Brushfires of Freedom

Barack Obama surfaces in the Caribbean

Barack Obama’s campaign maintained its cone of silence today about the candidate’s whereabouts, but ABC News got it right — an Associated Press dispatch confirms that he has escaped the rigors of politicking for a short vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The AP story reports that an unnamed territorial official […]

 
“Though victory in the conventional political sense is not available in the presidential race, many victories have been achieved due to your hard work and enthusiasm,’ he told supporters. “We must remember elections are short-term efforts, revolutions are long-term projects.” - Ron Paul

Funny and sad at the same time …

it’s good to touch, the brown, brown grass of home
You’re all gonna miss me
the way you used to quiz me
it’s good to touch, the brown, brown grass of home
I spend my days, clearing brush
I clear my head of all the fuss
the {inaudible} you made over Harriet and Brownie
down […]

Gov. Spitzer describing how he only used prostitutes “a little bit.”
Spitzer sex scandal rocks Democrats By MarketWatch
 
 
 
 
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The Democratic Party was rocked Monday by the revelation that N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer had hired a prostitute.
 
Media reports suggested he would resign, but he made no comment about resignation one way or the […]

The following landed in my INBOX in recent days. The subject line of the email, “Say Hit to the Next First Family” is without a doubt, racially loaded. While I don’t agree with Obama’s big government ideas any more than I agree with John McCain’s big government / empire expansion ideas, such a […]

It was a nice run, and I never thought I would think this, but Ron Paul should hang it up and focus on getting re-elected to congress.

“While victory in the conventional political sense is unavailable in the presidential race, many victories have been achieved due to your hard work and enthusiasm. For that I am […]