And The GOP Revolt Begins

by Dan Trimble8 January 2009

Dennis Sanders on the year of the moderate Republican:
The GOP in Texas has had the reputation of being a very hard Right party. But maybe that perception wasn’t totally true…a moderate Republican is likely to become Speaker of the House in the Texas Legislature
No, I’d say that reputation certainly was totally true. My prediction, however, [...]

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The world’s first terrorist Coast Guard?

by Dan Trimble6 January 2009

Jim Dolbow recently noted an Associated Press story on the formation of the Hamas coast guard, known as the Marine Police. It’s not the world’s first terrorist Navy, but it may well be the first organized terrorist Coast Guard.

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California’s Sobering Reality

by Dan Trimble16 December 2008

The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert said it best this morning:
…some sobering budget math: If you took every cut Republicans proposed (from eliminating transit funds to cutting payments for the aged, blind and disabled to $10.6 billion from schools) and added it to every tax the Democrats propose to raise (tripling the car tax and suspending [...]

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Born Bankrupt

by Dan Trimble5 October 2008

The national debt as of 05 Oct 2008 at 04:48:02 AM GMT is $10,155,791,253,668.61, and counting. And on that note, I saw this political ad recently. Hands down, one of the best political ads I have seen in years. It’s too bad most politicians only seem to agree when it’s election season. Much more to [...]

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California’s Political Mercenaries

by Dan Trimble9 September 2008

Unfortunately, Sacramento’s biggest breaking news yesterday wasn’t the signing of a new state budget. For more than 70 days now, lawmakers and Governor Schwarzenegger have continued the feud over the state’s fiscal disaster. Sadly, Don Perata, the California Senate’s most senior negotiator obstructionist, even declared that they are no closer to a budget than they [...]

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Senator Biden confirmed as Obama running mate.

by Dan Trimble23 August 2008

The New York Times, Fox News and others are breaking ostensibly official confirmations that the Senator Biden, who has twice run unsuccessfully for President, has been confirmed as the vice presidential running mate for Obama’s campaign.
More to come on why this is a losing ticket.

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Two pennies a gallon and dropping.

by Dan Trimble13 August 2008

The other night, my neighbor’s car was broken into. Oddly enough, however, they didn’t break into the doors, or the trunk, or through a window. In fact, they apparently weren’t interested in the car itself. They pried open the cap and stole the gas out of the tank. They stole the gas out of the [...]

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Mark Penn gets it wrong.

by Dan Trimble12 August 2008

Mark Penn gets it all wrong on negative political advertising. The former chief strategist to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and a long-time adviser to the Clintons, Penn states that negative advertising in politics is, in fact, very effective–even if the people tell political research and pollsters that they won’t be swayed by them.
He’s absolutely right. [...]

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Cloaking Stealth

by Dan Trimble12 August 2008

The F-117A stealth fighter jet, the B2 Bomber, some UAVs, and even some relatively recent developments in high-performance stealth vehicles such as cars and SUVs have provided military options for stealthily moving through sensitive areas. Several measures have been developed to allow these kinds of vehicles and aircraft to disguise, modify or warp their electromagnetic [...]

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Coast Guard historical center MIA

by Dan Trimble12 August 2008

Lieutenant Jim Dolbow today published an excellent piece on the need for a Coast Guard Historical Center.
I couldn’t agree with him more; this is an issue that has long plagued America’s forgotten armed force and one I’ve tinkered with a few concepts for.
To the best of my knowledge, the closest existing organization to what he’s [...]

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