July 31, 2012

The head of CNN, Jim Walton, said goodbye as CNN continued its decline in the ratings war. CNN was once the leading light of cable news but FOX has long passed CNN and now MSNBC is running ahead as well. CNN’s present problems are the result of many factors swirling around at once. It runs [...]
Tags: C, CNN< MSNBC, Fox News
Posted in Entertainment, Tom Donelson | 2 Comments »
July 30, 2012

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Chick-fil-A is under venomous attack by many members of the Democrat Party fueled by the LGBT community. They accuse the nation’s second largest fast food chain of being anti-gay (as opposed to how they describe themselves… “pro-traditional family”). Frankly, I could care less whether a [...]
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Posted in Conservative, Democrat, Domestic Policy, Economy, Elections, GOP, Religion, Republican, Tim Ross, Uncategorized | 10 Comments »
July 29, 2012

Time is drawing near for me to ship off to Israel. I have a little over 1 month before I will leave, and it’s time for me to start getting all of my ducks in a row. I’m getting very excited for this trip and I’ve been praying a lot about what the Lord wants [...]
Tags: bible school, Christianity, Israel, Michelle Terry, Religion
Posted in Religion | 1 Comment »
July 28, 2012

What can a President do for the economy? My own theory begins with the idea that government’s positive effect upon the economy is minimal but bad government policies could do devastating damage to an economy. I have written on why there was no depression in the 1920’s. The answer was simple; Warren G Harding rejected [...]
Tags: Economy, Herbert Hoover, Obamacare, reagan, Warren Harding
Posted in Domestic Policy, Economy | No Comments »
July 28, 2012

Every campaign has its defining moments. In 1984, it may have been when President Reagan made the famous statement about the “youth” of Walter Mondale in one of the debates. In 1992, It was Bill Clinton’s use of President Bush’s statement about “no new taxes.” And, in 2004, it was probably the “Swift Boat” commercials [...]
Tags: Campaign 2012, Obama Gaffe, Romney, Small Business
Posted in Elections, Frank DeMartini | No Comments »
July 27, 2012
This is an article written by famed director Peter Bogdanovich. I’m sure from the article that he is Liberal, however the article is very good even if there are parts of the article that most of you will not agree with. This story first appeared in the August 3 issue of The Hollywood Reportermagazine. Peter Bogdanovich is [...]
Tags: Gun Control, Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich, Targets, The Dark Knight Rises
Posted in Entertainment, that and the other thing | No Comments »
July 27, 2012

And on 7/20/12 the President ordered all flags to fly at half-mast, a national sign of mourning, for five days. As kind, thoughtful and considerate as it was, pulling the political “attack ads” for these five days, out of mourning and respect, this really says it all about our culture, that being we know what [...]
Tags: Aurora, Bowling for Columbine, Columbine High School, Margaret J. Wheatley, Michael Moore, The Dark Knight Rises
Posted in Domestic Policy, Guest Writer | 3 Comments »
July 26, 2012

“Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look.” -Ronald Reagan On July 20th, during the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colorado, a madman ravaged a movie theatre and killed 12 innocent moviegoers and wounded 58. Immediately our world [...]
Tags: Alex Teves, Aurora Colorado, Christian Bale, Heroes of Aurora, James Holmes, Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight Rises Massacre
Posted in Entertainment, Shannon Ivey | No Comments »
July 26, 2012

There is widespread consensus that America needs to become energy independent. America’s ever growing dependence on foreign energy puts her at ever-greater risk in a world that is increasingly unstable. Given the current political upheavals in the Middle East, this reality is slapping America in the face with increasing costs at the pump, which are [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Domestic Energy, Energy, Foreign Energy Sources
Posted in Domestic Policy, Energy, Michael J. Fell | No Comments »
July 25, 2012

Rule number one in selecting a Vice-President, the Vice-President will not win you an election; that is the job for the guy on the top of the ticket. The Vice-President doesn’t have to be charismatic; just solid. Charismatic helps and may even get a few extra votes but in the end, the guy on [...]
Tags: Bobby Jindal, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Rob Portman, Tim Pawlenty, VEEP
Posted in Elections, Republican, Tom Donelson | 1 Comment »