I remained silent on The Phenomenon from New Jersey for too long a time. Here at RATA, at least. Now it’s time for some outspokenness; if Republicans don’t force this guy to become one of their main national leaders in the coming years, they deserve to be crushed inevery single election.

This guy is not some average politician. He proves that fiscal conservatives can be in your face, aggressive, passionate, and still win elections.| MORE ›

Need I say more?

(H/T @SpotTheColumn)

Apparently, cigarettes are the new crack cocaine. At least, that’s what New York mayor Michael Bloomberg seems to believe. After banning smoking in indoor public areas, he now wants to do the same with outdoor areas such as parks, beaches and pedestrian malls.

Like most ex-smokers, I’m vehemently anti-smoking. I always encourage people to quit; I continuously tell them that they’ll feel so much better once they do, and so on.| MORE ›

It’s fascinating to see the civil war that broke out recently among Republicans. The Tea Party movement took on moderate Republican candidates (for Congress and the Senate) they declared ‘RINO’s’ (because they were moderate in their social, and often also in their fiscal views), while the Grand Old Party’s establishment fought back by labeling Tea Party activists naive radicals who don’t understand that you sometimes have to settle for a moderate candidate if you want to win in the general elections.| MORE ›

On this day, I always think both where I was on September 11, and what this day means for the wider world.  I won’t go into that much for this post in this post except to say that it definitely gave us a greater understanding of what threats we face, and the fact that must face them.  However, in doing that, we must not forget what it is we’re fighting for.

I hope to better explain more of what I mean tomorrow.

9/11: Never forget.

Man, can’t Al Sharpton ever catch a break? First his counter-rally to Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor attracts only 3,000 people, about 3% of the lowest estimate of the attendance at Restoring Honor.

Now I read that his non-profit civil rights group, National Action Network, may have to file for bankruptcy because it can’t pay its bills. Luckily the organization is paying its staff, but it’s doing that by, umm, not paying its taxes (to the tune of $1.3 million).

Not to worry, though.| MORE ›