A post on the ID Weeks blog states that, on Dec. 1, the library will cover first-floor art with black cloth in order to observe "Day without Art," in mourning for AIDS.
Yes, AIDS is bad. But so are lots of diseases. But the libraries don't normally cover the art in [...]
Illinois Rep. Rahn Emanual has accepted Obama's invitation to become the new WH Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanual has a reputation of being one of the most jarring, abrasive leaders in the Democratic Party. But he can get things done. Then again, there are many less abrasive Democrats who can [...]
As we all know, Barack Obama, Tim Johnson, Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin, and BJ Nesselhuf have all won election or reelection to President, US Senate, US House, and State Senate, respectively. CR friend Republican Dan Lederman of District 16 won his race for State House with around 35%. We congratulate Dan, as [...]
A packed crowd greeted the eight debaters last night.
I think both the CRs and the Dems argued their points deftly and passionately.
Many thanks to Rhino, Matt, Brittany, and Bill. And also to David Whitesock, our able referee, PSL, and the Volante.
You can see Volante Political Reporter Joe Sneve's liveblog, as [...]
What: Volante/Political Science League's annual USD College Republicans-USD College Democrats Debate
When: Tuesday, October 27, 2008, 7:00 PM
Where: Farber Hall in Old Main
Tonight, 20 College Republicans rallied outside the Neuharth Building in support of Chris Lien for Congress. Of course, he's debating incumbent Democrat Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin.
I arrived at 7:00 PM and the Dems were in full force. State Senator Ben Nesselhuf was in attendance- not surprising, as he has no classes to [...]
If you're into politics, you've probably already seen this- McCain and Obama at New York's Al Smith Dinner. Obama was so-so, but McCain brought the house down, which is why I'm only posting his speech.
[...]The new NRA rankings are out and the results are telling.
As expected, Jerad Higman received an A rating.
Nesselhuf received an F.
Ben Nesselhuf's ads are relying on an old, much better NRA rating. Hopefully he pull this misleading ad and use the new rating. Hunters will be happy he told [...]
Last night, McCain had a slip of the tongue, calling Barry "Senator Government." In actuality, it was the most appropriate remark all night.
Today's Wall Street Journal has a piece entitled "Senator Government" that details the massive, inescapable growth of government that would occur in an Obama administration.
-Matt Hittle
[...]"I think, when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."
Yeah, Barry, except for the ones who earned the money in the first place.
-Matt Hittle
[...]The blog South Dakota War College reports that SD Senator Tim Johnson received the second-highest amount of money from Wall Street:
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Senate incumbents receiving the largest percentage of total from the finance sector
Jack Reed (D) ---Rhode Island---$1,240,655---31.3%
Tim Johnson (D) ---South Dakota---$1,330,004---30.6%
John E. Sununu (R) ---New Hampshire---$2,060,274---30.4%
[...]
The WSJ today published a scathing report about Barack Obama's ties to radical group ACORN
ACORN stands for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, and Obama has been heavily involved in ACORN activities for years.
Of course, ACORN has been caught registering false voters- felons, those still in prison, [...]
Today, Barack Obama rolled out a new proposal to deal with the financial crisis
The only problem is, Hillary Clinton had the idea before he did, and he called it "disastrous."
That's right, Barry, give 'em what they want to hear!
-Matt Hittle
[...]Paul Krugman has won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics
He won because of his analysis of trade theory, which was groundbreaking.
I just hope that those same critics of Milton Friedman, who separate his Nobel work from his political opinions, do the same for Krugman. He won for scientific [...]
I've heard the same line from many Nesselhuf supporters: "Higman is a 'carpetbagger.'" Simply, a carpetbagger is a person who moves to another geographic area to reap economic benefits.
There are a couple of reasons why that term is ridiculous when applied here:
1) The use of this term illustrates the fact [...]
From Real Clear Politics
This is becoming a very strange campaign.
On CNN last evening both David Gergen and Ed Rollins echoed the current mantra that the "old" noble McCain is gone-and a "new" nastier one has emerged, largely because of his attacks on Ayers, perhaps his planned future ads on [...]
From today's Wall Street Journal
One of Barack Obama's most potent campaign claims is that he'll cut taxes for no less than 95% of "working families." He's even promising to cut taxes enough that the government's tax share of GDP will be no more than 18.2% -- which is lower [...]
Today, the College Republicans marched in the D-Days parade with Jerad Higman, Chris Lien, and Joel Dykstra. Many thinks to Dan Lederman for letting us use his truck and trailer! We had an army of volunteers for each candidate, throwing out many pounds of candy, stickers, t-shirts, frisbees, cups, and [...]
Hey Joe- What good is getting money for armor when you're pulling the troops out in the same bill?
[...]Palin knows about energy and she's kicking the crap out of Biden's radical talking points.
She also caught him on badmouthing clean coal a few weeks ago.
-Matt Hittle
[...]Biden is talking about deregulation, deregulation, deregulation, and how it's so bad.
The truth is, deregulation has nothing to do with the current financial "crisis."
He also fails to mention that government is the PROBLEM with the current high price of health care. If we added MORE regulation to our health [...]
I think I'll be a teacher. That way, I can spread my partisan agenda with no qualms from the teachers unions
-Matt Hittle
[...]Mark Ambinder is reporting that Chris Dodd, another old, white-haired man, insinuated that John McCain caused a ruckus during yesterday's bigwig meeting about the bailout at the White House. But the truth is that McCain and the Republicans listened openly and calmly.
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Though Sen. Chris Dodd implied [...]
This article about police force budget cuts says that in Palm Beach, police may stop responding to some calls due to lack of funds.
This got me thinking about remedies to the situation. If the budget can't be increased through cuts in other areas or by raising taxes (two things [...]
Green idealists are most likely to take long flights.
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The research team questioned 200 people on their environmental attitudes and split them into three groups, based on a commitment to green living.
They found the longest and the most frequent flights were taken by those who were most aware of [...]
1) Mr. Blake made it sound as if Nesselhuf actually had an active role in the USD money. He had absolutely nothing to do with the bill, other than voting for it like every other senator
2) Mr. Blake said that Nesselhuf is the first Senator from Clay County in 100 [...]
I'm watching Barack Obama on CNN right now. He is saying that he won't suspend his campaign right now and that he wants to debate on Friday.
This move doesn't lend much to his lie that he works in a bipartisan fashion.
More updates as things occur.
-Matt Hittle
[...]To Matt Blake’s response to my Nesselhuf column last week:
---On the minimum wage and pre-K education---
-Of course Mr. Blake is happy Nesselhuf supports these. Increased government meddling in citizens’ lives is a valuable tool for the Democratic Party.
-Blake makes a knee-jerk assumption that the minimum wage [...]
Either your support coal or not. Which is it?
[...]Ron Paul recently endorsed Chuck Baldwin for president
Now, I wasn't a Paul supporter, (for reasons that the quote below will establish). But for perhaps the most well-known living American libertarian to endorse such a terrible choice is nearly unforgivable.
Who is Chuck Baldwin? He is the Constitution Party candidate [...]
After my morning class, I strolled around campus, replacing the College Republicans signs that had been torn down over the morning.
We put our signs on general-purpose sign boards, and people are free to tear them down to put other signs up.
I was replacing torn down signs in East Hall [...]
With all the recent talk about greed on Wall Street, I thought I'd re-post this primer on greed from Milton Friedman. It's short, sweet, and insightful.
-Matt Hittle
[...]Why?
Earmarks.
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The unusual process means thousands of lawmakers' pet projects of the very sort blasted by GOP presidential nominee John McCain on the campaign trail would escape scrutiny, including up to $5 billion worth of such [...]
The Obama campaign has taken a turn toward Negative Town, but it appears Gaffe-Master General Joe Biden isn't on board.
The ad in question is the one that ridicules McCain for his inability to use the Internet (which is because he is physically unable to type).
Biden said:
"I thought that [...]
I'm instituting a new policy here at the College Republicans blog.
All comments must be written under your name, not a pseudonym, not "anonymous."
All comments that are anonymous or those listed under an obvious pseudonym will be deleted.
We CR bloggers are brave enough to write under our own names. We [...]
Joe Sneve, Volante political reporter, has a new blog. The most recent post is about the Nesselhuf's ham-handed response to my recent opinion column on Nesselhuf's ineffectual Senate term.
Here's a pertinent section:
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However, what may be relatively surprising to some is in a press release issued Wednesday afternoon in [...]
I especially like the second one because I like hearing the message directly from the candidates' mouth.
"Patriotic Act"
"Foundation"
"Jim Johnson"
-Matt Hittle
[...]*The following has not been influenced by, accepted by, or endorsed by the USD College Republicans. They are the views of Matt Hittle*
I've been detached from the uproar over my last column, as I've been out of town. But I'm pleased as punch!
Bill Muller, the Nesselhuf campaign manager sent out [...]
In a message to supporters, Nesselhuf campaign manager Bill Muller indicated that the political column I pen for the Volante is affiliated with the College Republicans. It is not.
I demand he correct this error as soon as possible. In an on-the-record conversation I had with him yesterday, he was extremely [...]
