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Congressman Doug Lamborn, U.S. representative for Colorado, was recently on a radio show discussing President Obama, the president’s economic policies, and the debt ceiling deals being debated. Lamborn used the phrase “tar baby” to describe working with the president. “I don’t even want to have to be associated with him. It’s like touching a tar-baby, and you get it — you know, you’re stuck, and you’re part of the problem now, and you can’t get away,” Lamborn said on the Caplis and Silverman show in Denver. Nearly all...
Congressman Doug Lamborn, U.S. representative for Colorado, was recently on a radio show discussing President Obama, the president’s economic policies, and the debt ceiling deals being debated. Lamborn used the phrase “tar baby” to describe working with the president. “I don’t even want to have to be associated with him. It’s like touching a tar-baby, and you get it — you know, you’re stuck, and you’re part of the problem now, and you can’t get away,” Lamborn said on the Caplis and Silverman show in Denver. Nearly all...
Freedom New Mexico Anyone curious about the direction of the conservative or libertarian movements, priorities for Tea Party enthusiasts or Republicans — or anyone generally interested in the hottest topics for right-leaning politicos — ought to pay close attention to what happens at Freedom Fest, set for July 14-16 in Las Vegas. This conference may be a bellwether for issues going into next year’s presidential election and could well help shape the debate during the GOP presidential nomination season. Freedom F...
It’s a start. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he would withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2011. He promised, “(We) will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer, fully recovering the surge” of troop levels he began in 2009. About 67,000 troops then would remain in Afghanistan. The reason was that the surge accomplished its mission “to refocus on al-Qaida, to reverse the Taliban’s momentum, and train Afghan security forces to defend their own country.” He promised even more t...
It’s a start. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he would withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2011. He promised, “(We) will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer, fully recovering the surge” of troop levels he began in 2009. About 67,000 troops then would remain in Afghanistan. The reason was that the surge accomplished its mission “to refocus on al-Qaida, to reverse the Taliban’s momentum, and train Afghan security forces to defend their own country.” He promised even more t...
Freedom New Mexico J ohn McCain started the Arizona forest fires. OK, so we’re making this up. McCain the flamethrower probably did not start the fires. But this much is true. Freedom Newspapers had no less to go on when blaming McCain than McCain had in blaming immigrants. McCain may not be well. Here’s what he said over the weekend: “There is substantial evidence that some of these fires are caused by people who have crossed our border illegally. They have set fires because they signal others, they have set fires to keep... Full story
Freedom New Mexico J ohn McCain started the Arizona forest fires. OK, so we’re making this up. McCain the flamethrower probably did not start the fires. But this much is true. Freedom Newspapers had no less to go on when blaming McCain than McCain had in blaming immigrants. McCain may not be well. Here’s what he said over the weekend: “There is substantial evidence that some of these fires are caused by people who have crossed our border illegally. They have set fires because they signal others, they have set fires to keep... Full story
Nearly three decades after the Police first sang of watching “every move you make,” modern technology now gives mobile phone and Internet providers the power to “police” our every move. With the proliferation of social networking applications like Four Square, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that mobile devices track users’ movements. However, consumers might not realize that our mobile devices are constantly transmitting bits of location data, even when we don’t check-in at our favorite restaurant. This fact has us concerned,...
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Leading conservatives are the greatest asset President Barack Obama could ask for. They help his cause each and every day. In a country of rising fuel and food prices, unpopular foreign wars, high unemployment and hope for change at an all-time low, the president and first lady should be in political turmoil. They’re not. Instead of defending themselves against the dismal state of the country, and the general mood of misery and fear, the first family is weathering critics on the right who are all in a fuss about breast pumps...
The kind of political fight we’ve longed to see finally broke out in Washington last week as Republicans battled other Republicans over whether to cut a lot from the federal budget, or to cut even more than a lot. Democrats, who lost control of the House in November’s election, can be thanked for this rare opportunity. When both houses were controlled by Democrats, Congress was unable to pass a budget for the current 2010-11 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. Meanwhile, a wave of Republican candidates — whose November vic... Full story
Men Tarleton State (12-3, 3-0 LSC South) at ENMU (7-8, 2-1) • When: 7 p.m. today at Greyhound Arena. • Last time out: Tarleton grabbed sole possession of the division lead with a 69-66 upset win over ninth-ranked Incarnate Word on Wednesday at Stephenville, Texas, while the Greyhounds lost at Midwestern State 89-69. • Last meeting: The Texans dominated ENMU last season, winning 73-48 at Greyhound Arena and 76-36 at Stephenville. • Of note: All three of TSU’s losses have come on the road in Lone Star C... Full story
Although Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met over the weekend with his counterpart in Beijing, putatively to ease tensions, there is little question the Obama administration is gearing up for a concerted economic/diplomatic offensive against China, which U.S. officials accuse of keeping the value of its currency, the renminbi, too low. This may be an election-time maneuver. Democrats across the country are accusing their Republican counterparts of “shipping jobs overseas,” and China — a country with an und...
The Internet is developing so rapidly that users typically discover only after the fact that their privacy was invaded or their private online activities were revealed to strangers. Safeguards don’t seem to keep pace. That’s troubling if, for example, a private marketer stealthily follows your online activities, as the Wall Street Journal has reported, or if trusted online sources permit others access to users’ personal information without their knowledge or consent. It’s bad enough when private organizations track or shar...
Dr. George Peach Taylor Jr., says he doesn’t yet know if President Obama’s defense budget for fiscal 2012 will propose higher TRICARE fees for military retirees or any other beneficiary group. If past budget requests are any guide, going back deep into the George W. Bush’s presidency, then higher TRICARE fees could be sought anew and perhaps now a more deficit-conscious Congress will be receptive. But in a phone interview, Taylor, who serves temporarily as the Defense Department’s top health official, mostly discuss...
The Obama administration has disappointed some advocates of allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the armed forces by appealing a federal court decision that would have eliminated the rather hypocritical “don’t ask don’t tell” policy that now applies to gays in the military. It seems fairly clear, however, that the administration’s move, which is said to be the prelude to having Congress change the policy, is a politically more desirable approach. A policy changed by Congress is likely to have more appearance of legitimac...
Freedom New Mexico Delivery of the Clovis News Journal was Friday morning due to a loss of power to the press. The last copies were delivered around noon. It is the second time in three weeks this has happened, said Publisher Ray Sullivan. “We apologize to customers who didn’t get their papers on time and we thank them for their understanding,” he said. “Our people worked all night and morning to keep the interruption to a minimum.” Sullivan said his team determined when the first failure occurred that it was time to replac...
Freedom New Mex Delivery of the Clovis News Journal was Friday morning due to a loss of power to the press. The last copies were delivered around noon. It is the second time in three weeks this has happened, said Publisher Ray Sullivan. “We apologize to customers who didn’t get their papers on time and we thank them for their understanding,” he said. “Our people worked all night and morning to keep the interruption to a minimum.” Sullivan said his team determined when the first failure occurred that it was time to replace t... Full story
The Obama administration has disappointed some advocates of allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the armed forces by appealing a federal court decision that would have eliminated the rather hypocritical “don’t ask don’t tell” policy that now applies to gays in the military. It seems fairly clear, however, that the administration’s move, which is said to be the prelude to having Congress change the policy, is a politically more desirable approach. A policy changed by Congress is likely to have more appearance of legitimac... Full story
Officials with a Colorado Springs, Colo., middle school are standing firm on an odd new policy. And they are placing taxpayers in needless danger of expensive litigation the district will almost certainly lose. It’s all because school administrators don’t want students wearing rosaries outside of their shirts. It’s a discriminatory policy that’s an affront to freedom of expression and religion. If not rescinded soon, a lawsuit should be welcomed as a necessary defense of fundamental freedom. School officials flip-flop, tellin... Full story
It’s hard to get too excited about the executive order President Obama signed Wednesday. The order renews the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, and came two weeks before an election in which Hispanics and other traditional Democratic Party supporters have voiced dissatisfaction with the administration and party candidates. It calls for more research into factors that might cause Hispanics to achieve lower achievement levels than their Anglo counterparts. Specifically, it renews the White House I...
After a particularly bad weekend for head injuries on the football field, Monday’s announcement by Texas’ University Interscholastic League regarding head injuries seems reasonable. The UIL, which governs extracurricular activities at Texas public schools, announced that any athlete who suffers a head injury cannot return to the activity on the same day, and must be cleared by a licensed medical professional before taking part in the activity again. Previously, the league allowed coaches to reinstate a player who showed no... Full story
The effort to rescue 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground for 69 days was bound to attract attention, but the worldwide interest in the operation has made it a perhaps surprising global phenomenon. Perhaps people are hungry for a happy ending in a world in which unhappy endings are all too common. Perhaps people are eager to acknowledge competence and dedication in putting together an enormously complex operation that could have gone wrong in dozens of ways. In Chile we have seen what appears to have been a careful, thou...
The effort to rescue 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground for 69 days was bound to attract attention, but the worldwide interest in the operation has made it a perhaps surprising global phenomenon. Perhaps people are hungry for a happy ending in a world in which unhappy endings are all too common. Perhaps people are eager to acknowledge competence and dedication in putting together an enormously complex operation that could have gone wrong in dozens of ways. In Chile we have seen what appears to have been a careful, thou...
More than a week has passed since Tiffany Young-Hartley reported her husband was fatally shot as they rode personal watercraft on International Falcon Reservoir, southeast of Laredo, Texas. She has made the rounds of national news shows describing the attack on the two of them, and demanding that her husband’s body be turned over to her. Supporters have rallied in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and in Colorado, the couple’s original home, demanding resolution. Even Texas Gov. Rick Perry, never one to pass up an opportunity to gr...
