Weekend

This piece originally written for the NWI Times and published August 30th, 2010 Here I sit, a 24-year-old husband and father of a 15-month-old son (with another on the way as well, thank you very much). I have a mortgage, a car loan, and probably too many credit cards. I work 40-plus hours a week,...
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There are several things that I took away from this weekend as a whole and from the Sunday News Shows. - John Boehner can’t answer a straight question. He can’t get off his talking points. In general, I like John Boehner, but sometimes I just think he’s drinking his OWN Kool-Aid. Yesterday when he was...
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The Democratic incumbent, Senator Patrick Leahy had better be watching his back over there in Vermont. Vermont, known for it’s great skiing, it’s maple syrup, and now it’s Republican adds that will make you giggle. Britton has been running a great grass roots campaign in his attempt to oust the historical relic that is Leahy,...
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The one thing that really stuck with me today from the hours of talking heads was something that George Will said. Well, really it was two things, what Will said and the fact that Nicolle Wallace is an idiot, but I digress. Now, for some reason I always find something meaningful  from him every...
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In honor of the wonderful weekend of freedom here are some videos of Americas two greatest combinations. Rednecks and Fireworks. As a disclaimer don’t be stupid with fireworks.
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As was the likely outcome, Afghanistan dominated the conversation today. The consensus is still that the war effort seems to be fighting a long struggle with little upside. The big quote is from the head of the CIA Leon Panetta who said that the progress is slower than what we originally hoped for. But...
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Brian Donegan is the founder of the Can Do Conservatives, a great group to give a voice to the handicapped conservatives of the party. I was supposed to do a radio interview with Brian today, but of course things don’t always work when you want them to (I’m still not sure why it won’t let...
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Guess what…The oil spill sucks and the government or BP haven’t taken all the proper steps to clean it up or cap the leak itself. I’ve never watched 4+ hours of television news shows and learned absolutely nothing. NOTHING. Today’s shows were pretty much a waste of time. The talking heads on the news...
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