Archive for February, 2010

A New Low

February 23rd, 2010 – 9:30 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: General Politics

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 [...]

The Politics of Pride

February 17th, 2010 – 9:03 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: 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 [...]

Political Roundup

February 10th, 2010 – 9:19 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: 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 [...]

The State of the Union Speech

February 3rd, 2010 – 11:16 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

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 [...]