Confessions of a Political Junkie

• links for 2009-11-24

  My favorite website Always captivating, especially with Nat Geo photographs. Providing Health Care for Illegal Immigrants: Understanding the House Health Care Bill Why yes, Joe Wilson is right. The Democrats are intentionally covering illegal aliens in their health care bill. None of them will have [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:03pm EST
  by Erick-Woods

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  Animation of the rise of unemployment since 2007 Very interesting to watch. And yes, it has only gotten worse since Obama got elected. [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:02pm EST
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• links for 2009-11-20

  Olympus BioScapes Competition Winners (9 Images) Fascinating. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  by Erick-Woods

• My Interview With Gov. Sarah Palin

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  I just had a terrific interview with Governor Sarah Palin this afternoon. Her new book, Going Rogue, came out today. I’d like to say we talked a lot about her book, but I did not get it until 10:00 a.m. and had family stuff to take care of. I [...]

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:45pm EST
  by Erick-Woods

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  National Geographic Photographer Meets Deadly Leopard Seal Wow. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:03pm EST
  by Erick-Woods

• links for 2009-11-16

  SEIU thugs vs. the Boy Scouts — and other related Big Labor antics Another example of union thugishness. The SEIU is going after a boy scout for volunteering to clean up a park. The Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program | The Phillips Foundation The Phillips [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:03pm EST
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  Bird Book Simply stunning. [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:01pm EST
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• links for 2009-11-13

  Meet James You know whose political stock just went up? James Galyean who is running for Congress in South Carolina. Why? He "helped write both the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Those acts, despite considerable damage done to them by the [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  by Erick-Woods

• The Stupak Minimum

  As I wrote the other day,

  I think the Stupak Amendment was an instance of the pro-life community not seeing the forest for the trees and it should have been opposed. But I am willing to admit I could be wrong. What I do know is that the House Republican [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:06pm EST
  by Erick-Woods

• Obama Administration Intends to Purge Republicans From the Civil Service

  “This is what happens in third world kleptocracies and totalitarian regimes.”

  Via Instapundit comes word that the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to purge the federal government of Republican civil servants all in the name of purify the federal bureaucracy.

  You can read the OPM memo here.

  It [...]

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:06pm EST
  by Erick-Woods

• links for 2009-11-12

  John King to Replace Lou Dobbs OK, my dream job really is guest hosting for Rush Limbaugh while doing RedState. But doggoneit! I think I would be the most awesomeist replacement for Lou Dobbs that CNN could find. I could revitalize their whole network. Portman [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  by Erick-Woods

• Up

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  I have been wanting to see Up for a long time. I had hoped to take Evelyn to see it in the theater, but she was three when it came out and being a PG movie, we thought it might be a bit too intense.

  I saw it last night.

  Wow. It [...]

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:23am EST
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• links for 2009-11-10

  CT Gov Poll: Rell Leaves Race In The Lead Gov. Rell of Connecticut is not going to seek re-election. Can't say I blame her. She really fell into the job in a trial by fire way. She's got a family that is growing up too. France [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:03pm EST
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  Photo Gallery: The Berlin Wall, Then and Now H/t to Saul Anuzis for pointing this out on his twitter feed. The message of these pictures is that freedom works. [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:05am EST
  by Erick-Woods

• links for 2009-11-08

  Interesting dichotomy Byron York has more on Ft. Hood. Notice how quick Obama was to jump to conclusions in the Dr. Gates v. the Police matter, but we all need to be patient and avoid jumping to conclusions in this, according to him. [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:17am EST
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• links for 2009-11-07

  Insurance or Jail Are we really set to do something like this? In the United States? New Super Mario Bros. Wii Gonna have to get this. Great Television Ad We were promised flying cars. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:03am EST
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• links for 2009-11-05

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  Fox wins election night; CNN places 4th I think CNN should put me on at 8 o'clock instead of Larry King. That's the ticket. And I'm in Atlanta so we could revitalize their Atlanta studio too! Election result: Red-state Dems worried, rethink agenda How's that? [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:05am EST
  by Erick-Woods

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  Final chapter of the Capricorn building has not been written A shame to let this building disappear given its history. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:09am EST
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• links for 2009-11-02

  Jeff Duncan – Republican for Congress Jeff Duncan is one of the guys running in South Carolina 3. He's also why I am not ready to get involved in that race. Duncan and James Galyean, who is a friend to many here, are both in that race and [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:03am EST
  by Erick-Woods

• links for 2009-11-01

  Randy Steu Before you or I were championing Doug Hoffman in NY-23, Randy was. We owe him a good bit of thanks for putting Doug on the radar for us. [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 11:06am EST
  by Erick-Woods