Tag Archives: America

Fan Fare Music: The Crowded Sky (1960)

. Source:The New Democrat  If you are familiar with the disasters movies of the 1970s, Airport, Airport 1975, Airport 1977, Airport 1979 with the concord and I would add Airplane! 1980 in with that because that is about what the … Continue reading

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Nat Bishop: The Newsroom- Will McAvoy: New Kind of Republican

Source:Nat Bishop I’m not sure that you can describe Republicans who’ve been in the GOP since the mid to late 1970s, people like former Senator Jess Helms of North Carolina as ‘New Republicans’. Well I guess of course you can, … Continue reading

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KDBI-TV: One On One With P.J. O’Rourke: Interviewed by Jon Caldara

Source:The New Democrat  Here’s where I agree with P.J. O’Rourke when it comes to the economy. And why I don’t like big government when it comes to social issues or personal issues. When government taxes or spends money to the … Continue reading

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Real Time With Bill Maher: ‘Most Americans Are Dumb and Uneducated’

. Source:The New Democrat  I wonder if Bill Maher includes himself in the group “most Americans are dumb and uneducated”. I also wonder where he got those polls and numbers he was apparently quoting. Assuming what he does is a … Continue reading

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Melissa Clouthier: P.J. O’Rourke- ‘Don’t Vote, it Just Encourages The Bastards’

Source:The New Democrat  In the piece I wrote about P.J. O’Rourke yesterday there was a piece that I left out, that I sort of wish that I put in. But hey, today’s a new day and I’ll be able to … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Thomas Mann: The New Normal in Politics: Response to Gridlock & Gloom

Source:Brookings Institution I don’t feel any sympathy for anyone for Americans who claim to hate the dysfunction in Washington, especially in Congress, but at the same time vote for people who are responsible for that dysfunction. Its like hearing from … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Nick Gillespie Interviewing P.J. O’Rourke On Millennials & Baby Boomers

. Source:The New Democrat  I feel kind of strange talking about the Baby Boom Generation since I’m a Gen-Xer born in the mid-1970s the tail end of even my generation and come from parents who aren’t Baby Boomers born in … Continue reading

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Patrick J. Buchanan: Rogue President

Source:The New Democrat  You know what the difference is between President Obama giving amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants in America and giving President George W. Bush giving amnesty to illegal immigrants in 2006 and President Ronald Reagan giving amnesty … Continue reading

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USA Today: Susan Page Interviewing Howard Dean on the State of the Democratic Party

. Source:The New Democrat  I’ve been somewhat reluctant to write about why the Democratic Party lost so badly, because it was an election where I don’t know how they could’ve done better considering the state of the country and with … Continue reading

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The Newsroom: Will McEvoy On America

Source:The Newsroom– Jeff Daniels as Will McEvoy. “Why America is NOT the greatest country in the world, anymore.” From Abu Wadee I actually really disagree with the Will McAvoy character here. ()layed by Jeff Daniels) And as far as this scene, … Continue reading

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