Chuck Norris from Creators Syndicate

Honey, I Shrunk the Congress! for 07/15/2008

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

I think it's time to let Congress feel our election fury this November. As reflected in the latest Rasmussen Reports, "Just 9 percent (of Americans) say Congress is doing a good or excellent job." It is the first single-digit approval rating for Congress in Rasmussen's history, and it makes Bush's 30 percent approval rating seem like a stat to boast. The study went on to explain: "J ...

Updated: Tue Jul 15, 2008

What the Bleep?! for 07/22/2008

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Jesse Jackson (on an off-air mic before "Fox & Friends") and Whoopi Goldberg (and another host on "The View") have raised the cultural language debate to a new level: Who has the right to say the N-word? Their answer: Blacks can, but whites can't. Unfortunately, this derogatory debate has degraded into Don Imus on steroids.

I agree with a lot that Whoopi had to sa ...

Updated: Tue Jul 22, 2008

Nancy Pelosi vs. Rush Limbaugh for 07/29/2008

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Despite the fact that a recent poll found that Americans now believe (by a 3-1 ratio) gas prices are a bigger problem than global warming, The Washington Post noted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., an avid opponent of offshore drilling, vows to block a drilling vote and even dialogue from occurring on the House floor. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., echoed the same sent ...

Updated: Tue Jul 29, 2008

The Forgotten for 08/05/2008

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

This past week, the Bush administration touted that there was a 30 percent drop (from 175,914 in 2005 to 123,833 in 2007) in the number of "chronically homeless" people in the nation — those who are unaccompanied, disabled and have been homeless for longer than one year.

I have my differences with the Bush administration, but credit needs to be given where credit is due. ...

Updated: Tue Aug 05, 2008

An Affair To Remember for 08/12/2008

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Now that John Edwards has admitted to his affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter, the big test looms again before the American public: Do we care? Do we think it matters? Do we believe that there should be any code of conduct or moral standard for those in public office, even if it is the highest one in the land?

Justifications for political improprieties abound. There are historical ones ...

Updated: Tue Aug 12, 2008

Butting Heads at the Border for 08/19/2008

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

This past week, a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol shot and wounded a man in the left buttock who assaulted agents at a violent stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border. Despite the fact that the man was among a group that was trying to enter the United States illegally and was throwing rocks and concrete chunks at agents, officials at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego are criticizing the ag ...

Updated: Tue Aug 19, 2008

100 More Bottles of Beer on the Wall and Campus for 08/26/2008

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Last week, about 100 college presidents (including some from the most prestigious universities) recommended that the U.S. lower the drinking age to 18. Their reasoning? They say dropping the legal age would lessen the appeal and underground culture of college drinking. They believe it also would reduce binge drinking and prompt 18- to 20-year-olds to be more moderate in their alcohol consumptio ...

Updated: Tue Aug 26, 2008

'Puff, the Magic Obama!' for 09/02/2008

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Last Thursday evening at the Democratic National Convention, presidential nominee Barack Obama tried to score a political touchdown on the 50-yard line at Denver's Invesco Field. Instead, he won the all-time governmental convention award for the best over-the-top political spectacle of sight, sound, speech and pyrotechnics — complete with superstar performances, "Braveheart"-lik ...

Updated: Tue Sep 02, 2008

The 'Maverette' for 09/09/2008

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

I'll be honest with you. I'd been giving consideration to third-party candidates. As a conservative with a renewed pledge to bear the legacy of America's Founders, I wasn't going to simply concede to the McCain ticket unless he made a credible (and what might be viewed as a radical) choice for vice president.

McCain is a good man, solid in character, and fully capable to lead our country ...

Updated: Tue Sep 09, 2008

The Coming Revolution for 09/16/2008

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

I believe a revolution is coming to America. Just as Hurricane Ike slammed into my home state of Texas, I am more and more convinced as every year passes that a needed voter revolution is brewing and will arrive imminently at America's shores and ballot boxes.

The birth pains for this voter revolution can be seen through the highs and lows of current political polarities. I believe it wa ...

Updated: Tue Sep 16, 2008

America's Founders' Financial Advice for 09/23/2008

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

America is broke. Wall Street is going out of business. The government is borrowing and bailing like there is no tomorrow. Americans anxiously await the full impact of a second Great Depression. And we all are longing and looking for solutions and saviors.

Who will deliver us from our certain financial despair and ruin? The president? The secretary of the Treasury? The Federal Reserve? C ...

Updated: Tue Sep 23, 2008

Clandestine Conservatives in Hollywood for 09/30/2008

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

As I was being interviewed recently at my Texas ranch by Geraldo Rivera, I thought back over my four decades in acting and how the pool of conservative "tough guys" seems to be drying up in Hollywood. Or are liberal waters just getting too hot for conservatives?

Then I recalled that The Washington Times recently reported, "A group of politically conservative and centrist H ...

Updated: Tue Sep 30, 2008

The Bailaholics for 10/07/2008

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Tombstone, Ariz., has nothing on Washington, D.C. Friday's financial OK Corral took place when federal politicians had a standoff over the mother of all bailout bills. Bullets called ballots were fired from both congressional houses and the White House. And when the smoke cleared, the bad guys appeared: Bush, Paulson, Barney Frank, Pelosi, Dodd and most of the other members of the House and the ...

Updated: Tue Oct 07, 2008

God Gets Boot Again From Washington for 10/14/2008

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Flying under the radar and literally under the ground of congressional bailout meetings were closet Capitol Hill discussions about God and Washington. It seems another revision of America's religious history has been under way — this time at the $621 million, 580,000-square-foot Capitol Visitor Center, which will open in a couple of months.

Most news media recently were covering Ti ...

Updated: Tue Oct 14, 2008

A Personality Profile of Barack Obama's Leadership for 10/21/2008

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Obama will not lose his bid for the presidency because of his connections to Ayers, ACORN or socialist politics. In fact, he won't lose it because of his stand on any issue. The coup de grâce for Obama's presidential election downfall will come only through convincing the American public of his lack of decisive leadership under pressure. I'm not just talking about facing rogue nations or ...

Updated: Tue Oct 21, 2008

I'm Voting for Those Not Yet Born for 10/28/2008

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

My, how the landscape of elections has changed. Remember when the issue of abortion used to matter to conservatives in political races? Today presidential nominees can get away with murder, literally. They can smoke, toke and hang out with terrorists who do. What were once considered legitimate leadership litmus tests are now regarded as off-limit character assassinations and hate language. Rec ...

Updated: Tue Oct 28, 2008

'Twas the Night Before the Election for 11/04/2008

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

My wife, Gena, and I recently recorded a public service announcement, lending our support for California's Proposition 8. While many of those opposing the measure are resorting to labeling citizens who support it as hatemongers, we are joining millions of others in simply restoring what "We the People" of California and the legislature voted into law in 2000. Here's the script and our ...

Updated: Tue Nov 04, 2008

Obama, Now That You Work for Me (A Letter to the President-Elect) for 11/11/2008

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dear President-elect Obama:

First, congratulations on your victory. The historical magnitude of your presidential win is nothing short of stupendous and a colossal fulfillment of the American dream (an achievement embedded long ago in the equality clauses of the Declaration of Independence).

It's likely no big surprise that I don't see eye to eye with you politically. Actuall ...

Updated: Tue Nov 11, 2008

If Democracy Doesn't Work, Try Anarchy for 11/18/2008

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Protestors of Proposition 8 in California (the marriage amendment) shoved aside a 69-year-old woman who was bearing a cross. They reportedly spit on her and stomped on her cross. They then aligned themselves in a human barricade, blocking the media from getting to or interviewing the woman.

Prop. 8 supporter Jose Nunez, 37, was assaulted brutally while distributing yard signs to other su ...

Updated: Tue Nov 18, 2008

Thanksgiving -- A Violation of Church and State? for 11/25/2008

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Is the government's observance of Thanksgiving a violation of the separation of church and state?

This past week, a Newsweek/Washington Post editorial labeled presidential Thanksgiving Day proclamations as "cracks in the wall of separation." The author explained, "The problem with these proclamations, it seems to me, is that they pave the way for public acceptance of gross ...

Updated: Tue Nov 25, 2008