Politics

Joe Wilson Is Only The Tip Of The Conservative Iceberg

Saturday, September 12, 2009
By Mike Burns
Joe Wilson Is Only The Tip Of The Conservative Iceberg

When Joe Wilson pointed his finger at the President and called him a liar last Wednesday, a simultaneous wave of shock, disgust and resignation swept over me. When you look at the video tape of the event I think that Pelosi, Biden and the President all three echoed those very same emotions. Shock because... »

Teaching Your Children to Fear The President

Friday, September 4, 2009
By Mike Burns

Next Tuesday the President of the United States is scheduled to speak to millions of school children about hard work, good grades and staying in school. It was a message that was meant to inspire and motivate kids to put their nose to the grindstone and do their best. Instead, it has become a... »

Deciphering Tom Ridge

Thursday, September 3, 2009
By Mike Burns
Deciphering Tom Ridge

It has been a pretty strange couple of days trying to figure out exactly what Tom Ridge believes happened during his tenure as head of the Department of Homeland Security. In his book he states pretty clearly that he felt that there were political motivations behind some of the arguments to raise the security... »

Conservatism Has Always Catered To The Fringe

Monday, August 31, 2009
By Mike Burns

Conservatives have always bristled when liberals or the media label them as the “Radical Right”. They feel that the term radical should only be applied to those who want to transform society. According to them, groups that advocate for the expansion of civil rights, homosexual rights, women’s rights and health care reform are what... »

What Did George W. Bush Do All Day?

Thursday, August 27, 2009
By Mike Burns
What Did George W. Bush Do All Day?

Here is an article I had written a couple of months ago for another website but I liked it so well I thought I would reprint it for you here. The recent article in GQ magazine detailing Donald Rumsfeld’s incompetence while Secretary of Defense reads like a chapter from a bizaro version of the idiots... »

Tom Ridge Confirms Bush’s Terror Tactics

Friday, August 21, 2009
By Mike Burns
Tom Ridge Confirms Bush’s Terror Tactics

Sometimes conspiracy theories really do come true. In Tom Ridge’s upcoming book he outlines several scenarios where he felt pressure to raise the terror alert levels to artificially high levels for purely political reasons. What a big surprise. Actually, as dirty deeds from the Bush administration go, this doesn’t seem to be a very... »

Sarah Palin: Why She Still Matters

Saturday, August 8, 2009
By Mike Burns

It is hard to imagine that Sarah Palin has been in the national spotlight for less than one year. It seems that she has dominated the news cycle far more than any Governor of a small state or even a former vice presidential candidate could or should. To most of us on the left,... »

Republicans Give Up On Hispanic Vote

Saturday, August 8, 2009
By Mike Burns
Republicans Give Up On Hispanic Vote

I have heard many in the news media refer to the Supreme Court hearings on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination as boring and having very little real news value. Chris Mathews and Peggy Noonen even complained that she was “over coached” and stiff. A boring and uneventful nomination hearing was exactly what the President wanted for... »

Sonia Sotomayor: The Senators Own The Stage

Saturday, August 8, 2009
By Mike Burns

As I watched the Supreme Court hearings the last couple of days, I was surprised but not shocked that the Republican Senators were being so tough on Sonia Sotmayor. It seemed, at first, to be completely counterproductive for the Republicans to continually repeat the same attacks over and over again with no expectation of... »

Sarah Palin: Political Spokesmodel

Saturday, August 8, 2009
By Mike Burns
Sarah Palin: Political Spokesmodel

The dictionary defines a politician as: “a person experienced in the art or science of government”(the most generous definition) and a statesman as: “a person who exhibits great wisdom and ability in directing the affairs of a government or in dealing with important public issues.” Sarah Palin by no stretch of the imagination can be thought of as... »