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Posted at 4:53pm on Apr. 9, 2008 The Largest Hoax Ever Thrust Upon Mankind

By HeavyM

This Really is a "Hot" Topic

I have never believed in man-made global warming. At all. I never bought into any of the absolute hysteria about half the country being drowned under water as the oceans rose, or about a new ice age coming and killing hundreds of millions of people. I just shook my head, half laughing and half sad.

And it would have been fine, except then people wanted to make drastic, expensive changes to combat this fictional problem. The government decided to tell us how much mileage our cars needed to get, making cars and gas even more expensive -- and even regulate what kind of light bulbs we have to put in our homes, telling us, again, that we have to use the more expensive kind. There was a growing number of people that wanted us to sign a Kyoto-like treaty that would cost the US over $5 trillion and kill major sectors of our economy, costing hundreds of thousands of jobs. And that's just the beginning.

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Posted at 12:37pm on Mar. 14, 2008 Obama's Pork 'n' Beans

By HeavyM

In a move hailed by pundits as brilliant, Barack Obama has released information on all of the earmarks he has requested in his three years as a Senator. This is supposedly a move to show that Obama is all about transparency in government and won't hold secrets from the American people - and supposedly is going to hurt Hillary Clinton because she is hiding worse earmarks than he has.

But I have to wonder, as everyone applauds the Savior of America for this move and continues to swoon over he-who-can-do-no-wrong, if there's not something that everyone is missing. I think Obama has just completed the biggest media coup in history with how he has framed this debate. After all, "She's worse on earmarks than I am" still means that you're bad on earmarks, doesn't it?

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Posted at 12:26pm on Feb. 5, 2008 Top Ten John McCain quotes

By HeavyM

As compiled by myself... I'm sure you have some of your own.

10. "The first thing that I would do is call in John Kerry, Bob Kerrey, Joe Biden, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, Dick Lugar, Chuck Hagel, and several others and say, ‘We’ve got to get foreign policy, national security issues back on track.'" -When asked the first thing he would do if elected President, 3/00

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Posted at 12:13pm on Feb. 5, 2008 The Following Takes Place Between 7 pm and 11 pm on the Day of the California Presidential Primary

By HeavyM

I’ve been waiting to use that this entire primary season…

Here are the poll closing times for tonight, so you know when to expect returns to come in. All times are EST, so adjust accordingly for your time zone:

7:00 — Georgia
8:00 — Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee
8:30 — Arkansas
9:00 — Arizona, New York

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Posted at 7:51pm on Jul. 26, 2007 Tension, Disappointment, and Resignations at FDT's Non-Campaign Campaign

By HeavyM

Fred Thompson has faced a lot of tough news over the last several weeks. First, the news that he had to push back his entry into the race from early July to mid July. Then it was from mid-July to August. Then August to September. Fred supporters said there was no way the rumors were true, until the Fred non-campaign verified them last week: he would not enter the race until early September, after Labor Day, leaving many supporters scratching their heads and wondering how they were supposed to recruit volunteers and finances for a guy who wasn't even going to start campaigning for another six weeks. Then the story comes out today from someone else inside the Thompson non-campaign, saying that it will most likely be mid- to late-September - and that "October isn't completely impossible."

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Posted at 12:13pm on Jun. 14, 2007 The Hype and Allure of Fred Thompson

By HeavyM

I’ve got to be honest. I didn’t start caring about and following politics closely until 2000 - 7 years ago. Oh, I’m old enough to remember watching the 1996 campaign and election, but Bob Dole wasn’t exactly an inspiration to get into politics, and everyone knew Bill Clinton was going to win anyway. But maybe my youthfulness (at 27 years old) is a reason that I just can’t seem to see what other people see in Fred Thompson.

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Posted at 5:43pm on May 14, 2007 Iraqi Leader: "Please, tell the Democrats for now to stop pressuring Bush."

By HeavyM

That would be Sheik Hussein al-Tamimi, the leader of one of the many tribes in Iraq, begging a reporter from the New York Sun to deliver that message back home in the United States.

The quote is in the middle of a story in the Sun that we can expect to be ignored by a majority of the MSM. Why? Because it presents great news about the recent troop surge and shift in the rules of engagement in Iraq. The story is headlined, "As Surge Begins To Take Hold, Tribal Leaders Turn on Qaeda."

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Posted at 2:36pm on May 8, 2007 Most Ethical Congress Ever Update: Free Plane Rides

By HeavyM

Promoted from blogs. I really do hope that none of our Democratic lurkers actually believed this 'most ethical Congress in history' nonsense that came from their leadership. Better cynicism than abject stupidity: you can cure cynicism. - Moe Lane

This is just too rich... after coming into power by promising to clean up Washington, not be beholden to special interests, and be the "most ethical Congress ever", Pelosi's posse has decided to give us yet another box of ammunition (brand name: Hypocrisy):

"Friends" can fly congressmen under new rules

Led by House Ethics Committee chair Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously agreed to loosen strict rules on members' acceptance of free airplane rides that were adopted when Democrats took over Congress in January.

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Posted at 7:00pm on Apr. 13, 2007 What Reagan Taught Us About Being Conservatives

By HeavyM

Promoted from the Diaries - MartinAKnight

Believe it or not, this article is not intended to endorse or attack any of the current candidates running in the 2008 election. You all know who my dog in this race is, but this piece is fully intended to be philosophical in nature and to remind us that our team needs us - all of us - if we even want to have a prayer of winning next year's general election.

During the 1960s and 70s, the conservative movement in America was all but pronounced dead. Democrats had advanced an aggressive left-wing agenda under Johnson (such as the War on Poverty and the Great Society) that indebted the country, both figuratively and literally, to liberal policies. Heading into the 1980s, Republicans had not had control of the Senate or the House since 1954, sometimes facing deficits of 23 seats or more in the Senate alone. Nixon had tarnished the Republican and the conservative name with the Watergate scandal. Americans identified themselves as Democrats more than Republicans by a 25% margin in many polls. The media and many Americans began asking if Republicans would ever be in power again. Conservatives, they said, had gone the way of the whigs.

But in the midst of certain permanent defeat, conservatives were handed two beautiful gifts. The first was the disastrous presidency of a peanut farmer from Georgia. But even one of the worst Presidents in modern history couldn't have turned the tide of five decades of history that seemed bent against conservatives. For that, we needed our second gift: an actor-turned politician from California.

Ronald Reagan. The Great Communicator. The Optimist. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest Presidents this country has ever known by Americans of all stripes. But how did he manage to bring conservatives back into prominence in America again? I believe the resuscitation and empowerment of the conservative movement in America began with a single speech in which a massive philosophy shift was cast as a vision for the future: Reagan's 1977 CPAC speech.

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Posted at 4:06pm on Feb. 12, 2007 Rudy's Abortion Problem

By HeavyM

For months, us political bloggers and nerds wondered how Rudy was going to finesse his pro-choice stance on abortion in order to win the GOP nomination. His support of publicly-funded abortions and for partial birth abortions was particularly troubling. Would he claim to have had a conversion on the subject? What would he do?

Well, so far in his early campaign speeches and Q&A sessions, he seems to be employing one of two techniques: the "Let's Not Talk About It" or the "Let's Fudge the Facts a Little".

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Posted at 5:49pm on Feb. 9, 2007 Romney News Roundup

By HeavyM

As many know, I have taken some time away from Redstate recently to be a front page poster at race42008.com, which is a fun site dedicated to news of the 2008 GOP nomination race. I continue to read Redstate for more political philosophy-oriented pieces and news outside the 2008 election, but have really enjoyed reporting on the '08 race.

Over the past week or so I've done quite a few pieces on Romney over at R4'08, so I wanted to compile a few of them in a single post here on RS and get your feedback on them as well. Because, well, you guys are my political home on the web and the ones that raised me from baby blogger to front-page poster. :)

So without further ado, here's a wrapup of what Team Romney has been up to recently!

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Posted at 1:22am on Feb. 3, 2007 New Hampshire Poll Alert: McCain Leads, Romney Ties Rudy!

By HeavyM

Cue that Drudge siren...

From ARG, as reported by the New Hampshire Union-Leader (numbers in parantheses are from the last ARG poll of New Hampshire in December):

McCain 27% (29)
Rudy 20% (25)
Romney 20% (9)
Gingrich 11% (14)
All others - below 1%
Undecided 21% (17)

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Posted at 5:53pm on Jan. 23, 2007 McCain Blasts Cheney, Rumsfeld; Also Strengthens and Emboldens Enemy

By HeavyM

John McCain, in what can only be cynically seen as an attempt to cash in on the low public support for the Iraq war via political opportunism, has come out swinging at Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld today. After calling the war a "witch's brew" and "terribly mishandled," he went on to explain his disdain with two of the biggest conservative icons of this generation:

"The President listened too much to the Vice President... he was very badly served by both the Vice President, and, most of all, the Secretary of Defense."

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Posted at 5:25pm on Jan. 11, 2007 In Which I Comprehensively Explain Why I Will Be Voting For Willard Mitt Romney

By HeavyM

PROMOTED from Diaries ...
NOTE: I can't say I appreciate the shots at the other candidates at the end ... but I can say that I do appreciate this diary.
  - MartinAKnight

With all the talk about Romney lately after a great week he has had, this is as good a time as ever to bring out a diary that has been months in the making and explain to everyone why Romney is now officially my first choice in this wide-open field of candidates.

This may be a little long, but my intent with this diary is to be comprehensive and thorough in my reasoning as to leave little doubt why this man has won my support.

Read on ...

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Posted at 12:24pm on Jan. 9, 2007 Bold and Transparent Leadership (The President's Speech)

By HeavyM

My fellow Americans:

Tonight I greet you with a heavy heart, and I want you to know that I, too, grow weary of the ongoing and incredibly tough fight we face for the hearts of the Iraqi citizens and the future of their great nation.

But although we grow weary, and for good reason, I implore you tonight to dig deep within yourself and find the pride that you have as an American. As Americans, we faced a long, hard struggle and brought peace to Europe, Africa, and Asia during World War II. As Americans, we faced difficult and dark days during the Soviet threat of the Cold War and persevered, bringing peace and democracy to Russia and dozens of countries that once lived in oppression and fear. And now, we take up that same mantle of leadership once again and dig in for a difficult fight to bring peace and stability to the most volatile region in the world. It can be done, and the end result will be worth our effort.

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