http://tisglorious.today.com An investment in knowledge still yields the best returns. - Benjamin Franklin Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:40:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Firstly, the man has done a good job of keeping us safe. After eight long years of President Clinton, a man who refused to move an inch to defend the nation, despite being repeatedly attacked by a burgeoning group of violent terrorists, we finally had a leader who was gutsy ... http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/30/bush-seeks-positive-legacy/ Barack Obama's affection for Abraham Lincoln has risen as a popular talking point of the 2008 election. To continue in that vein... Barack Obama will not be switching horses midstream. It was the very same Mr. Abraham Lincoln who coined the phrase while running for reelection in 1864, when speaking on ... http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/27/obama-not-swapping-horses-midstream/ It's an interesting word, bailout. Nowadays, it is a widely used term, bandied around by any and every political commentator, economic adviser and writer who wants to talk about the biggest topic of conversation in these United States: what kind of a bailout will we need? And if one is ... http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/25/all-in-on-bailout/ "Yes we can!" A chant made familiar during the 2008 campaign season, it can hold just as much meaning now to Republicans, as it did for grassroots Democrats in the months leading up to November 4. Trounced in the Presidential race and once more the minority party of the Senate and ... http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/21/yes-we-can/ It is one thing to want conciliation; it is an entirely other to claim it, after eating a big slice of humble pie. Senator Harry Reid announced on Tuesday, that it was time to move forward and keep working, after his failed attempt to humiliate Senator Joe Lieberman for exercising his ... http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/20/conciliation-we-can-believe-in/ After being placed between a rock and a hard place, Senator Joe Lieberman will have no easy way of it, in the coming months. Whether or not his Senate colleagues (read: backstabbers) choose to allow him to keep his well-earned committee chairmanships tomorrow, he still has a tough road ahead. ... http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/17/lieberman-likely-to-keep-chairmanships-but-at-what-cost/ Leading House and Senate Democrats are championing the right of unions to take away the secret ballot from their employees. Ironically, the same leadership is encouraging House and Senate members to use a secret ballot on Tuesday to vote on whether or not to strip Senator Joe Lieberman of his ... http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/16/freedom-of-speech-and-responsible-governing-part-ii-the-secret-ballot/ It is a truly notable day when a great American leader is being challenged solely for thinking of his country's best interests, instead of his own. In a series, we will discuss freedom of speech, the proper way in which modern leaders are responsibly and thoughtfully exercising that right, and ... http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/16/freedom-of-speech-and-responsible-governing-part-i-joe-liebermans-senate-challenge/ From mother to politician, or more accurately, both! Sarah Palin, affectionately known to millions as Governor Sarah Palin, or just Sarah, is most assuredly going places. In one fell swoop, the woman from Alaska ended the debate over whether or not it is possible for a woman to have a ... http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/16/that-sarah-palin-shes-going-places/