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GOP pushes hard for environment and drilling for energy independence

By Manu Raju– The Hill

Senate Republicans aim to undercut Democrats’ claim to be the environmentally conscious party by combining their own conservation message with a longstanding push for more oil drilling.
The shift, to call for increased energy production and less oil […]

25Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Tancredo Blast McCain on Latino meeting

By: Rick Pedraza — Newsmax
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo blasts presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain for his secret meeting with Hispanic leaders in Chicago last week and challenges the Senator from Arizona to stand firm on border security, regardless of the audience he’s addressing.
In a letter sent to McCain on Tuesday and released by the […]

25Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Failed Policy: Supreme Court Rejects ‘Death’ for Rape of a Child

What do you know!– It was a 5-4 decision. Kind of predictable don’t you think? Nonetheless, the Supreme Court (namely the 5 liberal judges) in all its infamous wisdom decided that Louisiana’s law allowing the death penalty to be imposed against such offenders violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Tell that to […]

25Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 1 comment | Continued
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McCain drills home proposal

McCain Scores With Offshore Drilling Proposal – Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
John McCain has drawn first blood in the political debate following Barack Obama’s victory in the primaries. His call yesterday for offshore oil drilling — and Bush’s decision to press the issue in Congress - puts the Democrats in the position of advocating the wear-your-sweater […]

19Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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When people who demand tolerance are intolerant

Love makes you do strange things… When a gay couple is denied a marriage ceremony on religious grounds - a pavilion in this case– by a Methodist church, they do what any hypocritical intolerant belligerent does, they sue, bully and threaten.  
The pavilion in question is an open-air building with long benches looking out to the […]

19Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 3 comments | Continued
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‘Republicrat’ Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opposes lifting a ban on coastal drilling

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he opposes lifting a ban on new oil drilling in coastal waters, breaking with President Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
There’s a shocker.
“We are in this situation because of our dependence on traditional petroleum-based oil,” Schwarzenegger said in a statement that referred only to Bush’s call for the ban and […]

18Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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McCain says lift ban on coastal drilling

John McCain open to drilling offshore, not in Arctic Refuge–By Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times

18Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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President Bush calls for domestic drilling

Bush calls for offshore oil drilling–Jon Ward THE WASHINGTON TIMES

18Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Is it time to rethink affirmative action?

Have things become fair enough? With Barack Obama running for the highest office in the world what more proof is needed.

17Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 1 comment | Continued
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California has chance to define marriage in November

By the Associated Press
Secretary of State Debra Bowen of California said an initiative that would again outlaw same-sex marriage in the state had qualified for the November ballot. The measure would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as a union “between a man and a woman.” It would overturn the recent California Supreme Court […]

3Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Economic challenges is trumping the call for climate change debate in Senate

In short, this bill (sponsored by Joe Liberman) poses big challenges to the Senate because of higher energy cost, slower economic times and higher gas prices. It’s likely the Senate will be unable to agree on any legislation to curb global warming initiatives without severely crippling so many who depend on coal, oil and natural […]

1Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Tancredo isn’t satisfied with existing field on illegal immigration

GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colorado) made illegal immigration the center piece of his campaign. The polls of 2007 showed that if a credible candidate ran on a platform of securing the borders and stopping illegal immigration, then that person would be swept into office. Of course, that is before PR teams and mass media coverage […]

29May2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Individual Carbon Ration Card in the near future?

The Britain’s Environmental Audit Committee is pushing hard for the idea that “every adult should be use a ‘carbon ration card’ when they pay for petrol, airline tickets or household energy.”The ‘Spirit of Fear’ and new age Fascism when it comes to global Alarmism is getting a bit ridiculous. The sheep (that would be English citizens and […]

29May2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Stark realities of a Democrat in the White House

The California Supreme Court ruled that gays have a right to marry. It was a 4-to-3 decision which allowed California the second state after Massachusetts to allow same sex couples to marry.This will come up once or twice during the general election to be sure, and may show many that are still undecided what […]

15May2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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California’s Definition of Marriage

I just read the Wall Street Journal article about the CA Supreme Court decision published today overturning the ban on same sex marriage. Having read a good portion of the decision, I found this stated in the decision:
Furthermore, in contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to […]

15May2008 | James Thompson | 0 comments | Continued
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