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The Sarah and John Chronicles: The Cedar Rapids Rally

The Sarah and John Chronicles: The Cedar Rapids Rally

Two-hundred and sixty-five miles and eight hours after leaving Des Moines, I got back from the McCain-Palin rally the airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa absolutely pumped about the campaign! I left with a couple of friends (Andrew and Michael) at 5:30 AM.  After a stop for...

The Sarah and John Chronicles…

For those of you who are waiting to hear my ruminations about the rally in Cedar Rapids today, I will have it posted by the end of the evening.  I’m partly done, but I need to visit a friend at the hospital yet and then I’ll finish it up.  Sorry for the...
Going To See McCain and Palin

Going To See McCain and Palin

I’ve got a car load of people, four tickets, and tank full of gas.  We’re heading up to Cedar Rapids, Iowa Thursday morning.  They will be appearing at the airport there with the event starting at 8:00 AM (so we’re leaving town around 5:15 AM, with...

The McGehee Hiatus Is Over (Apparently)

Kevin McGehee at the The McGehee Zone, fellow Swamp Stomper, had taken a bit of a sabatical for several weeks, complaining of “running dry”, and resorting to just posting once a week for a while. That appears to be over.  Here’s my comment today on a...

The Latest Tale of Greed and Hubris

As more than a casual observer of the recent economic and business events of the last two weekends, it occurs to me that the age-old adage “Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered” applies here.  It is truly regrettable that such venerable institutions as Bear...

New And Improved

Welcome to the new look for The Conservative Reader! We've implemented a new WordPress theme to help provide a cleaner and easier to read look. Although we'll be tweaking the site over the next several weeks, please observe the following changes:

The View From Here Is Dreadful

I watched Friday’s John and Cindy McCain interview on The View.  Below is part 1; parts 2 and 3 should be accessible from the video. [wp_youtube]3Mnj1njG4ww[/wp_youtube] I see several posts refering to this interview as “McCain Grilled On The View”,...

Sarah Palin: “Don’t Blink”

Sarah Palin had her first big interview (6 parts) this week since being selected as John McCain’s running mate.  Paul F. Villareal made the video’s available at YouTube. Of course, ABC played it for as much air time as they could… including repeating...

Pork Invaders

I thought you might enjoy playing a little fun… click here or scroll down to the bottom of this page, and you’ll find a video game called “Pork Invaders”… fashioned after the old “Space Invaders”.  It’s provided by the...

Iowa Right To Life Book Sale

Iowa Right To Life is holding a book sale this week.  If you care about the lives of the unborn and are looking for good used books, magazines, videos, and music, you’ve got today (Friday 9/12) and tomorrow (Saturday 9/13) to go.  The sale is being held at Seven...
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