DENNIS M. PATRICK: WE ELECT WHO WE DESERVE |
Are America’s citizens, especially her youth, capable of electing a congress and an executive qualified to lead us back to the status of a respected world leader?
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DENNIS M. PATRICK: WE ELECT WHO WE DESERVE |
Are America’s citizens, especially her youth, capable of electing a congress and an executive qualified to lead us back to the status of a respected world leader?
BRENT MCCARTHY: IT’S DEJAVU |
History has a funny way of repeating itself. Today Heidi Heitcamp is trying to distance herself from the Democratic Party while trying to convince us that she believes in North Dakota values.
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: YO-YO ECONOMICS? |
The depression of 1920-21 was as severe and rapid an economic contraction as any in U.S. history. Unlike the contraction in 1929-30 that eventually persisted for 12 years, the severe depression in the early ‘20s ended in 1922. By 1923, the economy was firing on all cylinders. Why?
JOE SOBRAN: THE LOST ART OF SPEAKING |
Ah, those scripts. In the old days, and let us not hesitate to call them the good old days, literate men like Morrie Ryskind, William Faulkner, Scott Fitzgerald, James Agee, and Raymond Chandler wrote screenplays worthy of the best actors.
SELWYN DUKE: HOKUMHONTAS WARREN’S STUPID HORSE MOMENT |
Of course, there's no reason to believe that Hokumhontas was actually qualified for her Harvard position in the first place. Having listed herself as a "native American" in a directory of law professors for the decade prior to her affirmative-action hiring, it's all but certain that she was playing upon the female-minority quota daily double — and benefitted from it. And all this based on supposedly having had a great-great-great grandmother who was Cherokee, which would account for 1/32nd of Warren's heritage.
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 5, 2012 |
Scam is in the air; “worst place on earth”: Let’s not become the third Dakota; the “oldest old; a horrendous, growing problem; Williams County (Williston) created 12,000 jobs; crime boom; University of Mary in Bismarck; Medcenter One in Bismarck and Sanford Health; Fighting Sioux nickname; “Indoor RV park”; Frankly, Jellybean is not ready; DAKTOIDS . . .
DR. EARL TILFORD: AFGHANIZATION |
Afghanization succeeds only if it proceeds with a bodyguard of political and economic reforms compelling the Afghan people to fight for themselves. Otherwise, Afghanization only needs to endure until early November and the re-election of President Obama.
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 30, 2012 |
ND’s capitol is “terrible, it’s embarrassing,”; “commands the prairie with simple, lean authority”; “It’s beautiful and simple; offer free college tuition to all Nodaks; legislative leaders and their lemming-like followers; UAS graduates find jobs with drone manufacturers; average full professor makes $100,000; a Buffalo Chip on Jessica Vega; grass is “flammable as gasoline; both parties go away happy; Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp; meth use and sales are increasing; ND traffic accidents are rising . . .
ROBERT T. SMITH: ENERGY - PENNSYLVANIA’S CHOICE, AMERICA’S MODEL |
The ingenuity of Americans to assemble the component pieces of economic energy—and to convert that economic energy into economic abundance and wealth—is an American success story. Wealth generation is the outcome of Americans freely conducting their lives as they see fit in the pursuit of happiness. The perpetual motion machine of Americanism is driven by freedom; the freedom to obtain, assemble, and release economic energy and create wealth.
JOE SOBRAN: CHURCH, STATE, AND SCHOOL |
What other purpose does the Pledge really serve? It teaches an unreflective loyalty to the government, rather than an intelligent attachment to the principles of the Constitution. The Constitution never speaks of the United States as a single and monolithic "nation." It always refers to them in the plural. There is a reason for this, but most Americans have forgotten it. Even Lincoln sometimes spoke of the United States as a "confederacy."
VASKO KOHLMAYER: SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE POINT TO GOD’S EXISTENCE |
. . . Richard Dawkins suggested that it may have been seeded on this earth by aliens. It is truly hard to believe that a serious scientist would even entertain such a fantastical speculation. This is, however, what happens when even intelligent men try to avoid the obvious implications of science. They start talking about aliens and such.
LYNN BERGMAN: IMPLEMENTATION OF NORTH DAKOTA MEASURE 2 |
Will it require increasing other taxes?
How can it be administered?
29,617 voting age North Dakotans signed petitions to place Initiated Constitutional Measure No. 2 on the June 12, 2012 Primary Election ballot. Measure No. 2 eliminates property taxes and requires replacement of the lost revenues with other state revenue sources, without restrictions on how the revenues may be spent by local political subdivisions.
If we act now to leave $857,012,658 Million in the pockets of North Dakota individuals and businesses on February 15, 2013 and $970 Million in the pockets of North Dakotans on February 15, 2014, the likely rapid diversification of our economy and associated economic benefits to North Dakota residents will be unparalleled! And as the years go by, all areas of our great state are likely to prosper, not just agriculture, oil and their support sectors. We can look forward to a future economy that is diverse enough to weather almost any “economic storm” placed before us; and hopefully without the taxpayer supported “economic development” schemes that “pick winners and losers”!
JOE SOBRAN: YOUR FRIEND, THE STATE |
How does the state pull this off? One tested and well-nigh infallible method is to convince its subjects that it's protecting them from an even worse enemy than itself. This seldom fails. The majority nearly always fall for the idea that if the state is hurting someone else even worse than it's hurting them, it's on their side, and is therefore their friend, protector, and benefactor.
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 20, 2012 |
wise monkeys in the Oil Patch, Stein has good words for Nodaks, The candidates offer very different visions, Minnesotans hanging on words of wisdom from ND, the week of oddball trials, The 4 Bears Casino & Lodge, “Tribal members being evicted for oil field development,” they are effectively confiscating private property, many reservation problems go unaddressed, The Cirrus plant in Grand Forks, Highway 52/281 in Carrington, fraternities and sororities have agreed to an alcohol ban, arrived at the prom in her big red pumpkin, DAKTOIDS
DR. PAUL KENGOR: ON HOPE AND HATE: WEEK ONE OF OBAMA V. ROMNEY |
Envy is a deadly sin, but Team Obama desires it as an excellent divide-and-conquer tactic. Axelrod and Obama both cut their political teeth in Chicago, home of Obama inspiration Saul Alinsky, who preached the tactic of “isolating” a target and “demonizing” it. Romney’s riches fit the bill nicely.
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: THE GOP: A PARTY IN FLUX |
The Republican Party may indeed be evolving into a truly conservative party, but the transformation is far from complete. Many rank-and-file Republicans have been becoming more conservative at different rates, so it is not surprising that the candidates struggled to find the “sweet spot” where one could establish himself as the ideal 2012 Republican.
LYNN BERGMAN: END FEDERAL FUNDING OF NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS! |
The postulate to be debated was “The world would be better off without religion” which was the first clue to its unbalanced production. The question that came immediately to my mind was “Why not postulate that “The world is better off because of religion” . . .
DENNIS L. PATRICK: IDENTITY THEFT—AGAIN |
I have concluded the following. First, I will never retrieve my original identity. It's gone forever. Second, my identity is being bought and sold as would any comnmnodity.
SELWYN DUKE: BIRMINGHAM NEWS DROPS THE BALL ON BLACK-ON-WHITE CRIME |
Now, how can Robinson consider herself an honest reporter when omitting the most newsworthy aspect of the story? Stokes’ claims should have been juxtaposed with the police chief’s. But it seems to me that the reportage just reflects the police investigation: both may be examples of going through the motions, of not wanting to “mess with” something politically incorrect and perhaps dangerous.
ROBERT L. HALE: OPPONENTS OF MEASURE 2 NOW RESORTING TO NAME-CALLING |
The law suit was filed against government agencies and certain elected officials. The same elected officials that had just passed amendments to the state’s Corrupt Practices Act which they are now blatantly violating.
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 13, 2012 |
. . . money to lawyers and criminals, repeated failures by the Board of Higher Education, a tenuous chain of events, out-of-control beast, a pattern of embezzlement, a shortage of wizards, a $10 million lettuce greenhouse, Bravo and Buffalo chip awards, Leafy Spurge and Prairie Roses, Magnus made a very risky decision, Hansen seemed jolly and friendly his entire 89-year life, DAKTOIDS
HAL NEFF: HEITKAMP MISCHARACTERIZES RYAN PLAN, OFFERS NO PLAN |
It is beyond remarkable that Heitkamp says she advocates a balanced budget amendment for the United States Constitution with some exceptions. And, in her view, that balanced budget amendment will somehow fix the massive debt of 15.5 trillion dollars, and reverse three consecutive years with over 1 trillion dollars deficit spending.
JURIS CURISKIS: CRONYISM AND SPECIAL INTERESTS DRIVE OPPOSITION TO MEASURE 2 |
But it is very sad to see a coalition named “keep it local ND” that adamantly opposes the Measure 2 tax reform. It is a coalition of business interests rather than homeowners. The coalition’s tax priorities are very different than the homeowner’s tax priorities. For the coalition to criticize Measure 2 in order to preserve their business interests and ignore the homeowners interests is very self serving and morally wrong.
DR. PAUL KENGOR: ON OZZIE GUILLEN, FIDEL CASTRO, AND BASEBALL IN CUBA |
Alas, no one in Cuba has a payroll quite like Fidel Castro. At the time, Forbes magazine published its annual list of the world’s wealthiest leaders. Placing eighth was Castro at $110 million—a conservative estimate that doesn’t begin to account for the billions of dollars in land, industry, and resources he has personally confiscated
JOE SOBRAN: THE RISE OF TAX SLAVERY |
Will Americans ever awaken to what has happened to their country? Some vigilant souls have seen it all along. Many were aware of it long before I was. No doubt more are learning every day.
DR. MARVIN FOLKERTSMA: SICK CHICKENS AND SICK LAWS |
A much more instructive case was decided in May 1935 and involved striking down a law that, if anything, dealt with a much more egregious invasion of the private sector by an act of Congress, the National Industrial Recovery Act, which was part of the original New Deal.
JON BASIL UTLEY: WHAT AMERICANS THINK—WHEN ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTIONS |
The author argues that the public is always ahead of the politicians and that the time is ripe for an effective leader to win election with real budget cuts.
SELWYN DUKE: POLICE TO WHITE VICTIM: WE “DON’T MESS” WITH BLACK GANG |
We’re used to hearing stories about law enforcement being intimidated by organized crime – in places such as Colombia and Mexico. But in the US? This is yet another example of our descent into Third Worldism.
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