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Archive for November, 2009

John McCain Below 50% In Latest Poll Of Arizona Republicans

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, John McCain, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

In a word, wow:
Senator John McCain’s future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. Hayworth. McCain earns 45% of the vote, while Hayworth picks [...]

A Pledge Worthy Of A Free People, And A Free Nation

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Individual Liberty, Politics

It’s been noted before that there’s very little about the Pledge of Allegiance that is compatible with the values of individual liberty that the United States was founded on:
Allegiance is a state of loyalty or devotion. A declaration of allegiance is not something to be taken lightly. It is a modern form of a declaration [...]

Peter Schiff At Harvard 11/7/2009

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Peter Schiff, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Peter Schiff recently spoke to Students For Liberty chapter at Harvard University, here’s the entire ten-part, approximately 90 minute, speech:

Judge Orders Sheriff’s Deputy Who Stole Documents From Defense Attorney To Apologize Or Face Jail Time

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under In The News

A few weeks ago, I posted this video showing Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff’s Deputy Adam Stoddard clearly and blatantly stealing documents from the file of a defense attorney:

Well, the Judge held a hearing in the matter and Stoddard got read the riot act:
A Maricopa County judge on Tuesday ordered detention officer Adam Stoddard to hold [...]

New Poll Shows Americans Starting To Blame Democrats For State Of Economy

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politics

It would seem that the honeymoon is ending:
Washington (CNN) – Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday morning indicates that 38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country’s [...]

Fred Thompson Says The Afghan War Has Been Lost

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Fred Thompson, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Some provocative words from the former Senator from Tennessee:
Former Sen. Fred Thompson today intensified his party’s criticism of President Obama’s long deliberation over policy in Afghanistan, announcing that Obama’s delay signals that “the war has been lost” and that nothing the president now does will “make any difference.”
“It really doesn’t matter how President Obama divides [...]

Rand Paul: Try, Convict, And Send 9/11 Suspects Back To Guantanamo

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Al Qaeda, Homeland Security, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, September 11th, War On Terror

Rand Paul, who’s running for Senate in Kentucky, has come out with a very hard-line stand on the issue of trials for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other al Qaeda members:
BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY – Leading United States Senate candidate Rand Paul today criticized the Obama administration’s decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center and try [...]

The Race In NY-23 Is Over, Again

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Politics

Doug Hoffman is now mathematically eliminated from any possibility of overtaking Bill Owens in the final vote count:
It’s now mathematically impossible for Doug Hoffman to take the lead in the New York special election, with his deficit now larger than the number of outstanding ballots left to be counted.
Hoffman trails Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) by [...]

The World Of Ayn Rand

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Ayn Rand, Books, Individual Liberty

Ayn Rand died twenty seven years ago, and yet her novels and ideas remain as widely distributed, controversial, and inspiring today as they were when they were first written. Both The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged continue to sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year, and when The Modern Library asked readers to name [...]

Ron Paul’s Audit The Fed Bill Passes House Committee, Heads For A Floor Vote

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, November 19th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

After beating back efforts to weaken it substantially, H.R. 1207,  the bill first proposed by Congressman Ron Paul to authorize a General Accounting Office audit of the Federal Reserve System, has passed a crucial House committee vote:
WASHINGTON — In a display of populist anger toward the Federal Reserve, a House panel voted on Thursday to [...]

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