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  • Twittering instead.

    Well I don't think I will be coming back here to post anytime soon, but instead I will be Twittering. So you can follow along with my exploits or keep up to date with my time in DC and beyond by following me on Twitter. Which can be accessed at' [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2009, 10:03am EST

  • Can Sarah Palin run as President instead?

    I mean the media is already treating her like she is. She has undergone more scrutiny than Obama, at least it seems that way, since the media barely mentioned Rezko, Ayers, or any of Joe Biden's previous scandals with MBNA.

    I do think her speech was pretty good.
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    Posted: September 04, 2008, 7:28am EDT

  • More on Palin

    Speaking of Governor Sarah Palin. TIME has a worthwhile article. EntitledWhere Palin Made Her Name, which gives a nice story of the town she is from. Jay Cost takes a look over at RealClearPolitics and I am sure there will be many more in the days to come. [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2008, 9:34pm EDT

  • September 1st. A good day for a post!

    The RNC Convention kind of sort of started today. Yup, they actually did things in St. Paul. While Gustav, ravaged parts of Louisiana, and I sat in my apartment and worked on LSAT. Just over 1 month to go for the LSAT, October 4th is the date. Then maybe, I [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2008, 9:17pm EDT

  • Presidents and Ball Players

    Over at The Hardball Times Chris Jaffe matches Baseball Players and Presidents from 1933 til today a follow up to his 1869-1933 version, from August 4. Kind of interesting. Give it a look. :-) [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2008, 9:30pm EDT

  • Campaign shifting?

    According to Peggy Noonan they maybe. Another great article from her. :-) [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2008, 7:30am EDT

  • Obama's Energy Dream

    The WSJ takes a look at Mr. Obama'soutline for energy and the impracticality of trying to achieve his goals. That is taking in account for money, and looking at where we are today. Face it, renewable energy is great, but at the present time without any actual technological breakthroughs [...]
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    Posted: August 06, 2008, 7:30am EDT

  • No Free Time

    I have been insanely busy over the last couple weeks. I am pretty much working full time, which is usually until 6, so it is about 7 when I finally make it home in the evenings. Then I have to eat, and after that I don't feel like doing anything [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2008, 10:19pm EDT

  • Sick of Obama

    Is anyone else sick of Obama? I am surely. Does a normal man running for president of these United States deserve such admiration, attention, or excitement? Surely not. In my mind that defeats the point of the position of the presidency. They aren't royals endowed by God to rule, they [...]
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    Posted: July 25, 2008, 7:25am EDT

  • US Health and Cancer survival not too shabby.

    I will admit there are some serious issues with healthcare in America, and while I have defended it from time to time, I will admit it has some major issues. Anyway, the WSJ takes a look at cancer survival rates and the comparison between America's semi-screwed-up-very restricted-market system and [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2008, 10:14pm EDT

  • Yay! Nuclear Power!

    The Wall Street Journal has a great piece by William Tucker on the new love for Nukes! I am a fan. I think nuclear power is the clear alternative if you want "green" power. Especially since everyone wants plug in hybrids, to go with everything else they want to [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2008, 7:52pm EDT

  • Busy

    I have been rather busy, not really to busy to post, but I haven't really had anything to say. Still don't exactly, but I feel I should post to give some updates. Yesterday I saw The Dark Knight, which is excellent. I highly recommend it, very dark, probably the best [...]
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    Posted: July 20, 2008, 3:58pm EDT

  • Obama's Liberal Shock Troops

    I am a little late on this, but it is a must-read for pretty much everyone. From John Fund over at the WSJ on the left's grass roots movement to defeat the GOP and Conservative movement. There is a lot of money and a solid grassroots movement that has [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2008, 11:29am EDT

  • Streetcars in DC

    Yup, it looks like the District is ever so closer to bringing streetcars to the roads of DC, the first phase between Bolling Air Force Base and the Anacostia Metro stop, to reduce traffic, and I guess also hopes it aids in redevelopment, which would be nice. I think [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2008, 7:30am EDT

  • The Power of Beer

    Over at the Washington Post George Will has an article on the influence and importance of beer. A must read for everyone. :-) [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2008, 7:11am EDT

  • Why Health Care is so High?

    Okay that is a crappy title and I am a little late on the article. Anyway, a must read over at the WSJ on Medicare and the risings costs as a result, written by Michael Leavitt, who is Secretary of Health and Human Services. It is funny, Mr. Leavitt [...]
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    Posted: July 09, 2008, 11:08pm EDT

  • Grand New Party

    So I just got back from AEI, I went to get another blue AEI folder to add to my collection! Woohoo! No, actually I went to listen to a panel on the recent book Grand New Party, on the panel was the books two authors, Ross Douthat and Reihan [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2008, 4:32pm EDT

  • It's Society Stupid

    A great article over at the The London Times which I feel is very relevant for us as well, especially with the election approaching. I think people on the news get to caught up with the economy and the fluctuations, which I agree is an important issue, but we [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2008, 12:13am EDT

  • Highspeed train from DC to NY

    or the other way around. Oh and by high speed, they mean really high speed. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at Congressman John Mica of Florida's idea of introducing incentive for a real high speed train. It's not a bad idea at all:

    "If Mr. Mica's [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2008, 8:51am EDT

  • Health Care from WSJ

    The WSJ takes a look at the ongoing health care battle. On going because Congress has 3 days after missing last weeks deadline to prevent automatic cuts in Medicare reimbursement fees to Doctors. Which happen every few years, and are known well in advanced, they failed by one vote [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2008, 8:43am EDT

  • Waiting in line for a picture

    of General Petraeus. The London Times has a great article on the hundreds of men and women you line up in Iraq to meet with the general.

    "Hundreds of men and women, many of them armed, line up in a marble hall inside one of Saddam Hussein's [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2008, 8:26am EDT

  • Sunday Posting

    Over at the Washington Post a must read by George Will, "A Knock on the Door."

    In other different news, First Things blog takes a look on the pre-Christian tablets that have recently been discovered, and written about in the NY Times. Times article supposedly raising [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2008, 11:29am EDT

  • Google and our Mind

    A must read over at the Atlantic by Nicholas Carr on how Google and the internet is reshaping the way we think. And I agree with it. I am always distracted whenever I try and write anything, or read anything, always thinking of something else, something to check on [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2008, 7:19pm EDT

  • We're winning.

    This just in. The London Times has an article declaring we're winning the War on Terror! Whaa? I can't believe it. No way. As Gerard Baker excellently writes,

    "And yet the evidence is now overwhelming that on all fronts, despite inevitable losses from time to time, it [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2008, 8:36am EDT

  • Flip Flopping Obama and Guns

    Over at the Washington Post, yes hold your nose when you click, Charles Krauthammer has a must read article on Obama, the press, and his flip flops toward the center. This whole presidential campaign already disgusts me. He also flipped on what he said about the DC ban and [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2008, 8:24am EDT

  • Island Independence

    Over at the Reason blog a tiny island off Scotland wants to break away from the UK. Well time to move there. He says there will be no taxes. Sounds like a dream situation. Oh wait never mind, he lives in a tent, its by Scotland, and he lives [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2008, 11:07am EDT

  • Doomed!

    Okay maybe not, but if our anti-trade, anti-foreign investment nonsense continues we very well could be. I just don't understand how Democrats, like Obama, libertarians like Ron Paul, can stand up and argue that being against NAFTA, and other protectionist policies is a good idea, especially when China is just [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2008, 10:54am EDT

  • Church on Sunday.

    The nice thing about DC is it is relatively a small area with a lot of people, it is also an annoying aspect about DC, but thats for another day. It also provides a selection of churches within easy access, all along the metro, and all of different religious sorts, [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2008, 10:35am EDT

  • Busy Days.

    I just cannot find enough time to get everything I need to get done. I am going to start trying to wake up earlier. The job search is still an ongoing process, but it is not going as smoothly as I had hoped, which is mostly my own doing. I [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2008, 7:49am EDT

  • Bugs that excrete Petrol.

    Okay, this is crazy in silicon valley they are kind of sort of close to engineering a renewable source of petroleum according to The Times (UK), using bacteria that consumes agricultural waste and excretes crude oil or something. Read the article, if this turns out to be practical and [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2008, 1:39pm EDT

  • No Time.

    I seem never to have enough time in the day, no matter on what time I wake up, how long I stay up at night and how productive I am. I never have enough time to get everything done, read, or written about. Yesterday, was a perfect example, well Wednesday [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2008, 9:32pm EDT

  • DC Life

    Well yes I made it to the District of Columbia. So the name on the blog needs to change again. I have started the job search, its going slow but steady and I am making progress. I have a lot of stuff still to do to fully be at a [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2008, 5:36pm EDT

  • Almost Move Day

    Only a few more hours until I lug all my stuff, well most of it outside the stuff that is on the back of a UPS truck somewhere, to the airport and then into the hands of a disgruntled airline. I am preparing for the worst. Preparing to have my [...]
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    Posted: May 31, 2008, 9:47pm EDT

  • Defending Lobbyist

    Since the world has gone mad and has been told to hate representation Tom Korologos article defending the right to petition government is a necessary read. I never understood people telling me lobbyist were bad because they are only for special interests and not for them personally. It is [...]
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    Posted: May 30, 2008, 7:13am EDT

  • Florida Health Care

    Over at the WSJ there is a look at the recent health care insurance plan that was passed by both houses. It allows for barebone insurance policies, and hopefully will lower the cost of being insured. It also takes the government out of healthcare, instead of like most states [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2008, 7:08am EDT

  • Busy

    Sorry for no posts. I have been extremely busy, so I don't expect any posting over the next few days, not sure exactly when I will get back to this more consistently. I went to the 92nd running of the Indy 500 this past Sunday, well I was in Indianapolis [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2008, 8:48pm EDT

  • Broken Party..

    Peggy Noonan this week, on the Republican Party and the broken 'brand.' I actually agree with her pretty much on this. I just don't see how the Republicans can maintain control of the House, I think it is pretty much impossible. The only chance is McCain to win the [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2008, 7:03am EDT

  • Hail of a Time

    So around 1230 last night it starts to rain. No big deal, thundering, lightening, the usual, kind of loud, sounds like maybe the lightening is striking outside, and we lose power for oh maybe 5 mins. Then is gets worse. It starts to hail. Pounding the windows. Constant hailing for [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2008, 9:12am EDT

  • Israel and Europe

    Over at NRO, Mark Steyn has a must read on Israel and its survival and the impact on Europe. All I can say is give it a read. :-) [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2008, 7:20pm EDT

  • The China threat.

    Over at the WSJ, Mark Helprin takes a look at the continued rise of China, and what the US can do to continue to compete economically and militarily. Worth the read. :-) [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2008, 7:05am EDT

  • Tories and Republicans

    Michael C. Moynihan has an interesting article over at Reason Magazine looking at the recent Tory surge in Britain and using it as an example for Republicans if they wish to return to party control. I think some of the things would be smart, but I think they only [...]
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    Posted: May 10, 2008, 2:12pm EDT

  • Divisions and Silver Linings.

    Peggy Noonan's latest over at the WSJ, is on the divisions within the Democratic party even after Obama has pretty much secured the nomination. The party is either in the midst of self destruction, finding a new identity, or just being a mess. I don't know if I agree [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2008, 7:14am EDT

  • Victor Davis Hanson on Republicans

    and what they should embrace for the election. Over at NRO's Corner, Hanson provides a list of what areas the Republicans and Conservatives should embrace in the upcoming election to counter Obama. His conclusion since calling for socialist like moves, or even socialism lite would just play into Obama's [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2008, 9:56pm EDT

  • Bush's Free Trade Push

    Over at Weekly Standard Blog, it looks like President Bush is going to push for Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Columbia, and Panama between now and the election. All three would be beneficial for the economy, and all three should have been done a long time ago. Will [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2008, 9:51pm EDT

  • Free Markets are the Answer...

    why is it so difficult for the Democrats to see. Stop pandering to the rust belt unions, and pay attention to the world we live in, the one that is ever evolving and the one that could leave us quickly behind if we become protectionist. I don't understand how we [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2008, 9:39pm EDT

  • McCain Burkean Conservative?

    Jonathan Rauch believes so. In The Atlantic he takes a look at McCain and comes to the conclusion McCain is the most conservative in the model of Burke, and it is the modern conservative movement that is different. It is an interesting article, I don't actually have enough background [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2008, 6:40pm EDT

  • MMMM... Kangaroo

    Robert Skeffington over at The WSJ discusses the eating of national mascots. Aussies eat both animals on their crests, the kangaroo and the emu. Its a shame we don't eat bald eagles.... maybe I should move to Australia so I can start eating my national mascot. That sounds like [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2008, 7:16am EDT

  • Magic Power Regenerates Limbs!!!

    This is something out of science fiction. Talk about modern medical advancement. According to this BBC report and reports elsewhere, a Ohio man lost his finger by sticking it in the propeller of a radio controlled air plane. His brother sent him some powder and a few days later [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2008, 5:49pm EDT

  • Freedom of Speech threatened by who else,

    but England. Proving their continued fall as a free society. Floyd Abrams has a piece in The WSJ about the threat foreign courts and laws can play on freedom of speech in America, especially now with such a global market. One controversial book, article, or video that ends up [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 7:24am EDT

  • The Great Ethanol Disaster.

    I have seen this several places so I decided to post a link. The Foundary has a run down, but the consensus is that using corn and other crop based bio-fuels is causing the run up of food prices, and we should stop using crops as fuel and use [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 7:09am EDT
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