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Cronies ‘R’ us

“Cronies ‘R’ us,” an illustrative example of why conservatives don’t trust the Republican Party.

As this story points out, the problem in Washington is not merely the fact that the Democrats like to spend other people’s money like water (which they do). It is also because too many established members of the Republican party have been all too willing to join them in this spendthrift behavior.

It is for this reason the tea party movement exists, and why so many established Republicans, like Richard Lugar in Indiana, are getting kicked out of office. The movement isn’t partisan, it is merely focused on making whatever progress it can. Kick out Democrats wherever possible, and do the same for those Republicans who like to be me-too Democrats.

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On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
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"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News

6 comments

  • Steve Cooper

    Sen. Lugar is from Indiana

  • Whoops. Typing too fast. Thanks. Post corrected.

  • Dale Martin

    That will be “me too” not “me to”…Just doing the grammar and spelling Nazi thing… You are, of course, correct in this matter…Too many Repubicans are just too entwined with the Establishment to get the message….

    Dale in AL

  • wodun

    The true test of the TP will be whether or not they vote out the people they just voted in.

  • Publius 2

    You realize that if certain legislators have their way, I could not be posting this under an alias. I suppose they would have insisted that Thomas Paine, James Madison and John Jay also publish The Federalist under their true names. Anyway, you are absolutely right, Robert. The issue is not which party should be in power, but rather whether those entrusted with the public’s money will spend it carefully and wisely. At the moment, the majority of Congress do not. This is a fight that will probably last for decades, just as it took decades to build the ridiculous entitlement ediface that currently exists. But it is a fight we dare not lose. Otherwise our descendants will curse us for it.

  • Grammar fixed. Thank you. I have been writing faster than I have been reading lately, and these kinds of errors then creep in. Thus, I always appreciate when readers point them out so I can correct them.

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