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A Federal Offense
Trespassing and intimidation. Tarnishing Palin. Articulate minority politicians. J.D Salinger and more.
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THE ONLY CHOICE
Re: G. Tracy Mehan, III.’s Buttered
Guns:
Either we get our financial act together or wind up as another UK.
That’s the choice, there is no other, and time is running
out.
— Martin Owens
HAVING IT ALL
Re: Larry Thornberry’s Rubio
Outpolls Crist:
Keep the interesting and informative work up! I have quietly been
campaigning for Rubio for several months even though I do not
live in Florida. I hope the Grand Old Party doesn’t commit
political suicide and back Crist. Rubio is a possible contender
for the next president. He has it all: The appeal for every
“group”, a conservative for the conservatives, a Cuban for the
minorities, a handsome face for the dumbbells who only vote on
looks, and a speaker and debater who could match Obama any
day.
— Linda Price
BORING
Re: Larry Thornberry’s Calling
All Adults:
I agree with Mr. Thornberry that J. D. Salinger is over-rated. After Catcher I read the other Big Three”: (1) Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction; (2) Nine Stories; and (3) Franny and Zooey, and found them to be the most boring, pointless works I had ever read. In the past year or so, forty years after my initial reading, I tried again, and couldn’t get through any of them.
I know all about “De Gustibus Non Disputandem,” but there is a
limit!
— James F. Csank
GREAT FIGURE
Re: Ben Stein’s We’ve
Figured Him Out:
Great article.
— Jody Blessum
Thank you for this article. I hope zillions of folks read it. The American public needs this information from all kinds of sources; not just FOX News. Unless something is done, this man will ruin this country with his ideology. He has lots of help behind him all the way.
Also, thanks to you and your wife for being kind to animals. I saw you guys on I believe Animal Planet or one of those shows and you had about 3 rescue dogs, I think. More folks need to pay attention to the plight of the homeless pets as well.
Let’s face it. The world is “screwed up.”
— Janie Huffman
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TJ From Texas| 2.5.10 @ 9:12AM
Good to see Kessel back.
Where is Mimi Evans and Bev Gunn?!?
This once a week Reader's Mail isn't giving me satisfaction.
LQQKY| 2.5.10 @ 9:41AM
Nor me!
LQQKY| 2.5.10 @ 10:04AM
Re: HAVING IT ALL
Re: Larry Thornberry's Rubio Outpolls Crist:
I agree, although lately the crist-child's place holder (LeMieux) has been a pleasant surprise.
It is interesting that when I tried to contact the RNC and Chairman Steele in particular on the RNC websites,, there was no way to contact the party or Steele except with blogs. I wanted to make the point that, if we run true conservative Republicans (not RINO's just because "they can win and help retain (or obtain) a majority we will be successful beyond our wildest dreams. I, my wife, and most of our friends and acquaintances agree that, if RINO's are run, the independents will win some landslide victories in November with write-in votes!
IMKessel| 2.5.10 @ 10:21AM
Mr. Tomlinson,
I often agree with your positions, but today I do not. I am one of the many “who thought punishing Republicans in 2006 and 2008 and throwing away elections” was a smart idea. I still do.
I detest where the Democrats have taken this country. But if the electorate had chosen RINO’s, we would be in a similar situation, including the rise of the Tea Party (thank God for the grass roots); the country would not be much, if at all, better than it is now: RINO’s would have rolled over just as easily and quickly as the Blue Dogs have. So, Right now the antipathy, anger and aggression are directed squarely against the Dems, and properly so, but because the Democrats are clearly and unequivocally responsible, the Republican Party may rise again. (A fever sometimes kills the patient but more often it purifies the body; yes, sadly America is suffering, but the body politic is responding and correcting what is wrong. We will come out of this stronger and healthier – what has been broken will be mended.)
As for RINO’s, they can be called Reagan Republican but is a misapplied nomenclature. A Reagan Republican believes in certain and central tenets, moral, philosophical, political and economic. RINO's catergorically do not believe in or adhere to this principles.
I can call myself a cat, but if I lack a tail, fur, whiskers and any feline DNA, I am not truly a cat, no matter how I strongly I claim to be. If one abuses earmarks, opposes a strong military and projection of American power for the purpose of creating a freer and democratic world, one is not a Reagan Republican.
Because Obama, Pelosi, Reid and Company have overplayed their hand, the American public is getting a rough trade lesson in Liberalism/Progressivism and they are fighting back against this immoral, power grabbing administration.
So, the base did “punish” those who wandered and the American public is paying a high price, but the repentant man sings more passionately than those who are once born (to use the term of William James (The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)). The quality of the new wave of GOP candidates will be a of a more sterling character and offer a purer version of Conservative principles.
Respectfully,
IMKessel
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Tina Nelson| 2.8.10 @ 4:50PM
Why do we have to think in terms of Left or Right? Why can't we think in terms of Right or Wrong? Ethical or Unethical? Good for the one, or Good for the many?
IMKessel| 2.9.10 @ 3:44PM
Political orientation often filters the perceptions of action. What may be right from a Leftist or Progressive position may well be considered wrong from the Conservative/Right position. The ideas of right and wrong are not easily divorced from perspective and power.
explosion proof light | 11.15.10 @ 8:57AM
Obama's stage props, the guys with the white jackets, are here to take you away, to the funny farm, where everything will be alright.
Converse | 8.12.11 @ 3:48AM
is good