by Ivan Osorio
January 12, 2009 @ 5:31 pm
The American economy’s current vulnerable state has prompted many people and businsses to trim expenses, but governments seem to be doing precisely the opposite. In today’s Washington Examiner, columnist Barbara Hollingsworth notes the cost ineffectiveness of extending Metro rail service out to Dulles Airport.
A study by the Washington Council of Governments determined that just one in 200 air passengers will ride Dulles Rail to its final destination, with the airport station projected to have the lowest head count of all 75…
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by Hans Bader
November 08, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
In Minnesota, votes are appearing, seemingly out of thin air, for the liberal Senate candidate (and onetime comedian) Al Franken. Attorney Scott Johnson says that “the election appears to be in the process of being stolen.”
Incumbent Senator Norm Coleman led in election-day results, but his lead keeps shrinking and shrinking, and is now down to an infinitesmal 200 votes out of more than 2 million votes cast.
For example, a bunch of new votes suddenly appeared in Minnesota’s Mountain Iron precinct.…
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by Hans Bader
October 30, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
by Hans Bader
October 23, 2008 @ 8:35 pm
by Hans Bader
October 09, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
by Hans Bader
October 05, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
The upcoming election has given me new relatives, all of them imaginary. The Obama campaign’s get-out-the-vote operation calls my house on an almost daily basis, trying to reach people who don’t live there, like Cyrus and Hassan Bader. But I’ve never heard of either of them, even though I share their last name. The Obama people have also tried repeatedly to reach my 18-month old daughter Sarah.
I live in a liberal bastion, Arlington, Virginia, where high voter turnout favors the Democratic Party. The Party hopes to…
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by Hans Bader
September 24, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
Virginia is a key battleground state in this election, with polls showing Obama and McCain very close to each other in the polls. My family has gotten many calls from political campaigns. That includes my 18-month-old daughter Sarah. The Obama campaign has repeatedly attempted to contact Sarah, as part of its get-out-the-vote-effort, despite my wife’s explanation that she is not old enough to vote.
I hope that no one has registered to vote in Sarah’s name. I’ve called the Arlington County Office of Voter Registration to try to find out…
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