McCain Wants to Talk to Hamas

Ten Conservative Concerns with the Treasury Bailout

Atlas might shrug yet. Someone on Capitol Hill is speaking out for the responsible taxpayers whom George Bush and John McCain want to saddle with the financial crisis caused by irresponsible lenders and borrowers...Leslie Carbone

Religion and 2008

There is evidence that Sen. Joe Biden’s presence on the Democratic presidential ticket has done Sen. Obama no favors among Catholic voters. And yet Andrew Kohut from the Pew Research Center argues that a “There is a tendency … to exaggerate the role religion has on voter behavior.” What’s the deal? (Continue reading on Ankle Biting Pundits)

All Race. All The Time

Naturally when Obama goes down to a well-deserved defeat the liberals will yelp ‘racism!’ It matters not that any white candidate with exactly the same resume as Obama would never have made it to the convention...(The Return of Scipio)

You can put lipstick on “Change” but…

I might endure one Michigan winter just so I could vote for this woman...Start the “They’re picking on me!” countdown now. (See this video and other on Stephen Kruiser's vlog, Left Coast/Right Guy)

Ass Whisperer Disappears, Reappears, and Candidate Asserts Bogus Copyright

It's been almost two weeks since our story on Democrat-Donkey worshipper and candidate for State Representative Scott Hudson's YouTube self-imolation called the "Ass Whispered"...(Check out this video posted by Chetly, on Oakland Politics)

The plausibly deniable draft - Obama's very modern take on national service

Both Barack Obama and John McCain have long supported some sort of "national service" that involves large-scale participation by Americans in projects deemed worthy by a government agency. It may mean building housing, assisting with the provision of medical care or patrolling the border, but overall it involves putting aside personal preferences for, as McCain puts it, "a cause greater than yourself." (Continue reading J.D. Tuccille on The Civil Liberties Examiner)

Joe Biden's First Choice

It looks like Senator Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for Vice President, had a first choice as a running mate, and it wasn't his colleague Senator Barack Obama...(Mario Burgos)

I'm so sorry; at this time, we're going to have to cancel the workshop due to technical difficulties. It seems Murphy's Law has happened, and either my computer or my computer skills (probably the latter) simply are not up to the task at hand. We'll keep you posted as to the new date when it is set. Jenn

Meanwhile, check these out:

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EightWeeks: This is an awesome wiki developed by Leslie Graves and the Lucy Burns Institute, to "help advocates of liberty and markets thrive online." There's an eight-week (hence the name!) "Thriving Online" course, plus a plethora of additional resources for online collaboration. There's a ton of information about wikis, and the program itself is a fantastic model for how a wiki can be used. It is funded by the Lucy Burns Institute, and is free to members. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to me (jennsierra@gmail.com), and I can get you more information, and send you invite.