http://www.boldson.com Conservative political commentary Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:46:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rep Lynn Woolsey sent me this canned carefully crafted & thoughtful response to my email re: her positions on national health care (emphasis added) Thank you for sharing your thoughts on improving healthcare. I appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective with me on this important matter. Like you, ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/06/30/representative-democracy-makes-me-feel-warm-and-fuzzy/ I don't want to diminish the loss of three beloved public figures this week by any means, but I'd be lying if I said I thought there was any chance the majority of the American public knows what their government is up to right now.  And that is, according to ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/06/25/too-soon/ In response to Rep Lynn Woolsey's  We Need a Real and Robust Public Option: I do not support the idea of nationalized health care. It is an impossible undertaking and is an irresponsible pursuit in the midst of the current financial climate. We need to decentralize and decrease the size of the ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/06/12/response-to-rep-lynn-woolseys-health-care-article/ A recent post of mine entitled "Why Wouldn't Iran Want Nukes?" received the following comment from "Hass" that should be addressed at length: Ummm….Iran’s nuclear program started under the Shah, with the encouragement and support of the United States, because it makes economic sense for them to be able to continue ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/06/04/scaremongering-irans-nuclear-program/ Over at the Weekly Standard, "Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) unloads on President Obama" (emphasis mine):  “President Obama’s recent comment in support of Iranian nuclear power is both shocking and reckless. Supporting Iran’s “legitimate [nuclear] aspirations” ignores all recent history and smacks of the same naive and misguided approach that allowed for ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/06/04/why-wouldnt-iran-want-nukes/ A new Weekly Standard article discusses the growing number of agnostics in the United States and their general political affiliations: ... data shows the two areas of the country where the percent of "Nones" [those with no religious affiliation] has topped 20%--New England and the West Coast--are also regions where Democrats have made ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/06/04/faith-in-the-state/ "We will write you a letter, telling you how angry we are." Defense Secretary Robert Gates called the North Korean nuclear test "supercilious and jejune," leading some in diplomatic circles to worry that the U.S. might be running out of appropriate adjectives with which to craft its response. President Obama attempted to ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/05/28/hans-brix-oh-no/ Wall St. Journal editorial on the leap of faith required in nearly all of Obama's policies.  I haven't seen the particular South Park episode to which he is referring, but the point is rather obvious nonetheless: This more or less sums up Mr. Obama's speech last week on Guantanamo, in which ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/05/26/the-devil-is-in-the-details/ Here's the entire current national security debate between Democrats and Republicans, represented via the editorial boards at the New York Times (Democrats) and the New York Post (Republicans): The position of the Democratic Party: Mr. Obama was exactly right when he said Americans do not have to choose between security and their ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/05/22/has-bush-made-the-nation-more-vulnerable/ There's an excellent editorial in the Washington Post regarding intelligence gathering.  (There's a sentence I never thought I'd type).  The key graph: Traveling recently in Iraq, Pelosi noted, "If we're going to have a diminished military presence, we'll have to have an increased intelligence presence." This has been the main Democratic argument against ... http://www.boldson.com/2009/05/20/democrats-naive-intelligence-gatherers/