Author: Dave

What is twenty-five million all about? It is the number of people who have used marijuana in any given year. Since 1990 a reported 20.5 million people have used marijuana in an average year. From 1990 to 2005 annual usage was at its greatest reported level in 2002 at 25.9 million and its lowest level…

The man at ease? Bush. The man who looks totally afraid? Obama. It looks to me like he is going to have to make a lot of decisions he is not ready for. Not surprising for a man who voted “present” 130 times in the Illinois Senate. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Yes. The War On Drugs has turned into a shooting war. In fact it has been a shooting war for quite some time in Afghanistan. So how is that working out? Not well. Here is a bit from 2007 explaining what the DEA is doing in Afghanistan. Working first with the D.E.A. and then with…

Norman Ornstein discusses the hill Republicans have to climb to get back into power. In so many respects — culturally, ethnically, sociologically, internationally — the election of Barack Obama has altered the landscape. It also has changed the political terrain, making the path for Republicans to return to majority status in the electorate daunting —…

The Democrat Party is a coalition of the oppressed and formerly oppressed Americans. And who was doing the oppressing? Social conservatives of the Protestant variety. Here is one example dealing with the public schools. Separate Roman Catholic and Jewish schools were established in the mid-nineteenth century, first in New York City, and later across the…

Foobarista of foobarista left a comment at my post Republicans Stayed Home. This is what foo had to say: The reason McCain lost is the Republicans lost the “Leave Me Aloners”. The problem was that small-government Republicans got swept aside by those who got used to the comforts of Washington. “Compassionate Conservatism” didn’t help. Even…

So I’m trying to figure out why the Republicans lost. And I go back to one of the stats guys who misinformed me. Yeah I know. But he is an honest guy and is trying to figure out what his error was. Here is what Paul Marston has to say: As usual, the media has…

Commenter Sue at Just One Minute had this to say: I was reading something today that had quotes from the people of Alaska about Palin. One was a democrat who had liked her before she ran for VP. He didn’t realize her religious beliefs, her abortion beliefs, her belief that marriage was between a man…

From the comments at Honest Government And Fiscal Responsibility by commenter auh2ogirl: The fact that prop 8 was voted through, as prop 2 was here in FL, was in large part due to the black and latino vote, yet Obama won FL and CA tells me that the time for candidates to be elected on…

I was having an ongoing discussion with a social conservative, Rick, at Just One Minute about the place for libertarians in the Republican Party. He doesn’t think there should be any place for them. So I said: And Rick, Goldwater was quite a libertarian. We need to put him down the memory hole. Yes? No…

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber barons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own…

The problem with social conservatism with respect to candidates winning elections is that it gets the monkeys screaming. That does not help win elections. Soothe the monkeys. Tell what you want to accomplish. 1. Clean out the corrupt – Start with our own house. 2. Fiscal responsibility 3. We don’t want to change your life…

You know. That looks to me like a McCain dirty trick. Bringing out the charge with barely enough time for Obama to respond.

Commenter Sara at Just One Minute gives us this little gem. Well, the owner of the dry cleaners my d-i-l manages came in this morning and informed 3 of the workers that because of Obama’s election and the higher taxes he is facing as a result, 3 employees would be eliminated. He then let them…

Eric makes the point in his post A building, not a tent, that economic conservatism is the cement that held the Republican party together. Commenter Bob Smith made a very interesting point that confirms that view. Another commenter asks a question: I don’t know exactly who is to blame for the disappeance of the cement…

Sean Malestrom is looking at one of the things the pollsters are missing. The anecdote factor. Why is it important? Because polling is an atr not a science. First how about leading indicators. Actual facts on the ground that can be checked. In my second post about the election, I told you to keep an…

I had twenty topics ready for blog posts today, but I’m just not into it: maybe later. No retreat – get out and vote. And bring a friend. Every vote counts – if even just a as show of support. If McCain wins this – and I’m optimistic – the popular vote totals will be…

It is a little late in the election season for campaign material but I’d like to show you a very special set of window stickers for McCain/Palin made by Matthew Lopina from Prints Design. Here is what it looks like on the back of my mate’s van. Obviously it is perfect for tinted windows. Here…

Paul Marston takes a look at how the PUMA factor is affecting the polling. The results of the polls for President are all over the map. If the polls are supposed to be correct to a 95% degree of certainly give or take 2 or 3 percent, how can the polls be that much different…

H/T Ace of Spades Hq. which has the usual moronic discussion in copious quantities. Cross Posted at Power and Control