With Christmas tidings in full swing, I’ve been surrounded by references of It’s a Wonderful Life. I’ve already caught bits and pieces of it on several channels at different times. This year I started to wonder about Jimmy Stewart‘s place in Hollywood history. He’s always been considered one of the very best actors the motion […]

As Christmas draws near a couple of things come to mind. First, I continue to be amazed at the level of utter intransigence shown by our President. At every turn he just ignores everyone and does whatever the hell he wants. Remember, we’re the ones he works for, not the other way around. He’s now […]

Let’s face it, President Bush just isn’t exactly overflowing with common sense. He may be a leader but a leader doesn’t have to be the brightest guy in the room. He usually has to have some common sense however. It seems that at just about every turn Bush gives us yet another reason to doubt […]

Well, it’s clear that the right-wing radio shows figured out that the world is a very different place for them post-election than it was before the election. Each of the shows I’ve listened to had a dramatically different tone to them than they did before. The one that really amazes me is Rush Limbaugh. He […]

Went to bed pretty late and woke up to find virtually nothing changed. The Democrats appear to have swept the board in a mandate that makes 1994 look like a small victory. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about the Senate going to the Democrats as well. I was looking forward to a nice […]

I’m switching between the three major news networks during the election coverage and it’s quite entertaining. On CNN everyone is a bit upbeat and they’re covering the story as you’d expect. I was a bit shocked to see them call Maryland for the Dems before any votes were counted but they’ve got their sources so […]

If the Democrats take control of Congress this week, I have to wonder what the odds are that they’ll look back at 1994 and think, “Let’s do something to assure that doesn’t happen again in our generation”. What would do that? First, the Dems should do everything in their power to curb the spending. They […]

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was in Pennsylvania yesterday stumping for Senator Rick Santorum, who appears to be on his way out in the race there. What was interesting was his trying to sell the concept that if people like Santorum are voted out of Congress (in other words, Republicans) then the country […]

Tonight, on the way home from seeing the movie “The Prestige” (a surprisingly good movie utterly destroyed by the last 15 minutes), I was listening to the local conservative radio station as usual when Dom Giordano (a local conservative talker) asked if the military press had any credibility. I thought, “What a strange question for […]

All I can say is that with all the bad news coming out of Iraq, isn’t it reassuring to know that the insurgency is in its last throes? Forget that attacks rose 22% over three weeks compared to the previous three week period. Forget also that this happened during a concerted effort by our talented […]

Today we have news of a new book from one, David Kuo. David was Special Assistant to the President from 2001-2003 in the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and is a noted conservative Christian who previously worked for other stalwart conservatives including Bill Bennett and John Ashcroft. None of that will matter now that he’s decided […]

We are not wanted in Iraq. At least half of us (and I think it’s more than that) don’t want our own troops in Iraq. Two new polls clearly point out, again, that the Iraqis don’t want us there any longer (not that they really ever wanted us there in the first place but that’s […]