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Obama missing - update, now found

Posted by Juan Paxety:

June 9th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Martindale-Hubble is the best source ranking attorneys. Lawyers take a good deal of pride in their ranking, and any attorney who has been in practice for awhile should be listed by the service.
Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, is listed here.
Hugh Hewitt is here. Neal Boortz is here. Our friend Jacki Dowd is listed here. Even [...]

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Tags: Politics

Same old song

Posted by Mahone Dunbar:

June 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments


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Tags: Mahone Speaks · Politics

What campaign in Texas?

Posted by Juan Paxety:

June 4th, 2008 · No Comments

In his speech last night, Barack Obama said
We’ve certainly had our differences over the last sixteen months. But as someone who’s shared a stage with her many times, I can tell you that what gets Hillary Clinton up in the morning — even in the face of tough odds — is exactly what sent her [...]

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Tags: Latin America · Politics

‘68 Redux - the Florida mess

Posted by Juan Paxety:

June 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Yesterday, 30- members of the Democratic National Committee decided that it would seat Florida’s delegation to the party convention, but that each delegate would get only half a vote. Alcee Hastings says he will boycott the convention.
Back in 1968, at its convention in Chicago, the Democratic Party similarly dismissed the voters of several Southern states.  [...]

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Tags: Florida · Politics

Floridians count less than slaves

Posted by Juan Paxety:

May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Florida came into the union in 1845 as a slave state. Back  when the Constitution was written, northern states wanted to limit the number of Congressmen the southern states had, so they wrote in a requirement that only 3/5 of slaves be counted towards determining how many Representatives a state got. Now folks refer back [...]

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Tags: Florida · Politics

Libertarians nominate Bob Barr

Posted by Juan Paxety:

May 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The Libertarian Party in convention in Denver have nominated former Georgia congressman Bob Barr as its presidential candidate. Barr left the Republican Party in 2006 citing what he called reckless spending and civil liberties violations by the Bush Administration.
Stay tuned.
Update - here’s the news release from the party:
Denver - The Libertarian Party has nominated [...]

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Tags: Libertarian · Politics

Bob Barr hammers the Baptist Mullah

Posted by Juan Paxety:

May 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This past Friday, the Baptist Mullah, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was speaking to the NRA when there was a noise offstage.  He said it might be Barak Obama running because someone pointed a gun at him.  As a true man of the millennium, Huckabee apologized that afternoon.  Obama had no comment, but Bob Barr [...]

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Tags: Libertarian · Politics

Bob Barr announces presidential bid

Posted by Juan Paxety:

May 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr announced yesterday his candidacy for President of the United States. He gained national attention as on of the House Managers of President Clinton’s impeachment. Barr will seek the Libertarian Party nomination. He says the American people are fed up with the two-party system. Barr promises to reduce [...]

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Tags: Libertarian · Politics

The Pelosi gas price increase

Posted by Juan Paxety:

May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

November 6, 2006 was the day before the election that made Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House.  The U.S. national average for regular conventional gasoline on that day was $2.186.  Today’s price is $3.718.  That’s an increase of jsut over $1.53 per gallon.  Thanks Nancy.

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Tags: Politics

Barak, WTF?

Posted by Mahone Dunbar:

May 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

“Pleased with his recent victory in the democrat primary, Barak Obama mugs for the press as he enjoys one of his favorite foods that his grandmother used to serve him.”

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Tags: Mahone Speaks · Politics