tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:08:53 +0000http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/index.htmlJosh SheldonBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116718837152381047Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:58:00 +00002006-12-26T21:59:31.540-05:00No matter how bad things seem to get, somewhere else they’re bound to be worse. This lesson has been hammered home after almost a month in the People’s Republic of Oregon. True, Ohio is facing America’s third heaviest tax burden and an economy resembling 1980’s-era Eastern Europe, but it could be worse. It’s also the case that Ohio’s Republican Party was recently swept from power after the http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/12/no-matter-how-bad-things-seem-to-get.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116597626922488653Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:17:00 +00002006-12-12T21:17:49.240-05:00Neoconservatives today are mourning the recent loss of one of the architects of their movement, Jeane Kirkpatrick, who passed away Thursday. Kirkpatrick was seen as an American Thatcher who greatly shaped foreign policy in America, particularly as United States Ambassador to the United Nations during the Reagan years (the first woman to hold the position). She authored the Kirkpatrick Doctrine http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/12/neoconservatives-today-are-mourning.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116399182851645657Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:02:00 +00002006-11-19T22:03:48.536-05:00There’s a saying that the Chinese have the same word for “crisis” as they do for “opportunity.” That being said, the Republican Party is now facing a defining crisitunity. Yes, they got “thumped” in Congress as well as downright slaughtered in the Buckeye State, but the opportunity comes in recognizing why it was they lost. The “six year itch” played a role, and so did the Iraq war. The http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/11/theres-saying-that-chinese-have-same.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116303500211289272Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:12:00 +00002006-11-08T20:16:42.130-05:00Hello, I wish to register a complaint! Never mind that you’re closed for lunch, but I wish to register a complaint against this state to which I moved not four years ago. “Oh yes, the Buckeye State. What’s wrong with it?” I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it, my lad. It’s dead, that’s what’s wrong with it! “Oh no, it’s just resting.” Look matey, I know a dead state when I see one, http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/11/hello-i-wish-to-register-complaint.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116284798943026051Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:18:00 +00002006-11-06T16:19:49.456-05:00Well folks, this is it. The last chance I have to save my country. One last desperate act to reach deep down in to your soul and make you think- possibly for the first time this year- about what you might be about to do. To give you some insight on what might happen if you decide tomorrow that you’re too angry or disaffected with one or both parties to show up. This is probably the most http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/11/well-folks-this-is-it.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116183718632115444Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:30:00 +00002006-10-26T00:33:06.343-04:00You know, judging by the way Democrats and their mouthpieces in the mainstream media are acting, you’d think this election was already over and Democrats had swept to power. In fact, they’ve already started bickering over the spoils of their tidal wave victory. Although Nancy Pelosi would appear to be the heiress apparent, she’s already received a challenge from “moderate” Democrats who realizehttp://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/10/you-know-judging-by-way-democrats-and.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116131345612639665Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:03:00 +00002006-10-19T23:04:16.153-04:00What a difference a week makes! On October 12, in the wake of the Mark Foley scandal, the editorial board of the Columbus Disgrace urged House Republicans- and Speaker Dennis Hastert in particular- to “Uncover the Truth.” They condemned the inappropriate internet exchanges between Foley and teenaged pages in their commentary and news pages, as well they should. Tack on to that the deluge of http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/10/what-difference-week-makes-on-october.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116042067152497828Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:01:00 +00002006-10-09T15:04:31.570-04:00This is a message from George Soros. Last night, while America slept, the neo-conservative warmongering profiteers at Faux News concocted a story that Comrade Kim Jong Il tested a nuclear weapon. While the simpletons in fly-over country will doubtless be frightened in to submitting to more totalitarian tyranny from the Bush administration in his quest for global domination and imperialism, dohttp://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/10/this-is-message-from-george-soros.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116007234982709200Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:17:00 +00002006-10-05T14:19:09.856-04:00Last night on the campus of the University of Cincinnati, J. Kenneth Blackwell won the battle of ideas for Governor of the State of Ohio. He clearly out-debated Congressman Ted Strickland and stated a much better case as to why he should be entrusted with power. He detailed a clear and actual plan to reform Ohio’s economy and showed why he would not only be different than Strickland but http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/10/last-night-on-campus-of-university-of.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-116005690146318393Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:45:00 +00002006-10-05T10:01:41.666-04:00J-K-B!!! J-K-B!!! The concrete finishers for Blackwell (aka college republicans who've never mixed concrete) were out in full force yesterday to cheer on Ken Blackwell as he destroyed Ted Strickland in yesterday's debate. Blackwell has been pummeling Strickland in debate after debate, but the question that lingers is this. So What? Political diehards watch the debates, but they've already made http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/10/j-k-b-j-k-b-concrete-finishers-for.htmlJosh Sheldontag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115921354244747186Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:41:00 +00002006-09-25T15:45:42.463-04:00As I waited this weekend with baited breath for the latest Columbus Disgrace poll to be released showing Ted Strickland supposedly beating Ken Blackwell by three touchdowns, I remembered something. It seemed to me a year ago at this time this very newspaper and others were showing similarly lop-sided polls in favor of all four Reform Ohio Now amendments. In the midst of a nineteen point http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/09/as-i-waited-this-weekend-with-baited.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115798575382035155Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:41:00 +00002006-09-11T10:42:33.836-04:00It seemed to be just another early morning that for reasons I couldn’t figure out started earlier than normal. My alarm usually woke me up at a quarter to seven before class started at my high school in suburban Portland, Oregon. For some reason, today was different as my mother woke me up a half hour early, telling me to come downstairs. “A plane hit the World Trade Center,” she told me. I http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/09/it-seemed-to-be-just-another-early.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115751985252576791Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:11:00 +00002006-09-06T01:17:32.540-04:00You are looking live at the studios of WFMJ in Youngstown, Ohio! Media personnel from all over the Mahoning Valley have gathered here for today’s match-up. It’s Ken Blackwell versus Ted Strickland, squaring off for all the buckeyes! Hello everybody, with my pardner Bob Davie, I’m Brent Musburger, and folks, were in for a dandy! Teddy Strickland is favored by two touchdowns in this one, withhttp://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/09/you-are-looking-live-at-studios-of.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115631330615957219Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:07:00 +00002006-08-23T02:08:26.173-04:00You might be wondering why it’s been so long since I last entered something in to this blog. That’s because I’ve decided to only make blog entries when Ted Strickland makes a public appearance. And not just a campaign stop to some rural county where he’s overrun by Ken Blackwell signs, but an appearance on a TV or radio show would do as well. Maybe ONN’s morning show, where he was called out http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/08/you-might-be-wondering-why-its-been-so.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115561601068289145Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:25:00 +00002006-08-15T00:26:50.696-04:00Make no mistake about it, what happened last week in Britain was a huge victory for the good guys. Nine-Eleven, Part Deux was deferred thanks to- of all things- a tip from a British Muslim tired of seeing what was being done in the name of his religion. Add to that the heads-up nature of Scotland Yard in making these key arrests. Perhaps the over-arching lesson from last week’s anti-terror http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/08/make-no-mistake-about-it-what-happened.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115497801824995443Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:12:00 +00002006-08-07T15:13:38.263-04:00Don’t look now, but the last remnants of moderation, cordiality, rational thought, and pro-America sentiment in the Democratic Party may have but a single day left to live. The Connecticut primary is tomorrow and it features one of the most important battles for the soul of the Democratic Party in recent memory. Senator Joe Lieberman- perhaps the last FDR-Truman-JFK Democrat left in elected http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/08/dont-look-now-but-last-remnants-of.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115437253957221913Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:59:00 +00002006-07-31T15:02:19.593-04:00A college scholarship for every graduate of an Ohio high school. One billion dollars a year deposited in to grant and scholarship accounts. More incentives for new and high-paying jobs right here in Ohio. There just has to be a catch. Thankfully for skeptics, there is such a catch to the Ohio Learn and Earn campaign to put college scholarships on the ballot. Turns out those scholarships willhttp://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/07/college-scholarship-for-every-graduate.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115403526414259990Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:20:00 +00002006-07-27T17:21:04.156-04:00Just when you thought property rights were dead and buried in America, the good guys scored a big victory yesterday, courtesy of the Ohio Supreme Court. Yesterday, the Court ruled unanimously that the Cincinnati suburb of Norwood could not seize five homes which stood in the way of private developers. With the green light provided by Kelo v. New London, the city of Norwood assumed it could do http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/07/just-when-you-thought-property-rights.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115385302594418903Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:42:00 +00002006-07-25T14:45:40.953-04:00As I see it... Ohio gets a mention in National Review, in article concerning John Bolton and his confirmation as ambassador to the United Nations: These “criticisms” [of Bolton] were never much more than baseless personal attacks, but they were enough to win over a few Republicans — most notably George Voinovich of Ohio, who opposed Bolton’s nomination in a weirdly emotional speech on the Senatehttp://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/07/as-i-see-it.htmlNotes from the Undergroundtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115376255264953971Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:35:00 +00002006-07-24T13:35:52.666-04:00I’ll say this for them, they’re consistent. Whenever war breaks out in the Middle East you can always count on the far left in this country and throughout the world to take the side of terrorists against the region’s oldest and most-established democracy. The soulless minions of academic orthodoxy are no exception, true to their tradition of supporting every enemy of America since 1945. http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/07/ill-say-this-for-them-theyre.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115350386115574228Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:43:00 +00002006-07-21T13:44:21.173-04:00What were you thinking? President Bush just vetoed his first bill the other day, which would have authorized federal funds to be used on stem cell research. Who did you think you were kidding? The bill had bipartisan support in both chambers. Fifty House Republicans and nineteen in the Senate voted with a large majority of Democrats to ensure passage. What did you think was going to happen?http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/07/what-were-you-thinking-president-bush.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115340318963662034Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:28:00 +00002006-07-20T11:15:36.116-04:00I HATE: Fox and Friends. Seriously, the morning show on Fox News is an idiots' convention which takes off before I've had any coffee... read, before I am equipped to deal with such nonsense. Seriously, the other day they had Matt Leinart--to whom, as the new quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals, I extend my deepest sympathies--on the show, and they were talking about fantasy football and havinghttp://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/07/i-hate-fox-and-friends.htmlNotes from the Undergroundtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115332735111559315Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:24:00 +00002006-07-19T12:51:50.726-04:00As bombs continue to fall in the Middle East, sometimes it's tempting to argue with the "War is bad, man"-crowd, that continue to gather across the country, and the world. Whether in New York or Tel Aviv, Columbus or Cambridge, you're going to find people who oppose everything that you stand for, and everything that you believe in. And the way it comes out, of course, is in the thinly veiled http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/07/as-bombs-continue-to-fall-in-middle.htmlNotes from the Undergroundtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115265441217673265Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:46:00 +00002006-07-11T17:46:52.186-04:00In my years here in Ohio I’ve tried as best I could to ignore what is printed in Portland’s daily dead fish wrapper, The Oregonian. That is until they started commenting on Ohio. In what could best be described as his Fourth of July message, liberal columnist David Sarasohn warned that the country that derives its just powers from the consent of the governed is in danger of losing that consent http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/07/in-my-years-here-in-ohio-ive-tried-as.htmlOreBuck07tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30257281.post-115223395517401590Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:58:00 +00002006-07-06T20:59:15.186-04:00Well, it’s about time! Governor Taft-and-Spend finally decided to cut taxes, which will save Ohioans $390 million. All this while continuing to contribute to the $617 million “rainy-day fund.” The acceleration of a five-year 21% income tax cut means an 8.2% reduction in state income tax withheld from workers’ checks starting in October. This means Ohioans will have more money to spend and http://osugop.org.ohio-state.edu/blog/2006/07/well-its-about-time-governor-taft-and.htmlOreBuck07