Mountain Climbing Conservative Calls Paul Ryan, “a mountain man” from Colorado Post, By John Andrews, ([email protected]) directs the Centennial Institute, a conservative think tank, and has climbed many Colorado Fourteeners. excerpted … Is America in decline? …. This electio[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Election 2012’
October 3rd, 2012 - 12:21 pm § in Misc.
THE-Ave.US challenge: Why Did Paul Ryan Get Conservatism so Confused?
A. Paul Ryan’s grandfather B. Great British Prime Minister C. Founder of Shell oil D. Mormon pioneer who created tithing system E. President of first Swiss bank to hold secret accounts[...]
September 26th, 2012 - 10:56 pm § in Misc.
Mormons Fast so God Will Help Mitt.
Mormons Plan To Fast For Romney Mormons circulate an e-mail calling for a day of fasting and prayer on September 30th for Romney to do well in the debates.Asking God to rain blessings on a struggling candidacy. —– Original Message —– > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:52:22 -060[...]
September 26th, 2012 - 11:10 am § in Politics
Commentary by SMS:STENCHGATE I do not think even Paul Krugman can help Mitt!
Craig Robinson, a former political director of the Iowa Republican Party told the New York Times “I hate to say this, but if Ryan wants to run for national office again, he’ll probably have to wash the stench of Romney off of him.” The “stench” seems to be spreading. A report[...]
Will NIH Go Chapter 11? Higher Education and the NIH Face a Fiscal Cliff
Report on Looming Federal Budget Cuts ‘Confirms the Worst’ for Higher Education By Lee Gardner Washington The dire consequences of looming automatic cuts in the federal budget came into sharper focus on Friday with the release of a 394-page report by the White House Office of Mana[...]
ELECTION 2012: Julian Castro Learned Spanish from Marta Bronstein
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro gave a great speech opening night at the Democratic Convention. Some of it was even in Spanish! Spanish? Castro’s Mom spoke Spanish but she insisted that no Spanish be used at home as she was raising the twin boys! So, as Julian (now 37 years old!) rose in[...]
Romney, Santorum, the Obama Girl, and the Romney Girl
The Daily Caller Opines on the 2012 version of the Obama Girl video. of course there is also a Romney Girl ad![...]
Commentary by Halstead: The Speeches
The two recent conventions prompt me to think about speeches: Lincoln’s of course. And Bryan’s ‘Cross of Gold’: one of the very few which actually swayed a hostile crowd to a prompt consensus. Soon regretted. The theory of parliaments has it that a group of people with open[...]
September 6th, 2012 - 9:20 pm § in America
Alternative Universes: Election 2012
I am sitting here wondering .. is there really an alternative universe? The one I live in and another for the Republicans? The entire RNC struck me as if some TV guys from the era of Reagan .. the actor not the President … tried to make a political commercial. About the only things missing[...]
Is Mitt Romney playing Richard III?
Human remains discovered in search for King Richard III A team from the University of Leicester is today (Wednesday September 12) announcing a dramatic development in the search for King Richard III. The search, which has entered a third week, has uncovered evidence of human remains — the fir[...]