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To avoid any sense of accountability for being abject failures there's a meme liberals have been pushing that GOP solutions to our problems aren't fresh enough... (Regarding the GOP debate in New Hampshire) The 2012 GOP presidential field on display Monday offered not one idea about how to solve the problems facing our country that didn’t boil down to cutting taxes, slashing regulation or eliminating large swaths of government. More from E.J. Dionne Jr. (that's the suffix for his name, not his intellectual designation...confusing, I know) here This is interesting coming from a party that pontificates from a soap...

It has been said by some that Obama is the smartest president ever, and I'm still waiting for proof because last time I checked arrogance laced playground logic is not much of a factor in the calculating an intelligence quotient. "Now, understand, it'd be one thing if the Republicans had seen the error of their ways. Right?" Obama said. "I mean, if after the rejections of 2006 and 2008, realizing, gosh, look at this big disaster that we caused and taking record surpluses into record deficits and causing all this hardship -- we're going to rethink our approach and...

I'm posting a bit ahead of time for the Friday humor section,but I'm an Old Geezer now and need my sleep ! In any event, The Ladies Hmmm Journal has some sizzling ideas for Show 'n Tell in its "Back to School" issue !

The Chosen “Grandpa Abyssal, what did he mean today at Synagogue, that the Jews are the chosen? Chosen for what? What were we chosen to do?” “Ahh, Chaadrean, that is a long story. We would have to venture far, far out into the future to try to see that clearly. It is too late now. I came up here to tell you that your light was supposed to be off fifteen minutes ago. If your mother sees your light on, there will be trouble…. Now go to sleep!” “But grandpa! Deep religious questions are torturing my mind, they will not...

Instant runoff voting (IRV) is a voting reform that asks the voter to rank the candidates in order of preference. It is simple, common-sense reform that will greatly improve our democratic process. IRV has many benefits including giving voters a wider range of choices, eliminating the spoiler factor with third-party candidates, saving taxpayer money, and decreasing negative campaigning. We need to continue educating more Americans about this simple, practical reform. Click the links above to learn more about IRV and what you can do to help. Now is the time to implement IRV across the country!

In a speech yesterday in the French region of Périgueux, Nicolas Sarkozy continued his early Presidential campaign insisting that France required a new republic. Sarkozy's Sixth Republic would represent a clean break from the Fifth, and a clean break from Gaullism. Reiterating that his "clean break" would mean more for those who have less and that it would represent a change from the old ways of immobility and inertia, Sarkozy's speech was aimed at those who have attacked him in the last two weeks. He continued to assert that he would end the 35-hour working week, introduce positive discrimination, a...

WASHINGTON - New legislative proposals responding to the scandal over a Dubai-owned company's attempted takeover of major operations at some major U.S. ports, which touched off a political firestorm, are getting attention in Congress on Thursday. Measures coming before committees in the House and Senate aim to strengthen U.S. cargo security and port safety, and to bring the federal panel that approved the DP World ports deal under tighter oversight by Congress. The multiagency panel, called the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, would be required to investigate any proposed transaction that involved a foreign government or "critical...

As of this writing, over 100 people have died of the cold in Eastern Europe - and the "Green Gang" is looking far less wise !

When President Bush addressed the Class of '05 at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, he challenged them to be "champions of change," to cut through "established ways of thinking." Think outside the box and be innovative, he told them: "Pursue possibilities others tell you do not exist." He accompanied the challenge with a warning. "The opponents of change are many, and its champions are few, but the champions of change are the ones who make history. Be champions, and you will make America safer for your children and your grandchildren, and you'll add to the character of our nation."...