Foster, [...]

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Air Poo?

Is this for real?

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Internet a major player in news distribution

We all know the internet has been huge in the revolution of news distribution. Some of the statistics over the past few years have been nothing short of staggering. But did you know that apparently more than half of Americans now believe the internet is the best source of news and information?
Nearly 70 percent of [...]

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