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That’s why they call him “The Hammer”

Matt Lauer, The Today Show, attempted to interview former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay this morning. Lauer of course wanted it to be a Republican bashing hit, but being no stranger to scandals and media sharks, DeLay went right after Lauer. In case you missed it, watch how the bearer-of-the-torch for the Democrats wilts under [...]

Hooey? Yes, we think so, too.

On several occasions A Line of Sight has written about the Roan Plateau, the treasure trove for environmentalists that happens to also have enormous natural gas resources locked beneath its surface.
Vincent Carroll, editor of the editorial pages of the Rocky Mountain News takes Congressman John Salazar to task today for his defense of attempting, along [...]

Fair and Balanced?

Just in case you’ve seen a little more of Hillary and a little less of Romney during your morning news shows, there’s actually a good reason:
Through July 31, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning news shows devoted 284 campaign segments to Democratic candidates and 152 to Republicans, according to the Media Research Center. Another 81 [...]

Someone else wants American troops out of Iraq

“Soon, we will see a huge power vacuum in the region. Of course, we are prepared to fill the gap, with the help of neighbors and regional friends like Saudi Arabia, and with the help of the Iraqi nation.”Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, August 28, 2007
Add the madman of Tehran to the list of Democratic [...]

Someone, please, make these guys stop!

If Congress is a representative sample of America, then our nation has a serious problem. If Congress has become a deviant distortion of American culture and society, then our political system has been horribly perverted. In either case we are in trouble.
Disclosure of the arrest and lewd conduct accusations of Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) is [...]

Hopefully they are reading the papers

After months of wrangling by the Democrats over how quickly they can claim defeat and force the President to retreat from Iraq, at least some of their Presidential contenders are trying to back out of the swamp. Maybe they are reading the papers.
In recent weeks the New York Times published ‘A War We Just Might [...]

The Padilla Verdict: What did we learn?

The circumstances, detention, and eventual conviction of alleged al Qaeda operative and U.S. citizen, Jose Padilla served to demonstrate yet again the polarization of opinion in the media. The ability to draw dramatically different conclusions and impressions from identical circumstances never ceases to amaze.

In Case You Missed It: ‘State opens door too wide for unions’

Over the weekend, a Rocky Mountain News editorial blasted the Ritter administration for allowing unions almost unfettered access to state employees, a move that A Line of Sight has also criticized as transparent pandering to unions (see “More kowtowing to unions in Colorado“).
From the Rocky:
“To be sure, unions would be expected to “pay all associated costs” [...]

Interview with Gresham Barrett

A Line of Sight’s Bob Beauprez caught up with South Carolina Congressman Gresham Barrett over the weekend for an update from Congress.

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Congressman Barrett is in his third term representing South Carolina’s 3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives and serves on the Budget, Ethics, and Financial Services committees.

Christian fraternity sues U of Florida for Discrimination

As yet another confusing chapter of “The times we live in” chronicles, Beta Upsilon Chi, a Christian men’s fraternity has filed suit against the University of Florida because the University will neither recognize it as part of the Greek system on campus, nor as a registered student group. These recognitions are important to the fraternity’s [...]