May 2010 Blog Posts (33)

The media and the pundits too often don’t give enough credit to the American people. The media tell us who is right, who is wrong, and who to vote for. But the American people are tough to fool, and they know what they want. Increasingly, through elections such as the one that put Scott Brown in Ted Kennedy’s seat or the one that sent Charles Djou to Congress from President Obama’s home congressional…

Note: this was published in the Caledonian Record and True North Radio, Vermont:

It’s not their ice cream

By Deborah T. Bucknam

When I was in high school, I worked at an ice cream shop, scooping ice cream, making frappes, ice cream soda, and sundaes. We were taught how much ice cream to put on the 15-cent and 25-cent cones. Some…

Nancy Pelosi's world view became clear last week as she spoke at an Asian American and Pacific Islander summit about the recently enacted health care legislation. While speaking to the group, she said: "We see (the health care bill) as an entrepreneurial bill, a bill that says to someone, if you want to be creative and be a musician or whatever, you can leave your work, focus on your talent, your…

I have been a republican since I first registered to vote at 18. When the Tea Party began I associated myself with it and was glad to see the GOP associate with them as well. However, I am noticing that the Tea Party has taken on a radical agenda that no longer sticks to their three basic principles. Ideas such as getting rid of the paper dollar and ending the Federal Reserve are nothing short of the talk of extremists. I have even heard members suggest that the 14th ammendment to the…

Dear fellow republican women,

I am twenty years old and have just entered the ring of politics. I have been spending the last seven months juggling work, 18 credit hours in school, and working on a campaign. Ron Ferrin - my dad- is running for the 5th Congressional seat in Virginia. Sitting Congressman Tom Perriello - known as Pelosi-ello - has great debating skills and will receive coaching from experienced debators. There are seven candidates running for the Primary in June,…

At Thursday's summit I took a picture of a lady wearing a white dress with red elephants. However, I neglected to get her name. I would like to get her permission want to use the picture in an album on Facebook.

If she is a member of rncwomen.com (as we were all strongly encouraged to be!) or if anyone knows who she is, could I have a name? It's a great picture!