Points By Drew Pritt

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Do you suppose if we offered to unfreeze some of the late Shah’s assets, the Islamic Republic of Iran would take her?

WHY….why….why….why was crazy Cynthia McKinney on a boat, attempting to breach Israeli territorial waters? A boat that was intercepted by the Israeli Navy. (more…)

Today, in a contraversial move, embattled and scandal-plagued Governor Rod Bladgojevich (D-Il.) named former Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate vacancy. If he is seated, Burris will become Illinois’ new U.S. Senator and the fourth African-American ever in history to serve. But see thats the crux of the problem is that Senate Democrats claim they will unfairly seek to not seat Burris. Not because of anything Burris has ever done. Rather because of who has named Burris, Governor Bladgojevich, who was arrested by U.S. Attorneys for allegedly attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat to an appointee who made sure that the Governor benefitted financially. Because of this arrest, Senate leaders and state leadership said that they would oppose any appointment made by Bladgojevich. But, because the state legislature did not pass a bill to fill the vacancy by a special election, the Governor made a strong point that he was bound by law to fill the vacancy. In addition, he borrowed the idea advanced by his estranged Lt. Governor, and potential successor, Pat Quinn, that Illinois deserves two U.S. Senators. (more…)

I support Roland Burris to be the next U.S. Senator from Illinois. He is a good man, one who I voted for in 2002. You see, that year, I was the campaign manager in the primary for Pat Quinn who was running for Lt. Governor that year. I got to know all the candidates personally and the one who impressed me the most was Roland Burris. As U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Il.) pointed out, correctly, there is no African-American in the U.S. Senate currently. (more…)

UPDATE….I have learned Blake did comment. Sorry for the oversight Blake buddy and thanks for the readers who follow along. I hope you are enjoying the blog.

I hope you will visit Blake Rutherford’s blog sometime soon. He really has a number of interesting articles. One which caught my eye was pleasing and disappointing. He did link to someone else’s commentary on the recent movie, MILK, about Harvey Milk. However, Blake didn’t offer his own commentary, but thats ok. I was hoping I’d get some insight into his opinion but thats alright. (more…)

Well 2008 is almost done and it’s time to give the grades out for our top elected officials in both Washington, D.C. and here in Arkansas. I will name the elected official, give a reasoning I have determined is fair in considering their performance, and then give their grade. Hope you enjoy and you are welcome to comment, but please leave those comments to actions in office or votes cast and be more in depth than saying they are in league with Bush and Cheney.

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