Archive for Doug Edelman
Doug Edelman is a conservative political commentator and a contributing editor for The Conservative Voice. His work is also seen on News By Us, The American Daily, The Post Chronicle, New Media Journal, Capitol Hill Coffee House etc. For the support of his family, however, he is also an IT Consultant/Contractor and owner of a Computer Services Business. He has taught PC Maintenance & Repair and Networking at his local Community College, and maintains a blog at http://edeldoug.blogs.com/
The Fairness (?) Doctrine and the Constitution By Doug Edelman
In this day and age of broadcast radio, satellite radio, HD radio, Internet radio, broadcast TV, Cable/Satellite TV etc – there is no shortage of access to the airwaves for ANY viewpoint. The free market determines the ratings share. Rush Limbaugh is the most listened to radio talkshow host in America . Sean Hannity is second and Glenn Beck is third. Al Franken’s Air America went bust because there is no market for what they were spouting… but they had no difficulty getting access to the airwaves… their problem was in PAYING for it.
My Post-Election Thoughts By Doug Edelman
It is indeed a great day when an African American can ascend to the highest office in this land. I offer congratulations to President-Elect Obama for his well run campaign and his election victory.
That said, I can think of OTHER black candidates I would have preferred, on policy and experience criteria. In fact, prior to the selection of Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate, I had lobbied the McCain campaign to select the former Lt Governor of Maryland, Michael Steele - also an African-American!
10Nov2008 | Doug Edelman | 0 comments | ContinuedAn open letter to America’s African-American Community By Doug Edelman
Barack Obama enjoys almost monolithic support (around 90%) within the black community. Is this based on anything more than ethnic identity? Is it any less repugnant for the black community to embrace a candidate BECAUSE he’s black than it would be for the white community to OPPOSE a black candidate for the same reason? Isn’t it more appropriate to support one candidate or another based on the criteria of character, experience, policies and past performance?
Obama’s Socialist Roots Run Deep By Doug Edelman
Obama revealed a socialist agenda. “Spreading the Wealth” is his tax policy. (Conservatives view tax policy as a means to raise necessary revenue for necessary services. Liberals view tax policy as a means to raise necessary revenue, and to direct behavior. Socialists and Marxists view tax policy as a means to redistribute wealth and restructure society!) A large portion of Americans still find socialism distasteful.
Berg v Obama – Headed for SCOTUS! By Doug Edelman
The lawsuit against Barack Obama challenging his citizenship eligibility to serve as President of the United States has been dismissed with the ruling that Philip Berg, the plaintiff, had no standing as a US voting citizen to bring the suit. Dismissal on these grounds means the judge as decided that the MERITS of the suit don’t have to be weighed or decided (so he won’t be on the hook for such a decision either way!) The FACTS of the case never get presented in open court, and the documents don’t have to be produced. A very clean getaway for Obama.
Another Lawsuit Filed on Obama’s POTUS Eligibility By Doug Edelman
Thanks to the lawsuit filed by Philip Berg, Obama now ADMITS (on his “Fight the Smears” website and factcheck.org) that he held dual citizenship with Kenya as a child. This, in and of itself, may arguably disqualify him under Article II as the whole point of the “Natural Born Citizen” requirement is the avoidance of divided allegiances. (Which makes his covert and quite possibly illegal activities [Logan Act?] on behalf of Kenya’s thugocrat, Odinga, all the more relevant and disturbing.)
Is there ANY Obama Associate who the American People can be PROUD of? By Doug Edelman
The Obama defenders are whining that William Ayers radical bombings in the 60’s are dismissible “old news”? They declare Obama’s associations to be “irrelevant”! (Somehow I’m prompted to wonder what they’d say if McCain was a friend of a former 1940’s Nazi Prison Camp Guard!)
Can You Hear Us Now? (We Said NO!) By Doug Edelman
The Paulson Bailout, proposed at $700 Billion, has now grown in the Senate to $850 Billion with the addition of absolutely ridiculous “sweeteners” like free bicycles and tax breaks to wooden arrow makers! The Senate has completely lost its way.
Fixing the Financial Crisis Without Socializing the Market By Doug Edelman
A giveaway of hundreds of billions of dollars is not only bad policy, it is not necessary! Unfortunately, the Democrats have successfully brainwashed the public into believing that the problem was caused by deregulation, when in fact it was caused by Democrat inspired rules and regulations which set up a house of cards in our economy.
Goodbye USA , Hello USSA! By Doug Edelman
Welcome to the United Socialist States of Amerika!!
The Wall Street Bailout as currently proposed is going to cost taxpayers $700 Billion. A $700 BILLION Bailout??? Half the Federal Annual Budget??
Let’s see… wasn’t it just 4 years ago that $87 Billion could run a WAR for a YEAR? And Congress balked at that figure (”I voted FOR the $87 Billion before I voted against it…”). What have we spent IN TOTAL on Iraq ? I don’t think we’ve gotten close to $700 Billion yet, and now they want to spend that amount on bailing out a bunch of misbehaving children on Wall Street??
As Goes Missouri , So Goes The Election! By Doug Edelman
For 104 years, the winner of Missouri ’s electoral votes has gone on to win the presidency in every case except 1956, when Missouri voted (by a very slim margin) for Adlai Stevenson, a popular Governor of neighboring Illinois . Missouri’s status as a Bellwether is even cited on the University of Missouri ’s website.
Joe McCarthy Was RIGHT! By Doug Edelman
The so-called “McCarthy Era” is commonly pictured (and ridiculed) as a bunch of paranoid alarmists running around believing there was a Communist under every rock.
Sadly, they were right, and those Reds have crawled out from under their rocks and taken their seats in the halls of congress – under the auspices of the Democratic Party!
The [...]
20Jun2008 | Doug Edelman | 0 comments | ContinuedFree Association By Doug Edelman
The farce that masquerades as the 2008 Presidential Campaign keeps astonishing me as to the depths to which some will sink, and the shallowness of character of some individuals! This campaign has broken new ground in bar lowering!
So now “associations” are the big issue. Barak Obama is so deeply involved with so many [...]
10Jun2008 | Doug Edelman | 0 comments | ContinuedCongressional Attack Dogs Bark Up Wrong Tree! By Doug Edelman
Once again, in response to constituent outcry over gasoline prices, Oil Company executives have been hauled before Congress to get their posteriors ripped into by self-serving grandstanding Senators.
Senator Leahy went so far as to question the salary of the execs – as if this was in some way relevant.
But these self-appointed watchdogs are barking up [...]
Color Me Independent! By Doug Edelman
With McCain now the undisputed frontrunner and Huckabee running interference for him, seemingly making a play for a VP position on a McCain ticket, any conservative representation in the presidential race has been effectively neutered. (And that’s not to say I’m a big fan of Romney either!) The best we can hope for is to [...]
7Feb2008 | Doug Edelman | 0 comments | ContinuedThoughts On the March of the McCainiacs By Doug Edelman
Rush Limbaugh has stated that a McCain nomination would ruin the Republican Party. This is only partially right. McCain’s recent success is indicative of (and a McCain nomination would merely confirm) the reality that the Republican Party is ALREADY ruined!
For the last several years, the GOP party machine seems to have adopted the misguided attitude [...]
National Intelligence Estimate Chaos By Doug Edelman
As could easily be predicted, the recently released National Intelligence Estimate is being seen as blood in the water for the sharks on the Left. After spending months creating the straw-man specter of an imminent invasion of Iran , the NIE is being cited as evidence that Iran is no threat and that the Bush [...]
6Dec2007 | Doug Edelman | 0 comments | ContinuedPlagiarism Acknowledged! By Doug Edelman
Circulating on the Internet and in virally forwarded emails today, there is a series of pithy quips and comments attributed to George Carlin (and less commonly, to Ted Nugent), under the heading “I Am A Bad American”. While neither wrote it, and both have denied its authorship publically, it continues to circulate because the statements [...]
25Nov2007 | Doug Edelman | 0 comments | ContinuedTo be a Good Republican By Doug Edelman
Circulating on the internet these days, there are a couple emails outlining what you must believe to be a “good democrat” or a “good republican”. Recently I was sent a copy of the “Things you must believe to be a good Republican”.
I was struck with the inaccuracies and outright falacies that the author circulates as [...]
Fairness Doctrine, Talk Radio, the Internet By Doug Edelman
By Doug Edelman.
With all the talk about how TALK RADIO is now “running the country”… let’s not forget how instrumental bloggers and webmasters have been in the defeat of the immigration bill!
Thanks to the Internet, the grassroots is able to OBTAIN information, and SHARE information almost instantaneously. Democracy in action is becoming a reality [...]
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