Author Archives: Highvoltage

2012 Presidential Election Predictions

Everyone is making predictions and since this is my blog and I can do what I want, here is mine! It really does come down to Ohio this year because I feel Romney will win Florida, Virginia and Wisconsin and … Continue reading

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Sandy Brings Out The AGW Crazies

Natural disasters always bring out the vilest people in society, like looters, who seek to capitalize on the misfortunes of others but sometimes they bring out the crazy elements of our society who wish to link a particular event to … Continue reading

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Romney Rolls On

Real Clear Politics latest update shows Romney still holding, if not widening, his surge after the debates. Romney’s chances look even better when you look at the independent surge in the latest Pew Research Poll and I’ve copied the data … Continue reading

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Government Scare Tactics

The Federal Government is a big believer in Rule #9 in Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals which states: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” And it’s not just confined to Liberals either.  I’m sure you remember … Continue reading

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GDP Growth Rate And What It Means For The Election

The 3rd Quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate (2.0%) was announced today and as expected, the “growth” is anemic and completely in line with what we would expect from Obamanomics.  Keep in mind that the economy should be booming … Continue reading

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Romney Took A Knee

Have you ever watched a football game where team “A” is destroying team “B” and late in the 4th quarter, with time running out, team “A” drives down the field and gets inside the opponents 5 yard line and there … Continue reading

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From Zinger to Dud

Leftists are all atwitter about Obama’s big zinger last night in the Foreign Policy debate: OBAMA – “But I think Governor Romney maybe hasn’t spent enough time looking at how our military works.” “You mentioned the Navy, for example, and … Continue reading

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UN to Monitor US Elections

Apparently the United States has turned into a 3rd world dictatorship that requires the United Nations to monitor voting locations to ensure the process is fair. “United Nations-affiliated election monitors from Europe and central Asia will be at polling places … Continue reading

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Reaction From 2nd Debate

Obama did so horrible in the first debate that he had nowhere to go but up and he did improve so at worst I would rate this debate as a push.  But on the issue that is most important to … Continue reading

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Hillary Clinton Takes One For The Team

Or did she?  From CNN: “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday tried to douse a political firestorm around the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, saying she is responsible for the security of American diplomatic outposts.” … Continue reading

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Jupiter Viewing Guide 2012

Over the coming months, the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, will be in prime time viewing position and you should go outside and brave the cold nights to see this beautiful planet.  Even if you don’t have a … Continue reading

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Global Warming Causes More Ice, or Something

As if the Anthropogenic Global Warming cult could not go further off the rails, this latest AP headline proves that Team AGW is growing increasingly upset that Mother Nature is not validating their theories. It was as recently as April … Continue reading

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Post Debate Bounce

So much for the pundits who said debate performance doesn’t matter –  From Real Clear Politics: From two of the latest four polls that I could access without subscriptions, the IBD/TIPP poll had a D/I/R sampling of 39%/30%/31% (D+8) and … Continue reading

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Hankie Truthers

Yes, the Left is so butt-hurt over the curb stomping Romney administered to Obama during this week’s debate that they have come up with a new theory about why this happened.  And this one beats Al Gore’s altitude theory. The … Continue reading

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Austerity 101

Natural Born Conservative (@LarryMWalkerJR) has a great post explaining the economics of austerity and what effects Federal tax rates and Federal spending have on GDP and Debt. You should go read the whole post and see how Mr. Walker destroys … Continue reading

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Obama Beat Down

Obama seemed like a tired and dejected shell of a man on the stage tonight and only the most partisan Leftist will disagree with the fact that Romney clearly won the first Presidential debate tonight. The tone was set by … Continue reading

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America Will Do The Right Thing

There are 5 weeks until the Presidential Elections in the United States and if you believe the Leftist Media and the poorly sampled polls, Romney doesn’t have a chance but I have faith in the American people to do the … Continue reading

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Star Therapy

When the evils of the world get me down, I take comfort in the fact that this world is not my real home.  I am a Christian and I believe that my Creator, Savior and Protector has a better place … Continue reading

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Obamanomics Recovery Compared to a Free Market Recovery

History has shown that the magnitude of an economic recovery in the US is proportional to the severity of the preceding recession and it is well documented that the anemic Obamanomics recovery has deviated from this historical norm.  But are … Continue reading

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Are We Ready For Genome Mapping?

There was a report on NPR that showed how close we are coming to being able to have your genome mapped in the doctor’s office and the whole procedure will be similar to getting your cholesterol checked. This procedure is … Continue reading

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