Archive for March, 2008

It was announced Sunday that the remains of Sgt Matt Maupin were recovered in Iraq.  Sgt Maupin was captured in Iraq on April 9, 2004 when his fuel convoy, part of the 724th Transportation Company, was ambushed west of Baghdad.  He was later seen on Al-Jazeera surrounded by five masked men holding auotmatic rifles. 
Since that time, [...]

I just finished reading the agenda and watching the video from the Tuesday, March 25th Thornton City Council meeting.  One thing in particular stands out – a resolution essentially demanding that RTD deliver on what was promised in regards to FasTracks.  The resolution further outlines concerns about the impact of changes to the project and [...]

Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman has certified Amendment 46 for inclusion on the November ballot.  The measure would ban race and gender hiring preferences in Colorado and is long overdue.  Similar measures have been passed in recent years in California, Michigan and Washington.
This is long overdue and will finally allow government agencies to hire [...]

A bit of a follow-up to my entry last week about Hillary Clinton's foreign policy experience…  The Clinton campaign has now said that Clinton "misspoke" when she talked of ducking sniper fire in Bosnia in 1996.  Of course this wasn't until bloggers and Internet news outlets called her to the carpet on it and not [...]

Certainly Barrack Obama’s foreign policy experience is about as extensive as mine.  Further, his leadership experience is about on par with the local dog catcher’s since he has never lead anything more than the few people that make up his Senate office staff. 
Now Hillary of course runs around the campaign trail touting her foreign [...]

Gun control reduces the crime rate.  Gun control reduces violent crime.  Bans on handguns would bring crime down.  These and other myths were recently exposed in a report on ABC's 20/20.  Check it out here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3149487

The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is once again being called to task.  The conclusions of their "consensus" on Global Warming have been cast in doubt already and it has been shown that there are plenty of experts that dispute the results. 
Now the National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research [...]

Mitt Romney conducted his first interview since stepping out of the race yesterday with Fox News' Hannity and Colmes.  In addition to saying he would accept an offer to be the vice presidential candidate, he took the opportunity to discuss the foreign policy credentials of the Democratic candidates.  In part he said:
"I think he [Obama] [...]