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  • State of Union 2013 got a C- or a D (updated)

    George Rebane 12.9M people participated in a new Fox/Microsoft realtime opinion poll taken during President Obama’s speech.  The overall approval rating was broken down by Repub, Indep, Dem declared respondents who watched the speech.  None of the rating traces ever went above the 50% neutral line, but stayed mostly in the 25% to 35% region. …

  • Immigration Reform – The Correct Solution 2

    George Rebane I’ve been nudged to present my views on immigration reform in more detail than what I’ve already written about the illegal alien problem and my experiences as an immigrant over sixty years ago.  The preamble to this post was ‘Immigration Reform – The Correct Solution’ where I acknowledged that America will not accept…

  • Boy Scouts and Homosexuality

    George Rebane The latest progressive dust devil on the landscape is the campaign to force a private organization to accept its mores and values regarding homosexuals in society.  Ruminating a bit on the topic, some thoughts came to mind I have not seen discussed. For eons pubescent boys and girls have been separated in uncountable…

  • America killing Americans is Legal (updated 6feb13)

    George Rebane Well, it’s official.  NBC reports getting a copy of a Justice Dept white paper to the WH that states it is completely legal and constitutional for the government to kill American citizens without any due process whatsoever.  All the President has to believe is that the targeted American may pose a threat to…

  • Immigration Reform – The Correct Solution

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 1 February 2013.] We’ve known for years that no one will deport the 11+Million illegal aliens now living in the United States.  And everyone also knows, whether they say it or not, that ultimately the overwhelming fraction of these people will stay…

  • Ruminations – 1feb13

    George Rebane Global blarney.  The IPCC has quietly admitted that its four prime climate change computer models have been overestimating the world’s temperature rises (here and here).  Of course none of these kinds of reports of dubious ‘science’ make any impact on the progressives’ who claim to be champions of science and higher learning.  Their…

  • Climate Change – Another Asymmetric Dialogue

    George Rebane Bjorn Lomborg is an internationally recognized and much published environmentalist.  He even believes that AGW is a factor in climate change.  Recently he wrote an article that was critical of President Obama’s inaugural “three horsemen of the climate apocalypse” listed as the "devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful…

  • Ruminations – 24jan13

    George Rebane The classical liberal fears the growth of government, and sees it as the prime source of society’s ills.  The collectivist celebrates and promotes bigger government, and sees it as the proper foundation for a proper society. Hillary ropadopes Congress.  The outgoing SecState’s testimony on Benghazi was political kabuki at its best.  The Dems,…

  • This President’s Second Term (addended)

    George Rebane Never confuse effort with achievement. The country is in shambles, and it’s time to think of historical legacies.  Fortunately, as Barack Obama formally starts his second term, the President can salve both through implementing the same set of policies. Over the last four years these pages have detailed the mistakes of this administration…

  • Taxes, taxes, and more taxes

    George Rebane [This is the linked transcript of my regular KVMR commentary which was broadcast on 18 January 2013.] OK, the so-called New Year’s fiscal cliff has been avoided, and now it seems that the national hysteria over the Newtown shootings is on the ebb.  We may be able to return our attention to the…

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