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Intrepid reader Blarney Bob, who is determined to keep me honest in spite of myself, had this to say about my post on the Rendezvous rib joint in Memphis: It is Nathan Bedford Forrest and he was the first grand...

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Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

The Denver Post joins Ken Blanchard, USA Today, and South Dakota party officials in advocating regional primaries. Excerpt: Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, the Democratic Party presidential nominee in 1988, describes the current system as "nuts." Few Americans living outside...

A challenge from Stan's employee

Ron Paul On The Civil War

OK, this is very late, but that's what Christmas vacation can do to you. A couple weeks ago Ron Paul was on Meet The Press when he was asked about comments he had made about the Civil War and the...

Are dirty deeds really done dirt cheap? And how did they let out the bid for that one?

What the MSM doesn?t want you to know

WorldNetDaily?s underreported 2007 top 10 list: 1. Developments moving U.S. and continent closer to a North American Union 2. Bush's refusal to pardon imprisoned Border Patrol Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were prosecuted by the president's friend, U.S. Attorney...

Plutocracy, the Farm and Energy bills

Cory Heidelberger has brought up the issue of plutocracy, and I believe that is an issue we need to understand and more fully discuss. Tony Dean has a post covering Brad Redlin?s, director of the Izaak Walton League's agricultural programs,...

What's New with the Blogs

Romney promotes secular humanism

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Fox GOP 'Forum' Poll

A salute to Rachel Paulose

Those debate rating doo-hickey thingy things

South Dakota Blogs

The why's and wheretofores of the upcoming changes at the SDWC.

Turnaround is fair play?

Vehle running for Senate

Primary Reform

Peggy Noonan on Huckabee's Victory

The Argus goes after State Government. Again.And the evil part of me hopes they succeed.

Cultural Marxists and hate crimes

What's the talk in DC today? I hear it's this article...

A Few Other Notes on the Primaries

Should this bother us? RC Council votes to give Cabela's a carrot. A really, really expensive carrot.

Things are going well.....

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

Bankers: Recession in the Offing

More RC Mayor Stuff - On the net, and in the paper.

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Reflections on Iowa

Iowa Interpreted 2

DMR Poll Puts Huckabee, Obama At Top

American Blogs