Lawyer gamecock rarely uses the word "deserve". I usually reserve use of the "d" word for fruits of labor owed under contracts. But when it comes to John McCain, I agree with David Hinz that he deserves many accolades that are much too often passed around to moral midgets. I speak of plaudits like HERO and patriot, but let the Rooster stop crowing so we can see it through Hinz spectacles:

Because he spent more than five years in a North Vietnamese Prison, tortured on an almost daily basis, John McCain deserves to be honored by the people of a grateful nation.

A lot of people are concerned about who the next POTUS will be because of who they will appoint to be Justice on the US Supreme Court. I share this concern, but I disagree with some of the aura that some people apply to SCOTUS. SCOTUS is the highest appellate court in our country, and they do have the final word on an appellate case. They DO NOT have the final word on an issue.

The People's Republic of Boulder, Colorado has tasked a committee with determining whether or not Homeowners should pay tax for short-term rentals on their homes as reported by the Daily Camera. Sheila Horton (Boulder Area Rental Housing Assoc) states:

Steve has graciously given me a forum to post a running compilation of all things Obama. I'll give it a go starting Monday and post links to those jewels that don't always get the attention they should. I'll comment or highlight points I think are important or ones that we, as a coalition, should try to work to our advantage.

As a teaser, I give you this one-

Feminists sharply divided between Clinton, Obama
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_feminists

My favorite line out of the whole article is this one-

Edited for style and bumped for discussion by - Steven Foley

I'm a new member here and hope I'm not stepping on any toes with this Post. I can't take credit for all of this since it is and expansion of an idea started by David Hinz at a site that shall remain unmentioned. for those who've already seen it from the other site, please forgive the redundancy.

I'm interested in input, (especially yours David) on this resolution and look forward to your comments.

It looks like the Democrat machine (one dominated by 527's like MoveOn.org and other) doesn't like competition ans is looking to drive groups like Freedom's Watch from the political scene.

The Washington Times reports via Power Line that the DCCC is trying to make groups like Freedoms Watch, who are poised to spend millions of dollars in attack ads, too unsavory for republicans to associate themselves with.

Howdy folks! Well, a big h/t to our good buddy simpson316 for expertly cleaning-up poor jmk1502 - been a while since we had a moonbat with Ronulan trendings around here. Alas, he actually had a couple of valid and serious points packed in with rantings about The Real Reasons For The Iraq War and, of course, The Jooooooooooooooos! Oh well - let's hope he manages to secure a spot in "Debating 101" next semester and can return better armed to discuss the topics of the day.

Let us have an open thread - featuring this video from a not-at-all-hard-to-look-at-young-lady who, well, has obviously had her young little heart shredded a couple of times...

RUSSELL KIRK DESCRIBES CORE CONSERVATIVE VALUES IN THE TRADITION OF EDMUND BURKE, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, WM F BUCKLEY, AND GOLDWATER. CONSERVATISM IS, QUITE LITERALLY, WHATEVER HE SAYS IT IS. File under: conservatism | Russell Kirk | don't hate Fred because he's beautiful | dyslexics untie! Third in a series.

Republicans need to embrace America’s conservative roots which made her great in the first place

Here’s a question for ya. Why do REPUBLICANS need to embrace conservatism? Why do I say that? Shouldn’t DEMOCRATS also embrace conservatism? Shouldn’t Martians, tall people, and people who love horses also embrace conservatism (that’s for you, C)?

In point of fact, yes. EVERYBODY should embrace conservatism. But we are Republicans, and operating the political machinery of the nation to benefit the nation is our business. We’re smart, realistic, handsome (or beautiful), we shop at Home Depot, and we love America better than we love political power. The Dems can say those things too, but they are lying when they do so. So let’s start with us, and we’ll get to the others as time allows.

Follow me to school...

[I plan on voting for John McCain for President despite his intention to address and legitimize the hate group, La Raza]

Cross-posted at The HinzSight Report

I was inspired to write this blog by Doc Holliday's comment in EPU's excellent What Fredheads want - offering the Olive Branch (I would say that one olive I wish were on the branch were the olive of McCain not pandering to Latino hate groups, but I digress), where Doc says: