http://nighttwister.blogivists.com Various ramblings on family, work, school, politics, religion, and sports. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:37:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Several of us from the Rocky Mountain Alliance of Blogs v2.0 will be live-blogging the Vice Presidential debate this evening at 7:00pm MDT. You can follow along right here. Tune in just before 7:00pm for our commentary on the debate. Best Destiny has some ideas on strategy for Sarah ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/10/02/live-blogging-the-vice-presidential-debate/ How often we are reminded that it is those in the Democrat Party that care about women, minorities, and children, and those of us in the Republican Party are intolerant, bigoted, chauvinistic, child-haters. Those of us that have been around for a few years know that the Democrats have ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/10/02/disdain-thy-name-is-democrat/ While he was watching the debate last night, my 17-year-old son told me he was going to write up a bulletin on his MySpace page with his observations. The words here are completely his. The only changes I made were formatting. Economy -------------- Barack Obama. About a month ago this ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/09/28/night-twisters-son-handicaps-the-debate/ History doesn't appear to be Joe Biden's strong suit. Reason.com picks up the latest Joe Biden gaffe, from an interview with CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric. When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, "look, ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/09/24/franklin-roosevelt-stock-market-and-television/ Drill NOW. Drill EVERWHERE. THEN we'll talk. In thirteen days, the moratorium on exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the United States will be lifted. This will allow companies to begin to explore for our own resources, instead of relying on other countries, especially those that ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/09/18/its-time-for-the-do-nothing-congress-to-do-nothing/ They can't keep their mouths shut, most of them. H/T to Mount Virtus for the link. MT Pundit has the story about Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer who was caught bragging about election abuses involving the election of Senator John Tester during a speech to the Trial Lawyers Convention. So I called up the ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/09/15/ever-wonder-how-most-criminals-are-caught/ Much has been made recently by various media sources about the vetting (or lack thereof) of Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. Many sources are saying that the McCain camp did not properly investigate her background, and is now being surprised by sudden revelations by the media. Elizabeth ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/09/02/the-vetting-of-republican-vice-presidential-candidate-sarah-palin/ Desperate for something after recent losses, Dems put words in McCain's mouth. According to an article at the Denver Post, Republican Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) suggested that the Colorado River Water Compact should be renegotiated. Colorado Democrat Governor Bill Ritter and Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) seized on this ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/08/21/colorado-dems-lose-battle-for-oil-go-after-mccain-on-water/ John McCain held a press conference today regarding the escalating situation in Georgia. He welcomed the steps that are being taken, but believes more must be done to ensure the security and stability of the nation of Georgia. He showed great concern for the loss of innocent life. He ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/08/13/john-mccain-was-very-presidential-today/ Matt Fries is running as the Republican challenger for the Colorado State Senate seat in District 14 against incumbent Bob Bacon. Fries previously ran for a seat on the Fort Collins City Council where he was narrowly defeated by progressive Lisa Poppaw. Matt Fries is a grew up in Fort ... http://nighttwister.blogivists.com/2008/08/09/matt-fries-for-colorado-state-senate-co-14/