The Democratic Party of the State of Florida has tunneled their way to a new low this week with a brazenly unveiled character attack on Adam Putnam. For those of you in one of the other 49, less sunshiny states, Adam Putnam is Florida’s political wunderkind. He became a congressman at the age of eight or so (ok, maybe he was 26) and recently launched his campaign to become the state’s next Commissioner of Agriculture. Congressman seems like a better gig to me, but what do I know?
Anyway, the Democratic Party of Florida took advantage of Wikipedia’s openly-editable model
The Politics of Pride
by Ronald A. Rowe February 17th, 2010 
General Politics
National pride is a good thing. All around the world, love of one's country has been a staple of good citizenship. Except, of course, in 21st century America, where national pride is synonymous with arrogance.
Watching the opening weekend of the Winter Olympic Games has been like watching one long infomercial for Canada. Oh, the majestic mountains and icy lakes. Tom Brokaw, who left Canada to come to the United States where he became a multi-millionaire, managed to work in a snarky comment about Canada having a more solid economic foundation than California.
I can't help but wonder: If Canada is
Watching the opening weekend of the Winter Olympic Games has been like watching one long infomercial for Canada. Oh, the majestic mountains and icy lakes. Tom Brokaw, who left Canada to come to the United States where he became a multi-millionaire, managed to work in a snarky comment about Canada having a more solid economic foundation than California.
I can't help but wonder: If Canada is
Political Roundup
by Ronald A. Rowe February 10th, 2010 General Politics
There were a few stories that caught my eye this week. First off, the president's visit with the congressional Republicans was something to see. If you missed it, you missed out. President Obama fielded questions from a whole horde of congressional Republicans on a wide variety of issues. The whole thing was fairly civil and, relative to the normal discourse, moderately insightful. That should happen more often.
Sarah Palin inserted herself back into the news cycle this week by allowing that she would consider running for president in 2012. Everyone on earth knew that
Sarah Palin inserted herself back into the news cycle this week by allowing that she would consider running for president in 2012. Everyone on earth knew that
The State of the Union Speech
by Ronald A. Rowe February 3rd, 2010 Presidential News
In case you missed the President's State of the Union address, it was a masterpiece of political speech. The speech was neatly divided into three parts, which can be nicely summarized as follows:
Part 1 - I'm a fiscal conservative.
The President opened his speech by staking out a position that normally would be held by a Ronald Regan conservative: cut spending, eliminate waste, only spend what you can afford (of course, if you look at the results, not even Ronald Regan was actually a Ronald Regan conservative when it came to spending). Despite my ingrained distrust of a man who has kept precious few of his campaign promises, I
Part 1 - I'm a fiscal conservative.
The President opened his speech by staking out a position that normally would be held by a Ronald Regan conservative: cut spending, eliminate waste, only spend what you can afford (of course, if you look at the results, not even Ronald Regan was actually a Ronald Regan conservative when it came to spending). Despite my ingrained distrust of a man who has kept precious few of his campaign promises, I