Tea party activist to start PAC, target 20 races
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One piece of political machinery will apparently emerge from this weekend’s National Tea Party convention - a planned political action committee announced Friday by Mark Skoda, a leader of the Memphis Tea Party, in front of a worldwide press corps of nearly a hundred. Skoda said the PAC would help try to elect up to 20 political candidates who advocate fiscal responsibility, less government, lower taxes, states' rights and strong national security. Skoda's Ensuring Liberty Corp. hopes to raise up to $10 million dollars to support candidates in the 2010 congressional elections.
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| Washington Post: The Tea Party is still taking shape
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Opinion: Tea Party convention exceeds expectations
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The various controversies that swirled around the head of the first national Tea Party Convention like gnats this weekend didn’t disappear, but neither did they diminish the success of the convention.
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| ralphbristol.com: Tea Party Convention exceeds expectations
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Palin defends McCain
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If you watched Sarah Palinon Fox News Sunday, you didn’t see one question that host Chris Wallace asked her. That is, why will she support John McCain in the Arizona senate primary, when he has a more conservative opponent? Here is the question and her answer, posted on the Fox News Sunday blog.
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| Fox News: Web Exclusive: Palin Endorsing McCain
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Obama wants health care summit
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President Obama, hoping to revive his languishing health-care legislation, said he wants to sit down with Republican and Democratic lawmakers this month to exchange ideas on the issue that has deeply divided the parties. Obama said Sunday he would ask Republicans "to put their ideas on the table" at a half-day meeting held Feb. 25 and broadcast live. Have you noticed that Obama wants his meetings with Republicans televised, but his meetings with Dems only closed to the media? Democrats responded to the idea with skepticism, saying they had already reached out to Republicans to no avail. House Minority Leader John Boehner said he welcomed the President’s outreach, but reiterated that the best way forward is to scrap the Democrat bills and start over. President Obama said he’s not interested in that. It doesn’t sound like it will be a very fruitful session.
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| Wall Street Journal: Obama Calls for Health-Care Summit
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Saints win Super Bowl
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After falling behind 10-0, the New Orleans Saints outscored the Indianapolis Colts 31-7 to win the Super Bowl by a final 31-17 Sunday night. That matched the biggest comeback in a Super Bowl. Drew Breese completed 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards. The Saints started the second half with a four-point deficit, but a surprise onside kick sparked a second-half comeback, in which their 25th-ranked defense made several key stops, and Tracy Porter's 74-yard interception return on a pass from Manning clinched it. The city of New Orleans will continue to celebrate today before returning to work on Tuesday, after its team won its first Super Bowl ever.
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| myway.com: Brees and Saints win Super Bowl, 31-17 over Colts
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What was Leno thinking?
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Of all of the really bad commercials that aired during the Super Bowl last night, the spot with Letterman, Leno and Oprah made the least sense. It wasn’t any more lame than 95% of the rest of the commercials, but what was Leno thinking – agreeing to do a commercial for the Letterman show? I didn’t see all the commercials, but I only thought two were funny. Both were Doritos ads – the one with the “bark collar,” and the one with the little black kid and his mother’s boyfriend.
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| myway.com: Super Bowl TV spot brings Leno, Letterman together
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Stabbing suspect demands pie
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This New Zealand man, who was being arrested for stabbing his stepson, didn’t seem all that concerned about being arrested, and he wasn’t the least bit concerned about the condition of his stepson, but he was concerned – that the police wouldn’t let him finish his meat pie. He was holding the pie when police arrested him, and he protested strongly that he couldn’t finish the pie before he was handcuffed and taken to jail.
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| 3news.co.nz: Stabbing accused unleashes bizarre pie rant
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Perv caught soiling women's underwear
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Police in Lancashire, England, have arrested a particularly sleazy character who specialized in sneaking into women’s bedrooms to steal and “violate” women’s underwear. They say 59-year-old Ian Stafford would creep into their bedrooms, rifle through underwear drawers, deposit his semen on the garments and then put them back in the drawer. When you look at his picture and consider what he did – you have to wonder – how did this guy ever get elected mayor in the first place?
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| lancashiretelegraph.co.uk: Former Lancashire town mayor jailed over knicker thefts
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The 2nd Amendment is Homeland Security
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Oct. 19, 2009 - The 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with hunting, or even fighting crime. Here's what everyone needs to understand about the 2nd Amendment.
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Dr. Andrew Dill takes on 'Swine Flu'
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Sept. 29, 2009 -- Dr. Andrew Dill of Gallatin, TN has done considerable research and stays up to date on the H1N1 "Swine flu" pandemic. This interview addresses the nature of the threat, and answers questions about the vaccine.
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Lamar Alexander discusses health care, cap and trade
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Sept. 3, 2009 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander spars with Ralph on health care policy and what, if any, government solutions are needed to control the earth's climate.
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Corker takes on AARP
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Aug. 28, 2009 -- Ralph congratulates Sen. Corker for standing up to the AARP, but with a caveate at the end.
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Tamny gives Ralph plan B+
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Aug 28, 2009- Okay, I just made that up. I don't know what grade John would give my plan. I'm just guessing, based on what he said in this somewhat irregular Tamny appearance.
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Bless your heart, Cherry
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Aug. 27, 2009 -- Here's my answer to one of the many shrill voices claiming that the opposition to Obamacare is based on racism.
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Jim Cooper Radio Town Hall - Part 1
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Aug. 24, 2009 -- Congressman Jim Cooper (D-Nashville) explains his opposition to the bill his House Democratic leadership has produced, and argues with Ralph about the bill he DOES support, in the opening salvo of this Radio Town Hall Meeting with the only Middle Tennessee congressman who has refused to hold face-to-face town hall meetings in his district.
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Jim Cooper Radio Town Hall - Part 2
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Aug 24, 2009 -- Cong. Cooper begins to answer audience questions about health care legislation.
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Jim Cooper Radio Town Hall - Part 3
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Aug. 24, 2009 - Congressman Cooper continues to take audience questions.
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Jim Cooper Radio Town Hall - Part 4
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Aug. 24, 2009 -- Final questions and the conclusion of the Cong. Cooper Radio Town Hall Meeting.
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Who Needs Details
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July 22, 2009 - I have a name for guys who need details. That name is "girls." Just give me the bottom line. I'm a big picture guy. I don't care squat about the details of Obamacare.
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Eliminate Tax Expenditures
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July 20, 2009 - This Ralph Rant was picked up by realclearmarkets.com in column form. The column, with links to sources, is available in the archives of the Ralph Rant section of this web site.
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Give up entitlements for independence, lower rates
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July 17, 2009 - This is the conversation with economist John Tamny that let to the Ralph Rant about tax expenditures.
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The future of American health care - part 5
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June 18, 2009 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander claims that just the Medicaid portion of the Kennedy health care plan would cost the state of Tennessee an amound equal to that generated by a new 10 percent state income tax.
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The future of American health care - part 4
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June 17, 2009 -- Cato Institute Senior Fellor Michael Tanner has been studying the so-called "Massachusetts Miracle," and concludes that mandating health insurance is a bad idea for both taxpayers and consumers.
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The future of American health care - part 3
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June 17, 2009 -- Author and economist Arnold Kling argues that the key to fixing health care is ending employer-provided health insurance.
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The future of American health care - part 2
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June 11, 2009 -- Sally Pipes, author of "Ten Myths of American Health Care" recommends consumer oriented solutions to America's health care problem.
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The future of American health care - part 1
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June 11, 2009 -- Dr. David Gratzer is a physician who practices in both the U.S and Canada. He once believed that government provided health care was the most efficient and campassionate. No longer. He explains why the U.S. should not follow the Canadian, or any other existing, model for health care.
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Convention centers a bad investment
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June 1, 2009 - A professor who has done extensive research on convention centers explains why these major investments rarely pay off, and won't for Nashville, which is on the verge of spending upwards of $1 billion on just such an "investment."
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Cheney defends terrorist treatment
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May 21, 2009 - Former Vice President Dick Cheney delivers a defining speech on the Bush administration's treatment of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay prison.
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287G a big success in Nashville
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April 16th, 2009 - On the 2nd anniversary of the 287G illegal alien identification and deportation program in Nashville, Sheriff Daron Hall discusses its accomplishments to date.
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What to do when your new assessment arrives
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April 14, 2009 - If you live in Davidson County, TN, you should either have, or will soon have, your new property assessment. Assessor George Rooker explains how his office assessed your property and what you should do it you disagree with the assessed value.
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Sen. Corker discusses 'stimulus' bill
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Feb. 3, 2009 -- Sen. Bob Corker and I engage in yet another philosophical debate -- this time over the "stimulus" bill, including the Republican ideas to manipulate the mortgage market.
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Tax cuts would help Tennessee Economy
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Jan. 5, 2009 -- The first Premeditated Ralph Rant of the year is an argument for two state tax changes to make Tennessee of the one attractive states in the country for people who pay taxes.
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Mini rant -- my favorite rich person
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Oct. 31, 2008 -- After talking with John Tamny about why some rich people don't mind tax increases, I told the story of my favorite rich person, who has nothing in common with those people.
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Mini rant -- Not Bush's economy
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Oct. 31, 2008 -- This economy is not president Bush's fault. Ralph goes off on a rant on Obama's biggest and most oft repeated lie.
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Sam Donaldson: Obama's not a socialist
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Oct. 29 2008 -- Sam and I get into a pretty good argument about whether Barack Obama is a socialist.
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Ralph Rant -- The Raw Deal is coming
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Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 -- Are you ready for the third wave of collectivism?
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Click here to see view the albums in Ralph's photo gallery.
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Pilotjourney.com
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Click here to view a video of my Discovery Flight experience from Pilotjourney.com
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The Community Organizer...your patriotic resource
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Nashville's Derrick Waggoner has produced a very good resource for people to follow many of the hot button issues inpiring activity within the Tea Party movement.
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Distribution of Federal Income Taxes
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August, 2009 -- This is the latest IRS table reflecting the distribution of personal income and personal income taxes for Americans.
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Social Security Calculator
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Use this Heritage Foundation calculator to see what your payroll taxes would have produced for your retirement if they had been invested in a conservative portfolio of stock and bonds.
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The Founders' Almanac
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Find notable events, useful quotations, primary documents and other information about and from the nation's Founding Fathers.
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Snopes.com
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When you receive an e-mail with information you think might be suspect, check it out before forwarding it. This is one of the best sites for checking the veracity of items forwarded to you.
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 Ralph Bristol is a 30-year veteran of radio and TV broadcasting. He is a US Air Force veteran and holds a BS degree from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Ralph was a radio and TV reporter, anchor and news director in Missouri and Illinois before joining WORD Radio in Greenville/Spartanburg, SC in 1995.
In the spring of 2007, Supertalk 99.7 WWTN beckoned Ralph to Nashville. Ralph defies political labels, and has no partisan loyalties, but can best be described as a libertarian/conservative. Ralph writes and speaks extensively on education, tax and economic issues. In his spare time, Ralph terrorizes golf courses, invents useful things with sharp tools and dead wood, and entertains audiences with irreverent humor and contrarian insight. Invite him to speak to your group at your own risk. |
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