edited by: Lisa Renee Ward,
Ohio Editor
The Advocate is reporting that Army Lt. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Arabic translator who famously challenged ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ last year, has been recalled to active duty. The Advocates's story is based upon this report from The Bilerica Progject.,
If [...]
Polls are like polygraph tests.
You can make the outcome whatever you want it to be.
That is why the first thing I ALWAYS look at prior to spending one nanosecond checking out a poll is to see who the pollster is that did the poll.
If their last name rhymes with "Macy" [...]
Gov. Ted Strickland lashed out today at critics of initiatives such as a plan for new passenger rail service in Ohio, saying he's sick of the "cheerleaders for failure."
“If there aren’t those who are willing to get in and join the fight, then at least get out of [...]
High powered Washington lobbyist (and one time resident of Ohio) Bob Paduchik, in an email sent today, called on supporters of Rob Portman to contribute $20.10 to fight off "Ohio Democrats (who) intend to pour millions and millions of dollars and bring in operatives from outside the state to" [...]
It’s not just the threat of Himalayan glaciers disappearing by 2035.
Now another headline grabbing IPCC scare story is melting away. A report in Sunday’s London Times highlights new humiliations for the IPCC.
“The most important is a claim that global warming could cut [...]
The median increase will be 27.5%. And employers in places such as Hawaii and Florida could see levies skyrocket more than ten-fold.
Many of these hikes happened [...]
Only Armond could bring the ACLU and conservatives together…
February 9, 2010
For Immediate Release
For additional information contact:
Mike Brickner, Communications Director, ACLU of Ohio, 216.472.2220
ACLU of Ohio Web site: www.acluohio.org
Ohio House Should Honor Achievements Regardless of Political Beliefs, Says ACLU
Speaker Budish Should Reconsider Ban on [...]
The threat of childhood obesity to the health of our children and the health of our nation has never been greater. For the first time in our history, the United States is raising a generation of children who may live sicker, shorter lives than their parents. First [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner presided over the Ohio Ballot Board meeting today to approve language for two state-wide issues to appear on the May primary ballot.
State Issue 1 -TO EXTEND THE OHIO THIRD FRONTIER PROGRAM BY AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL [...]Did you know that:
Ohio received (and hopefully buried) 21.9 million tons of trash - mostly from New York and New Jersey - during 2008 while exporting only about one million tons to its neighboring states, according to the Akron Beacon-Journal. [...]
Ms. Trisler is the National Right to Life oratory winner who Speaker Budish won’t allow to be recognized on the floor of the House.
Here are pictures from after she won the Ohio Right to Life state competition at Otterbein College.
OH THE HORROR! SO FRIGHTENING!
[...]If the Columbus Dispatch is not going to report the news in the Sunday newspaper then either:
A) Give me my $2 back (sorry, it's a tough economy)
or
B) Give us a little bit of advance notice beforehand so we know to head to the dollar store and buy two packages of [...]
After some minor tweaks of proposed language, the Ohio Ballot Board voted unanimously today to approve the wording of the two statewide issues that voters will see on the May 4 ballot.
Issue 1 proposes to renew Ohio's Third Frontier program by authorizing $700 million more in bonds to [...]
The recent 5-4 Supreme Court decision lifted campaign spending limits for corporations. Now if the big banks on Wall Street don't like what Congress proposes, they can DIRECTLY try to buy a legislature more to their liking.
Stand with me to demand no corporation may' [...]
“It is the public policy of the State of Ohio to prefer childbirth over abortion to the extent that is constitutionally permissible.
Even though this issue involves the right of an Ohio Representative (in this case, Rep. John Adams) to honor high school students for their academic [...]
Sarah Palin spoke for 40 minutes at the recent Tea Party convention. That’s nice. Other tea party rallies around the country have invited politicians to speak and I ask, why? What purpose does this serve except to allow an elected official to USE the event for his or her own publicity [...]
How to make almost $100 billion disappear: Run the economy as the Obama administration and Congress have for about six months, stir, and — presto! — $99 billion in expected receipts vanishes, as if by magic (years presented are fiscal years ending on September 30)–
In August 2009, [...]
I understand wanting to reward people for their work, I really do. Yet during the current economic climate learning that Mayor Mike Bell has given raises to top level staff makes me cringe. It doesn’t matter how he justifies it, it adds to the mistrust between unions and the administration [...]
In an oped in USA Today, John Brennan -- Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism -- responds to critics of the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies by saying "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda."
[...]I’m going through resolutions today. So far, I see at least one that is very political in nature: Erie County “environmental activists” on October 28, 2009 (pg 2). But considering Budish’s strict rules, I could see him potentially blocking any accomplishments from an eschool/homeschool child, simply because school choice [...]
"I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.”
The words are those of President Barack Obama speaking to Congress on health care reform on September 9, 2009. They contain the secret of his" [...]
"What experience and history teach is this -- that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it." (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, "The Philosophy of History," 1837)
Last week, the Newark Star-Ledger reported that New Jersey lost $70 billion in wealth over [...]
No well-known leftist columnist better exemplifies the worst aspects of today's left. Virtually every piece is filled with [...]
Last March 16, President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced a new $15 billion program to help encourage loans to small businesses -- the Unlocking Credit for Small Businesses, or UCSB program.
Subsequently, wrote Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, in [...]
Nature's discrimination completely dwarfs man's discrimination. Geography alone makes equal chances virtually impossible. The geographic advantages of Western Europe over Eastern Europe-- in climate and navigable waterways, among other things-- have led to centuries of differences in income levels that were greater than income differences between [...]
And John Kasich leads the unwashed independents by 16%!:
The story’s the same again this month in the Ohio gubernatorial contest, with Republican challenger John Kasich holding a modest lead over incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds Kasich leading Strickland [...]
Yesterday, in Evansville, I worked with a core group of ten regional leaders from a three state region of twenty-seven counties touching Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
We explored how to manage a complex strategy in this large a region. In April, we will launch this approach with a regional gathering of [...]
This in via e-mail from the office of Governor Ted Strickland:
Governor, Lt. Governor Call for Vigilance, Collaborative Action to Protect Lake Erie from Invasive Species Asian Carp
Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Lt. Governor Lee Fisher today sent the following letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator [...]
This in via e-mail from the office of Governor Ted Strickland:
Governor Appoints Steven Lesser as PUCO Commissioner
Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today appointed Steven Lesseras a commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a five-year term beginning April 11, 2010 and expiring April 10, 2015.
Lesser, [...]
This in via e-mail from the office of Mayor Mike Bell:
Mayor And Council To Hold Budget Working Meetings
First Public Input Session Also Scheduled
The Mayor and City Council will continue to address the 2010 City Budget at a series of working meetings that will also include members of the Mayor’s [...]
From the Dispatch (R-Columbus):
Freshman Rep. Steve Austria, who announced as expected last week that he will seek re-election, has $260,259 in his campaign bank account.
This is not exactly a juggernaut like total from a freshman congressman in a swingy district. Perhaps maybe Sharen would be game for a [...]
Meghan McCain, a self-described “progressive Republican,” assailed the tea party movement. Sitting in as a co-host on The View, Meghan McCain said she had problems with the tea party movement.
ABC News – She specifically took aim at remarks by former Congressman Tom Tancredo, who suggested that people who voted [...]
(picture from his public Facebook profile)
I have made my strong disapproval of Mike DeWine known. As Ohio’s Senator, he showed himself to be a man who lacks principles and helped destroy the Republican party brand. Since the Attorney General is not on the [...]
As Republican leaders are urging President Obama to scrap the Democrats’ health care reform legislation and start the process from scratch, they’ve found an unlikely ally in Rep. Dennis Kucinich. The Ohio Democrat — a perennial presidential candidate — wants President Obama to consider government-sponsored, single-payer [...]
Chris “Tingles” Matthews really gets after Sarah Palin and ask, “Is she a balloon head?” No Chris, that would be you!
Promoting Limited Government, Constitutional Rights, Personal Responsibility!.
Conservative Book Club, Conservative Books
What a novel idea! Just like the best darn Attorney General the State of Ohio has ever had, Mary Taylor.... Seth Morgan is a CPA too. The Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes or COAST has been constantly pushing the line between reasonable an unreasonable, even calling a female U.S. Senator a “whore”.
But I think they’ve really crossed a new line today. As many of you know, Rep. John Murtha passed away earlier [...]
A new Rasmussen poll found that 75% of Americans are angry, with 45% of Americans stating they are “very angry”. This has turned out to be very good news for certain citizens of Shelby County.
“Me and the guys from my last anger management class were really stoked to hear this,” [...]
Rush Limbaugh warns Republicans about meeting with Obama, “This is Nothing More Than a Trap.” If Obama wanted to know their ideas he could google it!
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A group hoping to put a referendum on the fall ballot regarding a proposal to add electronic slot machines will need more additional signatures than previously thought.
That's because three county boards of elections reported late last week that they disqualified an additional 937 signatures because petition circulators are [...]
Despite Kevin DeWine’s best efforts to keep Mike happy, it seems the AG field won’t be clear after all.
Hardin County attorney Steve Christopher, a certified Tea Bagger, is jumping into the race.
[...]Why don’t you read this quote used on John Kasich’s blog:
At the heart of Ohio’s fiscal problems is a tax system and business climate that has been driving people out of the state for more than 15 years, resulting in a shrinking economy and a smaller tax base. [...]
Steven Lesser, chief of staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, has been appointed to the five-member panel by Gov. Ted Strickland.
Lesser, a Bexley resident, will serve as a commissioner for a five-year term expiring April 10, 2015.
“Steven has served the PUCO in [...]
Three-quarters (75%) of the American people are very angry with the policies of the Federal government. Voters are angry about the lack of answers to the nation’s problems and the corruption which abounds in Washington D.C.
Of the 1,000 likely voters surveyed Feb. 5-6, 75 percent said they were either “very” [...]
The Ohio AFL-CIO Executive Board has endorsed a statewide issue on the May 4 ballot to renew the Third Frontier program.
The board, representing 700,000 workers, made the decision at its recent winter meeting. The ballot issue would authorize $700 million more in bonds over four years to fund [...]
From time to time I work as a contractor for a firm that corporations use to help acclimate foreign nationals who move to the United States as part of their work. My role is to lead these new arrivals through an overview of American history, culture, [...] Congressman John Murtha died today at the age of 77. Best known as a critic of the Iraq war and shadowed by questions about his ethics, the Pennsylvania Democrat suffered complications from gallbladder surgery.
In 1974 Murtha, then an officer in the Marine Reserves, became the first Vietnam War combat [...]
