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Archive for May, 2009

Why Can’t This Republican Congressman Answer A Simple Question ?

by @ Wednesday, May 6th, 2009. Filed under Evolution vs. ID, Politics, Religion, Republicans, Science

Mike Pence was on Chris Matthews’ show last night and spent 5:25 dodging a simple question about his beliefs about the origin of life.:

Do I think Mike Pence is a creationist ? No, but it’s pretty obvious that he doesn’t want to answer the question at the risk that he might offend the Religious Right. [...]

Barack Obama’s War Against D.C. Schoolchildren

by @ Wednesday, May 6th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Education, Politics

Back in March, I noted that Democrats in Congress seemed intent on killing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program, a school choice program that allowed inner city D.C. kids to attend private schools, including the same private school that Barack Obama’s daughter’s attend. At the time, the Obama Administration said that it would not allow the [...]

Those “Ridge For Senate” Rumors Are Becoming Louder

by @ Tuesday, May 5th, 2009. Filed under Politics

After two polls that I wrote about yesterday and today, both of which show former Pa. Governor Tom Ridge outperforming Pat Toomey in a matchup against Arlen Specter, it’s not surprising that Ridge is apparently seriously considering getting into the race:
Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge (R) is seriously considering a 2010 bid for the Senate [...]

Joe The Idiot Plumber Opens His Mouth Again

by @ Tuesday, May 5th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Politics

This time in an interview in Christianity Today, Samuel Wurzelbacher the fake plumber opines on the subject of gay marriage:
In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?
At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to [...]

Another Pennsylvania Poll Shows Specter Beating Toomey, Losing To Ridge

by @ Tuesday, May 5th, 2009. Filed under Congress, Politics, Republicans

In the wake of yesterday’s Quinnipac University poll, there’s another new poll out there showing Arlen Specter easily beating Pat Toomey but having a much tougher time against former Governor Tom Ridge:
(Harrisburg) Former Governor Tom Ridge and US Senator Arlen Specter are neck-and-neck across Pennsylvania in an election poll conducted for a state business group. [...]

Scarborough And Gillespie On The Future Of The GOP

by @ Monday, May 4th, 2009. Filed under Politics, Republicans

Joe Scarborough and Ed Gillespie had an interesting discussion yesterday on Meet the Press that’s worth watching:

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Two points, both made by Scarborough, are worth noting.
First, as he says, the majority of the American voting public are not ideological; they don’t vote based primarily on [...]

New Poll Suggests Pennsylvania Republicans Would Be Dumb To Nominate Toomey

by @ Monday, May 4th, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Congress, Democrats, Politics, Republicans

As suspected, the first poll taken after Arlen Specter’s party switch shows him easily beating Pat Toomey in a 2010 General Election:
Newly-minted Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter would whip old Republican rival Pat Toomey 53 – 33 percent if the 2010 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race were held today, but if popular former Gov. Tom Ridge becomes [...]

Swine Flu: Evolution In Action

by @ Sunday, May 3rd, 2009. Filed under Evolution vs. ID, Health, Science, Swine Flu

While it may not be the pandemic that some feared, the latest iteration of the H1N1 virus is further evidence that evolution is an ongoing process:
While much of the modern controversy over evolution centers around whether humans evolved from non-human primates (scientists overwhelmingly agree this is the case), some people still try to poke holes [...]

Swine Flu: No Pandemic After All

by @ Sunday, May 3rd, 2009. Filed under Health, In The News, Swine Flu

The evidence is becoming fairly clear that the current Swine Flu outbreak is far from being the pandemic some feared:
The World Health Organization announced an increase in the number of confirmed cases of swine flu on Saturday, but said there was no evidence of sustained spread in communities outside North America, which would fit the [...]

Jack Kemp, RIP

by @ Sunday, May 3rd, 2009. Filed under In The News, Politics

One of the men who many thought would be the heir to Ronald Reagan died yesterday at 73:
Jack Kemp, 73, a star quarterback with the Buffalo Bills who became a spokesman for supply-side economics, a secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a candidate for high national office, died yesterday at his home in Bethesda.
A [...]

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