Let's redefine patriotism as being informed!

Commentary: Drive naked, save America - CNN.com

Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 7:06 PM EDT (CNN)

Is Obama's tire gauge plan going to alleviate our oil needs enough to render offshore drilling unneccessary? Are there any unneccessary letters in my spelling of the work unneccessary? (I don't know - there's no spell check here - but back to the article).

oil, politics, environment, john-mccain, energy-crisis, offshore-drilling, glenn-beck, barrack-obama

Two campaign speeches, one JFK moment? | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)

Seeded on Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:28 AM EDT (journalism.org)

Brief comparisons between Romney's religion speech and Obama's religion and race speech. Analysis of the history and benefits or harm of Rev. Wright and Obama's speech.

attack, politics, new-zealand, mitt-romney, wright, world-news, dog-attack, barrack-obama, election-1008, new-zealand-dog

Rumors of McCain-Romney ticket fires up Michiganders | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 3:41 PM EDT (The Detroit Free Press)

Everyone is speculating about McCain's pick for veep. Especially important since McCain has alienated much of the far right on several issues, as well as just being a general prick.

politics, mccain, romney, vice-president, election-2008

Russia on the March: The Return of the Red Square Parades

Seeded on Sun Mar 9, 2008 11:55 PM EDT (Heritage.org)

Russia's rearmament, the parade, its global maneuvers, and its new weapon systems are designed to make others respect Russia as well as deter NATO and the U.S., which Putin sees as a hegemonic superpower seeking to harm Russia.

us, russia, nato, world-news, foreign-policy

Staying to Help in Iraq - An OpEd by UN Embassador Angelina Jolie

Seeded on Sat Mar 8, 2008 10:30 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Today's humanitarian crisis in Iraq -- and the potential consequences for our national security -- are great.

iraq, elections, politics, president, war, surge, angelina-jolie, current-affairs, withdrawal

The Cost Of Retreat In Iraq

Seeded on Sat Mar 8, 2008 3:10 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Seeded by Bill Harrison (Clipped by Megan To Pagan)

A very cogent column by controversial former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on Iraq.

oil, iran, taliban, sunnis, saudi-arabia, world-news, iraq-war, shiites

The Democrats' Dilemma - Could Al Gore be called in to take the nomination?

Seeded on Sat Mar 8, 2008 12:36 AM EST (Newsweek)

An unbloodied Obama fares better against McCain, but where will he be after Clinton is through with him?

elections, politics, primaries, obama, al-gore, hillary-clinton, democratic-nomination-2008

Five Minutes Well Spent

Seeded on Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:39 PM EST (EW.com)

Keeping waterboarding as an interrogation technique is not the slippery slope some say it is.

cia, terrorism, torture, terrorists, bush-administration, us-news, national-security, interrogation, partisan-politics, waterboarding

Film Noir - The Stranger Part Deux

Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:32 PM EST

Back by popular demand, the kind of popular demand that redefines the word "popular" to mean two people out of thousands, I bring you, Film Noir, Part Deux

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romance, valentines-day, creative-writing, film-noir, stranger, writing-down-the-bones

Film Noir - The Stranger

Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:51 PM EST

This is my Romance/ Valentine's Day submission for 'Writing Down the Bones'.

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romance, satire, valentines-day, creative-writing, film-noir, sbutki, writing-down-the-bones

Our Adoption Story, Part II

Thu Feb 7, 2008 10:07 PM EST

This is the second part in what I believe will be a three part series. In part one I talked about how we came to decide on adopting from Russia, some of the initial problems we had, and a brief description of the referral we received and accepted.

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russia, children, adoption, personal-narrative

McCain And Clinton Should Just Get A Room! - But Will It Be Oval?

Wed Feb 6, 2008 12:09 PM EST

Is anyone else sick of the NBC Nightly News on-line link with the pictures of Clinton and McCain made to look as if they are gazing fondly at each other. Can you say 'subliminal message'? Well, they may have to replace Clinton's photo with Obama's. I'd like to see that gooey gaze.

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clinton, politics, president, mccain, john-mccain, obama, barack-obama, hillary-clinton, election-2008

McCain Gets All The Media Love

Seeded on Tue Feb 5, 2008 4:53 PM EST (Politico)

It's been a running joke that journalists compose Sen. John McCain's real base, and a media exposure report released Tuesday helps confirm it.

media, politics, gop, republicans, primaries, john-mccain, mitt-romney, election-2008m-elections

The candidates: a viewpoint breakdown

Seeded on Tue Feb 5, 2008 11:41 AM EST (ocolly.com)

A breakdown of views by both Republicans and Democrats.

democrats, politics, gop, republicans, john-mccain, mitt-romney, barack-obama, primary, hillary-clinton

The Revised Outlook For Super Tuesday

Seeded on Mon Feb 4, 2008 9:23 PM EST (EW.com)

Last week I went through the states and the delegates on the GOP side, and came up with results that didn't look quite so dire for Mitt Romney: McCain at 500+ (needing 1,191 to be the nominee), Romney at 325, Huckabee at 230 or so. But a quite a bit has changed in the polling …

politics, gop, john-mccain, mitt-romney, primary, mike-huckabee, election-2008, ron-paul, super-tuesday

Romney Declares Victory In Maine - From The Road

Seeded on Mon Feb 4, 2008 9:15 PM EST (CBS News)

With 47 percent of precincts reporting, Romney had a solid lead at 53 percent with John McCain trailing with 21 percent of the vote and Ron Paul at 19 percent.

politics, maine, john-mccain, mitt-romney, primary, mike-huckabee, election-2008, caucus, ron-paul

Romney To Huckabee: No Whining

Seeded on Mon Feb 4, 2008 9:09 PM EST (CBS News)

In recent days, Romney has avoided responding to Huckabee's barrage of attacks, as the former Massachusetts governor seeks to portray the nomination fight as a two-man race between himself and McCain. But in his remarks this afternoon, Romney hit back hard.

politics, john-mccain, mitt-romney, primary, mike-huckabee, election-2008, super-tuesday

A Romney Son Takes His Pitch to Campus

Seeded on Mon Feb 4, 2008 9:01 PM EST (The New York Times)

He then said he'd take questions on, "anything from the Mitt Mobile to my dad's hair." Students had more substantive things on their minds.

election, politics, gop, new-jersey, john-mccain, mitt-romney, primary, election-2008

Romney and McCain in Even Race In California

Seeded on Mon Feb 4, 2008 8:50 PM EST (Rasumssen Report)

California: McCain 38% Romney 38% Sunday, February 03, 2008

election, politics, california, gop, primaries, john-mccain, mitt-romney, election-2008, super-tuesday

How Big Is The Rally To Romney?

Seeded on Mon Feb 4, 2008 7:49 PM EST (townhall - hugh hewitt)

How big is the rally to Romney? I will ask Scott Rasmussen in the last hour of today's program.

election, politics, california, gop, john-mccain, mitt-romney, election-2008, super-tuesday, rasmussen-report

Child Abuse, Abortion, and Adoption - What Needs To Change

Sun Feb 3, 2008 5:33 PM EST

As someone who has adopted, I was amazed by the amount of paperwork and classes and proof we had to provide to show ourselves fit parents and to be eligible to adopt.

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laws, abortion, children, abuse, adoption, foster-care

Wall Streeters Not For McCain Research Claims About Jobs Lost By Mitt Romney While At Bain Capital

Seeded on Sat Feb 2, 2008 3:34 PM EST (race42008.com)

Here is an interesting refutal to McCain's claim that Romney's work at Bain led to lost jobs. Romney has admitted that some companies had layoffs in order to remain viable and that some jobs were lost. He even acknowledges having made mistakes.

economy, jobs, election, politics, unemployment, john-mccain, mitt-romney, election-2008

Irreconcilable Differences? McCain and the GOP

Seeded on Sat Feb 2, 2008 3:21 PM EST (National Journal)

"With his victory in Florida tonight, it is very, very hard to see a way that McCain does not win the Republican nomination for President now.

election, politics, gop, john-mccain, mitt-romney, liberal, conservative, election-2008

[Satire] This Just In - McCain Floats Clinton As VP

Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:17 PM EST

Just in time for Super Duper Tuesday, McCain has just announced that he is in negotiations with the Clinton camp in an historic attempt to "reach across the aisle" and "get things done" by suggesting that Clinton could be the VP to McCain's P.

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election, politics, john-mccain, satire, election-2008, hilary-clinton, barak-obama, ooh-gross

8 Things About Megan To Pagan

Fri Feb 1, 2008 7:19 PM EST

OK, Mel tagged me. So here I go.

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about-me, 8-things

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Comments & Feedback

Thanks for keeping up the fight for Romney. Its nice to have someone else around who knows the FACTS and the TRUTH. We are constantly fighting uphill battles against ignorance, but its great to see your name on these posts.
— TimforMitt

Thanks for the reassurance. It's so cool that people here discuss things intelligently. Also, your sons are totally adorable, love the pictures.
— GillianK