Saturday, October 23, 2010
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We have created in America a permanent political class that has powerful incentives to remain in office and grow government. Protected from accountability by gerrymandered districts and financial support from special interests, its members at times actually defy their constituents, as they did on the illegal immigration issue in 2007 and the mortgage bailout bill in 2008. It's time to hold our politicians to account.
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- George Will on election factoids to whet any palate
- Charlie Crist, giving political expediency a bad name
- How Ron Johnson beat Feingold: "This is not my lif...
- Diana West on the U.S. in Afghanistan: What price ...
- Kudlow: 2% growth is "the final nail" in the Democ...
- Cllinton and Bush acknowledged their electoral def...
- Obama inspires a Nixon comparison, crossing anothe...
- Obama adds another specialty to his repertoire - f...
- Palin goes after Murkowski on Facebook
- Want Pelosi out of office and off your tv? Vote ag...
- 160 file as Alaska write-ins, diluting Murkowski's...
- Unions going all out for Bennett, Manchin to get p...
- How GM generates fabulous gas mileage for the Volt
- Michelle Malkin watches "The View" so I don't have to
- Murkowski pushed for an official list of AK Senate...
- Schumer, Durbin quietly jockeying to replace Reid ...
- Chicago Sun-Times blasts Obama for cynical leftist...
- Obama inspiring buyer's remorse among suburbanites
- Sowell: "We have a strange man in the White House"
- Hot Air: Feds find political appointees at Justice...
- Too good not to see again
- Amy Kremer had an "empty space" in her life; she f...
- Times graphic shows demographic shifts away from D...
- Dennis Prager cuts through the fog of American unease
- Click on this headline for a penetrating look at E...
- Colleges get paid when students open credit card a...
- On Halloween eve, Coburn recklessly goes after ben...
- As the House veers to the right, the Dem caucus wi...
- Union poll finds Republican Joe Miller in trouble ...
- As the nation prepares his political grave, a Harv...
- What ails the flailing and failing Democrats? Obam...
- Insiders dumping stocks considered leading indicat...
- This malady is so expensive it must be cured whate...
- The "bitter clingers" are about to decide who stay...
- 80% of likely voters say most congress members sho...
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- The odds of a Reid comeback just went up; in the L...
- As election nears, majorities view Reid and Pelosi...
- More fraudulent voting charges in Sen. Al Franken'...
- Democrat governor of WV runs classic Republican ra...
- Obama's view of the U.S. as just another country i...
- ACORN's demise has been exaggerated; the dead will...
- After another brawl over the 1st amendment's purpo...
- The Hill poll indicates GOP pickup of at least 50 ...
- Though a minority, Republicans could run the table...
- Obama's speeches are now "insufferable, devoid of ...
- Reid staffer entered bogus marriage to admit Leban...
- Abysmal governance drives U.S. optimism to 36-year...
- TARP's overseer rips its failures and lack of acco...
- 2/3 of Americans, 1/3 of Democrats, thumbs down on...
- New Jersey teachers caught off-guard, boasting of ...
- Tea Party is a force that has had impact and has s...
- WikiLeaks: Iraq did, indeed, have chemical weapons...
- Examiner: "The interests of government employee un...
- Public employee unions underfund pensions and give...
- For a popular WV Democrat, Obama is an obstacle to...
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- Political careerists will still infest Michigan's ...
- "Airplane" director cuts ad spoofing Barbara Boxer...
- Pew Research finds huge GOP swings by 82% of voter...
- P.J. O'Rourke on what drives Democrats: "They hate...
- Michigan congressman makes two assertions; both ar...
- Obama gets an inhospitable welcome to Nevada
- Coming soon: an exciting new field - nonmonogamy c...
- A congressional challenger's name captures the nat...
- Gay conservatives go after Democrats Frank, Boxer ...
- While awaiting trial, Hamas-front CAIR shuts down ...
- Rep. Barney Frank bailed out banks; now he's colle...
- GOP looks stronger than Democrats before 2006 take...
- Noonan: the Tea Party rescued the GOP from George ...
- GOP holds 6.8% edge in generic ballot
- Breitbart defends tea party against "desperate" NA...
- Detroit Economic Club cancels disgraced car czar R...
- 18-term Democrat Rep. Oberstar jeered by MN consti...
- Democrat congressman's son imprisoned for alien sm...
- Examiner: Freeze federal spending as first step in...
- Are we paying people to act in socially irresponsi...
- People impervious to their multicultural betters s...
- 99 Democrat House seats in play with the party on ...
- Anything that turns voters against Obama is false ...
- Tancredo puts illegal immigration on front burner ...
- How one member of Congress milks the system
- Alaska mafia, hoping to preserve their bountiful W...
- One-fourth of '08 Obama voters have turned against...
- 18-term Rep. Oberstar in trouble in Minnesota's ar...
- For a look at the browning of the GOP, click on th...
- GOP House candidate espouses views seldom heard in...
- Scott Rasmussen predicts 55-seat GOP gain in House
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- Fort Hood soldier erased cell phone record of Hasa...
- If the U.S. is not exceptional, let's cut U.S. sup...
- Politico: Tea Party "is that inner voice that spea...
- Financial expectations of individuals near all-tim...
- U.S. is planning to reopen "family reunification" ...
- About to lose, Obama is a "radical idologue" who i...
- Rep. John Conyers meets with marxist Democratic So...
- Three-way Senate race tightens in Alaska as Democr...
- Veteran Democrat campaigner Pat Caddell unloads on...
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About Me
- TheRightFieldLine
- A farm boy in Minnesota, I acquired my first rifle at 5 and my shotgun at 9. At 10, I was living in Duluth, in a tough neighborhood. So I sawed off the barrel of my rifle and whittled a pistol grip. The farm boy was now ready for life in the city. In the army I expanded my repertoire to the M1, the bazooka, machine guns and other things that make loud noises. It was a blast, and I didn't have to pay for the ammo. Along the way, I broke bones playng football and spilled blood on hockey rinks. No regrets. Sports were a blast. Still are. I spent two years at two elite universities, but got my education at the University of Minnesota. A career journalist, I loved my craft until it took up social emgineering in the mid-90s. An industry that had welcomed bright, witty and irreverent free-thinkers was suddenly filling up with not-so-bright leftist zealots on a mission. So I quit. Since then, I have skated, roller-bladed, skied, sailed, canoed, worked out, traced my family roots, honed my churlish side and set up this blog. The old instincts are coming back. Life is good.
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