Yesterday’s Washington Examiner reported on some of the results of George Soros’ involvement in our elections in recent years.  In 2006 George Soros funded the Secretary of State Project, a liberal activist group whose goal was to put Democrat Secretaries of State in place to help Democrats win elections.  Their most visible success was the Minnesota Senate recount where a victory for Norm Coleman eventually became a victory for Al Franken.  Recent news stories have reported that a large number of the ballots counted came from convicted felons.

The Washington Examiner reported that in Tuesday’s election Republicans won 17 of 26 of the races for Secretary of State–defeating six incumbent Democrats.  There are now 25 Republican Secretaries of State and 22 Democrat Secretaries of State.

Another of George Soros’ recent projects was trying to change the redistricting in California that will be done in response to the census from the non-partisan group that is in charge of drawing up districts to the control of the state legislature.  The measure failed and the redistricting will remain in the hands of a Citizens Redistricting Commission.

It is to the credit of the American voter that both of these efforts to control our electoral process have been stopped.

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported on the tax breaks which General Motors will be receiving from the federal government.  As the majority of Democrats make statements about ending what they call “corporate welfare”, they seem to be willing to extend unbelievable tax breaks to General Motors. 

The Wall Street Journal reports:

“GM, which plans to begin promoting its relisting on the stock exchange to investors this week, wiped out billions of dollars in debt, laid off thousands of employees and jettisoned money-losing brands during its U.S.-funded reorganization last year.

“Now it turns out, according to documents filed with federal regulators, the revamping left the car maker with another boost as it prepares to return to the stock market. It won’t have to pay $45.4 billion in taxes on future profits.

“The tax benefit stems from so-called tax-loss carry-forwards and other provisions, which allow companies to use losses in prior years and costs related to pensions and other expenses to shield profits from U.S. taxes for up to 20 years. In GM’s case, the losses stem from years prior to when GM entered bankruptcy.”

This is the kind of government favoritism that causes all Americans to lose faith in the basic honesty of their leaders.  As the article notes, this tax break is occurring just as General Motors is ready to release its Initial Public Offering (IPO) of stocks.  The stock sale needs to go well so that the Obama Administration can say that bailing out General Motors was a good thing.

Yesterday The Hill‘s Blog Briefing Room posted an article about a statement by Representative Chaka Fattah (Pa.) who has said that he will introduce a measure that would “disavow” the impeachment of former President Clinton.  

According to the article:

“Rep. Chaka Fattah (Pa.) said that the resolution is necessary so that Democrats and Republicans can work together in a bipartisan fashion.

“”As we enter a period in which bipartisanship will be a major priority for the Congress, it is vital that we disavow the most highly partisan example of the politics of personal destruction in the recent history of this House,” Fattah said in a statement.”

Oh yeah.  I remember working together.  On January 24, 2009, Politico reported:

“President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning – but he also left no doubt about who’s in charge of these negotiations. “I won,” Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.”

I don’t mean to be difficult (although there are some people in my life who would argue with that statement), but if the 2008 election had consequences, then the 2010 election should also have consequences.

The article at The Hill states:

“Fattah said he is introducing the resolution on Nov. 15, the first day of the lame-duck session, noting that Clinton’s impeachment took place during the December 1998 lame-duck session.

Republicans have already said they do not plan to impeach President Obama when they take power next year.”

Why is this man wasting our time with this?

Yahoo News reported yesterday that San Francisco has passed a law putting nutritional requirements on Happy Meals.

According to the article:

“The law, like an ordinance passed earlier this year in nearby Santa Clara County, would require that restaurant kids’ meals meet certain nutritional standards before they could be sold with toys.”

This law was passed in the same state that tried to legalize marijuana.   

According to the government:

“The Center for Science in the Public Interest this summer threatened to sue McDonald’s if it did not stop using Happy Meal toys to lure children into its restaurants. A lawyer for that group said it is on track to file the lawsuit in the next several weeks.

“McDonald’s debuted the Happy Meal in the United States in 1979 with toys like the “McDoodler” stencil and the “McWrist” wallet. Modern offerings have included themed items from popular films like “Shrek” or sought-after toys like Transformers, Legos or miniature Ty Beanie Babies.”

First of all, parents are responsible for what their children eat.  No one is forcing parents to take their children to McDonald’s.  If the parents are not capable of telling their children ‘no’, the problem is greater than where they are eating.   It is not up to the government to control our diets.  I understand that obesity is a problem with our children.  I believe that diet is part of that problem (along with taking recess out of schools and children staying inside playing video games), but the problem is also related to some of the ingredients found in our food that were not there in previous generations–high fructose corn syrup for instance. 

It is just amazing to me that the same people who want to legalize marijuana (which has been proved harmful to brain activity) want to ban Happy Meals.  Happy meals may not be the best choice for parents, but it is the parents’ choice.  The government does not have the right to interfere with the free market and override parents’ food choices.

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reported that voters  in Denver rejected Ballot Initiative 300, which would have set up an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission, stocked with Ph.D. scientists, to “ensure the health, safety and cultural awareness of Denver residents” when it comes to future contact “with extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles.”

When you listen to some of the statements made by the people supporting this, you really do wonder what the people who began the initiative were thinking.  The campaign to pass the initiative was run by Jeff Peckham.

The article reports:

“”It took, what, 18 years for health-care reform to happen,” Mr. Peckham said. “And how many years for women to get the vote? So some big things take a while to get going.”

“Supporters of the measure that argued that it would position Denver as the Roswell of the Rockies and attract sci-fi and space-related business and tourism.

“”Look at your Star Trek conventions! How many people go to those?” agreed Veronica Barela, a supporter of the initiative and a leader in Denver’s Latino community.”

This was definitely a unique way to try to attract business to the community!

Today The Hill posted an article stating that:

“Republicans are likely to urge the Obama administration not to shred documents as they transition to the House majority.” 



That is a very interesting statement.  The article points out that now that the Republicans are in the majority in the House of Representatives, Republicans next year will enjoy subpoena power.  There are some things I would like to investigated, but I hope Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who will become chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will choose his battles carefully.  I suspect he will, but I also suspect every obstacle to finding the truth will be thrown in his path.


There is a great need for sunlight to be shown on some of the actions of Congress and the Presidency during the past two years.

Today’s Wall Street Journal posted an opinion piece by Jim DeMint commenting on yesterday’s election results and what needs to happen next.  Jim DeMint has served in the Senate since 2005 and has a very clear picture of the struggle within the Republican party between the ‘old guard’ and the Tea Party.  The Tea Party is not interested in being a quiet part of the Republican Party.  They are not even interested in being associated solely with the Republican Party.   I suspect they would support Democrats who agreed with their principles–there just haven’t been very many.

Senator DeMint points out:

“Many of the people who will be welcoming the new class of Senate conservatives to Washington never wanted you here in the first place. The establishment is much more likely to try to buy off your votes than to buy into your limited-government philosophy. Consider what former GOP senator-turned-lobbyist Trent Lott told the Washington Post earlier this year: “As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them.””

Unfortunately that statement is a fact of life. 

Senator DeMint has a few suggestions for the new Republicans:

• Don’t request earmarks
• Hire conservative staff
• Beware of committee assignments used as bribes
• Don’t seek titles
• Keep your priorities straight–doing your job correctly is more important than your reelection.