Archive for May, 2009
Your Tax Dollars at Work(ing girls)
May 27th, 2009 by Ronald A. RoweThe Federal government is using 2.6 million of your tax dollars to fund a study to find out why Chinese prostitutes drink so much. Really. I’m not kidding. I know that $2.6 million is peanuts in the scheme of the federal budget, but it’s not nothing. Nothing, it so turns out, is the appropriate amount for the US government to spend on a study involving drunken Chinese hookers. In fact, as a public service, I am willing to answer the questions that the study was designed to answer for free. Ready… here we go…
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Me & the Prez vs the ACLU
May 19th, 2009 by Ronald A. Rowe
I am unaccustomed to agreeing with our current president. Not because I’m a partisan or a bigot or an obstructionist. I just find that we disagree on virtually everything, from smoking (he does, I don’t) to abortion (he wants to make it even more widely available, I don’t) to the division of powers (he endorses a centralizing government, I’m more of a federalist) and on and on. The point is that I don’t disagree just to disagree, but the President and I have found little common ground in his first 100 days in office.
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Fly Over Fallout
May 12th, 2009 by Ronald A. Rowe
Remember the Air Force One fly over of New York City that caused such a ruckus a few weeks back? Well, don''t hold your breath waiting for those stunning photos of Air Force One against the backdrop of the Statue of Liberty to be released any time soon. The Publicist in Chief has decided that the pictures are now classified and will not be released to the public.
Questions abound in my mind. The obvious thought is that the President is embarrassed by the monumental stupidity of the stunt and does not want the decision to fly an
Questions abound in my mind. The obvious thought is that the President is embarrassed by the monumental stupidity of the stunt and does not want the decision to fly an
Arlen Specter – Traitor, Patriot, or Opportunist?
May 5th, 2009 by Ronald A. RoweThis week Senator Arlen Specter, after serving for the last 29 years as a Republican, switched his party affiliation to the Democratic Party. The question is: why? His assertion is that he has remained constant while everyone else in the Republican Party has moved steadily to the Right so that his ideals are no longer represented by the party.
His critics on the Right contend that he has betrayed the party for selfish practical purposes. Their argument is that he knew he could not win the Republican primary to be held next year, so he jumped ship to
