bfwebster on February 14th, 2010

Remember Chris Christie, the Republican who defeated Gov. Jon Corzine in New Jersey last year? Well, here’s his address to a joint session of the New Jersey legislature about the budget crisis there. I can’t embed the video, so you’ll have to go over and watch it. I have to agree with Hunter Baker’s assessment [...]

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bfwebster on February 4th, 2010

You knew this was coming — at least, that was one of my first thoughts upon seeing the original “Demon Sheep” ad. However, much to my delight, they used a different sequence from “Downfall” than you usually see. Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit. ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on February 4th, 2010

This is a long (too long) political ad dealing with the California Senate race. But just hang in there until 2:20 or so, and you will witness something truly priceless. Initial hat tip to Ace of Spades, but you’re going to be stumbling across this thing all over the net for the next few days. [...]

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bfwebster on February 3rd, 2010

[Welcome to all and sundry coming over from Ace of Spades.]
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Web daily mailing comes this posting from the DOJ Civil Rights Division for a Voting Section trial attorney:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar in good standing (any jurisdiction), [...]

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bfwebster on January 23rd, 2010

A wonderful video with a big hat tip to Gerard Van der Leun over at American Digest.  ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on January 22nd, 2010

In the fall of 2008, in a political discussion with a friend, she asked if I was worried about Obama being elected. I said no, for various reasons. First, I felt (wrongly, in retrospect) that Obama, like Bill Clinton, would largely govern from the center. Second, I had (and have) a lot of trust in [...]

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bfwebster on January 19th, 2010

Best $200 I ever spent. I’m going to be smiling for days.
Contrary to a lot of the spin coming out of the Left, here’s what Rasmussen found:
In the end, Brown pulled off the upset in large part because he won unaffiliated voters by a 73% to 25% margin. The senator-elect also picked up 23% of [...]

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bfwebster on January 2nd, 2010

Dana Loesch over at Big Government has a great roundup of the most underreported stories of 2009. Anyone reading this blog is probably familiar with most of the ten (10) stories she lists. Those who rely upon traditional network news (i.e., anything other than Fox) or newspapers are unlikely to be aware of any of [...]

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bfwebster on December 21st, 2009

If you’re not aware, the title of this post is how members of the United States Senate refer to themselves and their institution. I’d like to see any one of those 60 Democrats say that with a straight face anymore.  ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on December 20th, 2009

A big hat tip to Andrew Malcom over at Top of the Ticket (one of the best political blogs on the web) for posting this video.  ..bruce w..

Continue reading about “If we forget what we did, we won’t know who we are.”