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How did you vote, Tom?

This is the tag line on the commercials Republican Steve Pearce is running in his race against Democrat Tom Udall for the U.S. Senate seat here in New Mexico. My favorite is the one on energy, where Pearce affirms that he is in favor of alternative energy sources (wind, solar, etc.) as well as [...]

Posted 14 September 2008 † Brigette Russell § New Mexico § Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

We want cheap gas, and we want it NOW!

Like the beastly little girl in the Chocolate Factory movie, when Americans want something, they want it now.
An AP story in the Santa Fe New Mexican the other day complained that even if Republicans got their way and new drilling began, “motorists would feel little or no relief if they did.” Gosh, [...]

Posted 22 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § Politics ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Sage advice

Hugh Hewitt’s commentary is always worth reading, but in the case of his most recent column this is even more true than usual. I hope that John McCain and every Republican in Congress reads it, and thinks about it. For that matter, I hope every Democrat in Congress reads it too, and gets [...]

Posted 20 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § Politics § Religion ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Be patriotic – have a baby, and get an SUV for your trouble

With the Russian birthrate far below the level needed to sustain the country’s population, the central Russian province of Ulyanovsk celebrated Russian Independence Day on June 12 by giving TVs, refrigerators, jeeps and even new houses as prizes for women giving birth on that day. Nine months earlier, Sept. 12, had been declared the [...]

Posted 13 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § Parenthood § The Culture Wars ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Who’s to blame for gas prices?

One nice thing about having a blog is that when your local paper opts not to print your letter to the editor, you can self-publish it. So here goes –
The Santa Fe New Mexican’s June 10 editorial opens with the sarcastic observation, “Four-dollar-a-gallon gas, the latest manifestation of Republican prosperity, struck Santa Fe [...]

Posted 11 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § Politics § Santa Fe ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,