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Burning down the straw man

Paul A. Ibbetson As has been the case for many years, and especially most recently, the charge is that conservatives are falsely railing against a straw man in their observations and accusations leveled against the activities of liberals, and the Obama ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party

Jonesing for Alex Jones: drawing the line between conservatives and conspiracy theorists

Paul A. Ibbetson As conservatives and the Republican Party, the party most able to bring back the misplaced spirit of this country, fight to find both their bearings and their grit, they are also faced with the not so wanted task of culling out those ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Alex Jones,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

Where's your grit?

Paul A. Ibbetson America, where is your character, your pluck, your grit? If that question seems overly harsh and needlessly aggressive, then you are staring directly at the problem. This nation sits at the precipice of a fundamental, irreversible ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Review: 2009 documentary "What's the Matter with Kansas?" Buckle up

Paul A. Ibbetson Sometimes being right is personally rewarding, sometimes it's of financial benefit, and sometimes, unfortunately, it's just downright painful. I recently wrote an article, "What's Still The Matter With Thomas Frank?" about the upcoming ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Thomas Frank,  Roger Ebert,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Phill Kline,  George W. Bush

Observing the Blitzkrieg: the Barack Obama way

Paul A. Ibbetson In the midst of the fight over whether or not the United States should, or should not, turn our medical system into a socialistic bread line, or whether the administration should heed the request for additional troops in Afghanistan, ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  16 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Adolf Hitler

The power of humor: posterior observations from the plains

Paul A. Ibbetson Do you still have a sense of humor? Can you still brake into a good solid laugh when the opportunity arises? Conservatives and the Republican Party, the party by which conservative values are most often found, are at risk of losing one ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama

A return to the Planet of the Apes

Paul A. Ibbetson "It's a mad house, a mad house!" These were the words shouted from the lips of Charlton Heston in the 1968 movie release, Heston, who played the character of astronaut George Taylor, found himself in a future Earth where apes ruled the ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  2 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Charlton Heston,  George Taylor,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Barack Obama,  United Nations

What's still the matter with Thomas Frank?

Paul A. Ibbetson Ah, Kansas, the home of hard working, god-fearing, regular average Americans. You would never know that if you read Thomas Frank's bestselling book "What's the Matter With Kansas?" Frank paints the picture of the plains state as a land ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  24 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Thomas Frank,  U.S. Republican Party,  Roger Ebert,  Michael Moore,  Ronald Reagan

A meeting with the boss

Paul A. Ibbetson Have you ever had to have one of those special sit-downs with the boss? You know, the kind where you have to sit in the big office with the blinds drawn to receive one of those "this is how it is" lectures or the "better do it better ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  17 Sep 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  Bruce Springsteen

The calling of the roll: side making and side taking for the future of America

Paul A. Ibbetson Whose side are you on? When it comes to what kind of America we will have in the future, that we will hand down to our children, the battle lines are being drawn, opposing sides are marshalling their forces and counting their numbers. ...

From PAUL A. IBBETSON, Renew America,  10 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Ronald Reagan,  U.S. Democratic Party,  White House

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