Archive for the 'Opinion' Category

Turn-of-Phrase

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Hope: A word forever changed by the 2008 election. Once used in political rhetoric on occasion, it now brings up images of our current president. A triumphant word symbolizing victory for the Left and a word now forever tarnished and un-usable for the Right. Its not just the words we say, or the gist of [...]

Anything But The Economy

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Greatest recession since the Great Depression of our grandparents time.  Worst real estate market of the modern age. Unemployment at all time high for our generation. Gas prices soar. Spending stops. Foreclosure. Deficit. Debt. Bankruptcy. These headlines crowd our newspapers, our blogs, our twitter feeds and our water cooler chats. But one particular group seems [...]

Ken Mehlman is gay….really? Is this really news?

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Upon reading about the earth shattering revelation that Ken Mehlman is gay, I have to first start out by pondering the obvious thing that a lot of people are wondering, and that is, was Ken blackmailed by anyone, etc……meh, yawn, etc.. Who knows, really. He did a lot of good things for W’s reelection and [...]

Open Letter to Pete Sessions concerning Uranium-233

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Concerned letter about U-233 to Con. Sessions (feel free to read and forward as you see fit). Dear Sir, DOE is currently working under instructions from Congress to consolidate and reduce in quantity all special nuclear material that are not required for specific currently  funded department programs as these materials could be the object of  [...]

State of the Republican Party and How to Stay a Majority

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

The following post is wholly my own thoughts, so I’m not speaking on behalf of the Dallas YRs in any official capacity, but I know a number of other Young Republicans would agree with me. Rasmussen frequently polls people on their political affiliation.  When asked, how many people will say they are Republican or Democrat, [...]